THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 2000
Elinor Kerber - GAYLORD — Elinor W. Kerber, 95, died Tuesday. Services are 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Gaylord. Visitation is from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Saturday at the church.
Esther Schmidt - MANKATO — Esther M. Schmidt, 92, died Wednesday. Arrangements are pending with Mankato Mortuary.
Arleen Ayres - ST. JAMES — Arleen B. Ayres, 84, died Monday. Services are 11 a.m. Friday at First Lutheran Church in St. James. Visitation is from 4 to 8 p.m. today and from 8 to 9 a.m. Friday at Pease Funeral Home, St. James, and continues one hour before services Friday at the church.
Kenneth `Joe' Fredin - MOUNTAIN LAKE — Kenneth “Joe” Fredin, 70, died Tuesday. Services are 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Trinity Lutheran Church in Mountain Lake. Visitation is from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at Eifert Funeral Home, Mountain Lake, and continues one hour before services Saturday at the church.
Garey Struck - JANESVILLE — Garey E. Struck, 60, died Tuesday. Services are 11 a.m. Saturday at Trinity Lutheran Church in Janesville. Visitation is from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at Arnoldt-McRaith Funeral Home, Janesville, and continues one hour before services Saturday at the church.
Wendy Cramer - ST. PAUL — Wendy E. Cramer, 47, died Monday. Services are 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Christ the King Lutheran Church, Mankato. Visitation is from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at Mankato Mortuary and continues one hour before services Saturday at the church. .
Lois Laingen - ST. JAMES — Lois Laingen, 72, died Wednesday. Arrangements are pending with Pease Funeral Home, St. James.
Dorothea Tolzmann - MINNESOTA LAKE — Dorothea R. Tolzmann, 91, died Wednesday. Arrangements are pending with Bruss-Heitner Funeral Home, Wells.
LeRoy Broecher - AUSTIN — Mankato native LeRoy R. Broecher, 76, died May 22. Services were Friday at St. Augustine Catholic Church, Austin.
Matthew Mueller - JANESVILLE — Matthew Paul Mueller, 29, died Monday. Services are 11 a.m. Friday at First Lutheran Church, Waldorf. Visitation is from 4 to 8 p.m. today at First Lutheran Church, Waldorf, and one hour before services Friday at the church.
Gary Cummiskey - MINNEAPOLIS — Gary R. Cummiskey, 53, died Tuesday. Memorial services are 1:30 p.m. Friday at Woodland Hills Funeral Chapel, Mankato. There is no visitation.
Velma Guilliatt - MANKATO — Velma B. Guilliatt, 74, died Wednesday. Services are 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Eagle Lake Church of Christ.Visitation is from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at Mankato Mortuary and continues one hour before services Saturday at the church.
Lorraine Schneider - MANKATO — Lorraine Schneider, 79, died Wednesday. Services are 10:30 a.m. Saturday at SS. Peter and Paul’s Catholic Church.Visitation is from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday with a 7:30 p.m. prayer service at Landkamer Johnson-Boman Funeral Home, Mankato, and continues one hour before services Saturday at the church.
FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 2000
Esther Schmidt - MANKATO — Esther M. Schmidt, 92, died Wednesday. Services are 10 a.m. Monday at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, Mankato. Visitation is 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at Mankato Mortuary and continues one hour before services Monday at the church.
Dorothea Tolzmann - MAPLETON — Former resident of rural Minnesota Lake, Dorothea “Dora” Tolzmann, 91, died Wednesday. Services are 1 p.m. Saturday at St. John Lutheran Church, Mapleton. Visitation is 5 to 8 p.m. today at Bruss-Heitner Funeral Home, Wells, and continues one hour before services Saturday at the church.
Velma Guilliatt - MANKATO — Velma B. Guilliatt, 74, died Wednesday. Services are 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Eagle Lake Church of Christ. Visitation is from 5 to 7 p.m. today at Mankato Mortuary and continues one hour before services Saturday at the church.
Elvin Sonnabend - MOUNTAIN LAKE — Former Butterfield resident Elvin T. Sonnabend, 80, died Wednesday. Arrangements are pending with Sturm Funeral Homes, St. James.
Cecilia Heinz - HENDERSON — Cecilia J. Heinz, 101, died Wednesday. Services are 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Henderson. Visitation is 5 to 8 p.m. today with a 7 p.m. parish prayer service at Kolden Funeral Home, Henderson.
Lois Laingen - ST. JAMES — Lois Laingen, 72, died Wednesday. Memorial services are 2 p.m. Monday at Pease Funeral Home in St. James. The family will greet friends one hour before services Monday at the funeral home.
