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- Dagny Marencia Fryklund Briggs, age 103, of Ashland, died Wednesday, August 23, 2006 at Court Manor Health and Rehabilitation Services in Ashland. She was born February 12, 1903 in Ashland, the daughter of Leonard and Maria (Blomberg) Bergquist.
She was a lifelong Ashland area resident and a member of Salem Baptist Church in Ashland. She married Iner Fryklund in Ashland on July 23, 1923. He preceded her in death in 1950. On Jan. 1, 1958 she married Lee Briggs in Waukegan, Ill. He preceded her in death in 1977.
She was an owner and operator of a laundromat in Ashland and a restaurant in the Northwestern Train Depot in Ashland. She also worked at Court Manor as a baker until she was 80 years old. She enjoyed knitting very much, knitting blankets and afghans for many in the area and in other countries.
She is survived by a daughter-in-law, Joyce Fryklund of Hibbing, Minn.; grandsons, Mark (Laurie) Fryklund of Edmond, Okla. and Scott (Jacque) Fryklund of Eden Prairie, Minn.; six great-grandchildren: Aaron, Elizabeth, Justin, Kali, Erik and Amber; three step-children, Dorothy Dunn of Waukesha, Paul Briggs of Appleton and Bob Briggs of New Jersey; step-grandchildren and step-great-grandchildren; two nieces and a nephew; and other relatives and friends.
Besides her husbands, she was preceded in death by her parents; a son, Vernon Fryklund in 2005; a grandson, Jay Fryklund in 2000; two step-children, Russell Briggs and Don Briggs; three sisters and a brother.
The funeral service will be held at Salem Baptist Church in Ashland on Monday, Aug. 28, at 1:30 p.m. Rev. Rodney Larson will officiate. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Burial will be in the Mt. Hope Cemetery in Ashland. Roberts Funeral Home in Ashland is assisting the family with arrangements.
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