Jeanette A. Haltli

Jeanette Haltli Jeanette was born December 17, 1947 to Harvey and Becky Laska. She was the first of 7 Laska children and she talked often of life at home with her younger siblings and a neighborhood of homes bursting at the seams with kids in the baby boom era (of which she was a proud member!). She attended St. Rose of Lima Catholic School from Kindergarten through eighth grade and Alexander Ramsey High School, graduating in 1965. She met the love of her life, Bob, eight weeks after his discharge from the Navy. They were married just 10 months later, in April 1966, and spent the next 45 years together raising their family. Twin daughters, Lisa and Linda, came in 1968. The twins have been waiting for their momma since then and she will finally get to hold them when they greet her in Heaven. Jeanette was completely devoted to her husband and children as evidenced by her desire and determination to keep youngest son Doug at home with them as long as possible. The love she and Bob shared was evident every day and in every exchange of affection. Their children consider themselves extremely lucky to have been raised in a home where they knew their parents loved each other. While the kids were growing, Bob and Jeanette attended countless band concerts, music recitals, school plays, and hockey games. They sacrificed to put the kids through private school at Minnehaha Academy. As the kids grew older and started off on their own lives, Bob and Jeanette loved to travel across the country, especially to California and the West Coast, but occasionally veered south. They loved to travel by car or train the most. Jeanette also took a trip to England and France while Jeff was there studying. Over the years, they picked up some interesting side jobs delivering phone books and the Auto Trader together to stay busy. Those jobs brought them out to New Mexico for several months over winters for a few years. Many years ago they also had Christmas tree lots and a home decorating business, and they ran a lunch wagon for several years. During the 1990s they purchased the property in Dalton and built their dream home on the lake, spending every spare minute working on it and planning for the future. Once the grandchildren came, they found themselves back in the grind of attending countless band concerts, dance recitals, school plays, and hockey and basketball games! They were loving and supportive grandparents. Once they finally fully retired, their last years together were spent at the lake in Dalton and after the devastating loss of her beloved Bob in 2011, Jeanette made the decision to stay there on her own. She got a new job to stay busy and got some dogs to keep her company and did okay on her own for several years. Unfortunately, her health turned and she needed to be moved down closer to the children and ultimately to memory care. The last days of her life were spent in hospice where the children gathered near, held her hand, and encouraged her to let go and be with beloved ones waiting for her in Heaven. She is whole again and for sure laughing her big, beautiful laugh over a cup of coffee. Jeanette was surely welcomed to Heaven by her beloved husband, Bob; their infant twin daughters, Lisa and Linda; her parents, Harvey and Becky Laska; sons-in-law, Dave Erding and Bob Felling; brother-in-law, Mark Aldridge; mother- and father-in-law, Florence and Carl Haltli; sisters- and brothers-in-law, Edith Johnson (Glenn), Gladys Gilbertson (Harley), Clara Hanson (Ken), Sharon Sieg (Ken), and Walter Haltli (Mae). She will be greatly missed by daughter, Tami Felling; and sons, Jeff (James Jose), Greg (Tiffany), and Dougie; her beloved grandchildren, Nick, Josh, and Kelsey; and her siblings and their spouses, Jacki Aldridge, Bill Laska, Judy and Ted Drake, Mary and Craig Schoenbaum, Bob and Chris Laska, and Lori and Dave Wilken. She will also be missed by numerous nieces and nephews and countless friends. Very special thanks to Krista and Lauren of HealthPartners hospice and to the staff of JA Wedum Residential Hospice. Funeral service 11:00 a.m. Thursday, February 29, 2024 at University Lutheran Church of Hope, 601 13th Ave. SE. Minneapolis, MN 55414 Visitation 1 hour prior to service at church. Interment Hillside Cemetery. Memorials preferred in lieu of flowers. www.Washburn-McReavy.com Hillside Chapel 612-781-1999

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Jeanette A. Haltli

December 17, 1947 - February 21, 2024

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Jeanette A. Haltli

December 17, 1947 - February 21, 2024

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