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   Elsworth 'Speedy' Bartels, 88, of Glencoe, died Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2004, at the Heritage House in Gaylord.
   Funeral services are 2 p.m. Monday at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Glencoe. Burial is in the First Lutheran Cemetery in Glencoe with military honors by Glencoe VFW Post 5102.
   Visitation is 5:-8 p.m., Sunday and from noon to 2: p.m., Monday at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, with a prayer service at 8 p.m. Sunday at the church.
   Memorials are preferred.
   Arrangements by Dobratz-Hantge Chapel in Hutchinson.
   He is survived by his wife, Doloris of Glencoe; sons, Bruce Bartels of Annandale, Don Bartels of Chaska, James Bartels of New Ulm; seven grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

   Hildegard Kiecker , 89, of Hopkins, died Thursday, Oct. 28, 2004, at Methodist Hopsital in St. Louis Park, Minn.
   There will be a prayer service Saturday at 4 p.m. at the Hauser-Hantge Funeral Chapel in Fairfax, with a visitation one hour prior to services at the chapel.
   Burial will be at St. John Lutheran Cemetery in Cairo Township.

   Mabel 'Mae' Pauling , 96 of Lamberton, died Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2004 at Valley View Manor in Lamberton.
   Services will be 11 a.m. Monday, Nov. 1, at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Lamberton with burial at the Lamberton Cemetery.
   Visitation will be 3-5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 31 and Monday, Nov. 1 from 7:30-9:00 a.m. at Sturm Funeral Home in Lamberton, and will continue for one hour prior to services at the church.
   Survivors include a son, Weber of Shoreview; daughters, Bonnie Johnson of Revere, LaDonna Bishir of South Haven, and Sandra Sharpof Orr; 16 grandchildren; 22 great grandchildren; four great-great grandchildren; and a sister. Elsie Mews of Dearborn, Mich.
   Mabel 'Mae' Emma Anna Pauling was born March 2, 1908 in Paullina, Iowa, to William and Anna (Koch) Klunder.