A celebration of life will be 1-4 p.m. Saturday, April 30, at Williams Dingmann Family Funeral Home in Sauk Rapids for Paulette M. Levasseur who died Jan. 11, 2022.
Paulette was born Nov. 18, 1949, in Springfield, to Edwin and Edna (Beilke) Arndt. She graduated from Springfield High School in 1967. She attended Worthington Junior College for one year and the University of Minnesota for one year. She began working in the sales department at International Multifoods from 1969 through 1974, leaving to be a homemaker and daycare provider between 1974 and 1980. She continued her career at the John G. Kinnard Co. as a sales assistant until 1991 when she started working for PrimeVest Financial Services Inc. where she spent three years on the trading floor as a special projects trader and ran mutual fund operations, eventually leading her to create the Mutual Funds Operations Department and becoming a mutual fund marketing specialist. In 1999, she moved to a smaller brokerage firm of Nies, Schluchter & Associates, as a sales assistant, trader, and the sales and marketing manager while also serving as a financial adviser for her own clients. In 2003, Paulette furthered her career as a financial adviser for Educators Financial Services, Inc., a subsidiary of Education Minnesota ESI (Economic Services Inc.) before retiring in 2020. She was also the owner/operator of Paulette’s Tax Service.
Paulette was a passionate volunteer throughout her life as a member of JC Women/Women of Today from 1978 to 1993, Sauk Rapids Youth Hockey/Sauk Rapids Booster Club from 1980 to 1993, Sartell Park Board and the Benton County Arena Board. Paulette also loved sharing the joy her certified therapy dog, Tyler, brought to both patients and staff when she volunteered within CentraCare Health. In addition to her hobbies of reading and cross-stitch, Paulette enjoyed crocheting so much that she started a crochet group at the Sartell Senior Center which made hats and scarves to donate to the homeless or anyone in need. She enjoyed traveling and had a talent of engaging people in conversations, always managing to make a new friend wherever she went. She made an impact on each person she knew and was skilled at finding the good in everyone and the positive in any situation. Paulette was hardworking and strong-willed, yet friendly and loved to tease and banter.
Survivors include her children, Nicole (David) Wickman of Crystal and Lance (Holly) of Tulsa, Oklahoma; grandchildren, Colton and Josephine; sister, Sandie Mielke of Sioux Falls, South Dakota; special friends, Jeff and Barb Meyer; brother-in-law Tasissa Moti; sister-in-law Geraldine (Tom) Rainbolt; former sister-in-law Lisa Arndt; and many nieces and nephews. Paulette was preceded in death by her parents; husband Larry; father and mother in-law, Louis and June; siblings, Geraldine Moti, Douglas Arndt, and Lennis “Red” Arndt; sister-in-law, Donna Arndt, and brother-in-law, Richard Mielke.
Obituary, guest book and video tribute available online at www.williamsdingmann.com
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