GTE in 1967 in the Forest City office. She retired from the Emmetsburg GTE office in 1985. Mildred was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church. She enjoyed camping and motorhome travel and time spent with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She loved to travel to visit family in California, Florida, Canada and on the East Coast. Mildred is survived by three grandchildren, Elke Hanson and her partner, Earnest Filby and their son, John of Chardon, OH., Dane (Heidi) Hanson and their children, Luke, Dru, Jacob and Leigh of Williamsburg, VA., Case Hanson of Chardon, OH., and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Duane; son, Lowell; six brothers, Chester, Milton, Melvin, Wilfred, Harold and Reuben Charlson; and three sisters, Ella Guthrie, Margaret Charlson and Rachel Bird.