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.
