Online Obituaries Tuesday, November 18, 2003 2003 obituaries 2002 obituaries    2001 obituaries 2000 obituaries    1999 obituaries The Journal Online   Experience New Ulm Click here for today's obituaries    Anna 'Fanny' Cuff f, 89 of Fairfax, died Sunday, Nov. 16, 2003, at the Fairfax Community Home.    Mass of Christian Burial is 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, Nov. 19, at St. Andrew's Catholic Church in Fairfax. Burial will be in the church cemetery.    Visitation is 8:30-10:30 a.m., Wednesday at St. Andrew's Catholic Church in Fairfax.    Arrangements are being handled by the Hauser-Hantge Funeral Chapel in Fairfax.    She is survived by daughters, Mary Jane Bakken of Fairfax, and Judy Goodwin of Jacksonville, FL; sons, Jerry Cuff of Fairfax; and Jim Cuff of Fairfax; eight grandchildren; and several great-grandchildren.    She was born March 15, 1914, in Fairfax, Minn., to Alois and Mary (Hassel) Miller.    Ellsworth H. Hahn , 76, of Gaylord, died Monday, Nov. 17, 2003, at Sibley Medical Center in Arlington.    Funeral service is 11 a.m, Thursday, Nov. 20, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Gaylord, with burial in the church cemetery.    Visitation is 4-8 p.m., Wednesday; and 7:30-8:30 a.m., Thursday at Egesdal Funeral Home; and continues one hour before services at the church.    He is survived by wife Donna Hahn of Gaylord; sons, Larry E. hahn of Kasota; and three grandchildren.    He was born Dec. 28, 1926, in Dryden Township, rural Gaylord, to Martin and Alma (Sylvester) Hahn.    Alila C. (Wiechmann) Kionka , 79, of Watertown, Wis., formerly of New Ulm, died Saturday, Nov. 15, 2003, at the Watertown Memorial Hospital.    Services will be 7 p.m. Tuesday at St. John's Lutheran Church, Watertown, Wis., with burial at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at Lutheran Cemetery in Watertown.    Visitation will be at the church from 3 p.m. to the time of the service. Hafemeister Funeral Home in Watertown is handling arrangements.    She is survived by her husband, Edward; children, Thomas Kionka of Milwaukee Wis., Susan Haefemeyer of Waupun, Wis., Kathy Thurow of Fond du Lac, Wis., Mary Leonard of Madison, Wis., Daniel Kionka of San Jose, Calif., Patty Jastrow of Eagle River, Wis., and James Kionka of Oconomowoc, Wis.; sister Joyce Dallmann of San Diego, Calif.; brother Wayne Wiechmann of Milwaukee; 17 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.    She was born Aug. 24, 1924, in Gwinner, N.D., to Walter and Cecelia (Berndt) Wiechmann.    Darlene Markgraf , 65, of Buffalo Lake, died Friday, Nov. 14, 2003, at her home.    Funeral service is 10 a.m., Tuesday, Nov. 18, at the St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Hector, with burial in the church cemetery.    Visitation is one hour prior to the service at the church.    Hughes Funeral Home in Hectof handled arrangements.    She is survived by her husband LeRoy Markgraf of Buffalo Lake; children: Brenda Broking of Hector, Curtis Markgraf of Brownton, and Dennis Markgraf of Buffalo Lake; five grandchildren; one great-grandson; brothers, Herb Hennessey of Glencoe, Delbert Hennessey of Shoreview, Bill Renstrom of Aitkin, Gene Hennessey of Winsted, Lee Hennessey of Brownton, Jerry Hennessey of Winthrop, and Dean Hennessey of Minnetrista; and sisters, Lorraine Anderson of Dassel, Marlys Rosenau of New Ulm, and Donna Stueber of Hutchinson.    She was born July 25, 1938, on a farm near Cosmos, Meeker County, Minn., to Raymond and Irene (Hopmann) Hennessey.    Herman G. Pongratz , 94, of Lake Crystal and formerly of rural New Ulm died Sunday, November 16, 2003, at the Lake Crystal Health Care Center in Lake Crystal.     Funeral service will be 11 a.m., Wednesday, November 19, at the St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church in New Ulm with burial in the St. Paul's Lutheran Cemetery.    