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Hertha Gutknecht, 88, of Winthrop, died Thursday, Dec. 2, 1999 at Glencoe Area Health Care Center.
Services are 11 a.m. Monday at St. John's Lutheran Church, Bismarck Township, Sibley County, with burial in the church cemetery.
Visitation is 4-8 p.m. Sunday and 8-9 a.m. Monday at Dalin-Hantge Chapel, Winthrop, and will continue one hour prior to services at the church.
A luncheon will be in the church basement following the service.
She is survived by daughters, Clara Becker and husband Elmer of Winthrop and Helen Becker and husband Ellsworth of Glencoe; sons, Otto and wife Ann of Winthrop and Larry and wife Sharon of Glencoe; 16 grandchildren; 33 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; 2 step-great-great-grandchildren; sister Esther Polzin of Winthrop; sisters-in-law, Hilda Polzin of Howard Lake, Delma Polzin of New Auburn and Almira Polzin of Glencoe; and brother-in-law Edmund Henke of Gaylord.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband Arthur; five great-grandchildren; brothers, Edwin, Herbert, Albert, Wilbert and Vernon; and sisters, Elsie Grack, Clara Henke and Marie Tessmer.
She was born June 10, 1911, in Penn Township, McLeod County, to William and Marie (Lindeman) Polzin. She grew up and attended school in rural Glencoe. She married Arthur Gutknecht on May 4, 1933 in New Auburn. She was a homemaker and lived on the farm in Bismarck Township. She was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church and honorary member of St. John's Ladies' Aid.
Lena M. Schwieger, 102, of Fairmont, died Thursday, December 2, 1999 at the Lutz Wing of the Fairmont Community Hospital.
Services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Fairmont. Burial will follow at Fairview Memorial Park in Fairmont.
Visitation will be 2-5 p.m. Sunday at the Lakeview Funeral Home in Fairmont and one hour prior to the service at the church.
She is survived by sons, Milton Schwieger and his wife, Erline of Fairmont, Lynn Schwieger and his wife, Devorah of Fairmont, Delbert Schwieger and his wife, Ruth of Jackson, Gerald "Gary" Schwieger and his wife, Marian of Springfield, James Schwieger and his wife, Doris of Truman; daughters, Luverna Hartmann and her husband, Wilbert of Fairmont, Dorothy Anderst and her husband, Roland of Fairmont, Eunice Day and her husband, Orland of Fresno, Calif., Lois Swenson and her husband, Donald of Fairmont, Mazy Armbrust of Fairmont, Marlene Griffith and her husband, Daniel of Excelsior; 18 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; sisters-in-law, Lucinda Roth of Princeton, Hermine Schwieger of Mankato, nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Theodore Schwieger in 1988; son and daughter, Ruth and Roy Schwieger; son-in-law, Donald Armbrust; grandchildren, Bradley and Rhonda Schwieger; brother, William Roth.
She was born Sept. 7, 1897 near White, S.D., the daughter of August and Dora (Schmidt) Roth. She attended Oakwood Township Country School near White. Her mother died in 1910, and Lena and her brother moved to Fairmont to live with their aunt and uncle, Mary and Ernest Kanning. On July 12, 1916 she married Theodore Schwieger at Immanuel Lutheran Church in West Rutland Township. They farmed in Fraser Township for many years. They retired from farming and moved into Fairmont in 1957. Lena entered the Lutz Wing of the Fairmont Community Hospital in 1999. She was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Fairmont.
Harris H. Robeck, 69, of Arlington died Thursday December 2, 1999 at Ridgeview Medical Center in Waconia.
A mass will be held 11 a.m. Monday at St. Brendan Catholic Church in Green Isle.
Visitation is 5-8 p.m., Sunday at the Fenske Funeral Home in Arlington and one hour prior to the service at the church. A prayer service will be held 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Robeck is survived by his wife, Diana of Arlington; daughter, Cynthia Robeck of Louisville, Kent.; sons, Steven and wife Connie Robeck of St. Paul Park, Daniel Robeck of South St. Paul, and John and wife Colleen Robeck of Gaylord; four grandchildren; brothers, Mark Robeck of South St. Paul, Joe and wife Terri Robeck of Arlington; sisters, Bernice and husband Elmer Wentzlaff of Gaylord, Mary and husband Len Slusher of Dexter, Ore., E. Ann and husband Pat Bigaouette of Henderson, and Sylvia and husband Bob Bigaouette of Henderson.
He was preceded in death by his parents, sister, Bernette Brelje and brother, Matthew Robeck, Jr.
Robeck was born Sept. 19, 1930 in Jessenland Township in Sibley County to Matthew, Sr. and Ethel (Trimbo) Robeck. He served in the Korean Conflict 1951-1953. He worked in the meat packing business most of his working years. He married Marlys Wolford in 1955 in Arlington. He later married Diana Hardel Feb. 14, 1975 in Milbank, S.D. He was a life member of VFW Post No. 6031 in Arlington.