Mary Jean (Grobner) Dahn, 57, of Austin, died Saturday, February 15, 2014 at her home in Austin, Minnesota after a courageous battle with cancer.
She was born May 24, 1956 in Owatonna, Minnesota the daughter of Clifford and Jeanette (Ditlevson) Grobner. She graduated Owatonna High School in 1974. Mary went to work for Josten's. She married David Donahue in Owatonna and they later divorced. She worked at SPX for a short time then Truth Hardware for over 17 years. During that time, she married Kent Boxrucker and they later divorced. She then worked for Northern Precision Machine Tool Sales and owned and operated AB Taxi in Austin for four years. She married Jeff Dahn on November 8, 2001 and they made their home in Austin. Mary currently worked for Dagry Tool until her illness.
Mary enjoyed crafts and sewing. She also enjoyed the outdoors and liked to hunt and fish.
She is survived by her husband, Jeff Dahn of Austin; children, Matt (and April) Grobner of Owatonna, Andrea J. Boxrucker of Owatonna, and Brian (and Danielle) Boxrucker of Plymouth; four grandchildren, Erik, Dylan, Tyler, and Kya; mother, Jeanette Grobner of Owatonna; brother, Roger (and Janet) Grobner of Owatonna; sister, Diane Choukalas of Maple Grove; nieces and nephews, Brad, Stephanie, Christopher, and Steven; parents-in-law, Marvin and Sharon Dahn of Fertile, IA; brothers-in-law, Jim (and Jennifer) Dahn of Newark, NJ and Mike Dahn of Fertile, IA.
She was preceded in death by her father, Clifford Grobner.
Visitation will be at Michaelson Funeral Home on Monday, February 17, 2014 from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM and at St. John Lutheran Church on Tuesday, February 18, 2014 from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, February 18, 2014 at 11:00 AM at St. John Lutheran Church in Owatonna with Pastor Dave Klawiter officiating. Interment will be in the St. John Cemetery in Owatonna.
Visitation:
02/17/2014 16:00
02/17/2014 19:00
Service:
Owatonna, and one hour prior to the service at the church.
02/18/2014 11:00