Teresa A. Knutson

RUSHFORD, MINN. - Teresa A. Knutson, 40, of Rushford, died on Thursday, January 31, 2008, at her home due to a recently diagnosed heart condition. Teresa Ann Benson was born on December 7, 1967, in Winona, Minn. She was raised in Rushford and graduated from Rushford High School in 1986. Teresa is a graduate of Winona State University. On April 29, 1989 she married Roger Knutson in Rushford. Teresa worked as a human resource manager at 3M for 14 years. During her time at 3M she lived in Hastings, New Ulm, and Hutchinson, Minn., and Osceola and Bloomer Wis. In 2004, Teresa moved to Rushford when she became a human resource manager at Composite Products Inc. in Winona. She enjoyed golfing, scrap booking and most of all spending time with her boys. Teresa is survived by her husband, Roger; two sons: Nick and Cole Knutson, both at home; mother, Sheila Cheeks of Winona; maternal grandmother, LaVaughn Blagsvedt of Rushford; a brother, James Cheeks of Winona; mother and father-in-law, Stan and Ruth Knutson of Caledonia; brother-in-law, Brian (Brenda) Knutson of Lewiston; two sisters-in-law, Lorna (Ray) Calvert of Brunswick, Georgia, and Joan Dugstad of Rochester; four nephews, two nieces, and one great-niece The funeral service will be at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, February 4, at Rushford Lutheran Church with the Rev. Roger Michaelson officiating. Burial will be in the Rushford Lutheran Cemetery. Friends may call from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. on Sunday at Hoff Funeral Homes - Rushford Chapel and one hour prior to the service on Monday at the church. Please feel free to leave a memory of Teresa, sign her online guestbook, and view her tribute video at www.hofffuneral.com
Tribute video can be found at: videos.lifetributes.com/?id=13928