Visitation will be 4 - 6 p.m., Tuesday and 7:30 - 9 a.m., Wednesday at the Minnesota Valley Funeral Home in New Ulm. Visitation will continue for one prior to the time of service at church on Wednesday.    Herman is survived by his sisters, Bertha Nelson and Hulda Schmidt, both of Glencoe.    He was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Ernest, Otto, Albert, and Henry Pongratz; a brother, Joseph Pongratz in infancy; and by sisters, Anna Warrell, Minnie Pongratz and Adelhied Johns.    Herman was born January 8, 1909, in Brighton Township, Nicollet County, to Joseph and Anna (Drill) Pongratz. Herman worked as a farm hand at various farms in Nicollet County. He was a member of the St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church in New Ulm.     Marlene 'Rusty' RewitzerN , 63, of 300 South Front Street in New Ulm died Saturday, November 15, 2003 at her home.    Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, November 19, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in New Ulm with burial in the New Ulm Catholic Cemetery.    Visitation will be 4 - 8 p.m. Tuesday and 7:30 - 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Minnesota Valley Funeral Home in New Ulm. There will be a parish prayer service at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.    "Rusty" is survived by her husband, LeRoy Rewitzer of New Ulm; mother, Ruth E. Clyne of New Ulm; daughter and son-in-law, Jody and J.J. Howard of Phoenix, Arizona; sons and daughters-in-law, Roger "Herm" and Nancy Block of Rolla, Missouri, Ricky "Rick" and Ann Block of Chanhassen, Randy Block of New Ulm; six grandchildren; sisters and brothers-in-law, Mary L. "Eightball" Hogen, Connie "Chico" and James "Chick" Heck, Diane "Termite" and Richard Murphy, Linda Clyne and her special friend, John Schoof, Monica "Wiener" and Danny Gieseke, Julie "Tutsie" and Pat Schugel all of New Ulm, Roxanne "Tuni" and Harlan Schwecke of Gibbon; brother and sister-in-law, Randy "Sam" and Jo Clyne of New Ulm; mother-in-law, Madeline Rewitzer of New Ulm; sisters-in-law & brothers-in-law, Marion Rewitzer, Annabelle and Charles Albaugh, Judy and Barry Schewe, Vernon Rewitzer, Doris Meyer and special friend, Dallas Loverude, Melvin and Shelly Rewitzer all of New Ulm, and Shirley and Donny Huiras of Fairfax.    She was preceded in death by her father, Martin L. Clyne in 1960; her first husband, James H. Block in 1972; and a nephew, Danny J. Clyne in 1980.     She was born on June 5, 1940 in New Ulm to Martin L. and Ruth E. (Guendner) Clyne. She married James H. Block on March 29, 1960 at the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in New Ulm. After marriage they lived in New Ulm. After the death of her first husband she married LeRoy Rewitzer on May 17, 1980 in New Ulm. She had worked as a telephone operator in New Ulm, and had worked at the New Ulm Greenhouse and P.G.I. Mailers in New Ulm.    She enjoyed birdwatching, mushroom hunting, fishing, deer hunting, embroidery and her dogs. She was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in New Ulm.        Wilbert Wylie , 70, of Kimball and formerly of Gibbon, died Sunday, Nov. 16, 2003, at home.    Services are 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, Nov. 19, at St. John's Lutheran Church in Kimball, with burial in the Maine Prairie Cemetery.    Visitation is 5-8 p.m. today at Dingmann Funeral Care Chapel in Kimball with a prayer service at 7 p.m.; and continues one hour before services Wednesday at the church.    He is survived by wife Vernone of Kimball; children, Jill Wise of New Ulm, Jeff Wylie of Becker, Jon Wylie of Egan, Julie Spurbeck of Eagan, Janet Kramer of Sleepy Eye; siblings, Hazel Vick of Fridley, Edward Wylie of Minnetonka, Harold Wylie of Kimball, Dorothy Buystedt of New Hope; and 13 grandchildren.    He was born March 24, 1933, in Watkins to Edmund and Elsie (Schultz) Wylie.