Online Obituaries Wednesday, May 19, 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    Ethel Graff , 94 ,of Lamberton, died Sunday, May 16, 2004 at Valley View Manor in Lamberton.    Service will be 10:30 a.m. today, May 19, at Highwater Lutheran Church. Burial is at Highwater Lutheran Cemetery.    Visitation will be 7:30-8:30 a.m. today at Sturm Funeral Home, Lamberton. Visitation will continue one hour prior to services at the church.    Survivors include her children, Shirley Mattison of Lamberton, Robert Graff of Lamberton, Arliss Quiring of Lamberton, Roger Graff of Twin Falls, Idaho, Janice Coulter of Lamberton, Gary Graff of Lamberton, Bruce Graff of Minneapolis, Richard Graff of Le Sueur; 33 grandchildren; 51 great- grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.    Ethel Ruth Graff was born Nov. 15, 1909, in Carpio, N.D., to Erick and Randie (Erickson) Erickson.    Lauretta 'Leddy' Hamann , 92, of New Ulm, died Monday, May 17, 2004, at the Oak Hills Living Center in New Ulm.    Mass of Christian Burial will be 10 a.m., Saturday, May 22, at the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in New Ulm with Father John A. Richter officiating. Burial will be in the New Ulm Catholic Cemetery.    Visitation will be 5-8 p.m. Friday and 7:30-9:30 a.m. Saturday at the Minnesota Valley Funeral Home in New Ulm. The Christian Mothers Society will pray the rosary at 4 p.m. Friday at the Cathedral. The St. Anne's Court will pray the rosary at 6:30 p.m., and there will be a parish prayer service at 7:30 p.m. both Friday at the funeral home.    Lauretta is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Paul and Mary Hamann of Edina; grandchildren, Lisa Connell and her husband, Barry of Chester, New Jersey, Janel Vanek and her husband, Phil of Ashburn, Virginia, Marc Hamann and his wife, Jennifer of Maple Grove; greaT-grandchildren, Brendan, Madeline, Sophie and Delaney Connell, Kathryn and Christopher Vanek.    She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Raymond Hamann; sisters, Emily Traurig, Viola MacFarlane and Stella Gulden; and brothers, George Klinkhammer, John Klinkhammer and Jerome Klinkhammer.    Lauretta Willamena Klinkhammer was born on May 29, 1911, in New Ulm to Michael and Willamena (Grau) Klinkhammer. On May 4, 1937 she married Raymond Hamann at the Holy Trinity Catholic Church in New Ulm. After marriage they resided in New Ulm. She did volunteer work, was a Girl Scout Troop Leader, a Director of the Girl Rangers, the New Ulm area Captain for the Kings House Retreat Center in Buffalo for over 30 years, served on the board of the ladies auxiliary at Sioux Valley Hospital. She was voted WCCO's "Good Neighbor." She was a member of the German-Bohemian Society and was inducted into the New Ulm Bowling Hall of Fame.    She was a member of the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in New Ulm, a member of the Christian Mothers Society and the St, Anne's Court # 389, N.C.S.F.            Delores M. Lund , 73 of Fairfax, died Monday, May 17, 2004, at the Fairfax Community Home.    Funeral service is 11 a.m., Thursday, May 20 at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Fairfax.    Visitation is 4-8 p.m., Wednesday, at Our Savior's Lutheran Church and continues one hour before services Thursday at the church.    The Fairfax VFW Auxiliary will have a service at 7 p.m., Wednesday at the church.    Hauser-Hantge Funeral Chapel in Fairfax is handling the arrangements.    She is survived by husband, Ervin Lund of Fairfax; sons, Dennis Lund of Fairfax, Kyle Lund of Fairfax; daughter, Sandra Lund of Sleepy Eye; five grandchildren; one stepgrandchild; four great-grandchildren; four stepgreat-grandchildren; sisters, Luella Draeger of Winthrop, and Renee Schmit of New Ulm; and brother, William Podratz of Albert Lea.    Delores Mae (Podratz) Lund was born on May 27, 1930, in Moltke Township, Sibley County, Minn., to Henry and Edna (Niebuhr) Podratz.    Leona Meidl , 96, of Springfield, died Tuesday, May 18, 2004 at Divine Providence Community Home in Sleepy Eye.    Arrangements are with the Sturm Funeral Home in Springfield.    Viola Wandersee , 85, of New Ulm died Tuesday, May 18, 2004 at the Oak Hills Living Center in New Ulm.    Arrangements are pending with Minnesota Valley Funeral Home in New