Phyllis Jean Dykeman, 88, of Austin died Monday, June 29, 2015, at Cedars of Austin.

Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at St. Olaf Lutheran Church with the Rev. Paul Lutter officiating. Interment will be at Grandview Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Clasen-Jordan Mortuary and on Friday for one hour before the service at the church.

Phyllis Jean Ford was born in Riceville, Iowa, the daughter of George and Maym (Whisler) Ford. She graduated from Austin High School in the class of 1943. Jean was married to Willard Holmquist on April 29, 1944, in New York City. They later divorced. She was a longtime employee of Hormel Foods, retiring in 1985 after 38 years of service. Jean was married to Dean W. Dykeman on Dec. 8, 1956, at The Little Brown Church in Nashua, Iowa.

In 1945 she became a member of St. Olaf Lutheran Church. She was a member of St. Olaf quilters, worked at St. Olaf Diner at the Mower County Fair and at the Scandinavian Day Festival. Jean worked at the Coffee Shop at St. Olaf Hospital and the Austin Medical Center/Mayo Clinic Health System in Austin for 23 years and was the manager for 18 years.

Jean enjoyed crocheting, was an avid gardener, did a lot of canning and liked to cook. She was a loving and nurturing mother, making sacrifices for her family, providing them with stability and a mother’s love in time of laughter and times of tears.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Dean Dykeman; son, Gary Holmquist; great-grandson, Tadd Holmquist; brother, Daryl; and half-sister, Georgina.

Jean is survived by her son and daughter-in-law Steve and Susan Holmquist of St. Cloud; daughter and son-in-law Jody and Thomas Nygaard of Albert Lea; daughter-in-law, Mary Holmquist, of Lolo, Montana; nine grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; and sisters-in-law Alice Moldenhauer of Austin and Carol Baumgartner of New Brighton.