Online Obituaries Monday, October 11, 1999 October obits by date  October obits by name September obits by date  September obits by name Click here for today's obituaries    Evelyn M. Tobias, 83, of New Ulm, died Sunday, Oct. 10, 1999, at Fairfax Community Home.    Arrangements are pending with Firle Funeral Home, New Ulm.    A full obituary will be published in a future edition.    Lloyd L. Jones, 87, of Waseca died Saturday, Oct., 9, 1999, at Lake Shore Inn, Nursing Home in Waseca.    Services are 2 p.m. Wednesday at First United Methodist Church in Redwood Falls,. Family will be present at the church from 12:30 p.m,. until the time of the service to meet and greet friends. Burial will follow at the Redwood Fans Cemetery in Redwood Falls.    Kinder-Dennis Home for Funerals, Waseca, handled arrangements.    He is survived by daughter, Janice, and her husband Dale Pietig of Nisswa; sons, Jack, and his wife Janet Jones of Waseca, Doug, and his wife Lela Jones of Waseca, Randy and his wife Linda Jones of Longmont, Colo.; and stepdaughter, Esther, and her husband Bill Outten of Portsmouth, Va.; stepsons, Norman, and his wife Iva Lee Wolfe of Mesa, Ariz., Larry, and his wife Susie Wolfe of Prattville, Ala.; 14 grandchildren; five stepgrandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; nine stepgreat-grandchildren; brother, Francis, and his wife Gladys Jones of Springfield; sister, Nellie Anderson of Redwood Falls,.    He was preceded in death by his parents, wives, one granddaughter, and four brothers.    He was born in Morton, Minnesota on Aug. 20, 1912, to Frank and Emma (Rogers) Jones. He attended rural school. He married Esther M. Gray on Dec. 11, 1936 at the Christian parsonage in Redwood Falls. He farmed in southern Minnesota until moving to Sleepy Eye n 1960. He worked as a custodian for the City of Sleepy Eye until retiring in 1977. He and his wife moved to Waseca in 1992. His wife died in 1994. He married Beulah P. Wolfe on April 15, 1995 at the First Congregational Church in Waseca. Beulah passed away in 1999. He was a member of the United Methodist Church in Sleepy Eye.            Theodore Kopischke, 82, of Bemidji, formerly of Morgan, died Saturday, Oct. 9, 1999, at North Country Regional Hospital in Bemidji.    Memorial service is 11 a.m. Tuesday at St. John's Lutheran Church in Morgan with burial at a later date in the church cemetery.    Visitation is 10-11 a.m. at the church. Nelson Funeral Service, Redwood Falls, handled arrangements.    He is survived by brothers and sisters, August Wittwer of Jashua Tree, Calif., Amelia Billmeier of Sleepy Eye, Alvin Kopischke of Redwood Falls, Minnie Billmeier of Richfield, Gladys Stenrodden and husband Ove and Eleanor Tigges of Minneapolis, Helen Benson and husband Verlin of Cosmos, Johnny Kopischke and wife Irene of Wadena, and Lester Kopischke and wife Eileen of Bay City, Mich.    He was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Carl, Herman, Edward and William; and a sister, Dolores Larson.    Theodore Fred Kopischke was born Nov. 14, 1916, in Morgan, to Carl and Anna (Richther) Kopischke. He grew up on the family farm, attending District 90 Redwood County Schools. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He returned to the family farm and farmed in the Morgan area until he retired in 1979 and moved to Bemidji.    Gertrude Willhite, 90, of New Ulm, died Saturday, Oct. 9, 1999, at New Ulm Medical Center.    Services are 2 p.m. Tuesday at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church in New Ulm with burial in the Lutheran Cemetery in New Ulm.     Visitation is 5-7 p.m. today at Minnesota Valley Funeral Home in New Ulm and continues for one hour prior to the time of the service Tuesday at the church.    She is survived by her daughter, Paula Ludlum of New Ulm; son, Robert Willhite of Little Falls; five grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; one-great great-grandchild; and brother, Martin Rauschke of Waukesha, Wis.     She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Clarence Willhite on Sept. 24, 1982; brother, Armin Rauschke; sister, Edna Krause; grandsons, Perry and Michael Ludlum; daughter-in-law, Carol (Buege) Willhite.    She was born Feb. 23, 1909, in New Ulm to Fred and Bertha (Kuester) Rauschke. She attended St. Paul's Lutheran School and graduated from the high school department of Dr. Martin Luther College. She married Clarence Willhite on Oct. 14, 1930, at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in New Ulm. She was a member of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church in New Ulm. She was also a Red Cross worker.    Florence H. Rosenau, 82, of Fairfax, died Sunday, Oct. 10, 1999, at Fairfax community Home.    Services are 10:30 a.m. at St. John Lutheran Church, Fairfax, with burial in the church cemetery.    Visitation is 4-8 p.m. Tuesday at the church and continues one hour before the service Wednesday at the church. Hauser-Hantge Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.    A complete obituary will be published in a future edition.