Marilyn Bjorklund

Marilyn A. Bjorklund, age 88 of Saint Peter, passed away on March 19, 2025, at the Pheasants Ridge Assisted Living, Saint Peter, MN.

Memorial service will be 2:00pm Monday, March 31, 2025, at Scandian Grove Lutheran Church with visitation at 1:00pm. Burial will be at the church cemetery. To leave a condolence for the family, please visit www.saintpeterfuneralhome.com.

Marilyn Adeline was born to Clarence and Ella (Compart) Hopp on May 27, 1936, in Granby Township, Nicollet County, MN. she She graduated from Nicollet High School in 1954. She then worked as an aid at Union Hospital in New Ulm, MN. On June 11, 1955, she was united in marriage to Willard Bjorklund at St. John's Lutheran Church, New Ulm, MN. They lived on the family farm in New Sweden Township until 1991; then moving to Saint. Peter. She enjoyed her family, embroidery, quilting and her Bible study group.

She is survived by three children: Janet (James) Buck of Gaylord, MN, Bonnie (Scott) Rieger of Norseland, MN, Robert Bjorklund of New Sweden, MN. Five grandchildren: Amanda Lane-Buck of Brainerd, MN, Julie (Jesse) Kuehl of Gaylord, MN, Benjamin Rieger and special friend Margaret Kleinberg of Bloomington, MN, Anna (Cody) Bode of Gibbon, MN, and Sarah (Fiancé Kenny Strobel) Bjorklund of Lake Washington, MN. Seven great-grandchildren, Brooklyn Kuehl, Tammy Lynn, Lucas, Grace Lynn and Logan Buck, Ella and Rhett Bode; great great-grandson Jackson Buck; sister Ardyce Schultz of Zumbrota, MN. She is preceded in death by her husband Willard, grandson Timothy Buck, parents, and brother Wallace (Ruth) Hopp.