Dana’s Story

Site created on January 31, 2023


On Wednesday, January 25th, our beautiful Dana was diagnosed with stage 4 cholangiocarcinoma (bile duct cancer). It's an aggressive cancer, but she is in the best of hands at the University of Minnesota and we continue to have hope that she can fight this. We'll post updates on here to keep family & friends updated in one place. We appreciate your support and words of hope and encouragement.

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September 20, 2023

Journal entry by Brenna Akkerman —

A Memorial Service for our Dana will be held at 11:00 am on Thursday, September 21, 2023 at the Zion Lutheran Church in Mora with Pastor Anthony Cloose.

Memorial Visitation will be held 4:00 - 7:00 pm on Wednesday, September 20, 2023 at the Zion Lutheran Church in Mora and again 1 hour prior to the service at the church on Thursday.

A Prayer Service will be held at 4:30 pm on Wednesday, during the visitation time at Zion.

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