Online Obituaries Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2002 2002 obituaries    2001 obituaries 2000 obituaries    1999 obituaries The Journal Online   Experience New Ulm Click here for today's obituaries    Edmund J. Allerson, 92, of Lafayette and formerly of rural Nicollet, died Monday, Dec. 30, 2002, at the St. Peter Community Hospital in St. Peter.    Arrangements are pending with the Minnesota Valley Funeral Home in Nicollet.    Lucille Braun , 76, of Winthrop, died Sunday, Dec. 29, 2002, at Sibley Medical Center in Arlington,    Funeral services are Thursday, Jan. 2, at 11 a.m. at Peace Lutheran Church in Winthrop with burial in the Winthrop Cemetery.    Visitation will be Wednesday from 4-8 p.m, and Thursday from 7:30-8:30 a.m. at Dalin-Hantge Funeral Chapel in Winthrop.    Visitation will continue one hour prior to the time of services at the church on Thursday.    Lucille Augusta Selma (Bergs) Braun was born March 27, 1926, in New Auburn Township, Sibley County, Minn., to Henry and Elsie (Dahlke) Bergs.        Victor Gorres, 80, of Redwood Falls, died Sunday, Dec. 29, 2002, at Sunwood Good Samaritan Care Center, Redwood Falls.    Services are 2 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 2, at St. Catherine's Catholic Church, Redwood Falls with burial in St. Mathias Catholic Cemetery, Wanda.    Visitation is 5-7 p.m., Wednesday, at Nelson-Martin Funeral Service, Redwood Falls with a prayer service at 6 p.m. at the funeral home and 1-2 p.m., Thursday at the church.    He is survived by his wife, Anna of Redwood Falls; children Bernice Marti of Rouses Point, N.Y., Steve Gorres of Redwood Falls, Phyllis Radke of Tracy; seven grandchildren; sister, Leah Zwach of Tracy; and brother, Clifford Gorres of Murdock.    He was born Aug. 5, 1922, in Willow Lake Township, Redwood County to Henry and Josephine (Starken) Gorres.    Sara E. Hartmann, 2, of Mankato, died Sunday, Dec. 29, 2002, at Fairview University Children's Hospital, Minneapolis.    Services will be 10 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 4, at Christ the King Lutheran Church in Mankato.    Visitation will be Saturday at the church, one hour prior to the service.    In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred to Children's Cancer Research Fund, 4930 West 77th Street, Minneapolis, MN 55435.    Arrangements are being handled by Mankato Mortuary.    Roger Hassinger, 76, of Redwood Falls, died Sunday, Dec. 29, 2002, at his home.    Services with military rites will be 10:30 a.m., Friday, Jan. 3, at First United Methodist Church, Redwood Falls. Burial will be at a later date at Redwood falls Cemetery.    Visitation is 5:30-7:30 p.m., Thursday, at Nelson-Martin Funeral Service, Redwood Falls and 9:30-10:30 a.m., Friday, at the church.    He is survived by daughters Kay Casey and Paula Poppy both of Redwood Falls.    He was born Sept. 2, 1926, to L.W. "Perk" and Helen Hassinger.    Alvin Havemeier, 84, of 1610 Sunset Ave., in New Ulm, died Monday, Dec. 30, 2002, at the Fairfax Community Home .    Arrangements are pending with the Minnesota Valley Funeral Home in New Ulm.    Max Hoffmann, 95, of St. James, died Sunday, Dec. 29, 2002, at his home.    Funeral service will be 10:30 a.m., Friday, Jan. 3, at St. James Catholic Church in St. James, with burial at the Calvary Cemetery in St. James.    Visitation will be 4 - 8 p.m., Thursday and 7:30 - 10 a.m., Friday at Sturm Funeral Home in St. James.    Max is survived by his wife Adeline; daughters, Joan Humphrey of Pearl, Miss., Karen Meyer of Bloomington, Maxine Howe of Gibbon, Mary Collins of Stoughton, Wis., Patricia Gall of West Salem, Wis., and Ruth Mikkelson of Hanska; sons, John Hoffmann of St. James, and Michael Hoffmann of Avon; 14 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and sister, Anna Weicherding of Sleepy Eye.    Max Joseph Hoffmann was born Feb. 1, 1907, in Morgan to Maximillian and Anna (Seidel) Hoffmann.    Delmar 'Boots' Muehlbauer, 76, of 817 - 11th North Street in New Ulm, died Sunday, Dec. 29, 2002, at the Immanuel St.Joseph's Hospital in Mankato.    Mass of Christian Burial will be 11 a.m., Thursday, Jan. 2, at the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in New Ulm with burial in the New Ulm Catholic Cemetery in New Ulm.    Visitation will be 3 - 8 p.m., Wednesday, and 7:30 - 10:30 a.m., Thursday at the Minnesota Valley Funeral Home in New Ulm. The Knights of Columbus will pray the rosary at 6:30 p.m., and there will be a parish prayer service at 7:30 p.m. both Wednesday at the funeral home.    Delmar is survived by his wife, Magdalen "Maggie" Muehlbauer of New Ulm; daughters and sons-in-law, Margaret Ross of Brooklyn Center and her special friend, Bill Rasmussen of Kasota, Barb and Dale Scheiber of Albany, and Karen and Ron Sandhurst of Fairmont; sons and daughters-in-law, Myron and Karyl Muehlbauer of Chaska and Chuck and Roxanne Muehlbauer of St. Cloud; ten grandchildren; a sister, Eva Kokesch, a resident of the Divine Providence Community Home in Sleepy Eye; and a brother, Lyle Muehlbauer, a resident of the Luther Memorial Home in Madelia.    He was preceded in death by his parents.    Delmar was born July 7, 1926 in Lafayette Township, Nicollet County, to Louis and Anna (Klossner) Muehlbauer. He served in the U.S. Army from Jan. 22, 1945 to Sept. 21, 1946, and was stationed in occupied Japan. He married Magdalen Hanslick on May 3, 1949, at St. George Catholic Church in West Newton Township, Nicollet County. After marriage they farmed in Lafayette Township, Nicollet County. In 1988 they retired and moved to New Ulm. He was a member of the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in New Ulm, the St. Patrick's Council of the Knights of Columbus, a past member and treasurer of the Lafayette Township Board for 32 years, and was a member and secretary/treasurer of the New Ulm Rural Fire Association.    In lieu of flowers, the family prefers memorials to the donor's choice.    Harold Voltin, 84, of 906 S. German St., New Ulm, died Monday, Dec. 30, 2002, at New Ulm Medical Center.    Arrangements are pending with Schmucker Funeral Service in New Ulm.