daughter of Lewis and Alice (Halvorson) Bakken
She married Ralph E. Besser on October 6, 1950 at the Little Brown Church in Myrtle, MN.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Ralph Besser, son, Todd Besser, daughter Shirley Burton, granddaughter Jessica Burton; brothers and sisters: Glen Bakken, Lowell Bakken Harold Bakken, Doris Heckes, Rosie Chadderdon and brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law Robert and Rosella Besser, Richard and Joan Besser and Sylvester Besser.