April 6, 2001
Arnold Meyer
SPRINGFIELD - Arnold A. Meyer, 87, died Wednesday, April 4, 2001. Arrangements are pending with Sturm Funeral Home in Springfield.
Charles Templin
EDINA - Mankato native Charles Templin, 69, died April 1, 2001. Memorial services were Thursday. Burial was in Fort Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis.
Rose Bachmann
MADELIA - Rose Bachmann, 102, died Thursday, April 5, 2001. Arrangements are pending with Pilgrim Funeral Home in Madelia.
Lanetta Bergman
RUTHVEN, Iowa - Lanetta Bergman, 90, died Tuesday, April 3, 2001. Services are 2 p.m. Saturday at Bethany Lutheran Church in Spencer, Iowa. Visitation is 11/2 hours before services at the church.
Alvina Johnson
BELLE PLAINE - Alvina C. Johnson, 80, of Belle Plaine, died Wednesday, April 4, 2001. Services are 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Our Lady of the Prairie Catholic Church in Belle Plaine. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. today at Fenske Funeral Home in Belle Plaine with a 6:30 p.m. prayer service and continues 8 to 10 a.m. Saturday.
April 7, 2001
Ann R. Deibele
SLEEPY EYE - Ann Rose Windschitl Deibele, 93, died Thursday, April 5, 2001. Services are 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Sleepy Eye. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. Monday with a 4 p.m. rosary and 7 p.m. parish prayer service at Sturm Funeral Home, Sleepy Eye. Visitation continues from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Ruth E. Hanson
BLUE EARTH - Ruth E. Hanson, 75, died Thursday, April 5, 2001. Services are 11 a.m. Monday at First United Methodist Church in Blue Earth. Visitation is 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday at Patton Funeral Home, Blue Earth.
Agnes Marsh
NEW YORK MILLS - Delavan native Agnes M. Marsh, 95, died Thursday, April 5, 2001. Services are 10:30 a.m. Monday at St. Ann's Catholic Church in Wadena.
Marie C. Vogl
MORGAN - Former New Ulm resident Marie C. Vogl, 83, died Friday, April 6, 2001. Services are 10:30 a.m. Monday at Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in New Ulm. Visitation is one hour before services Monday at Minnesota Valley Funeral Home, New Ulm.
Ivan L. Brown
SANBORN - Ivan L. Brown, 78, died Friday, April 6, 2001. Services are 10:30 a.m. Monday at Zion Lutheran Church in Sanborn. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday and 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. Monday at Sturm Funeral Home, Springfield. Visitation continues one hour before services Monday at the church.
Arnold A. Meyer
SPRINGFIELD - Arnold Alton Meyer, 87, died Wednesday, April 4, 2001. Services are 1:30 p.m. Monday at St. John's Lutheran Church in Sleepy Eye. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday and 7:30 to 11 a.m. Monday at Sturm Funeral Home, Springfield. Visitation continues one hour before services Monday at the church.
Barbara J. Nagel
MAPLETON - Barbara J. Nagel, 97, died Thursday, April 5, 2001. Services are 11 a.m. Monday at Olson-Tichenor Funeral Home in Mapleton. Visitation is 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday at Olson-Tichenor and continues one hour before services Monday at the funeral home.
Paul T. Rudie
MANKATO - Paul T. Rudie, 66, died Thursday, April 5, 2001. Services are 1:30 p.m. Monday at SS. Peter and Paul's Catholic Church. Visitation is 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday with a 4 p.m. prayer service at Mankato Mortuary, and continues one hour before services Monday at the church.
Geraldine Thul
MADELIA - Geraldine F. Thul, 53, died Thursday, April 5, 2001. Services are 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Madelia. Visitation is 5 to 8 p.m. Monday at Pilgrim Funeral Home in Madelia, with a 5 p.m. prayer service. Visitation continues 9 to 10:15 a.m. Monday at the funeral home.
John F. Foster
NORTH MANKATO - John "Jack" F. Foster, 69, died Friday, April 6, 2001. Services are 10:30 a.m. Monday at Holy Rosary Catholic Church in North Mankato. Visitation is 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday with a 6 p.m. prayer service at Mankato Mortuary and continues one hour before services Monday at the church.
Raymond Lippert
NEW ULM - Raymond "Ray" Lippert, 85, died Thursday, April 5, 2001. Services are 11 a.m. Monday at St. Mary's Catholic Church in New Ulm. Visitation is 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday 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 10:30 a.m. Monday at the funeral home.
