Wayne Earl Bottolfson was born on November 22, 1947 to Howard and Gloria (Johnson) Bottolfson at Sacred Heart Hospital in Spokane, Washington while Howard was working in the timber industry.  Howard, Gloria and Wayne moved back to Star Prairie and bought a farm which they farmed for over 30 years. Wayne married Phyllis (Foster) Sticha in 1970 and had 3 daughters: Kristina, Kelli and Kathryn.  They divorced in 1978. Wayne married Linda (Hall) Bottolfson in 1980 and gained a step daughter Jennifer (Eckdahl) Van Dyke. They were married until her death in July 2012.

Wayne worked at Andersen Corporation for 38 years and retired in 2003.  He also spent time in the Army and from January 1968 until September 1969 he was stationed at a military base in Hanau, Germany.

He was preceded in death by his father, his wife Linda  (Hall) Bottolfson, sister-in-law, Dawn Bottolfson (Brian) and sister-in-law Barb Bottolfson (Donald).

Star Prairie was Wayne's home  until his health failed and he moved to a long term care facility in New Richmond in 2014 and finally another facility in Baldwin so he could be close to Kathryn.  Wayne loved to fish, hunt, refurbish tractors and gas engines, attend auctions, read the penny papers looking for engines to buy, garden, mow his lawn, drive fast boats and ride fast snowmobiles. He could fix any machine that ran on gas. He enjoyed splitting wood and was excited about his new battery operated Stihl chainsaw which would allow him to cut wood  indoors all winter.

He is survived by his mother Gloria, brothers: Donald and Brian (SueAnn) and sister Rebecca Larson.  Daughters Kristina Bottolfson, Kathryn Ellingworth (Wayne), Kelli Bottolfson-Brown (Tai), grandchildren Eleanor, Lauren, Kolton, Lillian, Josephine, Ariana, Tristan and Sidney as well as numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

In lieu of flowers please make a donation to Wayne's favorite cat rescue organization Cat Town Rescue in Amery. https://www.givemn.org/ organization/Stray-Feral- Rescue

Memorials can also be made to the Lewy Body Dementia Association https://www.lbda.org/

Services will be held at 12:00 on Sunday, June 9 at West Immanuel Lutheran Church in rural Osceola. A private Interment will be at the West Immanuel Cemetery. There will be visiting time for the hour prior to the service.