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   Kenneth E. Brand A memorial service for Kenneth E. Brand, 70, of Glenview, Ill., will be held 10 a.m., Saturday, April 26, at the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in New Ulm.
    Brand, a native of New Ulm, died Dec. 21, 2002.

   Janet Kramer, 67, of Springfield, died Monday, March 3, 2003 at St. John Lutheran Home, Springfield.
   Services are 12:30 p.m. Thursday, March 6, 2003 at St. John Lutheran Home Chapel in Springfield with burial in Calvary Catholic Cemetery, Tracy.
   Visitation is 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Thursday at the chapel.
   She is survived by her sons, Paul of Sauk Rapids and Greg of Sartell; daughters Michel Osgood of Amery, Wis., Theresa Weidenhamer of Blaine, Patricia Maahs of Coon Rapids and Jacqueline Ostreich of Belle Plaine; 14 grandchildren; 7 great grandchildren; sisters Sandy Radel of Spicer and Carolyn King of Sanborn.
   She was born April 24, 1935 to Barton and Leona (Meyer) Pederson in Springfield.

   Victor 'Butch' Hoffman, 62, of Ormsby and formerly of St. James, died Sunday, March 2, 2003, at his home.
   Services are 10:30 a.m. Thursday, March 6, at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, St. James with burial in Mount Hope Cemetery, St. James.
   Visitation is 4-8 p.m., Wednesday, and 7:30-8:30 a.m., Thursday, at the Sturm Funeral Home, St. James and Thursday at the church, one hour prior to the service.
   He is survived by his wife Julene; daughters, Debra Molitor of Butterfield and Nancy Krueger of Fremont, Neb.; four grandchildren; sisters, Eldora Asendorf of Fairfax, LeAnna Aarsvold of Lake Park and Edna Metzen of New Ulm.
   He was born July 6, 1940, to Philip and Edna (Nibbe) Hoffman in Watonwan County. He served in the Army National Guard from 1962-1968.

   Hazel Moll, 81, of Brainerd, formerly of Sleepy Eye, died Monday, March 3, 2003, at St. Joseph's Medical Center, Brainerd.
   Services are pending with the Sturm Funeral Home in Sleepy Eye.