Annette "Toni" Pankratz (Daninger)
September 10, 1950 ~ October 2, 2022
Age 72 of Forest Lake. Loving Wife, Mom, Grandma, Sister & Auntie passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family on October 2, 2022.
Preceded in death by parents, Thomas & Cecelia Daninger; brother, Greg Daninger. Survived by loving husband of 53 years, Jim; children, Cassie (Tommy) Andersen, Lisa (Chuy) Zaragoza, Lance (Kimberly), Sharina (Hollister) Struck; grandchildren, Carly, Austin, Tyler, Lexi, Jordan, Haley, Morgan (Tyler), Logan, Holden, Helena, Heath; sisters, Kitty (Jon) Johnson, Cheryl Proulx, Cindy Daninger, Susan (Craig) Hoff; many nieces, nephews, other relatives & friends.
Toni was born and raised in Forest Lake where she & Jim raised their children. She loved vacationing with Jim, enjoyed flowers and gardening and above all loved her family.
Visitation 4-8 PM Friday, October 7th at Roberts Family Funeral Home, Forest Lake. A celebration of Toni’s life 11 AM Saturday, October 8th with visitation beginning at 10 AM at Roberts Family Funeral Home. Interment, Calvary Cemetery in Forest Lake.
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My beautiful sister, Toni, you will be missed more than you know. Thank you for asking me to care for you at the end of your journey. It was my honor. I hope Kitty, Shawna and I, as your Transition Team, did you proud, kept you comfortable and offered you the love and peace you needed to transition to heaven. Jimmy and family, we thank you for allowing us to carry out Toni’s wishes. I know it was hard at times, but I feel we all did as she asked. I hope you all know how much I love you and I will always be here for each and every one of you. You are an amazing strong family and I know you will all do fine. I want to thank you all for the love and care you gave her after her cancer diagnosis, but I especially want to thank the one who silently took care of Toni and Jim through the last 14 months. She took both of them to all appointments, made meals, did laundry, yard work, shoveling and any little thing that they needed. Thank you Angel Lisa. And thank you to all family members who came together to do all the things she needed and wanted done before her passing. You are an amazing family.
Susan
Thanks for being our Auntie! Keep the fireworks on the 4th of July extra bright…so we know your always with us. Love Shawna, Shantell, Shayne
RIP Toni , Duane & Nelda Weiler family & Shirley Kadrmas!
So sorry to read about Toni. I helped her many years ago, maybe 40, in her Sunday School class at St. Peter’s. She was a wonderfully warm loving teacher, a great role model for those little ones. Remember her fondly.
Sending all of our love & prayers for peace as you remember your wonderful Mom and Grandma. Love, the Miskowic, Parkos, Petersen, & Witkowski families
Peace, Prayers and Blessings, Thinking of you during this difficult time. Love The Brunner’s
Wishing everyone healing and calm hearts from Alishia and Steve Macklin Wishing I could be there love you all.
My sweet Auntie. I will miss our chats when I’d come over every few weeks to visit this past year. I treasure all of the stories you would share. How you always asked how the kids were…even in the last few hours you were asking “how’s the girl doing” talking about Aspen and ber diabetes. Thank you for all the times especially as a kid and late teen spent at your house. I’m sure you loved all our movie nights knowing if we were at home with Rena we couldn’t be out getting into trouble. Thank you for all the 4th of July gatherings, we promise to continue on your legacy. I love you so much. I’ll miss your I love you when I left or the “shut up and give me a kiss hello”. Thank you Auntie…just thank you, you have taught me things that I take with me a lifetime.
Toni and I shared lots of good times over the many years of our friendship. Sitting in her beautiful flower filled back yard or living room couch, we shared garden tips, family news and stories about her beloved children and grandchildren. Tony loved having her family visit and especially the 4th of July celebration she and Jim hosted every year.
We will miss Toni but will remember so many good times together over the years.
Barb Paulson
My heart goes out to all of you and your family in this difficult time. I will always adore the memories I have of her. Lots of love, Troy Pleski