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Online Obituaries Monday, Dec. 23, 2002 2002 obituaries 2001 obituaries 2000 obituaries 1999 obituaries The Journal Online Experience New Ulm Click here for today's obituaries Harriet Fesenmaier , 90, of St. Cloud and formerly of New Ulm, died Sunday, Dec. 22, 2002, at the St. Cloud Hospital. Services will be held next spring. Schmucker Funeral Service of New Ulm is handling arrangements. A complete obituary will be published in a later edition. Arthur J. Hanold, 91, of Redwood Falls, died Sunday, Dec. 22, 2002, at Redwood Area Hospital. Services are pending with Nelson-Martin Funeral Service, Redwood Falls. Otto Koehler , 87, died Saturday, Dec. 21, 2002, at his home. Visitation is 9:30-10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in Redwood Falls. Funeral services are at 10: 30 a.m., Tuesday, Dec. 24, at the church with burial at Wheaton, Minn., at a later date. He was born on May 16, 1915, to Ferdinand and Dorothy (From) Koehler, in Shelby, Mont. Kraig Kromer , 58, of Winthrop, died Friday, Dec. 20, 2002, at the Ridgeview Medical Center in Waconia. Funeral service will be 10:30 a.m., Monday, Dec. 23, at the Evangelical Covenant Church in Winthrop, with burial in the Lakewood Cemetery in Minneapolis. Visitation will be one hour prior to services at the church today. He is survived by his wife Jeanette Kromer of Winthrop; children, Ryan Kromer of Minneapolis, Danielle Kromer of North Mankato, Andrea Kromer of Fullerton, Calif., Erica Kromer of North Mankato, Michelle Kromer of North Mankato, Jennifer Kromer of Winthrop, and Joelle Kromer of Winthrop; two grandchildren; brother Keith Kromer of Plymouth; and sisters, Kristen Bergeson of Texas, and Kathleen Baker of Hawaii. Kraig Orlando Kromer was born Sept. 27, 1944, in Minneapolis, to Orlando and Manita (Rosengren) Kromer. He served in ROTC in college and on active duty in the U.S. Army. He later served part time in the Army Reserves. Helen Prax, 96, of Fairfax, passed away on Saturday, Dec. 21, 2002, at the Fairfax Community Home in Fairfax. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2002, at the St. Andrew's Catholic Church in Fairfax. Internment will be the St. Andrew's Catholic Cemetery in Cairo Township. Visitation will begin 7:30 a.m. Tuesday at the St. Andrew's Catholic in Fairfax, and run until the time of service. Helen Barbara (Schnichels) Prax was born April 19, 1906, to Matt and Eva (Froembgen) Schnichels in Hector. She was baptized as an infant and later was confirmed in her faith as a youth at St. John's Catholic Church in Hector. She married Wenzel Prax on Sept. 20, 1927, in Hector. After marriage, they lived in Franklin, Gibbon, and settled in Fairfax, in 1936. She and her husband owned and operated the Red Star Café and Peoples Meat Market. She worked at the Winthrop Bakery for several years. She was a member of St. Andrew's Church and active in CCW, Christian Mothers and St. Mary Society. She was a past member of the American Legion Auxiliary. She enjoyed traveling throughout the United States and foreign countries, her flower gardens, playing cards with friends and cooking for weddings and family. Helen is survived by her sons, Robert Prax and his wife Dorothy of Fairfax, Wesley Prax and his wife Doris of Fairfax, Warren Prax of Fairbanks, Alaska, and Roger Prax and his wife Judy of Ukiah, Calif.; daughters, Vietta Brightwell and her husband Lonnie of Springfield, Mo., and Bernadette Boyum of Fairfax; 25 grandchildren; 49 great-grandchildren; brother-in-law Floyd Schultz; and many nieces and nephews. Helen was preceded in death by her husband Wenzel; parents; seven brothers and sisters; daughter-in-law Marianne Prax; and son-in-law Dennis Boyum. Terrance B. Wall, 65, of Redwood Falls, was found dead in his apartment on Saturday, Dec. 21, 2002. Services are pending with Nelson-Martin Funeral Service, Redwood Falls.
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