Taylor Cierra Zylstra-Sletten, 16, of West Concord, died Thursday, April 11, 2019 at her home.
She was born May 21, 2002 in Owatonna the daughter of Christine Janke and David Zylstra. Taylor attended Blooming Prairie Schools through sixth grade at which time she transferred to Kenyon Wanamingo School District. She played softball for K-W and loves to work on her car and build and drive derby cars. At the age of 14, Taylor was already an accomplished welder and at age 16 Taylor proved over and over again that there was nothing she couldn't fix or build. Her passion and determination on any given project was relentless, making her take her projects to new heights.
Taylor is described as vibrant, full of life, charismatic, choosy, talented, beautiful and LOUD. She always put others first and had an engaging smile. Most of all, she was caring and loving of others before herself; especially her siblings.
She is survived by her mother, Christine (and Dustin) Sletten of West Concord; father, David (and Abby) Zylstra of Blooming Prairie; siblings, Mason(14), Kole(12), Bristol(7), Parker(4), Miles(11mths), Savanna(7), Silas(5), Skylar(3); maternal grandparents, LeeAnn (and Greg) Lunning, Dan (and Sandy) Janke, Tim & Nancy Sletten; paternal grandparents, Cindy (and Rodney) Pittman, Kenneth Zylstra, Jan (and Gary) Medgaarden, Randy Heimer; maternal aunts and uncles; Kim Larson, Katie (and Dean) Hoffman, Amy (and Greg) Young, Michael (and Allison) Janke, Aaron Sletten, Shannon (and Christine) Sletten, John (and Michelle) Stoltz, Amy (and Brett) Stoltz, Alicia (and Chris) Hermes; paternal aunts and uncles, Derek Resler, Tristan (and Dan) Wiechmann, Jesse (and Kristin) Medgaarden, Jacob Medgaarden, Aaron (and Emily) Heimer, Adam Heimer, Andy (and Amber) Prange, Shanon (and John) Shoden, Jeremy Heimer; great grandparents and many cousins.
She was preceded in death by her uncle, Steven Zylstra.
Visitation will be at Michaelson Funeral Home on Tuesday from 4pm to 8pm and at St. John Lutheran Church on Wednesday from 9am to 10am. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, April 17, 2019 at 10am at St. John Lutheran Church with Reverend Craig Breimhorst officiating. Interment will be in the St. John Cemetery in Owatonna.
