Funeral today for 2-year old tornado victim

Prindle family
Christina and Gerard Prindle of Hugo, with their children, Nathaniel, 2, and Annika, 4 in this photo from March 2008. Nathaniel was killed in the tornado.
Photo courtesy of the Prindle family

The house where the Prindle family lived was completely destroyed by the tornado. Debris from the house was sprayed across the family's backyard and into a pond behind their house.

Remebering
A cross on the front lawn of the Prindle family home honors the memory of the family's 2-year-old son Nathaniel.
MPR Photo/Bill Alkofer

Nathanial Prindle was found in that pond after the storm, and efforts to resuscitate him failed. He's the only person who died during the tornado. Marilyn MacLennan, 62, died last week in Hugo during the clean-up.

There was a visitation Sunday for Nathaniel Prindle at Eagle Brook Church in White Bear Lake. There will be another brief visitation Monday before the 3 p.m. funeral.

Nathaniel's 4-year-old sister, Annika, is still hospitalized with injuries.