May 8, 2001
Edwin Hasse
LAKE CRYSTAL - Edwin Hasse, 94, died Monday. Services are 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Immanuel Lutheran Church. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Mankato Mortuary and continues one hour before services Thursday at the church.
Ardis Saunders
ODIN - Ardis M. Saunders, 70, died Sunday. Services are 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at St. Olaf Lutheran Church in rural Odin. Visitation is 5 to 8 p.m. today at Kramer Family Funeral Home, Trimont, and continues one hour before services Wednesday at the church.
Roger Enstad
WATERVILLE - Roger Allen Enstad, 58, died Sunday. Services are 1 p.m. Thursday at Prosch-Dennis Funeral Home in Waterville. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Prosch-Dennis and continues one hour before services Thursday at the funeral home.
Irene Baarts
TRUMAN - Irene Emily Baarts, 93, died Monday. Services are 10 a.m. Friday at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Truman. Visitation in 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Olson Funeral Home, Truman, and continues one hour before services Friday at the church.
Marvin Engel
LE SUEUR - Marvin Engel, 83, died Sunday. Services are 10:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Anne's Catholic Church in Le Sueur. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday with a 7:45 p.m. parish prayer service at Kolden Funeral Home, Le Sueur.
Margaret Larsen
MAPLETON - Margaret R. Larsen, 86, died Saturday. Services are 11 a.m. today at St. James Catholic Church in Forest City, Iowa.
Martha Quade
RENVILLE - St. James native Martha A. Quade, 88, died Friday. Services are 2 p.m. today at Grave Lutheran Church in Fairmont. Visitation is one hour before services today at the church.
Harold Johnson
SPRINGFIELD - Harold "Boogie" Johnson, 87, died Sunday. Arrangements are pending with Sturm Funeral Home, Springfield.
Irene Schmidt
MANKATO - Irene M. Schmidt, 94, died Saturday. Services are 12:30 p.m. Wednesday at St. Joseph the Worker Catholic Church. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. today with a 7 p.m. prayer service at Landkamer Johnson-Boman Funeral Home, Mankato, and continues one hour before services Wednesday at the church.
Lois Escherich
ST. PETER - Retired nurse Lois M. Escherich, 59, died Saturday. Memorial services are 1:30 p.m. Friday at Trinity Lutheran Church in St. Peter. The family will greet friends one hour before services Friday at the church.
Denise Schwieger
FAIRMONT - Former Mankato resident Denise Marleen Elizabeth Schwieger, 31, died Saturday. Services are 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. John Vianney Catholic Church in Fairmont. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. today at Lakeview Funeral Home, Fairmont, and continues one hour before services Wednesday at the church.
Gladys Mahler
MESA, Ariz. - Gladys Ruth Mahler, 91, died Saturday. Services are 2 p.m. Friday at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Waseca. Visitation is two hours before the time of service Friday at the church.
May 9, 2001
Edwin Hasse
LAKE CRYSTAL - Edwin Hasse, 94, died Monday, May 7, 2001. Services are 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Immanuel Lutheran Church. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. today at Mankato Mortuary and continues one hour before services Thursday at the church.
Arthur Nagel
CEYLON - Arthur "Squeak" Nagel, 75, died Sunday, May 6, 2001. Services are 2 p.m. Friday at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Ceylon. Visitation is 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday and one hour before services Friday at the church.
Elizabeth Pauley
ST. JAMES - Elizabeth "Liz" Pauley, 81, died Monday, May 7, 2001. Services are 10:30 a.m. Friday at St. James Catholic Church. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Pease Funeral Home in St. James, with a 4 p.m. Christian Mothers rosary service and a 7:30 p.m. parish prayer service. Visitation continues 8 to 10 a.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Marie Spidel
LE SUEUR - Former Kansas resident Marie Spidel, 99, died Monday, May 7, 2001. Memorial services are 1 p.m. Thursday at Presbyterian Church in Le Sueur.
Otto Becker
MOUNTAIN LAKE - Otto Henry Becker, 92, died Monday, May 7, 2001. Services are 10:30 a.m. Friday at Bethel Mennonite Church in Mountain Lake. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Bjerum Funeral Home in Mountain Lake and continues one hour before services Friday at the church.
