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Margaret Cole, 91, died Sunday, Aug. 20, 2000, at Sunwood Good Samaritan Center.
Services are 2 p.m. Wednesday at St. Catherine's Catholic Church in Redwood Falls with burial to follow in the church cemetery.
Visitation will be held Tuesday from 4-8 p.m. with a prayer service at 7 p.m. at the Nelson Funeral Home in Redwood Falls. Visitation will continue at the funeral home Wednesday until 1:30 p.m.
Ruth O.A. Krueger, 79, died Sunday, Aug. 20, 2000, at Mercy Hospital in Coon Rapids.
Arrangements are pending with Hauser-Hangte Funeral Home in Fairfax.
A complete obituary will appear in a later edition.
Marie Schippleck, 87, died Sunday, Aug. 20, 2000, at Fairfax Community Nursing Home.
Mass of Christian of Burial will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at St. Andrew's Catholic Church in Fairfax with burial in the church cemetery.
Visitation will be held one hour prior to the time of service at the church on Tuesday.
A complete obituary will appear in a later edition.
Wilfred Lieske , 87, of Henderson, died Sunday, Aug. 20, 2000, at Oak Hills Living Center in New Ulm.
Services are 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. John's Lutheran Church in Arlington Township, Sibley County with burial in the Brown Cemetery in Henderson.
Visitation is 4-8 p.m. Tuesday at the Kolden Funeral Home is Henderson.
He is survived by daughters Lila Laabs-Schweeke of Belle Plaine, LaDonna and husband Gene Rodewald of New Ulm; son Morris and wife Julie Lieske of Henderson, 12 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; brother, the Rev. H. William and wife Helen Lieske of Arden, N.C.; sister-in-law, Theo Lieske of Oveido, Fla.
He is preceded in death by his wife Elvera, two sisters and two brothers.
He was born Nov. 3, 1912, to William "W.L." and Anna (Battcher) Lieske in Henderson Township, Sibley County.
He married Elvera Schultz on June 24, 1936, at the Henderson German Settlement. He farmed in the Henderson Township area until retiring in 1983. His wife Elvera died in 1980. He married Bernice BUck on Aug. 20, 1982. He was a membership representative for 50 years for the Lutheran Laymen's League. He was member of many St. John's Lutheran Church committees. He served as chairman of the Henderson School board, as a 4-H leader, and belonged to the Farm Bureau.