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Leonard Petersen, 57, of Tracy, died Tuesday, May 23, 2000, at Veterans Administration Hospital, Sioux Falls, S.D.
Services are 11 a.m. Saturday at Lamberton Community Center, with burial in the City Cemetery. Full military honors will be conducted by Andrew Petersen American Legion Post 41, Lamberton.
Visitation is 10:30-11 a.m. Saturday at Lamberton Community Center.
Sturm Funeral Home, Lamberton, is in charge of arrangements.
He is survived by his mother, Lavonne and stepfather Dale Wenborg of Minneapolis; brother, Dan Wenborg of Minneapolis; other relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death by his father, Arnold; and his grandparents.
He was born March 3, 1943, in Springfield, to Arnold and Lavonne (Reisen) Petersen. He attended Lamberton and Walnut Grove Schools. He served with the U.S. Army Paratroopers--82nd Airborne Division from 1961 until 1964 as a medical corpsman. He attended the University of California, Los Angeles, School of Inhalation Therapy. He worked at the U.C.L.A. Medical Center and Harbor General Hospital. He returned to Minnesota in 1972 to work at Redwood Falls Hospital. In 1985 he moved to New Mexico, returning to Tracy in 1991. He was a member of Sharon Lutheran Church, Lamberton.
Viola Wilber, 85, of Arlington, died Friday, June 2, 2000, at Arlington Good Samaritan Health Care Center.
Services were held Sunday, June 4 at Marantha Fellowship of Arlington.
She is survived by daughters, Gerry and Lance Dailey of Crystal Lake, Ill.; Kay and Vince Danielson of Arlington; Susan Peterson of St. Paul and Mary and David Bentley of Walnut Creek, Calif.; sisters, Josephine Peters of White Bear Lake and Pearl Worre of Newman Grove, Neb.; brother, Will Jass and Ethel of St. Paul; eight grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband and a brother, Mel Jass.
She was born Dec. 23, 1914, in St. Paul to Frederick and Ottilie (Lindemann) Jass. She married William Wilber on Nov. 14, 1936. She earned her teaching degree from Mankato State University. She taught at Vernon Center and Roseville. The couple moved to Mesa, Ariz. in the 1970s, then to Arlington in 1989. She lived in Gaylord after her husband died in 1992. She belonged to the Gaylord Assembly of God, Arlington Maranatha Fellowship and participated in Bible study programs.
Memorials are preferred to The Gideons International, 2900 Lebanon Road, Nashville, Tenn. 37214.
Carl Eisenbacher, 75, of rural Klossner, died Monday at New Ulm Medical Center.
Arrangements are pending with the Minnesota Valley Funeral Home in New Ulm.
William J. Senger, 78, of Redwood Falls, formerly of Clements, died Sunday, June 4, 2000, at Wood Dale Nursing Home, Redwood Falls.
Mass of Christian burial is 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at St. Catherine's Catholic Church, Redwood Falls, with burial in St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery, Clements. Full military honors will be performed by Clements American Legion.
Visitation is 4-8 p.m. today at Redwood Valley Funeral Home, Redwood Falls, and will continue 9 a.m. until time of service at the funeral home. There will be no visitation at the church. There will be a prayer service 7:30 p.m. today at the funeral home.
He is survived by his wife, Rose; children, Rebecca and husband Larry Wadsworth of Hancock, Dean Senger of Clements, Patricia and husband Gary Ellingson of Maple Grove, Mark Senger of Streetsboro, Ohio, and Joleen and husband Duane Erickson of Lamberton; five grandchildren; one great-granddaughter; brothers, Albert of Wabasso, George of St. Cloud, and Edward of Redwood Falls; and sisters, Sister Marcienne of Cann, France, and Othilia Soukup of St. Paul.
He was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Otto, Leonard, and John; sisters, Mary and Margaret; and granddaughter Amanda Jo Erickson.
He was born Aug. 18, 1921, on the Senger homestead near Clements, to John and Frances (Wimmer) Senger. He attended country school. He served in the United States Army during World War II. After the service he returned to the Clements area. He married Rose Braunger on April 8, 1947, in Morgan. They farmed in the Clements area. In 1995 they moved into Redwood Falls. He was a member of the Catholic Aid, St. Catherine's Catholic Church, Disabled American Veterans of New Ulm, and the Clements American Legion, where he served as past commander.
Hjalmer (Jim) Finstad, 95, of St. James died Monday, June 5, 2000, at Pleasant View Nursing Home, St. James.
Arrangements are pending with Pease Funeral Home, St. James.