Dolly (Muriel) Louise Ylvisaker
Dolly (Muriel) Louise Ylvisaker, 93, of Zumbrota, MN, passed away peacefully at her home on the morning of Wednesday, January 11th. Dolly was born at home on her family’s farm in Belle Creek Township, MN on July 18th, 1929, to Ida and Bastian Okkelberg. The fifth of six siblings, her older sisters nicknamed her Dolly Tusa Krultop, meaning “Dolly Little Curly Top”. She wrote in a diary that “in spite of long names, I was the only one with a nickname.” People would continue to call her the name Dolly throughout her life, often never knowing that it was an adopted one.
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