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   Ruby Viola Maker, 84, of Redwood Falls, formerly of Lamberton, died Friday, February. 27, 1999, at Wood Dale Nursing Home, Redwood Falls.
   Services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday, at Lamberton United Methodist Church, with burial in Lamberton Cemetery.
   Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Monday and 7:30-9 a.m. Tuesday at Sturm Funeral Home in Lamberton and one hour prior to services at the church.
   She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Beverly and Melvin Willhite, of Lamberton; seven grandchildren; 13 great grandchildren; half-sister and brothers-in-law, LeVon and Ray Rykkeli, of Akley, Darlene and John Shelton, of Bentonville, Ark., and Rachel and Gerald Anderson of Brooklyn Park; sister-in-law, Viola Henning of Wabasso and Blanch Frank, of Chippewa, Wis.; and nieces and nehpews.
   She was preceded in death by her husbands, Roger and Elmer.
   She was born June 23, 1914 in Boxholm, Iowa, to Edward and Laura (Skogland) Renberg. She was raised by her aunt and uncle following her mother's death, until her father married Esther Westlund in 1918. In 1919 she moved with her family to a farm in Lamberton Township where she was educated in country school. She was confirmed May 19, 1929 at Sharon Lutheran Church in Lamberton. She married Roger Frank on May 16, 1939, in Vernon Center. After marriage the couple made their home on a farm in Lamberton Township. Roger died in 1987 and she married Elmer Maker on Oct. 20, 1988 at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, Iowa. She entered Wood Dale Nursing Home in September 1996. She was a member of Lamberton United Methodist Church where she held many different offices and taught Sunday school.

   Clifford Marsden, 86, of St. James, died on Friday, Feb. 27, 1999, at Immanuel-St. Joseph's Hospital in Mankato.
   Funeral arrangements are pending with the Sturm Funeral Home in St. James.

   Dorothy Schlottman, 87 of Arlington died Friday, February 26, 1999 at Arlington Municipal Hospital.
   Services will be 1 p.m. Monday at The United Methodist Church in Arlington.
   Visitation will be 3-7 p.m. today at Fenske Funeral Home in Arlington and one hour prior to the service at the church.
   She is survived by daughter and son-in-law Donna and Ralph Hall of Las Vegas, Nev.; grandson Steve Kloempken of Ogden, Utah.
   She was preceded in death by husband Garnett in 1983; son Loren in 1974; brothers Harry and Benjamin Muelling.
   She was born July 18, 1911 in Green Isle Township to Louis and Augusta (Brockoff) Muelling. She married Garnett F. Schlottman Dec. 10, 1930 in New Ulm. She was a musician, nurse's aide, owner of the Arlington Boarding Care Home for 20 years, and worked at a furniture and funeral home in Arlington.

   Anne Hinnenthal Services for Anne M. Hinnenthal, 39, of St. Paul, will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, 1999, at St. James Lutheran Church Cherokee at Annapolis, West St. Paul.
   Visitation is 4-8 p.m. Tuesday at Johnson Peterson Funeral Home, 612 S. Smith Ave., St. Paul, and one hour prior to services at the church.
   She is survived by her husband, Gerald Weispfenning; children, Amy and Eric; mother, Alice Hinnenthal, of Lilydale; sisters and brothers-in-law, Faith and Edward Graefe, of Columbia Heights, Kathy and Willian Brueggemann, of Mukilteo, Wash., Kristi and Jerry Murtaugh, of Hastings; brother and sister-in-law, Bob and Liz Hinnenthal, of New Ulm; nieces and nephews.
   She was active at St. James Lutheran Church and was an attorney with St. Paul Co's.