Daane Carol Welin Daane, 58, Essex Junction, VT, former Mpls resident, died 4 pm Thurs., Mar. 20, 2003 at Fletcher Allen Health Care in Burlington, VT, of cancer. Born June 14, 1944 in Rockford, IL, the daughter of Ivar & Ruth Nelson Welin. Married Don Daane in Rockford on May 1, 1971. She received a B.A. from Northwestern University, Evanston, IL in 1966; and a M.A. from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in 1972. Moved from Michigan to Minnesota in 1976. She did post-graduate work at the University of MN and the University of St. Thomas. Employed by Control Data Corp. for three years and VTC Inc. (later Lucent) for 16 years. Moved to Vermont to work for IBM in 2000. Survivors include her husband, Don; aunt, Berta Wilkesjo & uncle, Arne Nilsson, both of Oland, Sweden; numerous cousins including 11 cousins in Sweden; sister-in-law, Mary Lou Raspet, Kent, WA and nephew, Brad Raspet, Burlington, WA. Funeral service 11 am Thursday, Mar. 27 at Fred C. Olson Funeral Chapels, Ltd. East Chapel, 1001 Second Ave., Rockford, IL. Burial Scandinavian Cemetery. Visitation 10-10:45 am prior to service. Memorials to The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, 500 N. Dearborn, Ste 305, Chicago, IL 60610-4901.