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Yvonne May “Chris” Madsen was born in New Ulm, Minnesota May 22, 1932. She was the eldest of three children born to Florence (Warnke) and Edward Christensen. Yvonne graduated from New Ulm High School. After graduating from St. Cloud Teachers Collage in 1952, Miss Christensen began her career in Lake Crystal. Her favorite position was teaching 2nd grade. She married Lyle “Mike” Madsen in New Ulm in 1954. Bucking traditional norms and policies regarding marriage, pregnancy, and same distri...

The pavilion, one of five temporary installations across the 500 acres of Wakehurst’s botanic gardens, was designed to celebrate the enset plant, a staple