JOAN HARDINA

Joan Hardina, 90, Fergus Falls, Minn., died Monday, Sept. 9, in Essentia Health.

Interment will be Saturday, Oct. 5, at Pleasant Valley Lutheran Church near Kidder, S.D. Memorials are preferred to Pleasant Valley Lutheran Church Cemetery Association in Britton, S.D.

Arrangements by Olson Funeral and Cremation, Fergus Falls.

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