Instead of flowers, donations can be made to the Crossroads Nazarene Church.
Lorraine C. Ehrlin joined the saints in Heaven on July 2, 2024 in Gardnerville, NV. Born on November 28, 1933 in Ryder, ND, she grew up with six brothers and sisters and with a Nazarene pastor for a father. They moved often as her father was called to different churches, which created a special bond with her siblings.
At age 20, she married Hans Ehrlin, after a five-week courtship, in May of 1954. Over the next four years, their family doubled with the births of their two children. Lorraine worked in banking for a few years before she started working in sales for GTE selling yellow page ads. She took up skiing and golf along with her husband and children.
Once Lorraine and Hans retired, they spent time traveling the country by motor home. On one of these trips they discovered Gardnerville, Nevada, where they chose to live out their golden years, and where she lived for the last 28 years.
Lorraine was known for her love for the Lord and her love of family and friends. She loved to laugh and family always waited to hear her tell a joke, as she would be tickled by the punch line she knew was coming and would be laughing so hard she could barely deliver it. Everyone still enjoyed the joke, possibly more.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 65 years, Hans Ehrlin; parents Forrest and Lillian Cannon; brothers, Arnold, Wynn, and Don Cannon; Sisters, Lee Pitcher and Fern Haviland; and great-grandson Adrian Gama.
She is survived by her son Forrest Ehrlin and daughter Tamra (Bruce) Miller; grandchildren Merrisa Selby, Joshua (Cher) Ehrlin, Caden Musser, Sean (Janae) Miller, and Kaci (Joe) Amon; and great-grandchildren Millena Gama, Avery, Siena, and Eisley Amon, and Konrad and Everett Miller; sister Farrell (Clarence) Haviland, and many loved nieces and nephews and their children.
She lived her life showing her love and trust for the Lord and she passed the same way.
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