Edna Clara Skobo McFarlane was born in Sioux City, Iowa, on April 30, 1934 to Ingvard and Mathilde Jacobsen Skobo.  Her parents were engaged in farming in nearby Laurel, Nebraska.  Her siblings, Mary Christine, May Elizabeth and Edith Margreth shared a loving home with their parents.  All of them have preceded Edna in death.  Ingvard and Mathilde were immigrants from Denmark and lived near brothers and sisters.  There were nearly fifty cousins living in the area along with others of Danish background.  When Edna was eleven the family moved to Blair, Nebraska, where they became a very successful farming family.  They were very active in the leadership of the Danish Lutheran Church and in many other community activities.  Edna graduated from Dana College, which was a college created by Danish Lutheran immigrants and was well supported by the Skobo family.

Edna became a teacher and initially taught in Omaha.  She then moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan, where she lived for only two weeks before she met her husband-to-be, Garnet Resseguie (Rees) McFarlane.  They were married in First Lutheran Church in Blair, Nebraska, on December 27, 1959. Rees preceded Edna in death.

Edna leaves behind three children:  Michelle Lee MacGriff (Scott), Elisabeth Ann McFarlane, and Michael Rees McFarlane (Shannan), all of whom were born in Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, which was also the birthplace of their father.  Edna (Nana) also leaves behind her grandchildren:  Christopher MacGriff (Devin), Spencer MacGriff (Emily), Chelsea MacGriff, Hannah McFarlane, and Rebecca McFarlane; and five great-grandchildren:  Blase MacGriff, Somerset MacGriff, Thomas MacGriff, Theodore MacGriff, and Iris Reynaud.

Rees and Edna were heavily involved with St. Paul Lutheran Church and Grosse Pointe Memorial Church in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, and they were strong supporters of Kerby, Brownell, and Grosse Pointe South High schools, as well as Grosse Pointe youth sports.  Rees and Edna were avid University of Michigan football fans and Edna mastered the art of tailgating.  Edna served as a substitute teacher in the Grosse Pointe system for thirty years at every grade level.  She and Rees enjoyed traveling and playing golf at the Red Run Country Club.

In 1997 they moved to Skidaway Island in Savannah, Georgia, and played golf daily at the Landings Club, and they enjoyed relationships with many people from all over the country.  Five years later they moved to Houston, Texas, to see their youngest grandchildren grow up.  They continued to play golf and enjoyed activities with friends and neighbors at the Bay Oaks Country Club – where Edna shot a 90 one day!

Edna enjoyed completing the New York Times crossword puzzle (in pen) in the early morning hours and was a voracious reader – with Agatha Christie mysteries as one of her favorites – and an exuberant singer in church.  She was a talented artist who unleashed her creativity through myriad home improvement projects, gardening, crafting on a dime, and making elaborate desserts. She had the ability to talk with everyone she met and developed instantaneous friendships.  Edna was well loved and will be missed by many.

The family will hold a private memorial service in the future.