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Mary Zea, 96, of St. James died Sunday, Sept. 10, 2000, at Pleasant View Good Samaritan Center, St. James.
Services will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, St. James, with burial in Butterfield City Cemetery, Butterfield.
Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Wednesday and one hour prior to services Thursday at the church.
She is survived by her sons, Charles and wife, Kathleen Zea, of Madelia; Darrell and wife, Norma Zea, of Lakefield; Harry and wife, Deanna Zea, of Hanska, David and wife, Linda Zea, of Rochester; daughters, Althea Sender of Wamego, Kan., Kathleen and husband, Robert Shuck, of Catlett, Virg., Florence Allen of Chatfield; daughter-in-law, Eldora Zea of Sioux Falls, S.D.; son-in-law, Alan Gudbaur of Racine, Wis.; 32 grandchildren; 31 great-grandchildren; six great-great grandchildren; other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, two sons, two daughters, two sons-in-law, four brothers and four sisters.
She was born June 18, 1904, to Frederick and Friedricka (Mausling) Lorenz in Long Lake Township, Watonwan County, Minn. She grew up in St. James, where she attended St. Paul's Parochial School. She married Raymond C. Zea on Oct. 3, 1922, in St. Paul, and they lived in the Butterfield area, raising 10 children. He died in 1949. She remained in Butterfield until after her children were grown. In 1970 she returned to St. James and lived at the Park Apartments until last year, when she moved to the Pleasant Valley Nursing Home. She was a member of St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, St. James, and the Butterfield Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary, where she was awarded a 50-year pin.
Milo James Hawkins, 67, of Swift Falls, died Saturday, Sept. 9, 2000, at Rice Memorial Hospital, Willmar.
Services will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at Shepherd Of The Hills Lutheran Church. Burial will be in Swift Falls Cemetery.
Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. today at the church and one hour prior to services Wednesday. Jacobson-Zniewski Funeral Home, Benson, is handling arrangements.
He is survived by his wife, Joan Hawkins of Swift Falls; sons, Kevin Evink and friend, Cheryl, of Waseca, Dustin and wife, Brenda Hawkins, of New Ulm; seven grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; sister, Fern Bruns of Worthington; brother-in-law, Wayne Leas of Worthington; two nieces and a nephew.
He was preceded in death by his parents, a son, a sister and other relatives.
He was born Oct. 8, 1932, in Slayton, son of Floyd Earl and Mary Elizabeth (Nickolson) Hawkins. He grew up in Slayton, graduating from Slayton High School. He married Joan Brennan on Sept. 28, 1963, in Pipe Stone. He worked for Slayton Produce and the Earl B. Olson Farms in Swift Falls. He was a past council member and a member of the Shepherd Of The Hills Lutheran Church, Swift Falls.
LaVonne Lipke, 69, of Little Falls, died Sunday, Sept. 10, 2000, at her home north of Litte Falls.
Services will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at Zion Lutheran Church, Little Falls, with burial in Oakland Cemetery, Little Falls.
Visitation will be 5-9 p.m. today at Shelley Funeral Home, Little Falls and one hour before services Wednesday at the church. A prayer service will be 7:15 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral chapel.
She is survived by her husband, Harold F. Lipke Sr.; son, Harold "Dan" Lipke Jr. and wife, Connie, of Little Falls; daughter, Sharon Pusc and husband, Larry, of Rochester; brothers, Donald Schulte and wife, Sandy, of Gaylord, Milton Schulte of Las Vegas, Nev., William Schulte and wife, Cheryl, of New Prague, Barnie Schulte of Wilson, N.C.; sisters, Joyce Schubert and husband, Clayton "Bud," of Bloomington, Gloria Kahlow of Milbank, S.D., Sandra Latzke and husband, Robert, of Burnsville, Genny Shreseman and husband, Gary, of Winthrop and Roxanne Bergs and husband, Thomas, of Browerville; 10 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, two grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
She was born July 27, 1931, in Gaylord, Sibley County, to Walter and Myrtle (Peterson) Schulte. She grew up in Gaylord and attended Gaylord High School, graduating in 1949. She worked in New Ulm. She married Harold F. Lipke Sr. on Aug. 24, 1950, in Immanuel Lutheran Church, Gaylord. They moved into Gaylord. She worked at a Ben Franklin Store in Glenco and later worked for Green Giant. In 1958, the couple moved to Ripley Township, Morrison County, north of Little Falls, where they farmed. They recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. She was a former First Responder in Ripley Township and was a member of Zion Lutheran Church in Little Falls, where she taught Sunday school.
Shirley A. (Mrs. Ted) Portner, 65, of Route 2, Gibbon, died Monday, Sept. 11, 2000 at the New Ulm Medical Center.
Mass of Christian burial will be 11:00 a.m. Wednesday at the St. Gregory the Great Catholic Church in Lafayette, with burial in the church cemetery.
Visitation will be 4 - 8 p.m. Tuesday and 7:30 - 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Minnesota Valley Funeral Home, New Ulm. The St. George Catholic Aid Society will pray the rosary at 6:30 p.m. and there will be a parish prayer service at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday evening at the funeral home.
She is survived by her husband Theodore C. (Ted) Portner of rural Gibbon; her mother Veronica Rathmann, a resident of the Fairfax Community Home in Fairfax; a daughter and son-in-law, Linda and Ron Cleland of Hutchinson; a son and daughter-in-law, Steven and Connie Portner of rural Gibbon; grandchildren, Gina and Jesse Dapper and Scott and Amy Portner; sisters and brothers-in-law, Ernestine and Linus Neidecker, and Arlene and Stanley Klingler all of New Ulm, and Margat Pressmell of Minneapolis; and a brother and sister-in-law, Raymond and Judy Rathmann of St. George.
She was preceded in death by her father, Edwin Rathmann Sr.; a sister Mary Sprenger; and a brother Edwin Rathmann Jr..
She was born March 14, 1935 in New Ulm, to Edwin G. and Veronica (Huelskamp) Rathmann. She married Theodore C. Portner on March 4, 1957, at the St. George Catholic Church in St. George. After marriage they farmed in Lafayette Township, Nicollet County until the time of her death.
She was a member of the St. Gregory the Great Catholic Church in Lafayette, the Council of Catholic Women and the St. George Catholic Aid Society.
Gladys O. Olson, 90, died Sunday, Sept. 10, at the Trimont Care Center in Trimont.
Services will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Zion Lutheran church in Odin, with burial in the church cemetery.
Visitation will be 5-7 p.m. Tuesday at the Sturm Funeral Home in St. James. Visitation will also continue for one hour prior to services at the church.
She is survived by her son Gary Olson of Waseca; daughter Nancy and Roger Braaton of Butterfield; a daughter-in-law Wanda Olson of Ormsby; six grandchildren Angie, Scott and Annie Olson, Amy and husband Dale Tonne and Jada Braaten and Erin and husband Shannon Sykes; three great-grandchildren; sister Gertie Olson of Trimont and brother Luvern Lenning of Blackduck.
She is preceded in death by her parents; husband Ernie; two grandchildren in infancy; two sisters Violet Olson and Else Johnson; and brother Oscar Lenning.
She was born June 6, 1910 to George and Mary (Johnson) Lenning in Armstrong, Iowa. She moved with her family to the rural Odin area, growing up and attending country school near Odin.
On Jan. 13, 1942 she married Ernest Olson in St. James. The couple made their home in Odin. She worked at Butterfield Foods for a number of years. She was a member of the Zion Lutheran Church and the Ladies Aid.