Roland Becker
SPRINGFIELD - Roland Arthur Becker, 70, died Monday, May 7, 2001. Services are 1 p.m. Thursday at Sturm Funeral Home in Springfield. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. today and noon to 1 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Duane Thovson
HUTCHINSON - Former Mankato resident Duane Thovson, 66, died Thursday, May 3, 2001. Services were Monday at Christ the King Lutheran Church in Hutchinson.
Harold Johnson
SPRINGFIELD - Harold "Boogie" Johnson, 87, died Sunday, May 6, 2001. Services are 10:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Raphael's Catholic Church in Springfield. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. today at Sturm Funeral Home in Springfield, with a 7 p.m. parish prayer service. Visitation continues 7:30 to 10 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home, with a 10 a.m. mens rosary service at the church.
Marvin Engel
LE SUEUR - Marvin H. Engel, 83, died Sunday, May 6, 2001. Services are 10:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Anne's Catholic Church in Le Sueur. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. today at Kolden Funeral Home in Le Sueur, with a 7:45 p.m. parish prayer service.
May 10, 2001
Luverne Lowinske
SPRINGFIELD -Luverne 'Louie" Lowinske, 78, died Tuesday. Services are 2 p.m. Saturday at St. Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Church in New Ulm. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. Friday and 7:30 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Minnesota Valley Funeral Home in New Ulm. Visitation continues one hour before services Saturday at the church.
Harold Doescher
MASON CITY, Iowa - Former Waterville resident Harold E. Doescher, 73, died Wednesday. Services are 11 a.m. Friday at United Methodist Church in Rudd, Iowa. Graveside services are 3 p.m. Friday at Memorial Park Cemetery, Mason City.
Elizabeth Geurs
MANKATO - Elizabeth J. Geurs, 76, died Tuesday. Services are 10 a.m. Saturday at St. John's Catholic Church. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at Landkamer Johnson-Boman Funeral Home with 7:30 p.m. prayer service.
Marie Zimmer
WINDOM - Marie Joyce Zimmer, 75, died Tuesday. Services are 11:30 a.m. Friday at Eifert Funeral Home in Mountain Lake. Visitation is 6 to 8 p.m. today and 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Friday at the funeral home.
John Alleven
FRANKLIN - John H. Alleven, 72, died Saturday. Services are 10:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Winnebago. Visitation is 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at Spencer-Owen Funeral Home in Winnebago, with a 7:30 p.m. rosary service. Visitation continues one hour before services Saturday at the church.
Charles Loegering
WELLS - Charles Howard "Chas" Loegering, 54, died Tuesday. Services are 10 a.m. Friday at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Wells. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. today at Bruss-Heitner Funeral Home in Wells and continues one hour before services Friday at the church.
May 11, 2001
Dr. Jerome L. Welna
WASECA - Dr. Jerome L. Welna, 70, died Thursday, May 10, 2001. Services are 1 p.m. Saturday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Waseca. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. today at McRaith Funeral Home, Waseca, and continues one hour before services Saturday at the church.
Elizabeth Jane Geurs
MANKATO - Elizabeth Jane Geurs, 76, died Tuesday, May 8, 2001. Services are 10 a.m. Saturday at St. John's Catholic Church. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. today at Landkamer Johnson-Boman Funeral Home with 7:30 p.m. prayer service.
Joyce Mathieson Pickering
ST. PETER - Joyce Mathieson Pickering, 83, died Thursday, May 10, 2001. Klein Funeral Home in St Peter is handling arrangements.
Harold A. Renner
SPRINGFIELD - Harold A. Renner, 86, died Thursday, May 10, 2001. Services are 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Sturm Funeral Home in Springfield. Visitation is 4 to 7 p.m. today and 7:30 to 10 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
George Wagner
LE SUEUR - Former Le Center resident George P. Wagner, 94, died Thursday, May 10, 2001. Services are 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Zion United Church of Christ in Le Sueur. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. today at Kolden Funeral Home in Le Sueur. Visitation continues one hour before services Saturday at the church.
