Online Obituaries Wednesday, June 9, 1999 June obits by date  June obits by name May obits by date  May obits by name Click here for today's obituaries    Bill Macklin, who chronicled the life and happenings in New Ulm as editor of The New Ulm Daily Journal from 1951 to 1979, died Tuesday morning in a nursing home in Pine River. He was 81 years old.    Macklin, whose career in journalism included stints with the Associated Press in London, St. Louis and Kansas City, found his home and the place to practice his craft in New Ulm. It was a place to raise his three children, and to write the kind of news he loved -- human interest stories and reports on the people and their doings that may not be earth-shaking, but which shape a town. After his retirement in 1979 he continued writing about the little things in life around him near his retirement home on Ten Mile lake near Hackensack. He described the joys of family visits, fishing, harvesting wild rice or collecting maple sap for syrup, and winters in the north woods until his pen was stilled by Alzheimer's disease, which was diagnosed in 1991.    Visitation will be 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the Thomas-Dennis Funeral Home in Walker, with a memorial service at 2 p.m. Friday at Union Congregational Church in Hackensack.    He is survived by his wife Judy, his children, Scott County District Judge Bill Macklin Jr., Tom Macklin and Judy Macklin.    Macklin was born Aug. 4, 1917, in Coon Rapids, Iowa. He moved to Minneapolis at the age of six when his father went to medical school, then moved to with his family to Litchfield, where he graduated in 1935.    He was editor of his school paper in high school and worked as a correspondent for the West Central Tribune in Willmar.    His interest in journalism took him to the prestigious University of Missouri School of Journalism. He was editor of the school newspaper his senior year, and a correspondent for the Associated Press. After graduation he went to work for a newspaper in Springfield, Mo., for a short time before hooking on with the AP. He moved into the AP's St. Louis bureau until he was drafted in 1941.    He joined the Army Corps of Engineers. While stationed in Florida he met Elaine "Becky" Beckstrom, who was serving in the SPARS, the women's corps of the Coast Guard. They were married, he was sent to Europe and she went home to Kansas. In September 1946 she gave birth to their son, Bill Jr, who was appointed as a district judge in Scott County after serving in the Minnesota Legislature. When Macklin was discharged from the Army after the war, he landed a job covering sports for the AP in London. Becky and Bill Jr. joined him there, and they lived in England for four years. Their daughter Susan was born there in 1948. Their son, Tom, was born in New Ulm in 1954.    Macklin returned to the United States, working in the AP bureau in Kansas City until 1951, when he was hired as editor by New Ulm Daily Journal publisher Walt Mickelson. He remained editor for 28 years, the longest tenure of any Journal editor before or since.    Jacquelyn 'Jackie' Kay Simon, 17 of Springfield, died June 7, 1999, in North Star Township as a result of an auto accident.    Service will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Springfield Public School Fine Arts Center with burial in the North Star E.U.B. Cemetery in Springfield.    Visitation is 4 - 9 p.m. today and 7:30 - 8:30 a.m. Thursday at Sturm Funeral Home in Springfield and one hour before the service Thursday at the arts center.    She is survived by her parents; sister Kristina and brothers Andrew and Derrick Simon, all of Springfield; paternal grandparents, Robert and Dorothy Simon of Springfield; maternal grandparents, Roy and Kay Andersen of Prior Lake; and several aunts, uncles and cousins.    Jackie was born May 28, 1982 in Springfield to David and Rebecca (Andersen) Simon. She grew up on a farm in North Star Township, Brown County. She had completed her junior year at Springfield High School. She worked at Victorian Gardens in Springfield and was a member of New Life Assembly of God Church, its youth group and Sunday School. She participated in youth camp, school choir, drama, cheerleading and was an All-State Choir member. She was also a member of the Mighty Jolly Crusaders 4-H club in Redwood County, was a 4-H ambassador. She participated in church league softball in Redwood Falls.    Peter Muehlen, 60, of Ulm Germany, died at his home in Ulm, Germany in May 1999 of cancer.    He was one of the first two exchange students between Ulm, Germany and New Ulm. He was a student at New Ulm High School during the 1958-59 school year, and lived with the Frank Schugel family.    He is survived by his wife, two daughters and their husbands, three grandchildren, his sister and two brothers.    Lorraine Kodet, 70, of Redwood Falls, died Monday, June 7, 1999, at her home.    Mass of Christian Burial is 10:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Catherine's Catholic Church in Redwood Falls with burial in the church cemetery at a later date.    Visitation is 4-8 p.m. today at Nelson Funeral Home in Redwood Falls with a parish prayer service at 7 p.m.. and continues 8-10:15 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home.    She is survived by her children; Gary and wife Connie of Clements, Sharon Holmes of Phoenix, Ariz., and Greg of Redwood Falls; four grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and sister Genevieve Fast and husband Eugene of Round Rock, Texas.    She was preceded in death by her husband Otto on Dec. 30, 1991 and son Kevin in infancy.    She was born on May 22, 1929 in Morton to John and Lillian (Frank) Schuman. She grew up 'in Morgan. She attended St. Michael's Catholic School and Morgan Public School. On Aug. 4, 1949 she married Otto Frank Kodet at St. Michael's Catholic Church in Morgan. They lived in Redwood Falls where she worked as a waitress at the Valley Supper Club and owned and operated the Green Parrot. She was a member of St. Catherine's Catholic Church and was active in the Ladies Auxiliary. She was also a member of the V.F.W. since 1954 and American Diabetes Association. She volunteered at the adult day care     Evelyn Stancer, of Redwood Falls, died Tuesday, June 8, 1999, at her son's home in Redwood Falls.     Services are 10:30 a.m. Friday at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, Redwood Falls, with burial in the Morton City Cemetery.    Visitation is 4-8 p.m. Thursday and 9:30 a.m. until time of service Friday at the church.    Sunset Funeral Home of Echo in handling arrangements.