Lori Austing

Lori P. Austing, age 57 of Freeport, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family on Tuesday, October 21, 2025 at her home in Freeport, Minnesota.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, October 28 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Freeport with Rev. Daniel Walz officiating. Entombment will be in the parish cemetery.

Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday and from 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. Tuesday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Freeport.

My words, my voice you no longer hear. Please do not cry for me. I have had an amazing, blessed life, my childhood and being born to the most loving parents anyone could ask for, Claude and Janice Vogel of St. Anthony, along with my eight siblings. We had an upbringing most other children can only dream about. I will miss you all and wait for you in our heavenly home, Debbie and Rick Schreifels of Staples, Mike and Jane of LaCrosse, Rick and Laura of St. Anthony, Lisa and John Buttweiler of Avon, Steve and Natasha of Albany, Tom and Jackie of St. Anthony, Dorothy Austing of Freeport, and all of the Austing in-laws. I will wait for you along with mom, our brothers, David and Brian, our nephew, Mason, father-in-law, Richard Austing, and all of our grandparents, aunts, and uncles, we will make a home.

But it is my family I hold so dear in my heart that I will miss so deeply, my best friend, my love of my life, my husband, Dan. Together we have brought into this world our amazing children, Zach and his wife, Kendra, and baby boy Frederick of Burtrum, Allie and Will Stone of Duluth, and Autumn at home in Freeport. Oh, how I will miss you all. My heart aches thinking of all your milestones that I will not be here for physically but know that I am always in a part of you. My spirit will keep you strong. I will also miss dearly my beloved lifelong friends who have been there for me alongside my family for all the struggles in my life. I will ask God to let me remind you always with sunsets of purple and pink, that single butterfly that floats alongside you and doesn’t seem to want to leave your side, I am there in the gentle breeze that comes out of nowhere and brushes your face. And when you look up at the most beautiful night sky, remember I am there among the stars and I am thinking of you. This horrible disease of ALS may have taken my life, but my heart remains with you. God bless, until I see you again. Remember I love you more, more, more. Forever and always. LORI