Mildred R. Hakomaki died July 9, 2018. She was born July 7, 1920, in Mobridge, S.D., to Oscar and Emma Huettner.
Millie graduated from Mobridge High School in 1938 and from the University of Minnesota in 1943, where she earned a bachelor’s degree as a diagnostic lab tech. She worked at the U’s Veterinary Diagnostic Lab on the St. Paul campus from 1963 to 1985.
In 1944, she married Ray Hakomaki. They lived in Roseville from 1951 to 2017.
She was preceded in death by her husband, brother Oscar and sister Helen.
She is survived by her children, Sue (Steve Granger) of St. Anthony Park, Jim of Denver and St. Paul, Nancy (Bill Moss) and Mark (Bill Huebsch), both of St. Paul; and grandchildren, Andrew Granger and Carla Barnes (Matt). Millie was an active member of the St Anthony Park United Church of Christ, where she served on many committees and workgroups. Her funeral service was held there on July 19.
