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Monday, August 30, 1999
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   Urban Reiff, 80, of Sleepy Eye, died Saturday, Aug. 28, 1999 at Sleepy Eye.
   Services will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Mary's Cath-olic Church in Sleepy Eye with burial in St. Andrew's Catholic Cemetery in Fairfax.
   Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Tuesday and 7:30-9:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Sturm Funeral Home in Sleepy Eye. There will be a Catholic Order of Foresters Rosary at 4 p.m. and a Parish Prayer Service at 7 p.m., both at the Sturm Funeral Home in Sleepy Eye on Tuesday.
   He is survived by his sister Laurina Reiff of Chanhassen; a sister-in-law Ruth Reiff of Sleepy Eye and nieces and nephews.
   He was preceded in death by his parents; sisters, Margaret Garrahy, Christine and Helen Gerardy, Mathilda Graml and Irene Reiff; and brothers, Charles, David and Arthur Reiff.
   He was born Aug. 13, 1919, in New Ulm to Mathias and Susan (May) Reiff. He graduated from St. Andrew's Catholic Grade School in Fairfax and Breckenridge High School in Kent.
   He operated a hardware store in Kent then moved to Colorado where he was an electronic instrument repairman at a music company and also did radio and television repair. He retired to Sleepy Eye in the early 1970's.
   He was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Sleepy Eye.

   Anna Mary Hanson, 90, of Madison, died Friday, Aug. 27, 1999, at the Madison Lutheran Home.
   Services will be held 11 a.m. Monday at Garfield Lutheran Church of rural Madison with burial in the church cemetery.
   She is survived by her children, Roger and Shelby Hanson of rural Madison, and Marlys and James Zetah of New Ulm; seven grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
   She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Rudolph; sisters, Hannah in infancy, Laura and Sophie Welberg and Judith Engebretson; and two brothers Joseph and Harry Haugen.
   She was born June 5, 1909, to Halvor and Johanna (Grove) Haugen in Freeland Township, Lac qui Parle County. She was baptized and confirmed into the Christian faith at Garfield Lutheran Church. She attended rural school near her parents farm.
   She married Rudolph Hanson in the Madison Lutheran Church parsonage. After marriage the couple farmed in Garfield Township until Rudolph's death in 1976. She has made her home at Madison Lutheran Home the past few years.
   She was active in the Garfield Lutheran Church, and the Garfield Homemakers Club.

   Leona Keulbs, 95, of New Ulm, died Sunday morning at the Oak Hills Living Center in New Ulm.
   Services will be held 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the United Church of Christ in New Ulm with burial to follow in the New Ulm City Cemetery.
   Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Tuesday at the Firle Funeral Home in New Ulm, and also one hour prior to services at the church.
   A complete obituary will appear in tomorrow's Journal.