Tami Lackey

Funeral Service for Tami Kay Lackey, 51, of Wheaton, Minnesota will be held Friday, July 29, 2011 at 11:00 A.M. at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Wheaton, Minnesota with Rev. Suzanne Benidt officiating. Organist will be LeAnn Bjornson with special music provided by Dennis Johnson. Pallbearers will be Joel Ahrens, Paul Stack, Bryan Ahrens, Jeff Ahrnes, Mac Voss and Jim Giles. Honorary Pallbearers will be Donna Kaufman, Theresa Schmidt, Holly Voss, Janet Koch, and the Residents and Staff of the Traverse Care Center. Interment will be in St. Josephs Cemetery, rural Rosholt, South Dakota. Visitation will be held Thursday, July 28, 2011 from 5:00 P.M. until 7:00 P.M. with a 7:00 P.M. Prayer Service at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Wheaton. Visitation will continue Friday morning one hour prior to service time at the church. The Ranney Funeral Home of Wheaton, Minnesota is in charge of arrangements. The gift of life on earth was given to Tami Kay Ahrens on December 13, 1959 in Hankinson, North Dakota. She was the daughter of Gayle and the late Randolph Junior Ahrens. Recognizing the need to care for her spiritual welfare as well as her physical well-being, her parents saw to it that she became a Child of God through the sacrament of Holy Baptism at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Hankinson. Later, she renewed her baptismal vows through confirmation at St. John Lutheran Church in Wheaton, Minnesota. Tami grew up in Wheaton and graduated from High School in 1978. She was married in 1985 to Mark Lackey of Rosholt, South Dakota. They were blessed with two daughters; Erin Regina, (Named after her Great-Grandmother) and Ashley Gaylin (named after her Grandmother). Tami lived for her children and family. They were the most important thing to her. She lived her life around them. She was a very strong advocate for both her daughters, and was very proud of her children and wanted only the best for them. She held her family very close to her heart. Tami and her girls moved to Wheaton in 1999. Tami currently was working at the Traverse Care Center in the activities department. She loved her job and gave it 100%. She is a member of the St. Joseph Church in Rosholt, South Dakota, where she used to teach Sunday School. Tami enjoyed being at the lake cabin with family and friends, tending to her flower garden, feeding and watching the birds, and watching and attending rodeos. She enjoyed any activity that included her girls and family. Tami will be missed by her family forever. She passed away Monday, July 25, 2011 at Sanford Medical Center in Wheaton. Left to join her later on through faith in our Lord and Savior are her two daughters, Erin Lackey of Grand Forks, North Dakota and Ashley Lackey of Wheaton, Minnesota, her mother, Gayle Ahrens of Wheaton, Minnesota, her special Sister and Friend, Pam (Galen) Cordell of Watertown, South Dakota, her Grandmother, Grace Medenwalt of Hankinson, North Dakota, and her Special Friend, Loren Stack of Mooreton, North Dakota. Tami was preceded in death by her infant Daughter, Megan Lackey, her Father, Randolph Junior Ahrens, her Paternal Grandparents, Regina and Randolph Ahrens Sr. and Maternal Grandfather Alfred Medenwaldt.