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Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2002
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   Elmer F. Habeck, 74, of Franklin, formerly of Belle Plaine, died Monday, Sept. 23, 2002 at his home in Franklin.
   Burial will be Monday, Sept. 30, 2002 at Oakwood Cemetery, Belle Plaine.
   Hauser-Hantge Funeral Chapel of Fairfax is handling arrangements. A complete obituary will appear in a later edition of The Journal.

   Brianna Nicole Krosch, 2, of 617 S. Payne St., New Ulm, died Monday evening, Sept. 23, 2002, at her home.
   Funeral service will be 11 a.m. Friday, Sept. 27, 2002, at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in New Ulm, with burial to follow in the New Ulm City Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Thursday and 7-8:30 a.m. Friday at Schmucker Funeral Service in New Ulm, and one hour prior to the service at the church.
   Brianna Nicole Krosch, the daughter of Jeffrey and Kari (Christopherson) Krosch, was third born of triplets on May 12, 2000, in Minneapolis. Her death was the result of complications since birth.
   Survivors include her parents; sisters, Kiara Marie, Jennifer Lee and Lexi Jean Krosch; maternal grandparents Keith (Rusty) and Sharmen Christopherson of Courtland; paternal grandparents Richard and Mary Krosch, Sr. of New Ulm; maternal great-grandmother Maxine Christopherson-Vick and her husband Verdean of Blanchardville, Wis; paternal great-grandparents Emil and Elsie Ihrke of Windom; aunts, uncles, cousins, many caregivers, and those special people whose lives were touched by Brianna.

   Raymond C. Weber, 84, of Sanborn, died Monday, Sept. 23, 2002 at Valley View Manor, Lamberton.
   Services will be 1:30 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 26, 2002 at Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Sanborn with burial in the church cemetery.
   Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2002 and 7:30 a.m. to noon Thursday at Sturm Funeral Home, Springfield and Thursday at the church, one hour prior to the service.
   He is survived by his wife, Irene of Sanborn; daughters, Judith Grummert of Coon Rapids and Joyce Buffington of Bloomington; a son, Dean of Windom; 10 grandchildren; seven great grandchildren; a brother, Lester of Winthrop; sisters, Evelyn Hellickson of Sanborn and Berneatta Schmid of New Ulm.
   He was born Jan. 1, 1918 to Paul and Bertha (Beier) Weber in Germantown Twp., Cottonwood County.