Online Obituaries Wednesday, May 5, 2004 2004 obituaries    2003 obituaries 2002 obituaries    2001 obituaries 2000 obituaries    1999 obituaries The Journal Online   Experience New Ulm Click here for today's obituaries    Albert H. Franke , 93, of Sleepy Eye, died Tuesday, May 4, 2004, at the Sleepy Eye Care Center.    Services are 11 a.m., Saturday, May 8, at the Sturm Funeral Rome in Sleepy Eye with burial in the Home Cemetery, Sleepy Eye.    Visitation will be 7:30-11 a.m., Saturday, at the Sturm Funeral Home in Sleepy Eye.    A complete notice will be published in a future edition,    Reuben Wilhelm , 82, of rural Winthrop, Minn., passed away on Sunday, May 2, 2004, at The Auburn Manor in Chaska.    Funeral services will be held on Saturday, May 8, 2004, at 1:30 p.m.. at St. Matthew's Lutheran Church in Penn Township, McLeod County. Interment will be in the church cemetery.    Visitation will be Friday from 5-8 p.m., and Saturday from 7:30-11 a.m. at the Dalin-Hantge Funeral Chapel in Winthrop.    Reuben Herman Wilhelm was born November 14, 1921, in Penn Township, McLeod County, Minn. He was the son of Christ and Emma (Rettmann) Wilhelm. He grew up in Penn Township. where he attended country school.    Reuben farmed in Grafton Township, Sibley County. Reuben and his brother, Maynard, operated the family farm together until they retired in 1995. He was a member of St. Matthew's Lutheran Church and was a very religious man. He loved playing sheephead and enjoyed old time music.    Reuben is survived by his: sisters, Verna Winter of Arlington, Bernetta Alsleben and her husband, Alvin of Brownton, and Ruth Clausen of Chaska; nieces and nephews, Darlene Harris, Muriel and Duane Parpart, Darris and Terri Winter, Arden and Marilyn Alsleben, Donovan and Sharon Alsleben, Glenn and Sue Alsleben, LuAnn Alsleben and Jim Eaton, Gary Alsleben, Burnell and Ginny Clausen, Dennis and Judy Clausen, Glenda and Glen Theis, Bruce and Diane Clausen and David Clausen; and many great-nieces, great-nephews, cousins and friends.    Reuben was preceded in death by his parents; brother, Maynard Wilhelm; sister, Elda Wilhelm; niece, Janet Winter; great-nephew, Jonathan Alsleben and brothers-in-law, Harry Winter and Edward Clausen.