Our sweet Kambrynn Elise Ronningen was tragically taken from our lives at the tender age of 8-years old on November 22, 2024. Kambrynn will be dearly missed by her Mom and Dad, Colleen and Eric, and sister Kinsley Ronningen of Rochester, MN, along with family members and numerous friends. To know Kambrynn was to love her. She had the most contagious personality. Outgoing, friendly, empathetic, helpful, and mischievous were some of her numerous traits that everyone adored. Seemingly her charismatic personality drew people in and in an instant- were a forever friend of Kambrynn’s.
Kambrynn was a 3rd grader at Plainview-Elgin-Millville. She loved going to school, learning new things, and being with her friends. With a soul beautiful enough to fill any room and a smile big enough to light any space, it only makes sense that a classroom would be a place for her personality to be a canvas in creating these friends for life. Kambrynn had an undeniable ability to make everyone feel her presence. Whether it be at school, on the soccer field, or in a horse arena, everyone knew who she was. If you didn’t, no doubt--she would have introduced herself to you. She loved singing (knowing almost every word to a song after hearing it only one time), TikTok dances, soccer, volleyball camps, sleepovers, boating, trips to Florida, dogs Major & Ivy, horses, making people laugh, her best friend and sister -Kinsley, and Mom and Dad.
Kambrynn loved the water. She loved swimming, being on her paddle board, and running up and down the beaches of the Mississippi River with her sister and friends. Kambrynn also loved to fish. Whether it was off the dock on the river catching bluegills and perch or in Florida hooking redfish, snook, and many other species, she loved the thrill of reeling them in. No one needed to worry about baiting her hook or taking her fish off, she could do that all by herself by the time she was 5-years old.
Kambrynn loved her horse Zack from the tender age of 2-½ up until she was surprised with “Z” in the fall of 2023. Almost 3x the size of her first mount, she conquered the challenge as only Kambrynn would have. She loved the horse show season and looked forward to it with zeal and zest like no other. Anyone that saw her ride knew she had an amazing talent with horses. Kambrynn earned multiple horse division and class awards, Champion Youth Walk/Trot MN Pinto 2023. In the fall of 2024, with her new horse ‘Z’, Kambrynn’s talent earned her the opportunity to show at the WSCA Championship where she then placed in one of these prestigious classes! Hundreds of ribbons were awarded to Kambrynn’s equine ability since her first show in 2019.
Kambrynn is survived by her parents; Colleen and Eric; sister Kinsley; grandparents, Charlie Ronningen, Judy Melvin, and Stuart and Jennifer Ohr; aunts and uncles, Brian Ronningen, Rachel and Ryan Ohr, Katherine and Beau Flom; and cousins. Kambrynn is preceded in death by her half-sister Lindsey Ronningen and Grandfather Arthur “Art” Melvin.
All services will be held in Kambrynn’s beautiful memory at St. Joachim’s Catholic Church of Plainview. The visitation will be on Friday, November 29th, from 3-6 PM, and one hour prior to the service on Saturday. Her funeral is at 11 AM on Saturday, November 30th with Fr. Tojy Jose officiating. Burial will be in St. Joachim’s Catholic Cemetery.
