Marlys Lindholm Obituary Lindholm, Marlys Joan 1929 - 2014 Lake Independence-Maple Plain, MN, passed away peacefully, sur-rounded by her family, on June 26, 2014. Preceded in death by husband C. Paul Lindholm in January 2014. Born to Laurence W. Carlson and Anna Annette Carlson on February 16, 1929. Survived by children Paul F. Lindholm II of Sydney, Australia, Elizabeth (Doug) Lindholm-Pederson of Bryn Mawr, Minneapolis, and Peter F. (Stacey) Lindholm of Medina, Minnesota; brother-in-law Wallace (Irma) Lindholm of Glenwood City, Wisconsin; grandchildren Whitney Thornton Hall of Milwaukee, Oliver and Frederik Lindholm of Sydney, Conner, Jensen and Halle Lindholm of Medina; and special nieces Kristen (Mitch) Avery, Laurie (Donald) Deveau, and Judy (Craig) Kurtz. Graduate of Mound Consolidated High School in 1947. Her close friend at the time, Roger Erickson, who went on to many years of broadcast fame at WCCO Radio in Minneapolis, described Marlys as a smart, popular girl who played the drums in the high school band and treated ev-eryone with respect. After gradu-ation she embarked on a mo-deling career for a short time and had great potential, but chose to be with her fiance, Paul, when he came home from serving in the Phillipines in WWII. They were married on August 21, 1948. During their 66 years of marriage, they raised three children and formed a wide circle of cherished friends. Marlys worked hard at supporting her husband's banking career and, as a result, traveled extensively across the United States and Canada. Their travels also took them around the world, but their most cherished trips were the ones to Australia to visit their grandchildren, and to Scandinavia, where they searched for and found their fa-mily genealogy and stayed closely in touch with their Danish, Swedish and Norwegian relatives and friends. An American of Swedish and Norwegian heritage, Marlys was a member of Rebild National Park Society, a US-DK Friendship organization which has celebrated the 4th of July since 1912 in Denmark, the largest such cele-bration outside the USA. She was also a member of The Vester-heim Norwegian-American Muse-um (Founding Council.) She was a great supporter of The Swedish Institute, The Norway House and The Annual Nordic Brunch. She was also involved in the Mound Historical Society and was in-strumental in starting the Maple Plain Museum and the Maple Plain Beautification Committee. She was a member of Wayzata Country Club and Lafayette Country Club, Past member of The Minneapolis Club and Birnam Wood Country Club, Santa Barbara, California. She enjoyed her time shares in Cabo San Lucas, Marco Island and Kauai tremendously and generously shared them with family and friends. Marlys served in the American Legion Auxiliary and her husband Paul was Past Commander of Paul Stinson Post #514 in Maple Plain, they were true patriots, and passed that along to their children with their involvement in the annual Memorial Day Service at Lewis Cemetery followed by a celebration of extended family and close friends at their home on Lake Independence. Marlys was a proud lifetime member of Christ Lutheran Church in Maple Plain, where she was a member of the CLW, Coordinator of the Annual Garage Sale, chaired the Memorial Committee, Furnishings Committee, and the much anticipated annual Christmas Lucia Dinner. She made sure she had the tra-ditional Scandinavian costumes for everyone, grandchildren in-cluded. Marlys was a true original, and was loved by everyone who was fortunate enough to cross paths with her. She loved and cared for her home and gardens on Lake Independence with hard work, immaculate taste, beauty and grace. She was the most ex-traordinary and gracious hostess, and entertained family, friends and business associates in the same manner that she presented herself to the world, with understated elegance and open arms. Memorial service Friday, July 11 at 11:00 AM, at Christ Lutheran Church, 5084 Main Street East, Maple Plain with a reception following at Wayzata Country Club. Visitation 1 hour prior to service. Memorials may be directed to Christ Lutheran Church.