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Monday, January 31, 2000
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Cecilia Gannon, 91, of Sleepy Eye, died Saturday, Jan. 29, 2000, at Sleepy Eye Care Center.
Mass of Christian burial is 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Sleepy Eye, with burial in the church cemetery.
Visitation is 5-7 p.m. today and 7:30-9:30 a.m. Tuesday at Sturm Funeral Home, Sleepy Eye. There will be a parish prayer service at 6:30 p.m. today at the funeral home.
A complete obituary will be published in Tuesday's edition.
Louisa A. Mathiowetz, 95, Leavenworth, died Saturday, Jan. 29, 2000, at Divine Providence Community Home, Sleepy Eye.
Arrangements are pending with Sturm Funeral Home, Sleepy Eye.
Elmer Perrier, 91, of Fergus Falls, formerly of St. James, died Sunday, Jan. 30, 2000 at Lake Region Hospital, Fergus Falls.
Arrangements are pending with Sturm Funeral Home, St. James.
Jonathan Lecy, 22, of Echo, died Saturday, Jan. 29, 2000, at Weiner Memorial Hospital, Marshall, as a result of a snowmobile accident.
Services are 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Rock Valle Lutheran Church, rural Echo, with burial in the church cemetery.
Visitation is 4-8 p.m. today at Sunset Funeral Home, Echo, and will continue Tuesday one hour prior to services at the church. There will be a prayer service 7 p.m.today at the funeral home.
He is survived by his parents, Harlan and Linda Lecy of rural Echo; paternal grandmother Hildora Lecy of rural Echo; sister, Diane Lecy of Bertha; brothers, Dale and fiance Jenifer Forrey of Zimmerman and Charles and fiance Amanda Velde of Hanley Falls; and niece Hannah.
He was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, Arthur and Ada Kottom; stepgrandfather Albert VonSpreecken; and paternal grandfather Noral Lecy.
He was born March 25, 1977, in Granite Falls, to Harlan and Linda (Kottom) Lecy. He grew up on the family farm in Sioux Agency Township, north of Echo. He attended school in Echo, Woodlake, Clarkfield and Granite Falls, graduating from Granite Falls High School in 1996. He attended Granite Falls Vo Tech. He had worked for Dunnick Construction, Gilby's in Granite Falls, Mel's Sports Shop in Spicer and at Radio Shack in Redwood Falls. He was a member of Rock Valley Lutheran Church.