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Leo Wenzel Burtzel, 76, of Redwood Falls, died Friday, August 6, 1999, at the Redwood Falls Hospital.
Mass of Christian Burial will be held 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Catherine's Catholic Church in Redwood Falls with burial in the church cemetery.
Visitation will be held 4-8 p.m. Monday with a parish prayer service at 7 p.m. at Nelson Funeral Home in Redwood Falls. Visitation will continue 8-10 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
He is survived by his wife Mary Lou of Redwood Falls; children: Jean Koewler and husband Jerry of Redwood Falls, Joan Burtzel of San Francisco, Calif., Susan Moore and fiancee Gary Cooper of Blaine, Steven Burtzel and his wife Cheryl of Austin, Texas, Janet Meyers and husband Chris of Winthrop; 13 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; sister, Sophie Du Pree of Portland, Ore.
He was preceded in death by five brothers and three sisters.
He was born March 5, 1923, in Sheridan Township, Redwood County, the son of Joseph and Mary (Weisner) Burtzel. He grew up on the family farm and attended area schools until age 15, when he attended high school in Tintah, following the death of his parents. He graduated in 1941. He entered the United States Navy in 1945 during WW II and was discharged in 1946. On May 13, 1947, he married Mary Lou Bliss at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Seaforth. They made their home and farmed in Sheridan Township, rural Wabasso, for 39 years, retiring in 1986 and moving to Redwood Falls. He was a member of St. Catherine's Catholic Church of Redwood Falls and the American Legion, Post 275 of Seaforth.
Rosella Hanson, 76, of Buffalo Lake died Saturday, August 7, 1999, at the Glencoe Area Health Center.
Services will be held 2 p.m. Wednesday at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Stewart with burial in the Oakland Cemetery in Hutchinson.
Visitation will be Tuesday 5-8 p.m. at the Hughes Funeral Home in Stewart and one hour prior to the service at the church.
"Buck" Hayes, 82, of Windom died at the Sioux Valley Hospital in Sioux Falls, S.D., Friday, August 6, 1999.
Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Windom with burial following in the church cemetery.
Visitation will be held at the Anderson-Schmidt Funeral Home in Windom 4-8 p.m. Tuesday with parish prayers at 7 p.m. Visitation will continue for one hour prior to services at the church in Windom.
He is survived by his wife, Opal Hayes of Windom, children and their spouses: Stephen and Carol Hayes of Comfrey; Warren and Betsy Hayes of Hastings; Teresa and Alan Pudenz of Jeffers; Jerome and Alice Hayes of Mountain Lake; Cecelia and Lynn Krueger of Hudson, Wis.; sisters, Levita Popken of Sleepy Eye; Louella Roddy of Santa Monica, Calif.; Elaine Blackmun and her husband, Doug of East Grand Forks; Lois Kovacovich and her husband, Bob of Danville, Calif.; brothers, Richard Hayes and his wife, Mary of Glencoe; Ronald Hayes and wife Connie of Austin; 11 grandchildren, and eight great -grandchildren.
He is preceded in death by his parents, an infant brother, and three sisters, Marcella, Loretta and Joann.
He was born Aug. 1, 1917, to Joseph L. and Alice (Savage) Hayes Sr. in Delton Township, Cottonwood County. He attended parochial school in Comfrey through the eighth grade and then attended high school in Comfrey. He helped his family out around the farm for several years until he moved off the farm and worked for several different farmers over several years until he married Opal Albright on Dec. 6, 1941, in Windom. After marriage, the couple farmed in Delton Township, Cottonwood County until 1970, when they moved to Windom and he began to work for the Cottonwood County Highway Department as a sign man. In 1987, he retired from the Highway Department. He was a member of the St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Windom.
Dominic "Mic" Francis Woelfel, 17, of Seaforth, died Saturday, August 7, 1999, near Seaforth.
Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Seaforth with burial in the church cemetery.
Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Monday at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Seaforth. There will be a prayer service Monday 7:30 p.m. evening at the church. The Sunset Funeral Home of Echo is handling the arrangements.
He is survived by his parents, Jerome and Joann Woelfel, two brothers, Damian and Dana of Seaforth, his paternal grandmother Phyllis Woelfel of Redwood Falls, and several aunts, uncles, and cousins.
He was preceded in death by his paternal grandfather Francis Woelfel and his maternal grandparents Obert and Lois Olson.
He was born Oct. 30, 1981, in Redwood Falls, to Jerome and Joanne (Olson) Woelfel. He was a lifelong resident of Seaforth where he was a member of the St. Mary's Catholic Church. He was a student in the Wabasso High School class of 2001 where he competed on the golf team. He worked evenings at the Joni Craft in Wabasso.