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Earl Kiecker, 93, of Gibbon died Friday, Nov. 2, 2001, at the Fairfax Community Home in Fairfax.
Services are 1:30 p.m. Monday at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Gibbon, with burial in the church cemetery.
Visitation will be 4-7 p.m. Sunday and 7:30-11:30 a.m. Monday at the Minnesota Valley Funeral Home in Gibbon, and one hour prior to services at the church.
He is survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Edith and Lester G. Ulrich of Savage; two granddaughters; a sister-in-law, Ella (Mrs. Clarence W.) Kiecker of Fairfax; a brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Melvin and Bernetta Meyer of Gibbon; and two nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Edna Kiecker on Feb. 20, 1998; brothers, Gilbert A. and Clarence W. Kiecker; and a sister-in-law, Orpha Kiecker.
He was born Sept. 17, 1908, in Wellington Township, Renville County, to Emil R. and Marie (Waknitz) Kiecker. He graduated from Fairfax High School in 1928 and attended the Mankato Commercial College graduating in 1929 with a degree in Office Management. He married Edna Meyer on June 4, 1941, at St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Moltke Township, Sibley County. They lived in Wellington Township, Renville County until moving into Gibbon in 1948. He worked for Koppen Chevrolet Garage in Gibbon from 1930 until it closed in 1972. He was a volunteer and was very active with the Senior Citizens in Gibbon and had served on the Gibbon City Council for many years. He was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Gibbon and served on the church council.
Henry Schaefer, 87, of 1005 Southridge Rd. in New Ulm and formerly of the Swan Lake area, died Saturday, Nov. 3, 2001, at Oak Hills Living Center in New Ulm.
Mass of Christian burial is 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in New Ulm, with burial in the Church of the Visitation Catholic Cemetery, Swan Lake.
Visitation is 4 - 8 p.m. Monday and 7:30 - 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Minnesota Valley Funeral Home in New Ulm. There will be a combined rosary by the St. Peter Knights of Columbus, the St. Joseph Catholic Aid Council, and the Catholic Order of Foresters at 6 p.m.; a parish prayer service at 7 p.m. and a family rememberance service at 7:45 p.m. all on Monday at the Minnesota Valley Funeral Home in New Ulm.
Henry is survived by his wife, Elizabeth "Betty" Schaefer of New Ulm; daughters Susan Schaefer of Minneapolis and Joni Heller and her husband, Bryan of Stillwater; a son, Mark Schaefer and his wife, Sandy, of Fairfax; a step-daughter Lori Wilfahrt and her husband, Jeff, of Rosemount; step-sons David Reinhart and his wife, Joanne of Bloomington and Steve Reinhart and his wife Marilyn of New Ulm; six grandchildren; eight step grandchildren; two step great grandchildren; sisters, Aurelia Boettger of New Ulm, Esther Koss of Hopkins, and Sister M. Sharon of Fort Wayne, Ind.; brothers James Schaefer and his wife, Annabelle of Nicollet and Father Roman Schaefer of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
He was preceded in death by his parents, first wife, Marjorie Schaefer on Oct. 4, 1973; brothers Herbert Schaefer, Lawrence Schaefer, and Leo Schaefer; and by a sister, Amelia Boettger Luepke.
He was born Dec. 27, 1913, in Granby Township, Nicollet County, to Leo and Amelia (Bushard ) Schaefer. He attended country school in Granby Township, Nicollet County. He married Marjorie Gilbertson on June 6, 1946, at St. Nicholas Catholic Church, Middle Lake. They farmed in Granby Township, Nicollet County. After the death of his first wife he married Elizabeth (Saffert) Reinhart on Nov. 12, 1977 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in New Ulm. He continued to farm in Granby Township, Nicollet County until 1980. In 1986 they moved into New Ulm. He worked at the ASCS office in St. Peter for thirty four years. He was a member of the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in New Ulm; a fourth degree Knights of Columbus in St. Peter; the St. Joseph Catholic Aid Council and the Catholic Order of Foresters, both in New Ulm. He was a past treasurer of the Church of the Visitation in Swan Lake. For the past nineteen months he was a resident of the Oak Hills Living Center in New Ulm.
In lieu of flowers the family prefers memorials to the Oak Hills Living Center.
Esther A. Stelter Beilke, 83, formerly of 917 9th S. St. in New Ulm, died Saturday, Nov. 3, 2001, at Oak Hills Living Center in New Ulm.
Services are 11 a.m. Monday at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church in New Ulm, with burial in the Highland Home Cemetery in Jamestown, N. D.
Visitation will be one hour prior to services at the church on Monday . The Minnesota Valley Funeral Home in New Ulm is in charge of arrangements.
She is survived her daughters and sons-in-law, Janeth and Robert Bitter of Oakfield, Wis., Diane and Ken Hartman of Maple Grove and Bonnie and Rockie Freeland of Linwood; a son and daughter-in-law, Dale and Anne Stelter of Racine, Wis.; 12 grandchildren; and 17 great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; first husband Victor Stelter in May 1955; second husband Maynard Beilke on June 6, 1999; a sister and three brothers.
She was born April 9, 1918, in Delmont, S. D. to Ed and Ella (Lehrkamp) Patzer. She married Victor Stelter on June 27, 1939 at the Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Jamestown, N. D. They lived in Jamestown, N. D. where she was a homemaker. She moved to New Ulm in 1957. She worked in the kitchen at the Dr. Martin Luther College and the later at the J.C. Penney's Store where she managed the shoe department. She was a member of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church in New Ulm and had been a resident of Oak Hills Living Center in New Ulm since 1995.
Nicholas Nelson, 17, of Redwood Falls, died Saturday, Nov. 3, 2001, at the Redwood Falls Area Hospital.
Arrangements are pending with Nelson-Martin Funeral Service of Redwood Falls.
Filbert Peterson, 100, of Comfrey, died Saturday, Nov. 3, 2001, at St. John's Lutheran Home in Springfield.
Arrangements are pending with Sturm Funeral Home in Comfrey.
Mary Ann Smith, 88, of Madelia, died Saturday, Nov. 3, 2001, at Lutheran Memorial Home in Madelia.
Arrangements are pending tihe Pilgrim Funeral Home in Madelia.