Letha E. Perrine

Letha was born the daughter of Joshua and Bessie (Arnold) Yarnell on September 23, 1909 on a farm near St. James, MN. As a young girl the family moved to Blue Earth where she attended junior high and graduated from Blue Earth High School in 1927. On March 17, 1930 she was married to David Perrine in the Baptist Parsonage in Blue Earth. Letha was an active and hardworking woman. She had a beautiful soprano voice that she shared at many funeral services through the years. She directed a girl?s choir and taught Sunday school for several years at the First Baptist Church in Blue Earth. She was a self taught bookkeeper while working at the sugar beat loading site, Houghtaling?s Hardware and Holland?s Implement. During WWII she drove to LeSueur everyday for Green Giant Co. Church, music and family were vital parts of her life. Letha and David enjoyed traveling extensively through the years, as well. Letha was currently a member of First Baptist Church in Winnebago.She is survived by her children: Ruth (& Dale) Nestingen of Westby, Wisconsin, Polly (& Glenn) Laughlin of McAllan, Texas and Glen (& Sharon) Perrine of Blue Earth. Also surviving are 14 grandchildren, 33 great grandchildren and 5 great great grandchildren.She was preceded in death by her parents, husband in 2000, a son- Robert in 2005 and 3 great grandchildren.