February 8, 2001
Melvin Kleist
ARLINGTON - Local services for Melvin W. Kleist, 74, are 1:30 p.m. Friday at Peace Lutheran Church, Arlington. Visitation is one hour before services Friday at the church.
Aaron F. Polak
MONTGOMERY - Aaron F. Polak, 82, died Monday. Services are 11:30 a.m. Friday at Schoenbauer Funeral Home, Montgomery. Visitation is one hour before services Friday at the funeral home.
Goldie Nelson
BLUE EARTH - Goldie Nelson, 88, died Tuesday. Services are 2 p.m. Saturday at St. Luke's Lutheran Home.
Wayne Seewald
ROSEVILLE - Wayne Robert Seewald, 70, died Tuesday. Services are 2 p.m. today at Kinder-Dennis Home for Funerals, Waseca. Visitation is one hour before services today at the funeral home.
Nellie Malecha
MONTGOMERY - Nellie A. Malecha, 100, died Tuesday. Services are 10 a.m. Saturday at Schoenbauer Funeral Home, Montgomery. Visitation is one hour before services Saturday at the funeral home.
Roland Schubbe
MAPLETON - Roland Schubbe, 82, died Tuesday. Services are 11 a.m. Saturday at St. John's Lutheran Church, Mapleton. Visitation is 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at Olson-Tichener Funeral Home, Mapleton, and continues one hour before services Saturday at the church.
Earl Hahn
GAYLORD - Earl A. Hahn, 61, died Monday. Services are 10:30 a.m. Friday at Immanuel Lutheran Church, New Auburn. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. today and 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. Friday at Egesdal Funeral Home, Gaylord. Visitation continues one hour before services Friday at the church.
Wallace Karstens
NEW ULM - Wallace "Wally" Karstens, 69, died Tuesday. Services are 11 a.m. Friday at St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, New Ulm. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. today and 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. Friday at Minnesota Valley Funeral Home, New Ulm. Visitation continues one hour before services Friday at the church.
John McGillen
MANKATO - John G. McGillen, 80, died Tuesday. Services are 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Joseph the Worker Catholic Church. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at Landkamer Johnson-Boman Funeral Home with 7 p.m. prayer service. Visitation continues one hour before services Saturday at the church.
Marti Van Tassel
BELLE PLAINE - Marti M. Van Tassel, 60, died Wednesday. Arrangements are pending with Fenske-Hayes Funeral Home, Belle Plaine.
February 9, 2001
Stewart Schnell
MANKATO - Memorial services for Stewart Schnell have been rescheduled to 3 p.m. today at Mankato Mortuary. Visitation is one hour before services today at the mortuary.
Franklin F. Buck
LEASBURG, Mo. - Franklin F. Buck, 82, died Saturday, Feb. 3, 2001. Burial is in St. John's Lutheran Cemetery in Arlington Township. Visitation is 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday at Fenske Funeral Home, Arlington.
Emmanuel Vikla
MONTGOMERY - Emmanuel "Vik" Vikla, 82, died Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2001. Services are 10:30 a.m. Monday at Holy Redeemer Catholic Church in Montgomery. Visitation is 3 to 9 p.m. Sunday at Schoenbauer Funeral Home, Montgomery.
Thomas J. Kinney
JANESVILLE - Former Madison Lake resident Thomas J. Kinney, 67, died Thursday, Feb. 1, 2001. Services are 10:30 a.m. Saturday at All Saints Catholic Church in Madison Lake. Visitation is one hour before services Saturday at the church.
Orpha Irvine
WINNEBAGO - Orpha Irvine, 88, died Thursday, Feb. 8, 2001. Arrangements are pending with Blooming Prairie Funeral Home.
James L. Schmidt
CLEVELAND - James "Jim" L. Schmidt Sr., 64, died Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2001. Services are 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Church of Christ in Cleveland. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday at Church of Christ and continues one hour before services Sunday at the church.
Roland Schubbe
MAPLETON - Roland Schubbe, 82, died Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2001. Services are 11 a.m. Saturday at St. John's Lutheran Church in Mapleton. Visitation is 4 to 7 p.m. today at Olson-Tichenor Funeral Home, Mapleton, and continues one hour before services Saturday at the church.
Marti Van Tassel
BELLE PLAINE - Marti M. Van Tassel, 60, died Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2001. Services are 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Our Lady of the Prairie Catholic Church, Belle Plaine. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. today at Fenske Funeral Home in Belle Plaine, with a 6 p.m. prayer service. Visitation continues 8 to 11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
February 10, 2001
Margaret H. 'Marge' Sohler
LAKE CRYSTAL - Margaret "Marge" H. Sohler, 88, died Friday, Feb. 9, 2001. Services are 10:30 a.m. Monday at Holy Family Catholic Church in Lake Crystal. Visitation is 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday with a 4:30 p.m. prayer service at Lake Crystal Mortuary and continues one hour before services Monday at the church.