Wendy Cramer - ST. PAUL — Former Mankato resident Wendy E. Cramer, 47, died Monday. Services are 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Christ the King Lutheran Church, Mankato. Visitation is from 4 to 7 p.m. today at Mankato Mortuary and continues one hour before services Saturday at the church.
Leo Pelzel - SLEEPY EYE — Leo F. Pelzel, 91, died Tuesday. Services are 10 a.m. Monday at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Sleepy Eye. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Sturm Funeral Home, Sleepy Eye, with a 4 p.m. Knights of Columbus/Catholic Order of Forester rosary service and a 7 p.m. parish prayer service. Visitation continues 7:30 to 9 a.m. Monday at the funeral home.
Aldena Weyl - HENDERSON — Alena L. Weyl, 64, died Wednesday. Services are 11 a.m. Saturday at Redeemer Lutheran Church, rural Henderson. Visitation is 3 to 9 p.m. today at Kolden Funeral Home, Le Sueur, and continues one hour before services at the church.
Lorraine Schneider - MANKATO — Lorraine Schneider, 79, died Wednesday. Services are 10:30 a.m. Saturday at SS. Peter and Paul’s Catholic Church. Visitation is 5 to 8 p.m. today at Landkamer Johnson Boman Funeral Home, Mankato, with a 7:30 p.m. prayer service. Visitation continues one hour before services Saturday at the church.
Matthew Mueller - JANESVILLE — Matthew Paul Mueller, 29, died Monday. Services are 11 a.m. today at First Lutheran Church, Waldorf. Visitation is one hour before services today at the church.
SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 2000
Elvin T. Sonnabend - BUTTERFIELD — Elvin Theodore Sonnabend, 80, died Wednesday. Services are 3 p.m. Monday at First Presbyterian Church. Visitation is 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday at Sturm Funeral Home, St. James, and continues one hour before services Monday at the church.
Clifford F. Evenson - LAKE CRYSTAL — Clifford F. Evenson, 95, died Thursday. Services are 2 p.m. Tuesday at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church in Butternut. Visitation is 4 to 7 p.m. Monday at Lake Crystal Mortuary and continues one hour before services Tuesday at the church.
Lawrence W. McDonald - GRANADA — Lawrence William McDonald, 61, died Thursday. Services are 10:30 a.m. Monday at Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church, Guckeen. Visitation is 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday and one hour before services Monday at the church, with a prayer service 6:30 p.m. Sunday.
Lester M. Engel - BLUE EARTH — Lester M. Engel, 86, died Thursday. Services are 11 a.m. Monday at the West Parlor of St. Lukes Lutheran Care Center. Visitation is one hour before services Monday at the care center.
Elnora M. Doss - STODDARD, Wis. — Former Mankato resident Elnora M. Doss, 73, died Thursday. Services are 3 p.m. Monday at St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Alma City. Visitation is one hour before services Monday at the church.
Melda Koll - MANKATO — Melda Koll, 99, died Friday. Arrangements are pending with Mankato Mortuary.
Louis E. Wolter - ARLINGTON — Louis Elmer Wolter, 71, died Thursday. Services are 2 p.m. Monday at St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Arlington. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday with an 8 p.m. prayer service and 8 to 11 a.m. Monday at Fenske Funeral Home, Arlington. Visitation continues one hour before services Monday at the church.
Alice M. Peters - MANKATO — Alice M. Peters, 86, died Friday. Services are 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Bethlehem Lutheran Church. Visitation is 4 to 7 p.m. Monday at Mankato Mortuary and continues one hour before services Tuesday at the church.
Carl ‘Bud' Heinrich - BLUE EARTH — Carl “Bud” F. Heinrich, 91, died Thursday. Memorial services are 11 a.m. Tuesday at Salem United Methodist Church in Blue Earth. Visitation is one hour before services Tuesday at the church.
Mathilda Gillick - NEW ULM — Mathilda “Tillie” Gillick, 82, died Thursday. Services are 11 a.m. Monday at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in New Ulm. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday with a 6 p.m. rosary and 7 p.m. prayer service at Minnesota Valley Funeral Home, New Ulm. Visitation continues from 7:30 to 10:30 a.m. Monday at the funeral home.
Viola E. Wilber - ARLINGTON — Viola E. Wilber, 85, died Friday. Memorial services are 11 a.m. Sunday at Maranatha Fellowship in Arlington. Visitation will follow services Sunday at the church. Memorials are preferred to The Gideon’s International.
