Mary Lou Paavola, age 82 of Annandale died Saturday, October 2, 2010 at the Buffalo Hospital

Funeral Services will be held 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, October 6, 2010 at Zion Lutheran Church, Annandale. Rev. Thomas Queck will officiate and burial will be in Corinna Cemetery. Friends may call from 4-7 p.m. Tuesday at Dingmann Funeral Care Chapel, Annandale and one hour prior to the service, Wednesday at the church. A prayer service will be held at 7:00 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.

Mary Lou Paavola was born April 15, 1928 in New Your Mills, Ottertail County to John and Emily Kumpula. She married Alvin Paavola on May 10, 1947 at Trinity Lutheran Church in New York Mills. Together, they lived in Minneapolis for 42 years, before moving to Annandale in 1989. Mary Lou worked at Emerich Baking Company in Minneapolis for 25 years, retiring in 1989. She volunteered at the Annandale Senior Dining, delivered Meals on Wheels and was a member of the Senior Council for 2 years. Mary Lou was a member of Zion Lutheran Church, where she was active in the LWML, the Altar Committee, the Fellowship Council and Busy Needles. Mary Lou enjoyed baking, fishing and loved to work with seniors and spend time with her family.

She is survived by her husband, Alvin of Annandale; children & their spouses, Richard & Carole of Minneapolis, Linda & Kevin Dorsey of Buffalo and Robert & Colleen of Little Canada; six grandchildren, Joseph, Lisa, Kristi, Gary, Matthew and Reed; four great grandchildren, James, Wyatt, Jackson and Aubree; sister and brother & their spouses, Shirley & Clarence Paulson of Golden Valley and Charles & Sue Kumpula of Brainerd; sister in law, Arles Kumpula of New York Mills. She is preceded in death by her parents; sisters, Jeanette Saari, Wilma Perna and Agnes Thelen; and brothers, Martin Kumpula and Alvin Kumpula.

Pallbearers will be Joseph, Matthew and Reed Paavola, Gary Marsyla, James and Jeff Thompson and Kevin Dorsey. Honorary Pallbearers will be Wyatt Marsyla and Jackson Paavola.