Pauline Eklund, age 72, of Princeton, died March 14, 2024 at Fairview Southdale Hospital. A Celebration of Life Gathering will be held from 12:00 P.M. – 2:00 P.M. Sunday, March 17th at Strike Life Tributes in Cambridge with a graveside following at Cambridge Union Cemetery.
Pauline Victoria Eklund born August 24, 1951 to Herman and Evelyn (Bailey) Eklund and graduated from Lincoln High School in Bloomington, Minnesota in 1969.
In September 1969, she married David L. Wilhelmi. They were married for 15 years and had two daughters, Katie (Wilhelmi) Noel and Alynn (Wilhelmi) Morrison.
Pauline enjoyed various arts and crafts, specifically doing silk flower arrangements and Pour Paintings and attending craft shows. She loved spending time with her daughters, her grandchildren and her great-grandchildren and meeting up with the “girls” for coffee.
Since her retirement, she had taken up a liking for bird watching in the backyard. She also enjoyed watching YouTube videos of all the different places that she had visited and wanted to visit. She enjoyed traveling and going for long drives on bright sunny days.
She died March 14, 2024 at Fairview Southdale Hospital at the age of 72 years. She is preceded in death by father, Herman R. Eklund 8/13/87, mother, Evelyn R. Eklund (7/24/00); and brother, Donald E. Scott (10/19/91).
Pauline is survived by her daughters, Katie Noel, Alynn (Wilhelmi) Morrison; son-in-law, Jack L. Johnson; granddaughters, Joslyn Frauly (Curtis) Adamek, Victoria Wilhelmi (Chris) LaTour, Kaylyn Whitman; grandsons, Jack L. Johnson, Jr “Moe” and Dalin Noel; four great-grandchildren; brothers, Gordon Eklund (Sharon) and Wayne Eklund; many nieces, nephews, and cousins.
My love ,hugs&prayers to Alynn & Kate & the family of our beloved, beautiful Pauline . ❤️ I will always remember our lunch’s, laughter & talks at the Wyoming Village Inn,along with sister, Robin.. I will forever miss Pauline’s contagious laughter,sarcasm & wit!😂
The last thing Pauline said to me last week as I visited in the hospital ,in a soft voice as I stroked her hair ,”we didn’t get to talk long enough, – I’ll be going to see Robin.” It broke my heart.
Pauline , you fought a long and tough fight , so gracefully.I was amazed at your strength. So go rest now dear- and then visit with Robin. Love , ❤️🙏Wendy
💝 Pauline, you’ve been my friend for 60 wonderful years. 🌹 I have been so blessed and honored to call you best friend and sister at heart. Every time we got together, it was a joy — even when one of us was going through a hard time, it didn’t stop us from having a good time. There were too many highlights to name them all, but from walking around Como Lake to camping to traveling around the country, the experiences were all better because I was with you. So many memories. 💜 I love you, Pauline. I miss you but I know you will be there to meet me when it’s my turn to go to heaven.