Alta Glenna

Alta (Hjelle) GlennaWINONA, formerly of PETERSON and RUSHFORD- Alta (Hjelle) Glenna, 93, of Winona and formerly of Rushford and Peterson, died Monday, August 1, 2011 at Seasons Hospice in Rochester. Born October 4, 1917, in Hettinger, North Dakota to Carl and Adeline (Johnson) Hjelle, she married Floyd Glenna on June 17, 1944. They farmed in the Peterson area until 1977 and then lived in Rushford before moving to Winona in 1986. Alta graduated from Peterson High School and also attended Lutheran Bible Institute in Minneapolis. She was a member of Grace Lutheran Church in Peterson where she taught Sunday school, Vacation Bible School, and was a choir member. She worked at the Johnson Hospital in Lanesboro, Good Samaritan Nursing Home in Preston, St. Anne Hospice in Winona, and also was a Home Health Care Aid in Winona. Caring for the elderly was such a joy for her as was singing trios for her church events with her sisters Evelyn and Clenora.Survivors include a daughter Margaret Worra (and husband Joel) of Rochester, MN; a son Curtis Glenna (and wife Tammy) of Winona, MN; three granddaughters, Caroline Worra of Bronx, NY, Nicole Glenna of Winona, MN, and Katelyn Glenna of Winona, MN; a sister Clenora Moran (Mrs. Claire Moran) of Winona, MN; two nieces, Debbie Moran of Long Beach, CA, and Lucretia Moran of Winona, MN; and a nephew Virgil Johnson of Lanesboro, MN.She was preceded in death by her husband, Floyd Glenna who passed away November 30th 1988 when he was 75; her sister Evelyn Johnson (Mrs. Vernon Johnson); and her parents Carl and Adeline Hjelle. The Funeral Service will be at 11 a.m., Friday, August 5, at Grace Lutheran Church in Peterson, with the Rev. Ron Warnes officiating. Burial will be in East Grace Lutheran Cemetery. Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m., Thursday at Hoff Funeral & Cremation Service in Rushford and an hour before the service at the church.Pallbearers will be her family. Blessed be her memory. Please share a memory of Alta in her online guestbook at www.hofffuneral.com