March 13, 2001
Elmer Beck
BUTTERFIELD - Elmer Beck, 90, died Monday. Arrangements are pending with Pilgrim Funeral Home, Madelia.
Alvina Weyl
LE SUEUR - Alvina M. Weyl, 91, died Monday. Services are 11 a.m. Thursday at Zion United Church of Christ, Le Sueur. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Kolden Funeral Home in Le Sueur and continues one hour before services Thursday at the church.
Edna Ebnet
NEW RICHLAND - Edna Ebnet, 84, died Saturday. Services are 1:30 p.m. Friday at St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church in New Richland. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Friedrich Funeral Home in New Richland done hour before services at the church.
Dolores Decker
MANKATO - Dolores Decker, 71, died Monday. Arrangements are pending with Mankato Mortuary.
Mary Schaffran
MANKATO - Mary Marie Schaffran, 93, died Friday. Services are 11 a.m. Saturday at Trinity Lutheran Church, Johnsonville Township, Redwood County. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at the Sunset Funeral Home in Wabasso and continues one hour before services Saturday at the church.
March 14, 2001
Ruth Krenz
MADELIA - Ruth Marie Krenz, 82, died Monday. Services are 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Zion Lutheran Church, Lewisville. Visitation is 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at Olson Funeral Home, Truman, and continues one hour before services Saturday at the church.
Jean Pizer
CLINTON, N.J. - Jean Pizer, 51, died Sunday. Arrangements are pending with Kolden Funeral Home, Henderson.
Paul St. Onge
MANKATO - Paul Edward St. Onge, 53, of Mankato, died Sunday. Memorial services were Tuesday at Centenary United Methodist Church in Mankato.
Dolores Decker
MANKATO - Dolores Decker, 71, died Monday. Services are 11 a.m. Thursday at Mankato Mortuary. Visitation is 5 to 8 p.m. today with a 7 p.m. rosary at Mankato Mortuary and continues one hour before services Thursday at the funeral home.
James Hodapp
NORTH MANKATO - James Edmund Hodapp, 60, died Monday. Services are 11 a.m. Friday at Holy Rosary Catholic Church in North Mankato. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday with a 7 p.m. prayer service at Landkamer Johnson-Boman Funeral Home, Mankato, and continues one hour before services Friday at the church.
Rev. Martin Schulz
MAPLETON - Rev. Martin A. Schulz, 90, died Tuesday. Services are 2 p.m. Saturday at St. John's Lutheran Church in Mapleton. Visitation is 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at Olson-Tichenor Funeral Home, Mapleton, and continues one hour before services Saturday at the church.
Emmeline Henning
BRICELYN - Emmeline Henning, 79, died Monday. Arrangements are pending with Bruss-Heitner Funeral Home, Bricelyn.
Richard Paulson
ST. PETER - Richard O. Paulson, 62, died Tuesday. Services are 2:30 p.m. Friday at Trinity Lutheran Church in St. Peter. Visitation is 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Trinity Lutheran and continues one hour before services Friday at the church.
John Probart
SOUTH PASADENA, Fla. - Mankato native John Probart, 64, died Friday. Services are 10 a.m. Thursday at St. John Catholic Church in St. Petersburg Beach, Fla.
Herbert Drews
GAYLORD - Herbert H. Drews, 96, died Friday. Services are 11 a.m. Thursday at St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Moltke Township, Sibley County. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. today at the Minnesota Valley Funeral Home in Gibbon and continues one hour before services Thursday at the church.
March 15, 2001
Marguerite Termath
LE SUEUR - Marguerite A. Termath, 91, died Monday. Services are 11 a.m. Friday at Zion United Church of Christ in Le Sueur. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. today at Kolden Funeral Home, Le Sueur.
Norbert Bushlack
WASECA - Waseca resident Norbert A. Bushlack, 83, died Wednesday. Services are 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Waseca. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. Friday with a 6:30 p.m. memorial service at McRaith Funeral Home, Waseca, and continues one hour before services Saturday at the church.
Gloria Hanson
LAKE CRYSTAL - Gloria M. Hanson, 79, died Wednesday. Arrangements are pending with Lake Crystal Mortuary.
Bertha Manser
ST. PETER - Bertha Manser, 89, died Wednesday. Arrangements are pending with St. Peter Funeral Service.
Rev. Martin Schulz
MAPLETON - Rev. Martin Arthur Schulz, 90, died Tuesday. Services are 2 p.m. Saturday at St. John's Lutheran Church in Mapleton. Visitation is 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at Olson-Tichenor Funeral Home, Mapleton, and continues one hour before services Saturday at the church.
