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Pauline Lois Cole

Pauline Cole, age 94 of Chanhassen, Minnesota, formerly of Wheaton, MN, passed away Sunday, April 28, 2024, at Riley Crossing Senior Living in Chanhassen, MN.

Visitation for Pauline Cole will be held Friday, May 17, 2024, from 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. with a 6:00 p.m. Prayer Service and Time of Sharing at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Wheaton, MN.

Visitation will continue from 12:00 p.m. until 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 18, 2024, at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Wheaton, MN.

Funeral services for Pauline Lois Cole will be at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 18, 2024, at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Wheaton, MN, with Rev. Cheryl Berg officiating.

Interment will be in Graceland Cemetery, White Rock, South Dakota.

Pallbearers will be Pauline’s grandchildren: Heather Menden, Cameron Wahl, Alyssa McLellan, Andrew Wahl, Tony Evangelista, Megan Evangelista, Delaney Cole, Larson Cole, Jackson Cole, and Nelson Cole.

She is survived by daughters: Colette Carlson (Jim), Twylah Wahl (Gary), Jane Evangelista and son, Niles Cole (Heather), grandchildren Heather Menden (Kyle), Cameron Wahl (Katie), Alyssa McLellan (Justin), Andrew Wahl (Danielle), Tony Evangelista (Elise), Megan Evangelista (Luke Osborn), Delaney Cole (Isaac Foote), Larson Cole, Jackson Cole, and Nelson Cole and great grand-children Jack, Nora, and Hank Menden, Garrett Wahl, Allison and Megan Arjes, Cohen, Aili, and Brody McLellan, Benjamin, Evelyn and Theodore Wahl, Lily and Mia Evangelista, and Madi and Avery Osborn.

Pauline was preceded in death by Milton, her beloved parents, AJ and Carrie, brothers Joe (Alice), Clarence (Marietta), Luther (Betty) and sisters Hazel Austin (Steve), Martha Sanden (Jim) and Rachel Monson (LC, aka Muns), son-in-law Steve Evangelista (Jane) and grandson Nicholas Carlson.

Arrangements are with Bainbridge Funeral Home in Wheaton, MN.