Paula Mae (Ramthun) Blakstad

Funeral services for Paula Blakstad will be held Monday September 12th at 11:00 AM at Minneola Lutheran Church, 13638 County 50 Blvd., rural Goodhue.  The Reverend Hannah Bergstrom de Leon will officiate.  Burial will follow the service in the church cemetery.  The visitation will be Sunday September 11th from 2:00 – 4:00 PM at Mahn Family Funeral Home, Larson Chapel, in Zumbrota.  The visitation will continue one hour prior to the service at the church on Monday.  Mrs. Blakstad, 69, died Thursday September 8, 2022 at her home surrounded by her family and loved ones.  She had been under hospice care.

Paula Mae Ramthun was born January 7, 1953 in Lake City, Minnesota, the daughter of Robert and Raeburn (Banick) Ramthun.  Raised in Mazeppa, she was a graduate of the Mazeppa Public Schools.  Paula had a 43 year career with Mayo Clinic in Rochester.  She married Greg Blakstad on June 7, 1975 in Mazeppa, and the couple enjoyed 47 years of marriage.  Following retirement, she enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren, and she loved teaching them about her favorite pastime, floral gardening.

She is survived by her husband Greg Blakstad of Zumbrota; two sons Corey (Mandi McBride) Blakstad of Zumbrota, and Sean (Meghann) Blakstad of Holmen, Wisconsin; eight grandchildren, Mia, Lexi, and Liliana Blakstad, Isaac Sorensen, Marissa and Isabel McBride, Maximus and Lucas Todd; a brother Keith Ramthun; and two sisters, Janice (Keith) Jones, and Rita Brown.

She was preceded in death by her parents; a brother Kenneth Ramthun; and a sister Roberta Heitman.