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   Marie Rubischko, 85, of New Ulm died Saturday, October 16, 2004 at the Oak Hills Living Center in New Ulm.
   Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, October 19, 2004 at the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in New Ulm with Father John A. Richter celebrating. Burial will be in the St. Wilibrord's Catholic Cemetery in Gibbon.
   Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Monday and from 7:30 to 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Minnesota Valley Funeral Home in New Ulm. There will be a parish prayer service at 7:30 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.
   Marie is survived by her daughters and sons-in-law, Sandy and Richard Hellendrung of Fairfax and Monica and Robert Buboltz of New Ulm; sons and daughters-in-law, Michael and Joan Rubischko of New Ulm and Steven and Grace Rubischko of Gibbon; eleven grandchildren; fourteen great grandchildren; a sister and brother-in-law, Florence and Ben Hoffmann of New Ulm; a brother-in-law, Vernon Bieraugel of New Ulm; a sister-in-law, Marcella Rubischko of Fairfax; and a brother-in-law and a sister-in-law, Ted and Patricia Rubischko of New Ulm. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Frank Rubischko on March 29, 1993; a daughter, Mary Renae in infancy; a great granddaughter, Ariana; sisters, Rose Adam, Sister Mary Grace Penkert, and Arlene Bieraugel; and by brothers, Elmer and Walter Penkert.
   Marie Marcella Penkert was born on August 25, 1919 in New Ulm to Otto and Frances (Warta) Penkert. She graduated from the Holy Trinity Catholic School in New Ulm. Marie then worked as a telephone operator at the New Ulm Telephone Company before getting married to Frank Rubischko on October 18, 1944 at the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in New Ulm. Marie enjoyed gardening, fishing, baking, bingo, cards, traveling, and her lake home on Lake Allie. She loved her family, grandchildren, and friends at Sunset Apartments.
   She was a member of the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity.