Online Obituaries Wednesday, July 18, 2001 2001 obituaries    2000 obituaries    1999 obituaries The Journal Online   Experience New Ulm Click here for today's obituaries    Donald Stimpert, 85, of Sleepy Eye, died Monday, July 16, 2001, at the Sleepy Eye Care Center in Sleepy Eye.    Services are 10:00 a.m. Friday at Faith United Methodist Church in Sleepy Eye, with burial in the Home Cemetery in Sleepy Eye. Full military honors will be conducted at the cemetery by the Sleepy Eye Honor Guard.    Visitation will be 4 - 8 p.m. Thursday at Faith United Methodist Church in Sleepy Eye and one hour prior to services at the church on Friday.    Minnesota Valley Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.    He is survived by his wife, Marjorie A. Stimpert of Sleepy Eye; daughter and son-in-law, Rita and Donald J. Billmeier of Sleepy Eye; son and daughter-in-law, Alan and Joan Stimpert of Sleepy Eye; four grandchildren and five great grandchildren; and his sister and brother-in-law, Gladys and Arno Johnson of Sleepy Eye.    He was preceded in death by his parents; son, Douglas on March 11, 1955; and brothers, Chester, Raymond, Arnold and Charles.    He was born July 5, 1916, in Benson, Ill., to Charles and Sena (Waltzen) Stimpert. He married Marjorie A. Sandmann on Sept. 8, 1935 in Springfield. He served in the U.S. Navy during WWII. In 1952 they started the Orchid Inn and Motor Lodge in Sleepy Eye and operated it until 1996. He was a former member of the Lions Club, Toastmasters and the Sleepy Eye Chamber of Commerce. He was a member of Faith United Methodist Church in Sleepy Eye.     Elvera Paulson, 83, of New Ulm, died Monday, July 16, 2001, at the Gardenview Nursing Home in Le Sueur.    Services are 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the Our Savior's Lutheran Church in New Ulm, with burial in the New Ulm City Cemetery in New Ulm.    Visitation will be 5-8 p.m. Wednesday and 7:30-8:30 a.m. Thursday at the Minnesota Valley Funeral Home in New Ulm and one hour prior to services at the church.    She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Myra and Neil Honl of Mankato; son and daughter-in-law, Kendall and Meg Paulson of rural Le Sueur; ten grandchildren and eight great grandchildren; brother and sister-in-law, Clifford and Rachel Wellmann of New Ulm; and sisters-in-law, Dorothy Fredrickson of Luther Memorial Home in Madelia, and Sophia Wellmann of New Ulm.    She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Gaylord on Dec. 28, 1966; two sisters; and five brothers.    She was born Oct. 22, 1917, in Sigel Township, Brown County, to John and Annie (James) Wellmann. She married Gaylord Paulson on Nov. 22, 1947, at Lake Hanska Lutheran Church in rural Hanska. They lived in rural Nicollet and later moved to St.James. She worked as a waitress and in the grocery store. They moved to New Ulm in 1960, where she worked as a waitress for Eibners Restaurant until it closed. Then she worked in the bakery department at the Swanson's Grocery Store, Hy-Vee and Randall's.    She became a resident of the Gardenview Nursing Home in Le Sueur in September 1996. She was a member of the Our Savior's Lutheran Church in New Ulm and the Young at Heart Group at the church.