Theresa Kofoed

    Theresa “Terry” Catherine Kofoed, 86, died Friday, April 18, 2008, at the Good Shepherd Care Center, Mason City, Iowa.
    Funeral services were held Tuesday, April 22, at Zion Lutheran Church, Clear Lake, with the Rev. Dean Hess officiating.  Burial will be in the Clear Lake Cemetery.
    Memorials may be directed to Theresa C. Kofoed Memorial Fund.
    Theresa Catherine Raggio was born March 27, 1922 in Chicago, Ill., the daughter of Andrew and Margherta Raggio.  She married Louis Kofoed on Jan. 10, 1945, in Chicago. Terry and Louis moved to Clear Lake after Louis was honorably discharged from the Navy. To this union three children were born.   After raising three children, Terry helped out with the food service at the Clear Lake Junior High.
    She enjoyed crocheting, gardening and was an avid reader.  Terry was a lifetime member of the women’s auxiliary for the Clear Lake Veterans of Foreign War Post #4868 and she was a member of Zion Lutheran Church in Clear Lake.
    Terry is survived by her three children, David (Kay) Kofoed of Cedar Falls, Iowa, Donna (Mike) Johnson of Mason City, and Dennis Kofoed of Minneapolis, Minn.; seven grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; two sisters-in-law, along with several nieces and nephews.
    She is preceded in death by her parents; husband, Louis Kofoed; sisters Catherine, Mildred, Florence, and Rose and brother, Tony.
    Ward Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, Clear Lake, was in charge of arrangements.