Elwood Hurrle died Monday, May 29, 2017, at his Clearwater home. He was 87.
Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11 a.m. Friday, June 2, at St. Mary Help of Christians Catholic Church in St. Augusta with Rev. Jose Edayadiyil VC officiating. Entombment will follow in the parish cemetery. Visitation will be from 9-11 a.m. Friday at the church gathering space in St. Augusta.
Elwood P. Hurrle was born Nov. 11, 1929, to Leo and Eleanora (Ruehle) Hurrle on the family farm in Fairhaven Township. He proudly served his country in the United States Army during the Korean War. He married his wife of 60 years, Ellen M. Sinclair, June 8, 1953, at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Cold Spring. Elwood is a member of St. Mary Help of Christians Catholic Church in St. Augusta, and the Kimball American Legion Frederick A. Metcalf Post #261. He farmed all of his life on their century farm until retiring in 2011 at the age of 82. Elwood was an honest, honorable man who loved the creatures of this earth, except snakes. He enjoyed watching birds and squirrels, hunting, ice fishing, and road trips with his wife. His passion was his 100-year-old century farm, the farm animals, and especially his two cats Yellow Belly and Suzie, and his dog Coon Hound.
Elwood was preceded in death by his parents, wife Ellen on May 17, 2014, sister Joanne Hurrle, sons-in-law Dean Ranta and Dennis Rice.
He is survived by his children: Cindy (and Robert) Stelten of Kimball, Karen Ranta of Kimball, Sheila (and Dick) Erickson of Monticello, Danya Rice of Sartell, Debra Hurrle of Akeley, Lynda (and Pat) Mertens of South Haven, Nancy (and Kevin) Ruprecht of Watkins, Kevin Hurrle of South Haven, John (and Stella) Hurrle of Kimball, Mary Sanders of Kimball, Mark (and Lynette) Hurrle of Clearwater, Tom (and Shelly) Hurrle of Annandale, and Kathy Wills of Pequot Lakes; brothers Larry (and Carol) Hurrle of St. Cloud and Francis “Penny” (and Marilyn) Hurrle of St. Augusta; sisters Nethaline “Hope” Nothnagel of Willard, Mo., Ella “Rehea” Woltman of St. Augusta, Ora Rose (and Jack) Healy of Sun City Center, Fla.; 39 grandchildren and 36 great-grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred to Danya’s Dream/CentraCare Palliative Care, or the Tri-County Humane Society. Arrangements were by Williams Dingmann Family Funeral Home in St. Cloud.