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Richard 'Dick' Chycner, 66, of 410 West Second Street in Winthrop died Saturday, January 25, 2003, at the Fairview Southdale Hospital in Edina.
Funeral service will be 2 p.m. Tuesday, January 28, at the Zion Lutheran Church in Winthrop with burial in the Winthrop Cemetery in Winthrop.
Full military rites will be conducted at the cemetery by the Winthrop Honor Guard.
Visitation will be 4 - 8 p.m. Monday at the Minnesota Valley Funeral Home in Gibbon and will continue for one hour prior to the time of service at the church on Tuesday.
Dick is survived by his wife, Hazel Chycner of Winthrop; daughter and son-in-law, Deanna Chycner and Paul Leverson of Savage; son, Dan Chycner of Duluth; grandsons, Daniel Chycner and Thomas Chycner; sister, Rose Keleman of Lockport, New York; niece, Cheryl Keleman of Tonawanda, New York; nephews, Michael Keleman of Lockport, New York, John (Jack) Keleman of Tonawanda, New York; sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law, Geraldine and Fred Trebelhorn of Winthrop, Jeanette and Bill Trantham of Hamburg, Viola Renner of Hutchinson, Mildred Knick of Glencoe; Edna and Greg Knoll of Elk River.
He was preceded in death by his parents, William and Veronica Chycner; brother, Walter Chycner; mother-in-law and father-in-law, Gladys and Rudolph Rettmann; and a brother-in-law, Jerome Renner.
He was born on August 27, 1936 in Buffalo, New York to William and Veronica Chycner. He graduated from the Randolf High School in Buffalo, New York in 1954. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1954 to 1958 and attained the rank of corporal. On July 21, 1962 he married Hazel Rettmann at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Gibbon. After marriage they lived in Bloomington and he worked as a furniture refinisher at Gabberts in Edina. He later worked as a mailman for the U.S.Postal Service. In 1994 they moved to Winthrop. He was a member of the Zion Lutheran Church in Winthrop. He was a member of the V.F.W. in Winthrop.
Larry Hulke, 60, of rural Courtland died Saturday, January 25, 2003, at the Winthrop Good Samaritan Center in Winthrop from Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease.
Funeral service will be 1 p.m. Wednesday, January 29, at the St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church in New Ulm with burial in the Courtland Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, rural Courtland.
Visitation will be 4 - 8 p.m. Tuesday and will continue from 7:30-9:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Minnesota Valley Funeral Home in New Ulm and then for one hour prior to the time of service at the church on Wednesday.
Larry is survived by his wife, Marilyn Hulke, of rural Courtland, a son and daughter-in-law, Todd and Carla Hulke of Courtland; grandchildren, Mitchell and Anthony Hulke; his father, Walter Hulke, a resident at Ridgeway on German in New Ulm; sisters and brothers-in-law, Sharon and Tom Johansen of Menomonie, Wisconsin and Sandy and Dan Meyer of rural Courtland; a brother and sister-in-law, Ron and Sharon Hulke of Courtland, and by nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by a daughter, Kimberly Jo Hulke, in infancy, his mother, Evelyn Hulke; and by his grandparents.
Larry Hulke, the son of Walter and Evelyn (Schmidt) Hulke, was born on September 30, 1942, in New Ulm. He attended school in Courtland then St. Paul's Lutheran School in New Ulm, and was a 1960 graduate of the New Ulm Public High School. On September 26, 1964 he was united in marriage to Marilyn Hoffmann at the Courtland Evangelical Lutheran Church in Courtland.
After marriage he farmed in Courtland Township, Nicollet County and also work for many years at Superior Concrete in Mankato doing both up until November 22, 2002 when his health forced him to retire. Larry was a member of the Courtland Evangelical Lutheran Church in Courtland and had served on the church council, many of those years as council president. He was a member of the Courtland Fire Department, the Courtland Rec Association, the Searles/Courtland Shipping Association, the Courtland Lions Club, and the New Ulm Men's Bowling Association. During his life he participated in many sports and had coached baseball teams in Courtland. He enjoyed bowling up until his health failed and loved spending time with his grandchildren. In lieu of flowers the family prefers memorials to the donor's choice.
Dave Weber , 46, of Nicollet, died Sunday, Jan. 26, 2003, at his home in Nicollet.
Funeral arrangements are pending with Minnesota Valley Funeral Home in Nicollet.
Grace Whittet, 82, of Redwood Falls, died Sunday, Jan. 26, 2003, at Gil-Mor Manor in Morgan.
Services are pending with Nelson-Martin Funeral Service of Redwood Falls.