Lyle Reisenbigler
NEW LONDON - Lyle B. Reisenbigler, 86, died Tuesday. Services are 1 p.m. Saturday at Woodland Hills Funeral Home in Mankato. Visitation is two hours before the service Saturday at the funeral home.
Charles Johannsen
MANKATO - Charles "Chuck" E. Johannsen, 73, died Wednesday. Services are 3 p.m. Saturday at Woodland Hills Chapel, Mankato Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at Woodland Hills and continues one hour before services Saturday at the funeral home.
Emmeline Henning
BRICELYN - Emmeline A. Henning, 79, died Monday. Services are 2 p.m. Friday at South Blue Earth Lutheran Church in rural Bricelyn. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. today at Bruss-Heitner Funeral Home, Bricelyn, and continues one hour before services Friday at the church.
Ernst Brueshoff
GREEN ISLE - Ernst A. Brueshoff, 72, died Wednesday. Services are 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Green Isle. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at Fenske Funeral Home, Arlington, and continues one hour before services Saturday at the church.
Ruth Krenz
MADELIA - Ruth M. Krenz, 82, died Monday. Services are 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Zion Lutheran Church in Lewisville. Visitation is 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at Olson Funeral Home, Truman, and continues one hour before services Saturday at the church.
Jean Mesker-Pizer
CLINTON, N.J. - Jean C. Mesker-Pizer, 51, died Sunday. Memorial services are 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Paul's Church of Christ in Henderson. Visitation is one hour before services Saturday at the church.
James Hodapp
NORTH MANKATO - James Edmund Hodapp, 60, died Monday. Services are 11 a.m. Friday at Holy Rosary Catholic Church in North Mankato. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. today with a 7 p.m. prayer service and continues one hour before services Friday at the church.
March 16, 2001
Richard Olson
LAMBERTON - Richard Wallace Olson, 70, died Wednesday. Services are 10:30 a.m. Saturday at United Methodist Church in Lamberton. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. today and 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. Saturday at Sturm Funeral Home in Lamberton. Visitation continues one hour before services Saturday at the church.
William Crane
KASOTA - William B. Crane, 88, died Wednesday. Services are 10 a.m. Saturday at Landkamer Johnson-Boman Funeral Home. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home and continues one hour before services Saturday.
Michael Eigen
MANKATO - Michael Anthony "Mike" Eigen, 54, died Thursday. Services are 11 a.m. Saturday at Mankato Mortuary Chapel. Visitation is 5 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home, with a 7 p.m. prayer service. Visitation continues one hour before services Saturday at the funeral home.
Charles Pizel
VADNAIS HEIGHTS - Charles Pizel, 62, died Thursday. Services are 11 a.m. Monday at Zion Lutheran Church in Hanska. Visitation is 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday at Firle Funeral Home in Hanska and continues one hour before services Monday at the church.
Elmer Becker
BUTTERFIELD - Elmer Becker, 90, died Monday. Services are 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Salem Lutheran Church in Madelia. Services are 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Salem Lutheran Church in Madelia. Visitation is one hour before services Saturday at the church. Pilgrim Funeral Home in Madelia is handling arrangements.
Bertha Manser
ST. PETER - Bertha Manser, 89, died Wednesday. Graveside services are 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Lakeland Memory Garden Cemetery in Spirit Lake, Iowa. Visitation is 5 to 8 p.m. today at St. Peter Funeral Service.
Michael Grausam
SLEEPY EYE - Michael Grausam, 85, died Thursday. Arrangements are pending with Sturm Funeral Home in Sleepy Eye.
Dean Nyquist
ST. CLAIR - Dean R. Nyquist, 76, died Thursday. Arrangements are pending with Arnoldt-McRaith Funeral Home in Janesville.
Norma Remmert
SPRINGFIELD - Norma Remmert, 88, died Thursday. Arrangements are pending with Sturm Funeral Home in Springfield.
Norbert Bushlack
WASECA - Norbert Albert Bushlack, 83, died Wednesday. Services are 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Waseca. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. today at McRaith Funeral Home in Waseca and continues one hour before services Saturday at the church. A Fraternal Order of Eagles memorial service is 6:30 p.m. today at the funeral home, followed by a 7:30 p.m. parish prayer service.
Troy Westberg
MANKATO - Staff Sgt. Troy James Westberg, 29, died Monday, March 12, 2001, in a military training accident. Graveside services are 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Fort Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis. A procession will begin 1 p.m. Thursday.