Rose Bachmann
MADELIA - Rose Bachmann, 102, died Thursday, April 5, 2001. Services are 10:30 a.m. Monday at First Presbyterian Church in Madelia. Visitation is 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday at Pilgrim Funeral Home, Madelia, and continues one hour before services Monday at the church.
Jeanette Tollerud
SLEEPY EYE - Former New Ulm resident Jeanette Tollerud, 87, died Friday, April 6, 2001. Arrangements are pending with Firle Funeral Home in New Ulm.
Henry R. Smith
ST. JAMES - Henry R. "Pat" Smith, 85, died Friday, April 6, 2001. Arrangements are pending with Pease Funeral Home in St. James.
April 9, 2001
Edward Ross
WASECA - Edward Marvin Ross, 70, died Saturday. Services are 11 a.m. Tuesday at Trinity Lutheran Church in Wilton.Visitation is 3 to 8 p.m. today with a 6:30 p.m. Fraternal Order of Eagles service and 8 p.m. prayer service at Kinder-Dennis Home for Funerals, Waseca. Visitation continues one hour before services Tuesday at the church.
Henry Smith
ST. JAMES - Henry Ralph Smith, 85, died Friday. Services are 2 p.m. today at United Methodist Church in St. James. Visitation is 8 a.m. to noon today at Pease Funeral Home, St. James.
Allen Matter
LAMBERTON - Allen Gene Matter, 37, died Friday. Services are 11 a.m. Tuesday at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Lamberton. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. today with a 7:30 p.m. parish prayer service at Sturm Funeral Home, Lamberton, and continues one hour before services Tuesday at the church.
Margaret Kukacka
LE CENTER - Margaret Louise Kukacka, 65, died Friday. Services are 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Seventh Day Adventist Church in Le Center. Visitation is 3 to 8 p.m. today at Seventh Day Adventist Church and continues one hour before services Tuesday at the church.
Erna Schugel
NEW ULM - Erna Thill Schugel, 81, died Sunday. Services are 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Mary's Catholic Church in New Ulm. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday and 7:30 to 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Minnesota Valley Funeral Home, New Ulm.
Jeanette Tollerud
SLEEPY EYE - Jeanette Tollerud, 87, died Friday. Services are 11 a.m. Tuesday at Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in New Ulm. Visitation is 9 to 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Firle Funeral Home New Ulm. There is a 4 p.m. Christian Mother's rosary today at the church.
Florence Drenckpohl
LE SUEUR - Florence Drenckpohl, 92, died Sunday. Arrangements are pending with Kolden Funeral Home, Le Sueur.
Harold Manderfeld
MANKATO - Harold A. Manderfeld, 67, died Friday. Services are 11 a.m. Tuesday at St. Mary's Catholic Church in New Ulm. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. today with a 7 p.m. parish prayer service at Minnesota Valley Funeral Home, New Ulm, and continues from 7:30 to 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
April 10, 2001
Judith Hanks
WASECA - Judith L. Hanks, 61, died Saturday. Arrangements are pending with Spencer-Owen Funeral Home in Winnebago.
Julius Sommers
KASOTA - Julius Sommers, 70, died Monday. Arrangements are pending with St. Peter Funeral Service.
Ben Collins
LEWISVILLE - Ben K. "Shorty" Collins, 76, died Sunday. Services are 2 p.m. today at Zion Lutheran Church in Lewisville, the Rev. Steve Bagnall officiating.
Erna Thill Schugel
NEW ULM - Erna Thill Schugel, 81, died Sunday. Services are 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Mary's Catholic Church in New Ulm. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. today at Minnesota Valley Funeral Home in New Ulm with 4:30 p.m. prayer service. Visitation continues 7:30 to 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Donald Walters
DARFUR - Donald "Don" Walters, 77, died Monday. Services are 11 a.m. Thursday at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Darfur. Visitation is 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday and 7:30 to 9 a.m. Thursday at Sturm Funeral Home in Comfrey. Visitation continues one hour before services Thursday at the church.
Edward Cervenka
NEW PRAGUE - Edward Cervenka, 91, died Monday. Services are 10 a.m. Thursday at Bruzek Funeral Home in New Prague. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday and 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
William Wilkinson Jr.
MANKATO - William H. Wilkinson Jr., 62, died Saturday. Services are 3:30 p.m. Thursday at Minneopa Cemetery in rural Mankato. Mankato Mortuary is handling arrangements.