Mary J. Mayer
EAGLE LAKE - Mary Jane Mayer, 64, died Friday, Feb. 9, 2001. Services are 10:30 a.m. Monday at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church. Visitation is 3 to 7 p.m. Sunday with a 6:30 p.m. prayer service at Woodland Hills Funeral Home, Mankato, and continues one hour before services Monday at the church.
August Kunkel
MOUNTAIN LAKE - August Kunkel, 76, died Friday, Feb. 9, 2001. Services are 2 p.m. Monday at Trinity Lutheran Church in Mountain Lake. Visitation is 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday and 7:30 a.m. to noon Monday at Bjerum Funeral Home, Mountain Lake. Visitation continues one hour before services Monday at the church.
Esther L. Lieske
HENDERSON - Esther L. Lieske, 95, died Friday, Feb. 9, 2001. Services are 11 a.m. Tuesday at St. John's Lutheran Church in Arlington Township. Visitation is 3 to 8 p.m. Monday at Kolden Funeral Home, Henderson, and continues one hour before services Tuesday at the church.
Wilmer Olson
MANKATO - Mapleton resident Wilmer Olson, 92, died Thursday, Feb. 8, 2001. Arrangements are pending with Olson-Tichenor Funeral Home, Mankato.
Loretta R. Anderly
ARLINGTON - Loretta R. Anderly, 79, died Thursday, Feb. 8, 2001. Services are 10:30 a.m. Monday at St. Thomas Catholic Church in Jessenland. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday with a 7:30 p.m. parish prayer service at Fenske Funeral Home, Arlington, and continues one hour before services Monday at the church.
Melvin E. Tabbert
GAYLORD - Melvin E. Tabbert, 70, died Thursday, Feb. 8, 2001. Services are 10:30 a.m. Monday at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Gaylord. Visitation is 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday and 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. Monday at Egesdal Funeral Home, Gaylord. Visitation continues one hour before services Monday at the church.
Henry Schimek
WELLS - Henry Schimek, 92, died Friday, Feb. 9, 2001. Arrangements are pending with Bruss-Heitner Funeral Home in Wells.
James L. Schmidt
CLEVELAND - James "Jim" L. Schmidt Sr., 64, died Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2001. Services are 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Church of Christ in Cleveland. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. today at Church of Christ and continues one hour before services Sunday at the church.
February 12, 2001
Eldon Anderson
MANKATO - Eldon Anderson, 74, of Mankato died Sunday, Feb. 11, 2001, at Hillcrest Health Care Center. Arrangements are pending with Mankato Mortuary.
Dorothy Price
LAKE CRYSTAL - Dorothy Price, 77, of Lake Crystal died Sunday, Feb. 11, 2001, at Luther Memorial Home in Madelia. Arrangements are pending with Lake Crystal Mortuary.
Lori Williams
NORTH MANKATO - North Mankato resident Lori Williams, 36, died Sunday, Feb. 11, 2001, at Immanuel-St. Joseph's Hospital. Arrangements are pending with Mankato Mortuary.
Aaron Becker
REEDLEY, Calif. - Former Mountain Lake resident Aaron Becker, 87, died Saturday, Feb. 10, 2001, at Reedley, Calif. Arrangements are pending with Bjerum Funeral Home, Mountain Lake.
Steven Ose
WATERVILLE - Waterville resident Steven Dean Ose, 34, died Friday, Feb. 9, 2001, at his home. Services are 10:30 a.m. today at Trinity Lutheran Church, Waterville, the Rev. Erwin Meitz officiating. Burial will be at a later date in Sakatah Cemetery in Waterville. Visitation is one hour before services today at the church. Prosch-Dennis Funeral Home in Waterville is handling arrangements.
Apollonia Beranek
NEW ULM - Former Kaiserhoff Restaurant cook Apollonia Beranek, 94, of New Ulm died Saturday, Feb. 10, 2001, at Sleepy Eye Care Center. Services are 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in New Ulm, the Rev. Todd Petersen officiating. Burial is in New Ulm Catholic Cemetery. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. today and 7:30 to 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Minnesota Valley Funeral Home in New Ulm. A Christian Mothers Society rosary service is 4 p.m. today at the cathedral and a parish prayer service is 6:30 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Fred Bowman
COMFREY - Retired elevator manager Fred Bruce Bowman, 77, of Comfrey died Thursday, Feb. 8, 2001, at Lake Crystal Health Care Center. Services are 11 a.m. today at New Hope Lutheran Church, Comfrey, the Rev. Tim Baglein officiating. Burial is in the church cemetery. Visitation is 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. today at Sturm Funeral Home, Comfrey, and continues one hour before services at the church.
Conrad 'Cunnie' Leiding
ARMSTRONG, Iowa - Former Ceylon resident Conrad William "Cunnie" Leiding, 99, died Friday, Feb. 9, 2001, at Valley Vue Care Center in Armstrong, Iowa. Services are 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Wilbert, with burial in the church cemetery. Visitation is 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday and one hour before services Wednesday at the church.
