Loretta Hegg, 95, a long time resident of Austin, Minnesota, died Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019, at St. Mark’s Nursing Home.

She was born in 1924 to Herb and Blanche Schultz in Canton, Minnesota. She attended high school in Canton and Spring Valley, Minnesota. She graduated from nursing school at the Austin Area Vocational Technical Institute and worked as a nurse in nursing homes and several private homes. She was a member of Grace Lutheran Church.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Vernon; her brother; her sister; her parents; and a great-granddaughter.

She is survived by her daughters, LaVaughn (Russell) Ohm of Byron, Minnesota, and Eilene (Eric) Fisher of Waseca, Minnesota; her son, David Hegg (Merril) of Geelong West, Australia; her loyal friend, Larry Voss of Austin; as well as several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Loretta donated her body to Mayo Clinic.