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Hilmer Clarence Brekke, 85, of Springfield, died Friday at Springfield Medical Center.
Services will be 11 a.m. Monday at Albion Lutheran Church in rural St. James with burial in the church cemetery.
Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Sunday at the Sturm Funeral Home in Springfield., and one hour prior to the service at the church.
He is survived by his wife; daughter Marjorie and her husband Leonard Reddemann of Springfield; son Eugene and his wife Peggy of Blackduck; six grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; one step-great-great grandchild; several nieces and nephews.
Hilmer was preceded in death by his parents; brothers Gerhard and Arnold; sister Alice Hanson; a great-grandson and great-granddaughter in infancy. He was born Feb. 18, 1914 in Albion Township to Andrew and Annie (Nyhus) Brekke. He grew up in the Godahl area and attended District 73 school.
On Jan. 3, 1935 he married Evelyn Odegard at the Albion Lutheran Parsonage in St. James. The couple farmed in Godahl area until 1966, when they purchased the Spider Lake Resort in Grand Rapids. They retired to Sleepy Eye in 1976 and had been living in Springfield for the last 10 years. He was a member of the Albion Lutheran Church, and the Godahl Baseball Association. He was president of the Hanska Co-op for several years, served on the Albin Township board, and was a church trustee.
Melvin G. Luepke, 80, 715 S. German Street, died Saturday, September 11, 1999 at his home.
Services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church in New Ulm with burial in the Lutheran Cemetery in New Ulm.
Visitation will be 3-9 p.m. Monday and 7:30-8:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Minnesota Valley Funeral Home in New Ulm, and one hour prior to the service at the church.
He is survived by his wife; daughter Linda Wellmann of New Ulm and her special friend David R. Stolt of St. Peter; sons and daughters-in-law Larry and Donna Luepke, John and Lorna Luepke all of rural Courtland; five grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; sister Lorine Wiese of Woodbury; sisters and brothers-in-law Violet and Leonard Hansen of Morgan; Lucille and Sydney Johnson of Kensington; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law Wallace A. and Delores Johnson of New Ulm, Sven and Vivian Nyman of Lake Placid, Fla.
He was preceded in death by his parents; brother Wilbert Luepke; several brothers-in-law and sisters-in-laws.
He was born Oct. 22, 1918 in Courtland Township, Nicollet County to Herman and Frieda (Rautenberg) Luepke. On June 12, 1943 he married Mae Johnson at Clear Lake Lutheran Church in rural Gibbon. They farmed his family's farm in Courtland Township until retiring in 1987 when they moved to New Ulm. He and his wife lived at the Ridgeway on German apartments since 1998. He was a life-long member of St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church in New Ulm. In lieu of flowers the family prefers memorials to the Fellowship Hall (Parish Center) at St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church in New Ulm.
Elsa Asmus, 97, of Gaylord, died Friday at the Gaylord Lakeview Home.
Services will be 11 a.m. Monday at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Gaylord with burial in the church cemetery.
Visitation is 4-8 p.m. Sunday and 7:30-9 a.m. Monday at the Egesdal Funeral Home in Gaylord, and one hour prior to the services at the church .
She is survived by her daughter Lorraine Larson of Tofte; sons and daughters-in-law, Fred and Ruth Asmus of rural Winthrop, Walter and Eunice Asmus of rural Winthrop; 13 grandchildren; and 23 great-grandchildren.
She is preceded in death by her husband in 1960, and sister Alma Hahn.
Elsa Sophie Asmus was born July 27, 1902 in Dryden Township to Henry and Minna (Roepke) Sylvester. She attended the Immanuel Lutheran Elementary School in Gaylord. She married August Asmus on Sept. 6, 1923 in Illinois. After their marriage, they moved to Mayville, Wisconsin. In 1925, they moved back to Gaylord and farmed in Alfsborg Township. In 1962, she moved into Gaylord. She was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church and a member of the Ladies Aid and the Altar Guild. She had been a resident of the Gaylord Lakeview Home since 1986.
Richard Edward Wiltscheck, 83, of Minneapolis formerly of New Ulm, died Saturday at the VA Hospital in Minneapolis.
A graveside service will be 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Catholic Cemetery in New Ulm. Minnesota Valley Funeral Home in New Ulm is handling the arrangements.
He was born May 7, 1916 in Arlington to Albert August and Ida Magdalene (Forster) Wiltscheck.
He is survived by his son, Douglas Allan Wiltscheck of Sheridan, Wyo.; grandchildren, Leif Allan Wiltscheck of St. Michael, Erik Allan Wiltscheck of Minneapolis, and Daegahan Allan Wiltscheck of Springfield, Mo.