Prayer Quilts WCBC: October 2014

Thursday, October 30, 2014

225. Caslin Family October 2014

Carli Ann Caslin was born August 1, 2000, in Sioux Falls, SD, to Guy and Melissa (Steinmetz) Caslin. Growing up in Hartford, SD, she attended West Central School and was currently a student in the 8th Grade.

Throughout her life, Carli was involved in the Hartford area dance group, swimming, and enjoyed attending United Methodist summer camp. She was a member of Hartford United Methodist Church where she was involved with Middle School Youth Group and Sunday School. Her future aspirations were to become an oceanographer and marine biologist. Blessed with a brave and charismatic spirit, Carli's memory will be forever cherished.

Grateful for having shared her life are her parents, Guy and Melissa Caslin, Hartford, SD; brother and best friend, Austin Caslin, Hartford, SD; maternal grandmother, Mary Boyd, Melvin, IA; maternal grandfather, Doug Dean (Erlynn), Clarissa, MN; paternal grandfather, Phillip Caslin (Donna Southern), Sioux Falls, SD; paternal grandmother, Gwen Burgard, Prescott Valley, AZ; special friends, Kayli Blue, Hartford, SD and Shane Spencer, Humboldt, SD; her cousins, aunts and uncles; and her four-legged little buddy, "Gizmo." She was preceded in death by an uncle, Russell Caslin; and her great-grandparents.

Friday, October 17, 2014

224. Mandi

223. John and Diane A.

Funeral services will begin at 1 p.m. Tues., Oct. 14, for Melissa Gayle Aslakson, 42, Winona, Minn., former Madison resident, who died on Oct. 8, 2014, at the Winona Health Hospital. The Rev. John Barcanic will officiate in West Center Baptist Church at Madison, and burial will be in Graceland Cemetery.

Visitation will begin at 9 a.m. Monday, with the family present at 7 p.m., at the Weiland Funeral Chapel in Madison.

Melissa Aus was born on Feb. 1, 1972, at Madison to John and Diane (DeBoer) Aus. She grew up in Madison and graduated from Madison High School in 1990. She attended Southeast Technical Institute in Sioux Falls and Minnesota State Technical College in Winona. She moved to Winona in 2002. She was working as an account supervisor for HyVee Food Stores in Winona.

Survivors include two sons, Mitchell (Krisi) of El Paso, Texas, and Cole at home; one grandson; her parents, John and Diane Aus of Madison; her grandmother, Marie DeBoer of Madison; a brother, Greg (Patti) Aus of Madison; and a sister, Danelle (Scott) Rentschler of Sioux Falls.