Lorraine Schneider - MANKATO — Lorraine Schneider, 79, died Wednesday. Services are 10:30 a.m. today at SS. Peter and Paul’s Catholic Church. Visitation is one hour before services today at the church. Memorials are preferred to SS. Peter and Paul’s Catholic Church.
MONDAY, JUNE 5, 2000
Melda Koll - MANKATO — Melda Koll, 99, died Friday. Services are 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at SS. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Mankato. Visitation is 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Mankato Mortuary, with a 7 p.m. prayer service. Visitation continues one hour before services Wednesday at the church.
Evelyn Krenik - HUTCHINSON — Former Le Center resident Evelyn B. Krenik, 93, died Sunday. Services are 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Le Center. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Le Center Funeral Home, with a 7 p.m. parish vigil service.
Mabel Nordby - MADELIA — Former Odin resident Mabel Nordby, 93, died Saturday. Services are 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at Augustana Lutheran Church, St. James. Visitation is 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at and 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Wednesday at Sturm Funeral Home, St. James. Visitation will continue one hour before services Wednesday at the church.
Carl Heinrich - BLUE EARTH — Carl F. “Bud” Heinrich, 91, died Thursday. Memorial services are 11 a.m. Tuesday at Salem United Methodist Church, Blue Earth. Visitation is one hour before services Tuesday at the church. Patton Funeral Home, Blue Earth, is handling arrangements.
Lorraine Johnson - MANKATO — Lorraine Johnson, 79, died Saturday. Arrangements are pending with Landkamer Johnson-Boman Funeral Home, Mankato.
Oliver Kjelshus - HANSKA — Oliver Theodore Kjelshus, 88, died Friday. Services are 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Linden Lutheran Church, rural Hanska. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. today at Firle Funeral Home, Hanska, and continues one hour before services Tuesday at the church.
Milton Stangler - WATERVILLE — Milton Otto Stangler, 76, died Saturday. Services are 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Waterville. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. today at Prosch-Dennis Funeral Home, Waterville, with a 4:30 p.m. rosary service.
Clare Roemhildt - CLEVELAND — Clare Albert Roemhildt, 60, died Saturday. Services are 11 a.m. Tuesday at Church of Christ, Cleveland. Visitation is 9:30 to 11 a.m. Tuesday at the church.
Bernice Quamme - LAKE CRYSTAL — Bernice G. Quamme, 83, died Saturday. Memorial services will be at a later date at Hettinger. Mankato Mortuary is handling local arrangements.
Betty Jean Petersen - WASECA — Betty Jean Petersen, 69, died Sunday. Services are 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Grace Lutheran Church, Waseca. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Kinder- Dennis Home for Funerals, Waseca, and continues one hour before services Wednesday at the church.
TUESDAY, JUNE 6, 2000
Hjalmer Finstad - ST. JAMES — Hjalmer “Jim” Finstad, 95, died Monday. Pease Funeral Home, St. James, is handling arrangements.
Jacqueline Leland - BLUE EARTH — Jacqueline M. “Jackie” Leland, 72, formerly of Kiester, died Sunday. Services are 2 p.m. Thursday at Bricelyn Lutheran Church, Bricelyn. Visitation is 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Bruss-Heitner Funeral Home, Bricelyn, and one hour before services Thursday at the church.
Myrtle Grems - ESTHERVILLE, Iowa — Myrtle Ruth Grems, 80, died Saturday. Services are 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Henry-Olson-Fuhrman Funeral Chapel, Estherville, Iowa. Visitation is 4 to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Jerome Stauffenberg - NEWCASTLE, Wyo. — Former Winnebago resident Jerome G. “Jerry” Stauffenberg, 67, died May 30. Memorial services were June 1 at Worden Funeral Chapel in Newcastle. Visitation is 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Elizabeth and Du Wayne Evenson residence in Minnesota Lake.
Michael Waldoch - LE SUEUR — Michael J. Waldoch, 42, died Monday. Services are 11 a.m. Thursday at First Lutheran Church, Le Sueur. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Kolden Funeral Home, Le Sueur, and one hour before services Thursday at the church.
Viola E. Wilber - ARLINGTON — Former Gaylord resident Viola E. Wilber, 85, died Friday. Memorial services were Sunday at Maranatha Fellowship in Arlington.
Bonnie Wagner Crespo - NOVATO, Calif. — Mankato native Bonnie Wagner Crespo, 73, of Novato, Calif., died Thursday, June 1, 2000. Memorial services are planned Friday at Point Bonita, Calif.
