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Harvey Gieser
Harvey Gieser, 68, of St. James, formerly of Mt. Lake, died Dec. 17, 1999 at St. James.
Services were held Monday at the First Baptist Church in St. Francis with Pastor James Snow officiating.
Interment will be held at a later date.
Arrangements were with Bjerum Funeral Home.
Harvey Gieser was born Oct. 20, 1931, in Alpha, son of Harold and Marie (Harris) Gieser. He graduated from Sherburn High School in 1949, and attended the Minnesota School of Business for two years. He began working for Northrup King in 1950.
Harvey married JoAnne Mounts in 1957. The couple resided in the Twin Cities area until 1985 when Harvey transferred to Chattanooga, Tenn., by Northrup King. He retired June of 1992. The couple then moved south of Mt. Lake until Harvey’s ill-health forced the couple to sell their home in October.
He was preceded in death by his brother, Captain Kenneth Gieser.
Survivors include his wife, JoAnne, of St. James; children, Jeffrey (Deb) Gieser of Louisa, Va.; Cynthia (Bill) Borner of Elbow Lake; Bonita (Todd) Tersteeg of Coon Rapids; and Steven Gieser of Butterfield; six grandchildren; brothers and sisters, Ronald (Irmgard) Gieser of St. Paul; Richard (Darlene) Gieser of Wisconsin; Harold (Pat) Gieser of Mitchell, S.D.; Douglas (Linda) Gieser of Ohio; JoAn (Richard) Olson of Trimont and Audrey Davey of St. Paul.
Margaret Junker
Margaret Junker, 91, of Mt. Lake died Dec. 20, 1999, at Mt. Lake.
Services were held Monday at the Alliance Missionary Church in Mt. Lake with Pastor Randy Junker officiating.
Interment was held at the Delft Cemetery.
Arrangements were by Bjerum Funeral Home.
Margaret May Korfe, daughter of Harm and Anna (Harms) Korfe, was born Aug. 7, 1908, at George, Iowa. She received her education at Corona, S.D. In 1924, the family moved to Dale Township, Cottonwood County. She accepted the Lord in the Jeffers Baptist Church. In 1930, she married Ben F. Junker. They farmed in Selma Township until retiring in 1968, and moving to Mt. Lake.
She was very active in the Assembly of God Church and taught Sunday school.
Ben died in 1995. Margaret entered the Good Samaritan Village in 1991.
She was preceded in death by her husband, an infant son, LeRoy; and two brothers, Raymond and Wesley Korfe.
Survivors include two daughters, Evelyn (James) Adams of Coon Rapids; and Lois (Bruce) Geske of Fridley; four sons, Fred (Joan) Junker of Mt. Lake; Harvey (Beverly) Junker of Denton, Texas; Raymond (Shirley) Junker of Keller, Texas; and Wayne (Anne) Junker of Redwood Falls; a brother, Vernon (Joan) Junker of Redwood Falls; 19 grandchildren; 33 great-grandchildren; six sisters, Jean Bolstad, Ann Russel and Theresa Riffle, all of Windom; Luella (Leonard) Pankratz and Sylvia (Franklin) Selvey, all of Staples; and Irene (Eldon) Cole of Des Moines, Iowa.
Katharina Braun
Katharina Braun, 90, of Mt. Lake died Dec. 19, 1999, at the Eventide Home in Mt. Lake.
Services were held Wednesday at the Bethel Mennonite Church in Mt. Lake with Pastor George O’Reilly officiating.
Interment was in the Mt. Lake Cemetery.
Arrangements were by Eifert Funeral Home.
Katharina "Tina" Braun, daughter of Peter and Katharina (Dick) Braun, was born April 20, 1909, in Postwa, Sudrussland (South Russia). She received her education in Bible studies. Katharina was baptized in 1930, at Rudnerweide (Mennonite) Church. In 1943, Katharina, her sister, Anna, and niece, Erna, fled to the west leaving all possessions behind. After a long trip they arrived in Germany in 1944. With God’s help and the assistance of MCC, they emigrated to Butterfield in 1952. Their sponsor was Jacob J. Berg. In 1952, they moved to Mt. Lake where they settled and found work.
Tina was employed at the Mt. Lake Hospital for 28 years. She did volunteer work. She entered the Eventide Home in 1997 and was a resident until her death. She was a member of the Bethel Mennonite Church in Mt. Lake.
She was preceded in death by several brothers and sisters in Russia.
Survivors include her two children, Julie and Kevin in Russia.
Michael Sawatzky
Michael Sawatzky, 34, of McFarland, Wisc., died following a snowmobile accident, on Friday, Dec. 24.
Services were held Wednesday, Dec. 29, at Hope Lutheran Church, Cottage Grove, Wisc. Burial followed in Highland Memory Gardens Cemetery in Cottage Grove.
Dorthea Slivnik
Dorethea Slivnik, 60, of St. Cloud, formerly of Butterfield, died on Wednesday, Dec. 22, at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Home in Sauk Rapids.
Services were held Tuesday, Dec. 28, at the Kramer Family Funeral Home in Trimont with Rev. Martin Overson of the First Lutheran Church officiating.
Edna Miranowski
Edna Miranowski, 96, of Westbrook, died May 7, 2001, at North Memorial Hospital in Robbinsdale.
Services were held Friday at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church in Westbrook with Monsignor Paul Evers officiating.
Special music was provided by Betty Rupp, organist.
Lector was Cleo Miranowski.
Pallbearers were Leonard Eigenberg, Alfred Eigenberg, Gregg Miranowski, Gery Miranowski, Gene Engler, Arlo Engler and Bob Kuehl.
Interment was at Westbrook Cemetery in Westbrook.
Almlie Funeral Home of Westbrook was in charge of the funeral arrangements.
Edna Margaret Kuehl was born Jan. 27, 1905, to Christ and Mary (Jans) Kuehl in Cottonwood County near Westbrook. She was baptized into the Christian faith and received her education at country schools.
In 1927, she married Paul Miranowski at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Dundee. They lived and farmed together on a farm near Heron Lake.
In 1973, they retired and moved into Westbrook.
After Paul’s death in 1979, Edna continued to live in Westbrook before spending the last few winters with her son, Bernard, and his wife in Brooklyn Center.
Edna was a past member of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Windom and a member of St. Anthony’s Catholic Church in Westbrook since 1973. She was a member of the church’s women’s group and served as a Religious Ed teacher.
Her leisure activities included ceramics, gardening, canning, baking, quilt-making and crocheting.
In addition to her husband Paul, Edna was preceded in death by a son, Franklin, in 1977; three brothers, Elmer, Orville and Roy Kuehl; and two sisters, Helen and Mabel.
Survivors include her son, Bernard (Evelyn) Miranowski of Brooklyn Center; six grandchildren; two sisters, Mildred Engler of Windom and Hilma Clifford of Van Nuys, Calif.