Melvin E. Tabbert
GAYLORD - Gaylord resident Melvin E. Tabbert, 70, died Thursday, Feb. 8, 2001, at Arlington. Services are 10:30 a.m. today at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Gaylord. Burial with military honors is in the church cemetery. Visitation is 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. today at Egesdal Funeral Home, Gaylord. Visitation continues one hour before services at the church.
Henry Schimek
WELLS - Retired farmer Henry Schimek, 92, died Friday, Feb. 9, 2001, at his home in Wells. Services are 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Casimir Catholic Church in Wells, the Rev. Eugene Stenzel officiating. Burial is in the church cemetery. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. today at Bruss-Heitner Funeral Home in Wells, with a 7 p.m. prayer service. Visitation continues one hour before services Tuesday at the church, with a 9:30 a.m. rosary service. Memorials to St. Casimir Adopt a Student Program, Mount Carmel Preservation Fund and United Hands Hospice are preferred in lieu of flowers.
February 13, 2001
Annabelle Bartels
BELLE PLAINE - Annabelle Bartels, 40, died Monday. Arrangements are pending with Fenske-Hayes Funeral Home, Belle Plaine.
Roger Mueller
BELLE PLAINE - Roger Mueller, 58, died Monday. Arrangements are pending with Fenske-Hayes Funeral Home, Belle Plaine.
Eldon Anderson
MANKATO - Eldon K. Anderson, 74, died Sunday. Services are 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Mankato Mortuary. Visitation is 4 to 6 p.m. Wednesday and one hour before services Thursday at Mankato Mortuary. Memorials are preferred to American Diabetes Association.
Dorothy Price
LAKE CRYSTAL - Dorothy L. Price, 77, died Sunday. Services are 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at First Presbyterian Church in Lake Crystal.Visitation is 4 to 7 p.m. today at Lake Crystal Mortuary and continues one hour before services Wednesday at the church.
Peder Fylling
NORTH MANKATO - Peder Fylling, 83, died Monday. Services are noon Thursday at Evangelical Convenant Church in North Mankato. Visitation is 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Woodland Hills Funeral Home, Mankato, and continues one hour before services Thursday at the church.
Orpha Irvine
WINNEBAGO - Orpha Jane Irvine, 88, died Thursday. Graveside services are 11 a.m. Friday at Riverside Cemetery in Blue Earth.
Wilmer Olson
MANKATO - Wilmer Olson, 92, died Thursday. Services are 11 a.m. Wednesday at United Church of Mapleton. Visitation is one hour before services Wednesday at the church.
February 14, 2001
Raymond Davis
KASOTA - Raymond Davis, 79, died Tuesday. Arrangements are pending with St. Peter Funeral Service.
Roger Mueller
BELLE PLAINE - Roger C. Mueller, 58, died Monday. Services are 1 p.m. Thursday at Hope Lutheran Church in Jordan. Visitation is 4 to 8:30 p.m. today at Fenske-Hayes Funeral Home, Belle Plaine, and continues one hour before services Thursday at the church.
Aaron Becker
REEDLEY, Calif. - Aaron Becker, 87, died Saturday. Services are 2 p.m. Friday at Lakeview Gospel Church, Mountain Lake. Visitation is one hour before services Friday at the church.
Peder Fylling
NORTH MANKATO - Peder "Pete" Fylling, 83, died Monday. Services are noon Thursday at Evangelical Convenant Church in North Mankato. Visitation is 5 to 8 p.m. today at Woodland Hills Funeral Home, Mankato, and continues one hour before services Thursday at the church.
Annabelle Bartels
NORWOOD - Annabelle Bartels, 40, died Monday. Services are 10:30 a.m. Friday at St. John's Catholic Church, rural Belle Plaine. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Fenske Funeral Home, Belle Plaine, with a 7:15 p.m. prayer service. Visitation continues 8 to 10 a.m. Friday at the funeral home.
February 15, 2001
Raymond Davis
KASOTA - Raymond Davis, 79, died Tuesday. Services are 2 p.m. Saturday at Trinity Lutheran Church in St. Peter. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at the church and continues one hour before services Saturday.
Connie Wobschall
ROSEVILLE, Calif. - Connie J. Wobschall, 43, died Jan. 31. Services are 2 p.m. Saturday at St. John Lutheran Church, Waseca. Visitation is one hour before services Saturday at the church.
Adriana Hoogenraad Locke
NEW RICHLAND - Adriana P. "Nan" Hoogenraad Locke, 82, died Tuesday. Services are 11 a.m. Friday at St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran Church, New Richland. Visitation is one hour before services Friday at the church.
Bert Braun
MADISON, Wis. - Mankato native Bert "Jim" Braun, 58, died Monday. Services are 11 a.m. Saturday at Cress Funeral Home, Madison. Visitation is 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
