Elizabeth "Betty" Molden Obituary

Elizabeth “Betty” Rose Molden, 87, of Milan, Minnesota, died on Monday morning, October 7, 2024, at Luther Haven Nursing home in Montevideo, Minnesota. Visitation will be held on Monday October 14, 2024, from 10:00 am to 11:00 am, at Kviteseid Lutheran Church in Milan, followed by the funeral service at 11:00 am. Burial will be in the Kviteseid Lutheran Cemetery in Milan. Zniewski Funeral Home – Vaala Chapel is assisting the family with the arrangements.  

Elizabeth (Betty) Rose Johnson-Moe-Molden was born on January 11, 1937, at the Montevideo Hospital, in Montevideo, Minnesota, to parents Marjorie (Fuller) Johnson and Joseph Johnson. Betty’s birth father Joe Johnson was killed in a car accident and Betty was later adopted on December 10, 1946, by her stepfather John. J. Moe. Betty had one brother Robert Charles Johnson-Moe who was born on April 10, 1939. She was baptized on April 13, 1937, and confirmed at the Kviteseid Lutheran Church. She graduated from Milan High School in 1954.

Betty worked in the Milan Café while in high school and after graduation worked at Dalen’s Grocery Store and the Milan Printing Office. Betty married Daryles Winton Molden on March 11, 1956, at the Big Bend Lutheran Church because Kviteseid Lutheran Church had burned. After a honeymoon in the cities, Daryles went off to war in Korea. Betty moved back to Minneapolis, Minnesota, and worked at the Nickelson Hall Bookstore while Daryles was stationed in Korea. Betty moved back to Milan in August of 1957, where she and Daryles lived on their farm and raised their three sons: Larry, Robert, and Mark. Betty and Daryles were blessed with over 60 years of marriage, 3 sons, 4 grandchildren, and 3 great- grandchildren.

Betty taught release time (Wednesday School) at the Kviteseid Lutheran Church. She was a member of the Chippewa County Extension Service Committee and the Chippewa County Home Economics Committee, was a volunteer at the Chippewa County Fair in the Women’s building Exhibits, and was on the Advisory Committee of the Canby Vocational Technical School.  Betty was an active member at Kviteseid Lutheran Church and volunteered her time helping in the Ladies’ Circles.

Betty was a housewife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, and friend. In the past, Betty enjoyed cooking, baking, sewing, crafting, vegetable gardening, flower gardening, dancing, visiting with family and friends, and traveling. Betty battled Alzheimer’s Disease for years. After the death of Daryles she entered the Luther Haven Nursing Home on January 19, 2017.

Betty is survived by her children: Larry (Marie) Molden of Milan, Robert (Kim) Molden of Milan, and Mark and (Nicky) Molden of Milan, grandchildren: Michelle (Brandon) Ascheman of Milan, Laura (Brian) Dallman of Revillo, South Dakota, Eric (Nikki) Molden of Alexandria, and Taylor Molden of Alexandria; and great-grandchildren: Gavin Ascheman, Josephine Dallman, and Amelia Dallman. Betty was preceded in death by her husband Daryles on January 6, 2017, her parents Marjorie Fuller Johnson Moe Berge and Joseph Johnson, and adoptive father John Moe, stepfather Rudy Berge, and brother Robert Charles Moe. 

Blessed be her memory.