Lorraine Britain

Lorraine A. Britain, 92, of Spring Grove, MN, formerly of Waukon, died Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at Gundersen Lutheran Hospital in LaCrosse, WI. Funeral services were held Sunday, November 22 at Martin Funeral Home in Waukon, with Pastor Garry Birth officiating. Burial was at Oakland Cemetery, Waukon.
Lorraine Ann Britain was born January 13, 1917 near Dorchester in Waterloo Township of Allamakee County. She grew up in the Dorchester area and attended the local area schools. November 17, 1936 she married Otis Glen Britain in Waukon. They farmed together at several places in northeast Iowa and southeast Minnesota, mostly near Spring Grove, until 1976, when Otis was killed in a tractor accident. Lorraine then moved to Waukon, where she worked for seven years in the laundry department of Veterans Memorial Hospital and did housekeeping work for several area families. She has been a resident of Tweeten Health Care Center in Spring Grove since 2006.
Lorraine was a dedicated member of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church in Waukon. In recent years she has enjoyed doing crochet and knitting work. She liked visiting and keeping up with her church friends and family members.
Survivors include her two sons, Daniel (Joyce) Britain of Charles City, and Norval (Janet) Britain of Spring Grove, MN; seven grandchildren, Tammy (Tod) Wulff, Carmen (Alan) Wolf, and Lisa (Mike) Enabnet, all of Charles City, Ron Britain of Winona, MN, Lori Johnson  and Jim (Jill) Britain, both of Spring Grove, MN, and Jenny Rasmussen of Harmony, MN; 12 great-grandchildren, Jason, Britany, Dylan, Matthew, Nicolette, Kylan, Samantha, Amanda, Michael, Riley, Dylan, and Jenna; and a brother, Bill (Mabel) Sires of Spring Grove, MN.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Otis; a daughter, Rebecca Nuhring; a granddaughter, Susan Britain; four sisters, Lois Rosendahl, Alpha Rosendahl, Gladys Sires and Roberta Kannenberg; and two brothers, Robert and Calvin Sires.
Casketbearers were Ron and Jim Britain, Bill Sires, Jr., Tod Wulff, Alan Wolf and Mike Enabnet.
Online condolences may be left at www.martinfunerals.com.