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Wednesday, August 18, 1999
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Chester G. Bulau, 72, of Winthrop, died Sunday, Aug. 15, 1999 at home.
Services are 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Dalin-Hantge Funeral Chapel, Winthrop, with burial in the city cemetery.
Visitation is 3-7 p.m. today at the funeral home and will continue one hour prior to services Thursday.
He is survived by his wife Virginia; sisters, Inez Pagel of Winthrop and Joan Wolter of Arlington; a brother Edgar of O'Neil, Neb.; sisters-in-law, brothers-in-law and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents; a brother, Alden; and father-in-law and mother-in-law Hilding and Marion Haag.
He was born Dec. 15, 1926, in Bismarck Township, Sibley County, to Alfred and Elenore (Perschau) Bulau, where he grew up and attended country school. He entered the U.S. Army in April 1945. He served during WWII, as a P.F.C. in Okinawa, Japan, and received an honorable discharge in December 1946. He returned to Winthrop, where he was employed in several jobs. He married Virginia Haag on June 28, 1952 in Winthrop. After their marriage, the couple moved to Sleepy Eye, where he worked for a roofing company for two years. They moved back to Winthrop, where he ran the feed mill, drove truck for Texaco Oil Company and worked as the fork lift operator for Mid-America Dairy for over 30 years, until his retirement.
Raymond 'Ray' Moldan, 52, of Sleepy Eye, died Tuesday, Aug. 17, 1999 in Sleepy Eye.
Services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Sleepy Eye.
Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Thursday and 7:30-9:30 a.m. Friday at the Sturm Funeral Home in Sleepy Eye, with burial in the Church of the Japanese Martyr's Cemetery in Leavenworth.
He is survived by his wife, Susan Moldan of Sleepy Eye; a son, Keith Moldan and special friend Melissa Helget of Sleepy Eye; a daughter, Kathy and her husband Mark Moldaschel of Sleepy Eye; a grandson Trevor Ludewig; brothers, Tom and wife Jolene Moldan of St. Cloud, Norbert and wife Judy Moldan of South Dakota, David and wife Susan Moldan of Sleepy Eye, Leo Moldan and special friend Teresa of Sleepy Eye, Leon and wife Jonnie Moldan of Little Canada, Larry and wife Ruth Moldan of Sleepy Eye, Richard and Shauna Moldan of Sleepy Eye, and Glen and wife Lisa Moldan of New Ulm; sisters Leann and husband Mike Schewe of New Ulm, Joann and husband Pete Oleson of Sleepy Eye, Donna and husband Mark Konz of Sleepy Eye, Mary and husband Kent Rost of Sleepy Eye, and Tammy and husband Dan Windschitl of New Ulm.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
He was born on April 28, 1947 in Sleepy Eye to Engelbert and Evelyn (Mickelson) Moldan.
He grew up in Mulligan Township and attended school in Comfrey, graduating in 1965. He married Susan Zieske on Oct. 21, 1967 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Sleepy Eye. The couple lived near Comfrey for a short time before moving to Sleepy Eye.
Ray worked at Sanitary Dairy for 17 years before going to work as a plumber for Klassen Plumbing in New Ulm.
He was a lifetime member of St. Mary's Catholic Church.
Ervin R. Lindemann, 82, of Arlington died Tuesday, Aug. 17, 1999 at Arlington Good Samaritan Center.
Services will be 2 p.m. Thursday at St. Paul's Ev. Lutheran Church in Arlington with burial in the St. Paul's Ev. Lutheran cemetery.
Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Wednesday and 8-11 a.m. Thursday at the Fenske Funeral Home in Arlington, as well as one hour prior to the service.
He is survived by his wife; sisters and brothers-in-law: Arlene and Elroy Biehn of Arlington, Thusnelda and Marvin Bielke of Glencoe, Selda and Walter Heuer of Glencoe; sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law: Mildred Lindemann of Glencoe, Mabel Meyer of Arlington, Delores Mackenthun of Hamburg, Gertrude Schultz of Arlington, and Gilbert and Dorothy Schultz of Hutchinson, as well as nieces and nephews.
He was born Nov. 2, 1916 in Brownton to albert and Minna (Becker) Lindemann. On Nov.2, 1941 he married Velma Schultz at St. Paul's Ev. Lutheran Church in Arlington. The couple farmed in Arlington Twp. until 1972 when they moved into the city of Arlington. He was a former member of St. Paul's Church Council.
Harold B. Kiecker, 84, of Fairfax, died Monday, Aug. 16, 1999 at the Fairfax Community Home.
Services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Wellington Township, Renville County with burial in the church cemetery.
Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Thursday and from 7:30-8:30 Friday at the Hauser-Hantge funeral Chapel in Fairfax. Visitation will continue one hour prior to the time of services at the church Friday.
A complete obituatry will appear in Thursday's edition of The Journal.
Wallace Ervin, 77, of Stewart died Tuesday, Aug. 17, 1999 at Glencoe Area Health Care Center.
Services will be 2 p.m. Friday at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Stewart with burial in the church cemetery.
Visitation will be 5-8 p.m. Thursday at the Hughes Funeral Home in Stewart and will continue one hour prior to the service at the church.
He is survived by his daughter, Mary Tarasan and her family of Minneapolis; his sisters and brothers, Kenneth and wife Gladys Ervin of Bismark, N.D., Everett Ervin of Glendale, Ariz., Jessie Day Ervin of California, Helen and her husband Hank Palmer of Minneapolis, Walter and his wife Doris Ervin of Kerkhoven, Ben Ervin of Olivia; his special friend Elisabeth Quandt, and several nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
He was born May 25, 1922 in Montevideo to Harry and Myrtle (Ghose) Ervin. He grew up and attended school in the Montevideo area and completed a two year technical course at the Morris Agriculture College. He later served in the United States Army.
He married Jeanette Mettling in 1944, and married Delores Quandt in 1962.
Following his discharge from the Army, he worked for the REA as a lineman for 10 years. For the next 10 years he was an iron worker. Farming then became his occupation, and he farmed for his remaining years in the Stewart area.
He was a member of the Stewart American Legion and also St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Stewart.