Florence Drenckpohl
LE SUEUR - Florence Elizabeth Wagner Drenckpohl, 92, died Sunday. Services are 11 a.m. Thursday at United Methodist Church at LeSueur. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Kolden Funeral Home, Le Sueur.
April 11, 2001
Lucille Egge
ST. JAMES - Lucille Margaret Egge, 79, died Monday. Services are 1:30 p.m. Saturday at First Lutheran Church in St. James. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. Friday and 7:30 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Sturm Funeral Home, St. James. Visitation continues one hour before services Saturday at the church.
Herbert Zehm
BLUE EARTH - Herbert Zehm, 88, died Monday. Arrangements are pending with Patton Funeral Home, Blue Earth.
Leo Kilian
NORTH MANKATO - Leo J. Kilian, 91, died Monday. Services are 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Mankato Mortuary. Visitation is one hour before services Thursday at the funeral home.
Ernest Waller
TIFTON, Ga. - Dr. Ernest Waller, 92, died Sunday. Services are 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Spencer-Owen Funeral Home, Winnebago. Visitation is one hour before services Saturday at the funeral home.
Janice Devens
MAPLEWOOD - Janice Devens, 57, died Monday. Local services are 2 p.m. Thursday at Long Lake Lutheran Church, St. James. Other services are 4 p.m. today at First Covenant Church in St. Paul.
Judith Hanks
WASECA - Judith L. Hanks, 61, died Saturday. Memorial services are 2 p.m. Saturday at First United Methodist Church in Winnebago. No visitation is scheduled.
John Hoeger
MANKATO - John Phillip Hoeger, 91, died Tuesday. Services are 3 p.m. today at SS. Peter and Paul Catholic Church. Visitation is two hours before services today at the church.
Ann Paschke
BUFFALO CENTER, Iowa - Ann H. Paschke, 95, died Monday. Services are 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Salem United Methodist Church in Blue Earth. Visitation is 9 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the church.
Mitchell Anderson
OWATONNA - Former Blue Earth resident Mitchell J. Anderson, 50, died Sunday. Arrangements are pending with Patton Funeral Home, Blue Earth.
Julius Sommers
KASOTA - Julius Sommers, 70, died Monday. Services are 11 a.m. Saturday at First Presbyterian Church in Kasota. Visitation is 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday at the church.
April 12, 2001
Frank Gau
BELLE PLAINE - Francis "Frank" Gau, 60, died Wednesday. Services are 10 a.m. Tuesday at Our Lady of the Prairie Catholic Church in Belle Plaine. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. Monday at Fenske Funeral Home in Belle Plaine, with a 6 p.m. prayer service. Visitation continues 1 1/2 hours before services Tuesday at the church.
Wayne Wells
LE SUEUR - Wayne A. Wells, 77, died Tuesday. Services are 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Presbyterian Church in Le Sueur. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. Monday at Kolden Funeral Home in Le Sueur and continues one hour before services Tuesday at the church.
Maxin Thomes
ARLINGTON - Maxin Thomes, 70, died Tuesday. Arrangements are pending with Fenske Funeral Home in Arlington.
Ann Paschke
BUFFALO CENTER, Iowa - Ann H. Paschke, 95, died Monday. Services are 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Salem United Methodist Church in Blue Earth. Visitation is 9 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the church.
Rev. Dwight Johnson
WHITE BEAR LAKE - St. Peter native the Rev. Dwight R. Johnson, 70, died April 2, 2001. Memorial services are 3 p.m. May 12 at First Lutheran Church in White Bear Lake.
Mitchell Anderson
OWATONNA - Mitchell J. Anderson, 51, died Sunday. Services are 2 p.m. Saturday at River of Life Worship Center in Blue Earth. Visitation is one hour before services Saturday at the church.
Viola Manderfeld
ST. JAMES - Former Comfrey resident Viola Helena Manderfeld, 97, died Wednesday. Arrangements are pending with Sturm Funeral Home, St. James.
Herbert Zehm
BLUE EARTH - Herbert Zehm, 88, died Monday. Services are 10:30 a.m. Friday at St. Luke's Lutheran Care Center. Visitation is one hour before services Friday at the care center.
Jesusita Munoz Bustos
MONTGOMERY - Jesusita Munoz Bustos, 55, died Monday. Services are 10 a.m. Monday at Holy Redeemer Catholic Church in Montgomery. Visitation is noon to 8 p.m. Sunday at Schoenbauer Funeral Home in Montgomery with parish vigil at 7:30 p.m.
