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Charlotte Bartelt, 70, of Redwood Falls, died Tuesday, June 20, 2000, at Olivia Health Care Center, Olivia.
Services are 11 a.m. Saturday at St. John's Lutheran Church, Redwood Falls. It will be a joint service for her son, Michael Bartelt, who died the same day. Burial is Monday in Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis.
Visitation is 4-8 p.m. Friday at Redwood Valley Funeral Home, Redwood Falls, and will continue one hour prior to services Saturday at the church.
Michael 'Bart' Bartelt, 40, of Redwood Falls, died Tuesday, June 20, 2000, at his home.
Services are 11 a.m. Saturday at St. John's Lutheran Church, Redwood Falls.
Visitation is 4-8 p.m. Friday at Redwood Valley Funeral Home, Redwood Falls, and will continue one hour prior to services Saturday at the church.
Services for Charlotte, Bartelt, his mother, will be held at the same time and location.
Jay Cunningham, 78, 1523 S. Minnesota St., died Tuesday, June 20, 2000, at Lafayette Good Samaritan Center.
Services are 11 a.m. Friday at New Ulm City Cemetery.
Firle Funeral Home, New Ulm, is in charge of arrangements.
He is survived by his wife, Peggy; son, Keith of San Diego; sister, Joyce Callisto of St. Louis; and nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by son, Gary.
He was born March 11, 1922, in Two Harbors, where he spent his youth and graduated from high school. He entered the United States Air Force and served in the U.S. Army. Following his discharge in 1945, he returned to Two Harbors. He married Eveline "Peggy" Bomberbeck on Jan. 12, 1946, in St. Paul. They lived in Two Harbors, where he worked for the Dakota Minnesota & Iron Range Railroad as an electrician. They moved to New Ulm in 1963 where he worked for Kraft for 20 years. He retired in 1984. He was a member of the American Legion and a friend of the United Church of Christ.
Steven Schrader, 48, of Crosslake, died Monday, June 19, 2000, at his home.
Services are 1 p.m. Saturday at Brenny Funeral Chapel, Crosslake, with burial in Emily Cemetery.
Visitation is 4-8 p.m. Friday at the funeral chapel.
Dick Smith, 57, of Wabasso, died Wednesday, June 21, 2000, at Springfield Community Hospital.
Services are 10:30 a.m. Monday at Sunset Funeral Home, Wabasso, with burial in New Avon Salem United Methodist Cemetery.
Visitation is 4-8 p.m. Sunday at Sunset Funeral Home, Wabasso, and will continue one hour prior to services at the church Monday.
He is survived by his wife, Mary; daughters, Cheryl of Sleepy Eye and Constance and special friend Al Evers of Milroy; father, Dick of Kingsville, Mo.; brothers, Tom and wife Jeannette of Tallahassee, Fla., and Bob and wife Karen of Kingsville, Mo.
He was preceded in death by his mother , Betty Lou Smith.
He was born Dec. 19, 1942, in Kansas City, Mo. to Dick and Betty Lou (Witescarver) Smith. He grew up in Kansas City and graduated from Carter High School, Kansas City. He married Mary Schacherer on Jan. 1, 1960, in Kansas City. They lived in Kansas City, Oregon, Nevada and Minnesota. They moved to Wabasso in 1996. He was self-employed as an auto mechanic.
Martha Franke , 95, of Gaylord, died Wednesday, June 21, 2000, at the Good Samaritan Center in Arlington.
Arrangements are pending with Egesdal Funeral Home, Gaylord.