Luverne "Mickey" Randall

Luverne E. “Mickey” Randall, 95 of Little Falls, passed away at Johanna Shores Retirement Home on June 7, 2015. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Thursday, June 11th at 11 a.m. at St. Frances Cabrini Catholic Church, 1500 Franklin Ave. SE, Minneapolis with the Rev. Mike Tegeder officiating. Interment will be in Calvary Cemetery in Little Falls on Friday, June 12th at 1:30 p.m. Visitation prior to the funeral at St. Frances Cabrini on Thursday. Arrangements are with Shelley Funeral Chapel in Little Falls, MN (320) 632-5242. Luverne E. “Mickey” Randall was born July 2, 1919 in Lawton, North Dakota to the late William and Ethel (McNamee) Powers. She received her undergraduate degrees from Mayville State University and the University of North Dakota. Later she completed her Masters Degree from St. Cloud State University. She started teaching in 1940. Throughout her teaching careeer it was always a very exciting time when Luverne returned to the family home in Lawton. One Christmas holiday she had to follow the snow plow to get there. In 1946 she came to Little Falls to teach English at the high school. Here she met her dear friend and colleague, Norma Nelson. It was also here that she received the nick name that stuck for the rest of her life: “Mickey” for her fiery Irish spirit. She loved teaching and whether her students knew her as Miss Powers or Mrs. Randall, they had great respect for her. "She never got mad, she never raised her voice, even the rowdy kids didn't disrupt her class.” “She'd be all turned out and she'd perch on the edge of her desk and start to lecture and we'd be mesmerized.” She was united in marriage to R. A. “Tony” Randall on June 25, 1966 at Crosier Seminary in Onamia, MN. They made their home together in Little Falls until Tony died in November, 1998. In 1990 Tony and Mickey were humbled and pleased to be inscribed in the Golden Book of Deeds by the Little Falls Exchange Club. She wrote a report for the Blandin Foundation when Little Falls was applying for a grant and she wrote articles for the Morrison County Historical Society. Mickey was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Little Falls, the Daughters of Isabella, Christian Mothers, Third Order Secular Franciscans and Alpha Delta Kappa (International Honorary Organization of Women Educators.) After Tony's death, Mickey was stricken with Alzheimer's Disease and moved to Johanna Shores Retirement Home in Arden Hills where she could be close to her family and cared for as her health declined. The fiery Irish spirit remained with her to her dying days. When at the age of 93, she fell and broke her hip the doctor touched her and said, “Does this hurt?” She shot back, “It wouldn't if you'd stop poking me.” She is survived by children, Gertrude and Pat Mingo of St. Paul, R. A. (Jim) and Monica Randall of Center City, Nora D Randall of Vancouver, BC, Canada, Mary Weber of Spokane, WA; 13 grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren, 1 great-great grandchild, 4 nieces and 1 nephew. She was preceded in death by her husband, Tony; her parents, brother Lloyd Powers and sister, Luella Kritzberger. Casketbearers are Patrick and Tom Mingo, Tony and Jim Randall, Joe and Ryan Perrizo. Donations can be made to the Sister Judine Cassidy Scholarship Fund for Little Falls area students at www.fslf.org/DonateOnline1 or Franciscan Sisters, 116 8th Ave SE, Little Falls, MN 56345

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Luverne "Mickey" Randall

July 2, 1919 - June 7, 2015