Online Obituaries
Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2003
2003 obituaries
2002 obituaries 2001 obituaries
2000 obituaries 1999 obituaries
The Journal Online Experience New Ulm
Click here for today's obituaries
Rosemary Borchert, 77, of Gaylord, died Saturday, Feb. 8, 2003, at Franklin Health Care Center.
Services are 2 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 12, at Egesdal Funeral Home in Gaylord with burial in St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery in Gaylord.
She is survived by brother William Borchert of Chamblee, Ga.; and sister, Rosalind Rundberg of Bartlesville, Okla.
She was born June 26, 1925, in Gaylord, to Benjamin F. and Margaret (Scally) Borchert.
Roland Hoffmann, 89, of New Ulm, died Sunday, Feb. 9, 2003, at the Oak Hills Living Center in New Ulm.
Funeral Service will be 11 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 13, 2003, at St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church in New Ulm, with burial in the New Ulm City Cemetery.
Visitation will be 5 - 7 p.m. Wednesday and from 7:30 - 8:30 a.m. Thursday at the Minnesota Valley Funeral Home in New Ulm, and will continue for one hour prior to the time of service at the church on Thursday.
Roland is survived by his daughter and son-in-law Betty and Raymond Pfarr of rural New Ulm; sons and daughters-in-law, James and Marilyn Hoffmann, Donald and Della Hoffmann, all of New Ulm; 12 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; daughter-in-law Olivia Hoffmann of Chicago, Ill.; a sister, Marjorie Ott of Arlington; many nieces and nephews; and a special friend, Lila Scharbach of New Ulm.
He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Angeline Hoffmann on Aug. 25, 1998; a son, Roland R. Hoffmann on July 14, 1997; and three sisters.
Roland was born on Sept. 7, 1913, in New Ulm, to William and Hulda (Kaegebein) Hoffmann. He married Angeline Scheerz on May 3, 1932, at the Cathedral Parish in New Ulm. He worked for Stork Brothers Produce in New Ulm for 20 years and then owned and operated a recycling business in New Ulm for 13 years and later worked at the City Meat Market in New Ulm. He loved to play cards and garden and enjoyed old time polka music and crossword puzzles. He was a member of St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church in New Ulm.
Joseph McCarthy, 53, of 216 S. Minnesota St. in New Ulm, died Sunday, Feb. 9, 2003, at his home.
Funeral service will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 13, 2003, at the Minnesota Valley Funeral Home in New Ulm, with burial in the Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood, Ill.
Visitation will be 4 - 8 p.m. Wednesday and 7:30 - 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the Minnesota Valley Funeral Home in New Ulm.
Joseph is survived by his wife Lavonne McCarthy of New Ulm; his mother and stepfather Catherine and Anthony Privoznik of Bridgeview, Ill.; father-in-law and mother-law Paul and Chris Irvin of Austin; daughter and son-in-law Amy and Kenneth Lawson of Lavergne, Tenn.; son Timothy McCarthy and his fiancée Jackie Toft of Cresthill, Ill.; stepsons and daughters-in-law, Deri and Patricia Nordsving of Sauk Centre, and Darin and Stacy Nordsving of Canton; seven grandchildren; stepson-in-law Steve Dobie of Hutchinson; sister and brother-in-law Kathy and Thom Travis of Worth, Ill.; sisters-in-law and brother-in-law, Lyn McCarthy of St. John, Ind., Darlene Hoffman of North Mankato, and Debra and Craig Lewison of Janesville, Wis.; brothers, John McCarthy of Justice, Ill., and Tony Privoznik of Plainfield, Ill.; brother-in-law and sister-in-law Paul and Linda Irvin of St. Peter.
He was preceded in death by his father Daniel James McCarthy; a brother, Daniel McCarthy; his grandparents; and a stepdaughter, Roxanne Dobie.
Joseph was born Nov. 4, 1949, in Chicago, Ill., to Daniel James and Catherine Margaret (Leipart) McCarthy. He served in the U.S. Army in Vietnam from 1967 to 1970. After his discharge from the Army he worked at Schuster's Inc. in Chicago as a mechanic for 20 years and then for E.L.A. Security Inc. for five years. He married Lavonne Irvin on June 17, 1994, in St. Charles, Ill. Joseph worked at Le Sueur Inc. for the past eight years. He was a member of the Seifert-Bianchi American Legion Post No. 132 in New Ulm and the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and was a past member of the Roberts Park, Ill., Volunteer Fire Department for many years.