Loretta Helena Labahn

November 30, 1923 - December 17, 2009

Labahn, Loretta Helena 86, Loretta was born in White Lake, S.D. She married Walter W. Labahn in San Luis Obispo, Calif., in 1945. They moved to Sherwood in 1948. Loretta and Walter purchased 15 acres and started Labahn Nursery. Ten acres of the nursery was sold for a new school in 2007. They kept 5 acres for the nursery. Loretta was a parochial teacher at St. Paul Lutheran Church for six years. She then taught in the Sherwood School District for more than 23 years. Loretta was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church since 1948 and was a member of the Retired Teachers Association and Delta Kappa Gamma. After retirement she volunteered at the school. Loretta was a Sunday school teacher for 50 years. She traveled to Scotland, Japan, Guam and England. She also did some deep sea fishing and flower arranging. Survivors , her Sons, Carl and Lowal Labahn; Brother, Marvin Steffen and 2 Sisters, Norma Kristianson and Lois Page; 4 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren.Her funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Monday, Dec. 21, 2009, in St. Paul Lutheran Church, Sherwood. Visitation will be from 1 to 6 p.m. Sunday in Attrell's Sherwood Funeral Chapel, and at the church before and after the service. A committal will follow in St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Concordia University of Seward, Neb., or in care of Attrell's Sherwood Funeral Chapel, 16195 S.W. First St., Sherwood, OR 97140.