Anita E. Hallaway

Anita E. Hallaway, 85, of Alexandria, MN formerly of Holloway, MN, died on Sunday morning, February 27, 2022, at Glacial Ridge Health System, Glenwood Hospital. Visitation will be held from 9:00 am to 11:00 am, with a 9:00 am Rosary, followed by the Mass of Christian Burial at 11:00 am on Thursday, March 3, 2022, at St. John’s Catholic Church in Appleton. Interment will be in the Appleton City Cemetery. Zniewski Funeral Home, Vaala Chapel of Appleton is assisting the family with the arrangements. www.zniewskifuneralhome.com

Anita Elizabeth Hallaway was born on July 17, 1936, in Madison, Minnesota, the daughter of Andrew Frederick and Inez Rosella (Larson) Bornhorst. She was baptized on July 19, 1936, by Father Wohlfohrt at St. Michael’s Catholic Church and she was confirmed there on May 6, 1950, by the Archbishop John D. Murr. Anita graduated from Madison High School, Class of 1954.  After high school she went to work at the ASC Office for three years.

On August 31, 1957, Anita was united in marriage to John Joseph Hallaway at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Madison. This union was blessed with over 64 years of marriage. After marriage she embraced her role as a mother and a housewife and in 1978, she began working at the Appleton Nursing Home for 10 years. She then worked at the library at Appleton High School and later in the High School Athletic Department before retiring in September of 1998.

She was a member of St. Joseph Altar Society in Holloway, the St. John’s Rosary Society in Appleton, and provided support for the National Guard during Operation Desert Storm. She enjoyed living on Pelican Lake for five or six months each year and traveling to Lake Havasu, AZ each winter for 17 years. She loved flowers, especially growing roses and bird watching. Having get-togethers with her family, brothers and sisters, and friends, all were moments she cherished.  Most of all she loved spending quiet time with her husband Jack. She was called from this life on Sunday morning, February 27, 2022, at Glacial Ridge Health Services in Glenwood.  She attained the age of 85 years, 7 months and 10 days.

She is survived by her husband John “Jack” Hallaway of Alexandria; her children: Julie (Michael) Jensen of Benson, Lorie (Tim) Winzenburg of Sunburg, Mary (Todd) Glimsdal of Kandiyohi,  Jay (Cherilyn) Hallaway of Alcester South Dakota, Kaye (Joe) Dieter of Danvers, Kim (Todd) Ostby of Richmond, Robert (Joyce) Hallaway of Glencoe; and Amy (Avery) Zanoth of Hackensack; grandchildren: Matthew Jensen, Natasha Winzenburg, Brandon Winzenburg, Jamis (Anna) Winzenburg, Ashley (Matt) Sommers, Jacklyn, Elizabeth, and William Hallaway, Paul (Emily) Dieter, Andrew (Kristen) Dieter, Kenny (Bethany) Dieter, Anne Dieter, Lindsey and Brett Ostby, and Connor and McKenna Hallaway; great-grandchildren: Rosendo (Malika) Lopez, Gaige and Braydn Sanderson, Mason Winzenburg, Isla and Carter Winzenburg, Barrett and Abel Sommers, Edmund, Gwendolyn, and Phillip Dieter, and Sophia Dieter; and one great-great- grandson, Jaymeson Lopez; siblings: Robert (Marilyn) Bornhorst, of Wichita, Kansas, Irene Bornhorst of Madison, William Bornhorst of Minneapolis, Michael Bornhorst of Madison; brothers and sisters-in-law: Thomas (Shirley) Hallaway of Elk River, Arlene Bryzinski of St Paul; Dennis Steffen of Canby; and several other relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Andrew and Inez Bornhorst; parents-in-law, John and Hattie Hallaway; grandparents, Henry and Margaret Bornhorst and John and Julia Larson; brother, Kenneth Bornhorst; sister, Edith Steffen; brother-in-law Ron Brzinski; and aunts, uncles, and cousins.

A special “thank you” to Kara Mrnak, Mom’s “adopted 7 ^th daughter”, and to the staff at Glacial Ridge Health System and Bethany on the Lake, for the wonderful care given to Anita.

Blessed be the memory of Anita Elizabeth Hallaway.