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   Adeline Bruns S , 66, of rural Sleepy Eye, died Thursday, Jan. 15, 2004, at the Winthrop Good Samaritan Center in Winthrop.
   Arrangements are pending with Minnesota Valley Funeral Home in New Ulm.

   Mary Lou Gartman , 62, formerly of Oakfield WI, died on January 10, 2004, at the Hospice Home of Hope in Fond du Lac, WI.
   She was born Oct. 11, 1941, in Pardeeville, WI, a daughter to the late Elmer and Verna (Gnerlich) Kunz. On March 18, 1960, she married Ken Gartman in Galena, IL.
   Survivors include one daughter, Robyn Newkirk of Fond du Lac; two grandsons, Dylan and Tyler Beilke and their father Ray Beilke of Fond du Lac; three brothers, Dave (Lynn) Kunz of Fond du Lac, Jim Kunz of Grand Forks, ND, and Paul (Sandi) Kunz of Bonita Springs, FL.; two sisters, Joan (Bill) Koch of New Berlin, WI, and Sister M. Alice Kunz of New Ulm, MN.; other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by one daughter, Lisa Marie Gartman.
   Visitation was held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2004, at the Zacherl Funeral Home, Fond du Lac, WI.
   Services: A Liturgy of the Word Memorial Service was held at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2004, at Zacherl Funeral Home, Fond du Lac, WI with Deacon Larry Hughes officiating. Cremation has taken place and burial of ashes will be in the spring.

   Eleanor Helget , 79, of Princeton, formerly of New Ulm died Thursday, Jan. 15, 2004 at the Elim Nursing Home in Princeton.
   Funeral arrangements are pending with the Minnesota Valley Funeral Home in New Ulm.