Friday, November 5, 1999
 


   Claudine J. Spear, 80, of Sherburn died Nov. 3, 1999, at Lakeview Methodist Health Care Center in Fairmont.
   Funeral services are 2 p.m. Sunday at United Methodist Church in Sherburn with burial in the Sherburn Cemetery with full military honors by the Thomas P. Saxton American Legion Post 356 and the Sherburn Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8261.
    Visitation is one hour prior to the services Sunday at the church. Kramer Family Funeral Home in Sherburn is handling the arrangements.
   She is survived by her daughter, Sandra Rademaker and her husband Joe of Mankato; son, Daryl Spear and his wife Pat of Winona; grandchildren, Kim Rademaker of Mankato, Joe Rademaker of Nicollet and Samantha Spear of Winona; three great-grandchildren; sisters-in-law, Nola Amley and her husband Gene of New Richland; Fern Stump and Mervene Spear, both of Sherburn, Ellen Spear of Wadena; nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends.
   She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, her brother Leo Butler and other relatives.
   She was born July 10, 1919, to Marcus and Eula (Ponder) Butler in Waco, Texas. She received her education in Texas and graduated from nurses training at Providence Hospital in Waco. On June 15, 1943, she entered the United States Army serving in the Army Nurse Corps as a First Lieutenant. She married Donald D. Spear on July 10, 1945 in Paris, France. Upon her honorable discharge on Feb. 13, 1946, the couple returned to the Sherburn area. She was a nurse at the Fairmont and Trimont hospitals. She then was employed at the Trimont Nursing Home until her retirement. Her husband died Nov. 18, 1994. She was a member of United Methodist Church and Sherburn United Methodist Women. She was a member of the Thomas P. Saxton American Legion Post 356 and the Sherburn VFW Post 8261.

   Allegra A. (Ginkel) Reding
   , 79, of St. Paul, formerly of New Ulm and Courtland, died Thursday, Nov. 4, 1999.
   Services are 11 a.m. Saturday at Our Savior's Lutheran Church, 674 Johnson Parkway in St. Paul, with burial in Union Cemetery in St. Paul.
   Visitation is 4-8 p.m. today at the Wulff Family Services, Crestwood Park Mortuary in St. Paul, and one hour prior to the service at the church.
   She is survived by her husband Cyril; daughter and son-in-law, Judy and Richard Tourville; son, Tony Reding; two grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; brothers and sisters-in-law , Willard and Delores Ginkel, Wallace and Clarice Ginkel; other relatives and friends.

   Helen Doering ; Services for Helen Doering, 69, of Winthrop, are Saturday, Nov. 13, at 10:30 a.m. at Peace Lutheran Church, Winthrop.
   Visitation is 4-8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 12, at Dalin-Hantge Funeral Chapel in Winthrop.