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   Josephine A. Brown, 90, of Willow River, formerly of New Ulm and Lafayette, died Saturday, April 26, 2003 at her home.
   Services are 11 a.m. Thursday, May 1 at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Willow River with burial on Oneota Cemetery, Duluth.
   Visitation Thursday at the church, one hour prior to the service.
   She is survived by a son, Edgar of Willow River and two sisters, Lydia Nonnemacher of Honesdale, Pa. and Helen Fiemeyer of New Ulm and five grandchildren.
   She was born Aug. 20, 1912 in New Ulm to Frank and Margaret (Zupfer) Drexler, Sr.

   Geneva Loeffelmacher, 82, of 1312 North State Street, New Ulm, died Monday, April 28, 2003, at her home.
   Funeral service will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, May 2, 2003, at St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church in New Ulm, with Rev. Thomas Henning officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Schmucker Funeral Service of New Ulm is handling the arrangements.
   Geneva Marcella Evelyn Kirchner, the daughter of Louis and Hilda (Amundson) Kirchner, was born Sept. 14, 1920, in Des Moines River Township, Murray County. She grew up on the family farm near Fulda, and attended country school. Geneva married Harold Loeffelmacher April 27, 1950, in New Ulm. Her husband was well known for his band the Six Fat Dutchmen. Following Harold's death in 1988, Geneva continued to make her home in New Ulm. She was a member of St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church.
   Survivors include sisters, Gloria Fuchs of Willmar, and Lois Behr of Fulda; brother, Dale Kirchner of Wauwatosa, Wis.; stepson Harold Loeffelmacher, Jr. of Mahtomedi; sisters-in-law; and many nieces, nephews, and cousins also survive. In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by four brothers, Hildar, Leland, Duane and Dean Kirchner.

   Donald E. Palmer, 83, of Hot Springs Village, Ark., formerly of the Winthrop - Bernadotte area, died March 14, 2003, in Hot Springs Village, Ark.
   Visitation will be 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Bernadotte Lutheran Church in Bernadotte Township, Nicollet County, with a 10:30 a.m. burial of the ashes with military rites in the church cemetery. A memorial service will follow the burial at 11 a.m., at the Bernadotte Lutheran Church.
   He is survived by a brother, Dennis Palmer of Winthrop; and a sister, Lily Franke of Gaylord.

   Sunhee Mary Wesselmann , 46, of Beloit, Wis., died Sunday, April 27, 2003.
   Services are 6 p.m., Thursday, May 1, at Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Church, in Beloit.
   Visitation is 5 p.m. until time of services at the church.
   Daley-Murphy-Wisch & Associates Funeral Home handled arrangements.
   She is survived by husband Patrick; son A.J. Wesselmann of Beloit; three sisters and one brother.
   She was preceded in death by her parents and two brothers.
   She was born March 15, 1957, in Seoul, Korea, to Sang Myon and Yun Chu Hwang Sim. She married Patrick J. Wesselmann on Sept. 10, 1989, in Colorado Springs, Colo. She was a member of Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Church.
   A memorial in her name will be established at a later date.

   Eunice WiechmanG, 66, of Stewart, died Tuesday, April 29, 2003, at Glencoe Regional Health Services.
   Services are 11 a.m., Friday, May 2, at St. Paul's Lutheran Church with burial in the church cemetery.
   Visitation is 5-8 p.m., Thursday, at the Hughes Funeral Home in Stewart and Friday at the church, one hour prior to the service.