Bernice Quamme - LAKE CRYSTAL — Bernice G. Quamme, 83, died Saturday. Memorial services are 10 a.m. Friday at Richland Lutheran Church, Hettinger, N.D..
Earl Tyrrell - ELY LAKE — Former area resident Earl Tyrrell, 87, died Saturday. Services are 11 a.m. Wednesday at Resurrection Catholic Church, Eveleth.
Carl Eisenbacher - KLOSSNER — Carl Eisenbacher, 75, died Monday. Minnesota Valley Funeral Home, New Ulm, is handling arrangements.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 2000
Ralph Sisson - LAKE CRYSTAL — Ralph G. Sisson, 57, died Nov. 14, 1998. Memorial services are 11 a.m. Friday at Bethany Lutheran Church, Judson.
Margaret Sisson - MANKATO — Margaret J. Sisson, 91, died March 18, 2000. Memorial services are 11 a.m. Friday at Bethany Lutheran Church, Judson.
Carl Eisenbacher - NEW ULM — Carl “Bud” Eisenbacher, 75, died Monday. Services are 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in New Ulm. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. today with a 6 p.m. rosary and 7 p.m. parish prayer service at Minnesota Valley Funeral Home, New Ulm. Visitation continues from 7:30 to 10 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Jacey Dee Buller - MOUNTAIN LAKE — Infant daughter of Joe and Jennifer Buller, Jacey Dee, died Tuesday. Arrangements are pending with Bjerum Funeral Home, Mountain Lake.
Catherine L. Eggert - MANKATO — Catherine Lenore Eggert, 89, died May 30. Services are 1:30 p.m. Friday at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Mason City, Iowa. Visitation is one hour before services Friday at the church.
Ann Marie Neuman - MANKATO — Ann Marie Neuman, 85, died Monday. Services are 2 p.m. Friday at SS. Peter and Paul’s Catholic Church. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday with an 8 p.m. prayer service at Landkamer Johnson-Boman Funeral Home, Mankato, and continues one hour before services Friday at the church.
MacKenzie R. Waibel - WELLS — Infant daughter of Dale and Melanie Waibel of Wells, MacKenzie Rae Waibel, died Tuesday. Visitation is 6 to 8 p.m. today with a 7:30 p.m. prayer service at Klein Funeral Home, St. Peter.
James D. Janicke - WINTHROP — James D. Janicke, 74, died Monday. Services are 11 a.m. Thursday at Zion Lutheran Church in Winthrop. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. today at Zion Lutheran Church and continues one hour before services Thursday at the church.
Kjalmer Finstad - ST. JAMES — Kjalmer “Jim” Finstad, 95, died Monday. Services are 1 p.m. Thursday at Albion Lutheran Church, rural St. James. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. today and 8 to 11 a.m. Thursday at Pease Funeral Home, St. James. Visitation continues one hour before services Thursday at the church.
Wilbert Violette - ST. CLAIR — Wilbert “Burt” Violette, 68, died Tuesday. Services are 10:30 a.m. Friday at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in St. Clair. Visitation is 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Woodland Hills Funeral Home, Mankato.
THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 2000
Eldora Potz - MANKATO — Eldora E. Potz, 77, died Wednesday. There will be a private family service.
Louise Heyda - NEW PRAGUE — Louise Katherine Heyda, 87, died Tuesday. Services are 10 a.m. Friday at Holy Redeemer Catholic Church, Montgomery. Visitation is 4 to 9 p.m. today, with a 4:15 p.m. rosary at Schoenbauer Funeral Home, Montgomery.
Clarence Hegler - NEW ULM — Clarence Hegler, 87, died Wednesday. Minnesota Valley Funeral Home, New Ulm, is handling arrangements.
Marcella Barnes - ST. PETER — Marcella Barnes, 93, died Wednesday. Services are 11 a.m. Friday at Union Presbyterian Church, St. Peter. Visitation is one hour before services Friday at the church.
Jacey Dee Buller - MOUNTAIN LAKE — Infant daughter of Joe and Jennifer (Rice) Buller, Jacey Dee, died Tuesday. Services are 1 p.m. Saturday at Bethel Mennonite Church, Mountain Lake, with burial in Mountain Lake Cemetery.
Mary Whitmore - ST. PETER — Mary Elaine Whitmore, 49, died Tuesday. Services are 5 p.m. Saturday at Klein Funeral Home, St. Peter. Visitation is 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday at Klein Funeral Home, St. Peter.
