Dorothy Vernita Mickelson, 93, passed away peacefully with her family present on Thursday, October 1 ^st , 2020 in Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis. She was born in Sac City, IA on December 21 ^st , 1926 to Irvin and Olga (Anderson) Larson.

Dorothy graduated from Bruno High School in 1943 and from Young and Hursh Business College in 1945. Dorothy married Weldon Mickelson in Kerrick on June 25 ^th , 1949. She worked numerous places through the years including La Budde Accounting in Duluth, North Pine Electric in Finlayson, and spent 20 years cooking for the Bruno Elementary School, retiring in 1990. Dorothy enjoyed reading and playing games but mostly loved spending time with and travelling with her family. She belonged to the CC Club in Duquette for 40 years and was also a devoted member of the Moose Lake Covenant Church and Covenant Women's Ministries.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Weldon Mickelson; son, Reverend James Mickelson; parents, Irvin and Olga Larson; brothers, Darrell and Donald Larson; son-in-law, Duane Ellison; and nephews, David and Robert Mickelson.

Dorothy will be lovingly remembered by her son, Ted (Teresa) Mickelson; daughters, Joyce (Ernest) Hoag, Connie (Terry) Hazard, and Amy (Mark) Lucker; daughter-in-law, Debra Mickelson; 11 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives, and friends.

A visitation will be held on Tuesday, October 6 ^th , 2020 from 1:00pm until the 2:00pm funeral service in Hamlin-Hansen-Kosloski Funeral Home, Moose Lake. Interment will follow in Oak Lake Community Cemetery, Kerrick. Social distancing and mask wearing will be required during the indoor visitation and funeral service. The funeral service can be heard on 101.3FM from the parking lot of the funeral home.