Edna M. “Toots” (Radke) Sater age 83 of Seaforth, formerly of Walnut Grove passed away Tuesday, December 12, 2017 at Seasons Hospice in Redwood Falls. Memorial Services was held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, December 16 at Church of Christ in Tracy. Interment was in the Tracy City Cemetery. Online condolences may be sent at www.stephensfuneralservice.com. Stephens Funeral Service – Tracy Area Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements.
Edna Sater was born June 28, 1934 to Gustav and Lillian (Leonard) Radke in Tracy, Minnesota. She went to school in Walnut Grove, Minnesota. Edna worked at various jobs; as a bartender, nurses aid and also as a program associate hiring volunteer workers for Green Thumb. She enjoyed going to the casinos, playing Keno and grilling out. Edna also enjoyed the “Gilligan Boat Tour” at the Annual Sater Lake Weekend, her pets, but mostly spending time with her family and friends. She was united in marriage to Richard “Dick” Sater in March 1957 where they made their home in Springfield and later moved to Bloomington, Echo and then settled in Seaforth in 1975. They later divorced in 1982. Edna later met and lived with her partner Dennis Winn until December 2017. She then was admitted to the Redwood Falls Hospital and later to Seasons Hospice due to multiple illnesses.
Edna is survived by her partner Dennis Winn of Seaforth; children: Richard (Elaine) Sater of Maple Grove, Terri (Bob) Kaufenberg of Seaforth, Cindy (Steve) Gewerth of Springfield, James (Deb) Sater of Alexandria and Steve (Becky) Decker of New Hartford, IA; 7 grandchildren; 11 great grandchildren; brothers: Wesley Radke of Tracy, Charles Benson Jr. of Walnut Grove, and sister Judy Glass of Walnut Grove.
She is preceded in death by her parents, daughter Susie Harned, brothers: Arthur, Clifford “Bill” Robert, Morris “Bud” and Harold “Bunny”, sisters Iona and Della and her first husband Dick.
Blessed Be Her Memory