Frank Amberg - WASECA — Frank A. Amberg, 81, died Wednesday. Services are 10 a.m. Monday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Waseca. Visitation is 3 to 7 p.m. Sunday with a 7 p.m. prayer service at McRaith Funeral Home, Waseca. Visitation continues one hour before services Monday at the church.
James Janicke - WINTHROP — James Donald Janicke, 74, died Monday. Services are 11 a.m. today at Zion Lutheran Church in Winthrop. Visitation is one hour before services Thursday at the church.
Catherine Eggert - MANKATO — Catherine Lenore Eggert, 89, died Tuesday. Services are 1:30 p.m. June 16 at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Mason City, Iowa. Visitation is one hour before services June 16 at the church.
MacKenzie R. Waibel - WELLS — Infant daughter of Dale and Melanie Waibel, MacKenzie Rae Waibel, died Tuesday. Services are 11:30 a.m. today at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Searles. Visitation is one hour before services today at the church.
FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 2000
Clarence A. Wentz - BOULDER, Colo. — Former Elmore resident Clarence A. Wentz, 96, died Tuesday. Graveside services are 11 a.m. Monday at Riverview Cemetery in Elmore.
Clarence Hegler - NEW ULM — Clarence Hegler, 87, died Wednesday. Services are 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in New Ulm. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. today with a 6:30 p.m. rosary and 7:30 p.m. parish prayer service at Minnesota Valley Funeral Home, New Ulm. Visitation continues from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
George A. Hawkins - BLUE EARTH — George A. Hawkins, 78, died Thursday. Services are 2 p.m. Monday at West Parlor in St. Lukes Lutheran Care Center. Visitation is one hour before services Monday at the care center.
Patricia Imm Hopkins - HOUSTON — Mankato native Patricia Imm Hopkins, 64, died May 28. Memorial services were June 2 at Memorial Oaks Funeral Chapel, Houston.
Ethelbert Ellanson - HANSKA — Ethelbert “Bert” Ellanson, 87, died Thursday. Services are 2 p.m. Sunday at Zion Lutheran Church, Hanska. Visitation is 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday at Firle Funeral Home, Hanska, and continues one hour before services Sunday a t the church.
SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 2000
Marcella L. Knoss - MANKATO — Marcella L. Knoss, 82, died Friday. Arrangements are pending with Mankato Mortuary.
Paul R. Gilbert - KIESTER — Paul R. Gilbert, 85, died Thursday. Services are 2 p.m. Monday at Grace United Methodist Church in Kiester. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Bruss-Heitner Funeral Home, Wells, and continues one hour before services Monday at the church.
Millie McNeill - WELLS — Millie McNeill died Friday. Arrangements are pending with Bruss-Heitner Funeral Home, Wells.
Ethelbert Ellanson - HANSKA — Ethelbert “Bert” Ellanson, 87, died Thursday. Services are 2 p.m. Sunday at Zion Lutheran Church, Hanska. Visitation is 5 to 8 p.m. today at Firle Funeral Home, Hanska, and continues one hour before services Sunday a t the church.
Alvin Henry Gau - MANKATO — Lake Washington resident Alvin Henry Gau, 74, died Friday. Services are 11 a.m. Tuesday at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Marysburg. A wake is 4 to 8 p.m. Monday at Landkamer Johnson-Boman Funeral Home, with a 7:30 p.m. prayer service. Visitation continues one hour before services Tuesday at the church.
Eldora Potz - MANKATO — Eldora Potz, 77, died Wednesday. Private services are planned, with burial in Woodland Hills Memorial Park.
James D. Smith - ELMORE — J.D. “Smitty” Smith, 77, died Friday. Services are 11 a.m. Tuesday at First Presbyterian Church in Lakota, Iowa. Visitation is 5 to 8 p.m. Monday at Patton Funeral Home, Blue Earth, and continues one hour before services Tuesday at the church.
Tiffany Huynh - MANKATO — Tiffany Huynh, infant daughter of Alan and Tam Huynh of Mankato. Private graveside services were at Glenwood Cemetery, Mankato.
Idella Beckmann - BLUE EARTH — Idella I. Beckmann, 83, died Thursday. Arrangements are pending with Bruss-Heitner Funeral Home, Bricelyn.
Frank Amberg - WASECA — Frank Anthony Amberg, 81, died Wednesday. Services are 10 a.m. Monday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Waseca. Visitation is 3 to 7 p.m. Sunday at McRaith Funeral Home, Waseca, with a 7 p.m. parish prayer service. Visitation continues one hour before services Monday at the church.
