Electa M. Nagel, age 96, of Brookings, died Monday, April 23, 2012, at Brookview Manor in Brookings. Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Saturday, April 28, 2012, at Lake Campbell Lutheran Church, rural Volga, with interment in the church cemetery. Visitations will be from 5-8 P.M. Friday at Eidsness Funeral Chapel in Volga. Electa Caroline Marie (Trygstad) Nagel was born December 27, 1915, in Moody County, South Dakota, to Nels M. and Emila (Erickson) Trygstad. She attended Washington District No. 18 country school and graduated from Volga High School. She worked as a cook for college students at a boarding house and also was a housekeeper for the Fishback family in Brookings. On November 9, 1940, Electa married Homer O. Nagel at Arco, Minnesota. Following their marriage, the Nagels farmed for three years north of Bruce and in Moody County. In 1944, they bought their farm west of Lake Campbell in Lake County, where they farmed until retiring and moving to Brookings in 1976. Homer died April 14, 1998. Electa was the eldest living member of Lake Campbell Lutheran Church, and she was a descendant of a charter member of the church, Nils Trygstad. She was involved in church circles, choir, and teaching Sunday School and Vacation Bible School. She was a 4H leader with the Campbell Beavers for 14 years and a member of extension club. She enjoyed gardening, fishing, quilting, and counted cross stitch. Survivors include: three daughters: Carolyn M. (Sheldon) Cotton of Volga, South Dakota, Lucille A. Paulsen of LeSueur, Minnesota, and Linda L. (Thomas) Finn of Prior Lake, Minnesota; one son, Dennis J. (Donna) Nagel of Brookings; nine grandchildren: George (Beverly) Cotton, John (Penny) Cotton, Michael (Jennifer) Cotton, Danelle (Todd) Hauge, Denise (Justin) Vetos, Brenda (Mike) Johnson, Paul Paulsen, Niquoia Michelle Paulsen, and Lisa Finn; fifteen great-grandchildren: Leslie Cotton, Aubrey Cotton, Erika Cotton, Thomas Cotton, Rachael Cotton, Elizabeth Cotton, Barrett Cotton, Dana Hauge, Zackerey Vetos, Jadyn Vetos, Jonathan Liebhard, Shawn Liebhard, Joshua Buck, Isaiah Paulsen, and Caleb Thurber; one great-great-grandchild, Maxximillion Vanderbush; one sister, Lily (George) Workman: three sisters-in-law: Wilma Trygstad, Betty Nagel, and Marjorie Erickson; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, Nels and Emila; her husband, Homer; one grandson, Jacob Finn; one brother, Melford E. Trygstad; and one sister Neva V. Nagel.