Funeral services for Carol Mae Raben of Albert Lea, MN, will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, February 22, 2016 at the Crossroads Evangelical Free Church in Albert Lea. Pastor Jeffrey Phelps will officiate. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the church. Interment will be in Graceland Cemetery.
Carol died Wednesday, February 17, 2016 at the Albert Lea Good Samaritan Center. She was 82 years of age.
Carol was born November 23, 1933 in Superior, WI, the daughter of Clayton and Mae (Nolan) Thorgeson. She graduated from Central High School in Superior, WI, and from the Superior Vocational College. On April 23, 1977 she was united in marriage to Warren Raben at the St Paul Lutheran Church in Minneapolis, MN. Carol was a LPN working in Minneapolis and after moving to Albert Lea in 1977 she was a Home Health Nurse.
Carol was an active member of the Crossroads Church, worked with the Gideon’s, KJLY with their prayer chain and with the local Cancer Support Group.She loved to travel with Warren and did mission work in Texas for many years. She enjoyed interacting with family and friends and visiting people in the nursing home.
Carol is survived by nieces Kathy (Jay) Dyrdal of Albert Lea, MN, Bev (Scott) Krause of New Richland, MN, nephews David (Jane) Raben of Kenosha, WI, Larry Raben of Albert Lea, MN, and Tim (fiancé Jill Illg) Raben of Albert Lea, MN.
She was preceded in death by her parents and husband Warren in 2009.