Obituaries

Helen A. Rosha of St. Augusta died on Tuesday, Jan. 28, at the St. Cloud Hospital. She was 85. Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 1, at St. Mary’s Help of Christians Catholic Church in St. Augusta, followed by burial in the parish cemetery. Friends visited from 4-9 p.m. on Friday,…

Pastor Calvin Milan died at his Litchfield home on Monday, Feb. 3, 2003, at the age of 77. A memorial service is being planned at the Litchfield Christian Church for 11 a.m. on Thurs-day, Feb. 6. Visitation will be one and one-half hours prior to the service at the church. The family is planning a…

The Reverend Franklin Wayne “Frank” Schmeling died on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2003, from complications following a car accident. He was 43 years old. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 20, at Grace Lutheran Church in Watertown, S.D., with Rev. Gary Westgard presiding and Rev. Lawrence R. Wohlrabe officiating. Interment followed at…

Edward C. Purcell died on Sunday, Jan. 19, 2003, at his Owatonna home. He was 54 years old. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 23, at St. Ignatius Catholic Church in Annandale with Rev. Mark Huberty officiating. Burial will be in the Minnesota State Veterans’ Cemetery in Little…

Kenny Hoefer of Annandale died on Jan. 10, 2003, while visiting family in Rathdrum, Idaho. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 18, at St. Anne’s Catholic Church in Kimball. Friends may call one hour prior to the service. Burial will follow at St. Anne’s Cemetery in Kimball. A viewing and…

Genevieve F. Robinson of Kimball died on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2003, at the St. Cloud Hospital. She was 88 years old. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 11, at St. Anne’s Catholic Church in Kimball with Rev. Frank Tomasiewicz officiating. Entombment will follow in St. Anne’s Mausoleum. Friends…

Marlene Peterson of Kingston died on Monday, Dec. 30, 2002, at her home in Kingston Township. Funeral services were held on Thursday, Jan. 2, at the Apostolic Lutheran Church in Kingston with Pastor Orvil Wirkkala officiating and music by Barbara Root. Burial followed in the church cemetery.   Marlene was born on Nov. 23, 1939, to…

Margaret A. Dammann, age of Kimball died on Saturday, Jan. 4, 2003, at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Home in Sauk Rapids. She was 94 years old. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 7, at Concordia Lutheran Church in Fair Haven with Rev. Norman Hanan officiating. Burial followed in Concordia Lutheran Cemetery.…

Matthew Maynard Sheldon, the infant son of Heidi Danelke and Maynard Sheldon of Watkins, was stillborn at the St. Cloud Hospital on Sunday, Dec. 22, 2002. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 30, at the Dingmann Funeral Care Chapel in Kimball with Rev. Dave Milz officiating. Burial followed in the Kimball…

Christi Ann Benson Weigelt of Aitkin died on Dec. 16, 2002, at 46 years of age. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 4, 2003, at St. Anne’s Catholic Church in Kimball. Christi Ann was born on Aug. 24, 1956. She was preceded in death by her older brother Stephen. She…