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Dorothy L. Holles, 88, died Friday, Feb. 11, 2000, at St. John Lutheran Home in Springfield.
Services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Raph-ael's Catholic Church with burial in the church cemetery.
Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Monday and 7:30-10 a.m. Tuesday at the Sturm Funeral Home in Springfield. There will be a parish prayer service at 7 p.m. Monday at the funeral home and a St. Anne's CCW Rosary at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the church.
She is survived by her son David and Nancy Holles of Springfield; two grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; brother Waldo and Frances Bennier of Prescott, Ariz.; and nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband Matthew in 1965; brothers Joseph and Alphonse and sister Martha Mullen.
She was born July 7, 1911 in Granville, Iowa, the daughter of Herman and Elizabeth (Galles) Bennier. She married Matthew A. Holles on May 24, 1938 in Granville, Iowa. They moved to North Star Township in 1951 where they lived and farmed until Matthew died in 1965. She moved to Springfield later that year and worked as a nurses aid at the St. John Lutheran Home. She was a member of the St. Raphael's Catholic Church in Springfield and the St. Anne's C.C.W. She moved to the St. John Lutheran Home in September of 1997.
Lydia Mae Engelking, 92, died at the Sleepy Eye Municipal Hospital on Friday, Feb. 11, 2000.
Services will be 9 a.m. Monday at the Sturm Funeral Home in Sleepy Eye with burial in Home Cemetery, Sleepy Eye.
Visitation will be 4-7 p.m. today and 7:30-9 a.m. Monday at the Sturm Funeral Home in Sleepy Eye.
She is survived by her niece Oradell Fischer of Sleepy Eye; two great-nephews; one great-niece and many other nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband Clarence on Dec. 17, 1968; brothers Walter, Ora, Lowell, Leander, Harold, Norbert and nephew Robert 'Pork' Fischer.
She was born on Nov. 6, 1907 to William and Anna (Allen) Haenze, in West Newton Township, Brown County. She moved with her family to the Cobden area and attended country school. Lydia was the oldest child and helped raise her brothers when her mother died.
On Nov. 25, 1926 she married Clarence Engelking at Faith United Methodist Church in Sleepy Eye. The made their home in Sleepy Eye where they continued to raise her siblings. They also took care of their niece Oradell Engelking from the age of six. Lydia also worked at Del Monte during the summertime and helped her husband occasionally at his business, Engelking Brother's Paint Shop. She was a resident at Ross Park apartments for several years. She was a member of Faith United Methodists Church and was active with the United Methodist Women.
Donald Krebs, 80, died Saturday, Feb. 12, 2000, at the Immanuel St. Joseph's Hospital in Mankato.
Funeral arrangements are pending with the Sturm Funeral Home in Sleepy Eye.