Grace Pietsch
MANKATO - Grace E. Pietsch, 78, died Wednesday, May 9, 2001. Services are 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church in North Mankato. Visitation is one hour before services at the church.
Scott R. Gronewald
GRANADA - Scott R. Gronewald, 45, died Tuesday, May 8, 2001. Services are 1:30 p.m. Saturday at East Chain Evangelical Free Church. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. today at Lakeview Funeral Home, Fairmont, and continues one hour before services Saturday at the church.
May 12, 2001
Caroline Zumhofe
GAYLORD - Caroline Zumhofe, 83, died Thursday, May 10, 2001. Services are 10:30 a.m. Monday at American Lutheran Church in Gaylord. Visitation is 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday and 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. Monday at Egesdal Funeral Home in Gaylord. Visitation continues one hour before services Monday at the church.
Jo Ann Dunn
ROCHESTER - Former resident of the Mapleton area Jo Ann Dunn, 74, died Thursday, May 10, 2001. Memorial services are 4 p.m. Monday at Christ United Methodist Church in Rochester.
Daniel Briard
DELFT - Former St. Clair resident Daniel Lee Briard, 53, died Monday, May 7, 2001. Services were Friday at Carson Mennonite Church in Delft.
Helen Gillson Cornwell
HEMET, Calif. - Mankato native Helen Marcella Gillson Cornwell, 87, died April 25, 2001. Services were May 3 at First Christian Church in Hemet.
Joyce Wooster Pickering
ST. PETER - New York native Joyce Wooster Pickering, 83, died Thursday, May 10, 2001. Burial will be at a later date in New York.
Grace Pietsch
MANKATO - Grace E. Pietsch, 78, died Wednesday, May 9, 2001. Services are 11 a.m. today at St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church in North Mankato. Visitation is one hour before services at the church.
May 14, 2001
Edna Owen
ALBERT LEA - Edna Louise Owen, 90, died Saturday. Services are 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Christ the Redeemer Lutheran Church in Wells. Visitation is 5 to 8 p.m. today at Bruss-Heitner Funeral Home in Wells and continues one hour before services Tuesday at the church.
David Jaqua
EDINA - David Jaqua, 44, died Sunday. Arrangements are pending with Woodland Hills Funeral Home in Mankato.
William Simon
SLEEPY EYE - William Simon, 80, died Sunday. Arrangements are pending with Sturm Funeral Home in Sleepy Eye.
W. Dale Rucker
WELLS - W. Dale Rucker, 71, died Saturday. Services are 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at St. Casimir Catholic Church in Wells. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at St. Casimir Catholic Church and continues one hour before services Wednesday at the church.
Adrian Coulson
COMFREY - Adrian (Pat) Coulson, 82, died Sunday. Arrangements are pending with the Sturm Funeral Home in Comfrey.
Dennis Ochocki
JANESVILLE - Dennis Harold Ochocki, 50, died Saturday. Services are 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at St. Ann's Catholic Church in Janesville. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. with a 6:30 p.m. parish prayer service Tuesday at Arnoldt-McRaith Funeral Home in Janesville and continues one hour before services Wednesday at the church.
Caroline Zumhofe
GAYLORD - Caroline Louise Zumhofe, 83, died Thursday. Services are 10:30 a.m. today at American Lutheran Church in Gaylord. Visitation is 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. today at the Egesdal Funeral Home in Gaylord and continues one hour before services at the church.
Edna Kreuzer
NEW RICHLAND -Edna W. Kreuzer, 95, died Saturday. Services are 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Church of All Saints in New Richland. Visitation is 5 to 8 p.m. with a 7:30 p.m. prayer service Tuesday at Friedrich Funeral Home in New Richland and continues one hour before services Wednesday at the church.
Judith Henrichs
SANBORN - Judith E. Henrichs, 59, died Saturday. Services are 11 a.m. Thursday at Old Westbrook Lutheran Church in rural Westbrook. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday and 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. Thursday at Sturm Funeral Home in Springfield and continues one hour before services at the church.
