April M. Vilmin, age 41 of Rochester, MN passed away at St. Mary's Hospital after a courageous battle with cancer on July 3 ^rd , 2024.

April Marie, the daughter of James and Kathleen (Krage) Nygaard was born on August 30th, 1982 in Fargo, ND. She attended Faribault Senior High School and graduated with the class of 2000. Following high school April attended Winona State for Social Science history Education, graduating manga cum laude, she then went on to receive her Master of Educational Leadership. Additionally, she received a certification from the U of M for data visualization and analytics, she also was a certified scrum master and certified scrum product owner. On September 13th, 2014, she was united in marriage to Kristopher Vilmin in Winona, MN. She started her career at ProBuild/ UBC which led her to moving to Denver, CO, before starting her 15-year career at Mayo Clinic Rochester.

April enjoyed time with her husband, family, friends and her two beagles. She liked to spend time on their patio with neighbors and friends. Her hobbies included a variety of crafts, traveling, and photography. In her younger years she loved going to Trouble Shooter shows and following the band. April volunteered with many different organizations.

She was survived by her husband Kris of Rochester, MN, her mother Kathleen Nygaard of Faribault, MN, her sisters Kelly Nygaard of Stillwater, MN, and Brianna Nygaard (Patrick Markman) of Faribault, MN, her in-laws Arnold and Veronica Vilmin of Iron Mountain, MI, her Grandmother Bernadette Krage of Houston, MN, and many aunts, uncles, and cousins, and brother and sister in law TJ and Melissa Vilmin

She is proceeded in death by her father James Nygaard, infant brother Micheal, Grandparents Kenneth, Adelaide Nygaard, and Thomas Krage, Uncles Joseph Krage, Jeff Nygaard, Aunt Carry Krage.

The Funeral Mass will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, July 13, 2024 at St. Pius X Catholic Church in Rochester. Visitation will be held from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Friday, July 12, 2024, with a Franciscan Wake at 7:00 p.m. and one hour prior to the service on Saturday. Burial will take place following the service at St. Patrick's Cemetery in Ridgeway, MN.