Marian Latour, age 91, of Buffalo died Wednesday, April 2, 2014 at the Buffalo Hospital.

Mass of Christian Burial will be held 10:30 a.m. Saturday, April 5, 2014 at St. Timothy Catholic Church, Maple Lake with Fr. John Meyer as the Celebrant.  Burial will follow at St. Timothy Catholic Cemetery in Maple Lake.  Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Friday and 9-10 a.m. Saturday, both at Dingmann Funeral Care Chapel, Maple Lake.  A prayer service will be held 7:00 p.m. Friday at the funeral chapel.

Marian Leona Latour was born May 18, 1922 in Buffalo to Lafayette and Harriet (Cronk) Varner.  On October 11, 1939 she was united in marriage to Theodore Latour at St. Timothy Catholic Church in Maple Lake.  Marian was a bookkeeper for Lake Region Transport, Maple Lake Farmers Creamery and Progressive Dairy.  She was also general manager of the Dairy Distribution Corporation, a position held for over 18 years, which became a very successful business.  She has been a member of the Wright County Human Services Board, choir member of St. Timothy Church for many years and was an area correspondent for the St. Cloud Daily Times.  Marian's family was very important to her; her greatest enjoyment was raising her four children and following them in sports, especially basketball.

She is survived by her four sons & their spouses Theodore Jr. & Marge of Maple Lake, Donald & Marlys of Maple Lake, Kenneth & Ann of Maple Lake and Robert & Carol of Buffalo; 13 grandchildren; 16 great grandchildren; 1 great great grandchild; sister Esther Hensen of Menomonee Falls, WI; and brother Curtis "Butch" Varner of Watertown.  She is preceded in death by her parents; husband Theodore, Sr.; grandson Douglas; and brothers Warren and Edward Varner.

The pallbearers will be her grandsons Joe, Steve, Dan, Mark, Scott, Brad and Paul Latour.  Sarah Goelz and Paul Stockman will provide the music for the service.  Arrangements are entrusted with Dingmann Funeral Care Burial & Cremation Services of Maple Lake.

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