Joseph Anderson
PHOENIX, Ariz. - Mankato native Joseph Francis Anderson, 37, died March 3. Memorial services were March 7 at Best Funeral Services in Phoenix.
Patrick O'Connell
LE CENTER - Patrick Thomas O'Connell, 15, died Wednesday. Services are 10 a.m. Monday at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Montgomery, the Rev. Ray Monsour officiating. Burial is in the St. Thomas Church Cemetery, St. Thomas. Visitation is 3 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the church with a 7 p.m. prayer service.
Gloria Hanson
LAKE CRYSTAL - Gloria Margaret Hanson, 79, died Wednesday. Services are 10:30 a.m. Monday at Our Saviours Lutheran Church in Butternut. Visitation is 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at Lake Crystal Mortuary and continues one hour before services at the church.
Leo Walter
ROCHESTER - Former Easton mayor Leo Walter, 89, died Wednesday. Services are 11 a.m. Saturday at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church in Easton. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. today at Bruss-Heitner Funeral Home in Wells, with a 6 p.m. prayer service and a 7:30 p.m. rosary. Visitation continues one hour before services Saturday at the church.
March 17, 2001
Michael Grausam
SLEEPY EYE - Michael Grausam, 85, died Thursday, March 15, 2001. Private services are planned. Burial will be at St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery in Sleepy Eye.
Harold Oney
WYLIE, Texas - Madison Lake native Harold Elliot Oney, 79, died Sunday, March 11, 2001. Services are 10 a.m. today at Amos Family Chapel in Shawnee, Kan.
Don Stier
BELLE PLAINE - Don Stier, 64, died Friday, March 16, 2001. Arrangements are pending at Fenske Funeral Home in Belle Plaine.
June Baxter
WINNEBAGO - June Baxter, 85, died Thursday, March 15, 2001. Services are 2 p.m. Sunday at First Presbyterian Church in Winnebago. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. today at Spencer-Owen Funeral Home in Winnebago and continues one hour before services Sunday at the church.
Robert Berens
NEW ULM - Robert Berens, 88, of New Ulm died Friday, March 16, 2001. Services are 11 a.m. Monday at St. Mary's Catholic Church in New Ulm. Visitation is one hour before services at the church.
Charles Pizel
VADNAIS HEIGHTS - Former Hanska resident Charles Arthur "Chuck" Pizel, 62, of Mankato died Thursday, March 15, 2001. Services are 11 a.m. Monday at Zion Lutheran Church in Hanska. Visitation is 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday at Firle Funeral Home in Hanska and continues one hour before services Monday at the church.
Clara Wallert
ARLINGTON - Clara Wallert, 81, died Friday, March 16, 2001. Services area 2 p.m. Monday at St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Arlington. Visitation is one hour before services at the church.
Clarence Groehler
NEW ULM - Clarence E. Groehler, 90, died Friday, March 16, 2001. Services are 11 a.m. Monday at St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church in New Ulm. Visitation is 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday and 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Monday at Minnesota Valley Funeral Home in New Ulm. Visitation continues one hour before services Monday at the church.
Merle Langholz
NEW ULM - Merle Gus Langholz, 69, died Friday, March 16, 2001. Services are 2 p.m. Monday at Redeemer Lutheran Church in New Ulm. Visitation is 3 to 7 p.m. Sunday and 7:30 to 11:30 a.m. Monday at Firle Funeral Home in New Ulm and continues one hour before services at the church.
Norma Remmert
SPRINGFIELD - Norma Remmert, 88, died Thursday, March 15, 2001. Services are 11 a.m. Monday at Zion Lutheran Church, Springfield. Visitation is 3 to 7 p.m. Sunday and 10 to 11 a.m. Monday at the church.
Gayle Underwood
ST. PETER - Gayle Underwood, 66, of St. Peter died Friday, March 16, 2001. Services are 2 p.m. Monday at First Lutheran Church in St. Peter. Visitation is 3 to 7 p.m. Sunday at the church and continues one hour before services Monday.
Dean Nyquist
ST. CLAIR - Dean Richard Nyquist, 76, died Thursday, March 15, 2001. Services are 11 a.m. Monday at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church in St. Clair. Visitation is 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday at Arnoldt-McRaith Funeral Home in Janesville and continues one hour before services at the church.
Leslie Peterson
ST. PETER - Leslie Peterson, 81, died Friday, March 16, 2001. Arrangements are pending with St. Peter Funeral Service.
Troy Westberg
MANKATO - Staff Sgt. Troy James Westberg, 29, died Monday, March 12, 2001. Graveside services are 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Fort Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis. A procession will begin 1 p.m. Thursday.
