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Kenneth A. Delbow
9/7/1930 — 5/26/2014
Kenneth A. Delbow, age 83, of Shakopee, entered eternal life on Monday, May 26, 2014, at Friendship Manor Nursing Home in Shakopee, Minnesota.
Born on September 7, 1930, in Shakopee, Minnesota, the son of Edward Delbow, Sr. and Rose (Spielmann). Ken graduated from Shakopee High School, and studied one year at Dunwoody College of Technology.
For 47 years Ken was married
to Lorraine Drisco. He served in the United States Navy during the Korean Conflict. He was a cook apprentice while in the Navy. Ken was a mail carrier for 31 years, delivering in Springfield, Missouri, and in Burnsville, Minnesota. He also enjoyed hunting and playing cards, but loved fishing more than all other hobbies.
Ken was preceded in death by his wife, Lorraine (2004); brothers, Robert (Bernice), Edward, Gib (Pat); sister, Ruth (Weston) Dahl. He is survived by step-son, Ed (Mary Carol) Bigot; sisters-in-law, Marge Delbow and Carol Pederson; niece, Brenda (Charlie) Fonder; grandsons, Bill, Jim, Dave, and Tom; 15 great-grandchildren; many nieces and nephews.
Reno P. Kehren
10/31/1931 — 5/16/2014
Reno Kehren, age 82, of Savage died on Friday, May 16, 2014 in Plymouth. Reno was born on October 31, 1931 in Lake City, Minnesota, the son of Karl and Margaret (Mohr) Kehren. He married
Anne Hanson on June 1, 1957 in Cannon Falls. Reno served in the United States Army during the Korean War. He was a long time member of Savage American Legion Post 643. He worked as a bricklayer and was a member of Union Local 1 of the Bricklayers.
He is survived by children, Bonnie (Tim) Newgard, Tony Kehren, Lonnie Kehren and Cindy Kehren; 3 grandchildren, Nicholas and Sean Kehren, and Jamie Twaddle; 3 sisters and l brother, Alice Sprick, Margaret Nelson, Jean (Jim) Halling and Fritz (Lotty) Kehren. Reno was preceded in death by his wife, Anne; parents; 4 brothers and 3 sisters.
Ervin J. Deering
7/1/1926 — 5/9/2014
Ervin J. Deering, age 87, of Shakopee died on Friday, May 9, 2014 in Nerstrand, Minnesota surrounded by his family. Erv was born on July 1, 1926 in Pontiac, Michigan the son of Ervin G. and Beatrice (Mechenich) Deering. He married
Patricia Hirscher on October 9, 1948 in Shakopee.
In addition to serving numerous community organizations, Erv's passion for education was unparalleled. Having served as both a teacher and administrator for over three decades, he impacted students at both Shakopee and Bloomington school districts, and St. Thomas University.
Above all, Erv valued 'family' and an unwavering commitment to his wife of 65 years. He instilled many loyalties and traditions to ensure his large, close-knit family will continue to carry on his legacy and love of family values.
Survivors include his wife, Pat; 7 children, Brad (Diane), Mary Pat, Ann (Carey) Warren, Joan (Jim) Spaulding, Michael (Cathy), Joy (Jason) Sutton, John (Michelle); 21 grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; 2 brothers, Floyd and Jack.
Mary Ellen Sardelli
10/29/1946 — 5/8/2014
Mary Ellen Sardelli, age 67, of Shakopee, entered eternal life on Thursday, May 8, 2014, at her residence surrounded by her family.
Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on October 29, 1946, the daughter of Leo and Margaret (Gaffney) Meagher. She attended Bemidji State University for 2 years. Mary Ellen married
Tim Sardelli on June 14, 1969 in Hopkins, Minnesota.
For over 30 years Mary Ellen worked as a receptionist at the Chaska Valley Veterinary Clinic. She also volunteered at the Humane Society, and was a member of the Southwest Metro Humane Society Animal Rescue team.
Besides animals, she enjoyed reading, tablet games, gardening, fishing and just being at the lake. She especially adored her time with her 5 grandkids.
Mary Ellen is survived by husband, Tim; children, Teresa Sardelli (fiance, Marc Grey), Brian Sardelli (Angela), Laura Neisen (TJ); grandchildren, Nicholas, Benjamin, Timothy, Jacob, Anna; brother, John 'Jack' Meagher. She was preceded in death by parents, Leo and Margaret Meagher; sister, Margaret Chelmo.
Carole M. (Jacques) Benzick
7/10/1937 — 5/8/2014
Carole Marie Benzick (Jacques), age 76, of Plymouth, Minnesota, entered eternal life on Thursday, May 8, 2014, at her residence.
Born on July 10, 1937, in Shakopee, Minnesota, the daughter of Jerome and Elaine (Vogel) Jacques. She was a school teacher in the Wayzata Public Schools.
Survived by brothers and sisters, Pat Busch of Eden Prairie, Russell (Linda) of Prior Lake, Jan Schottle of San Diego, California, Mark (Gloria) of La Grande, Oregon, Paul (Kathleen) of Maple Grove; nephews and nieces. preceded in death by parents, Jerome and Elaine (Vogel) Jacques; nephew, Jerry Busch; niece, Kellie Jacques.
LeRoy H. Aument
3/16/1924 — 5/7/2014
LeRoy H. Aument, age 90, of Shakopee, formerly of Illinois, passed away on Wednesday, May 7, 2014, at St. Francis Regional Medical Center in Shakopee, Minnesota.
Born on March 16, 1924, in Wilmington, Delaware, the son of George and Anna (Hammond) Aument. LeRoy married
Lorraine Winnicki, and together they had three sons.
LeRoy served in the United States Navy during World War II. He loved the Navy, and often talked and told stories about his time in the military. LeRoy was an electrical engineer, retiring from Bell and Howell in the Chicago, Illinois area. He enjoyed hunting and fishing, woodworking, and especially his grandkids.
Survived by sons, Scott M., Craig L. and wife, Kelly, Mark and wife, Jan; grandchildren, Christopher, Jennifer, Alec, Angela, Megan, Tyler, and Luke. He was preceded in death by his wife, Lorraine; a brother and a sister.
Rose Marie Schleper
5/3/1930 — 5/6/2014
Rose Marie Schleper, age 84, longtime resident of Shakopee, died peacefully surrounded by family on Tuesday, May 6, 2014, at Jones-Harrison Residence in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Born on May 3, 1930, and raised in Regal, Minnesota, the daughter of Robert and Margaret (Peters) Weidner. She married
Joseph B. Schleper on August 16, 1954, in Regal.
Rose was a school teacher for nearly 20 years and then worked in the admissions department at St. Francis Hospital for another 20 years.
Rose was preceded in death by her husband, Joe Schleper, Sr.; parents, Robert and Margaret; brother, Charles Weidner; sister, Marcelline Schleper; grandson, Quincy Bieniek.
She is survived by her eight children, Joe Schleper, Jr. (Cheryl) of Delano, Linda Laird (Gene McBride) of Minneapolis, Jeanne Anderson (Tyler) of Hastings, David Schleper of Minneapolis, Bill Schleper (Kristi) of Shakopee, Gary Schleper of Jordan, Tom Schleper (Brenda) of Shakopee, Jen Bieniek (Todd) of Shakopee; as well as 17 grandchildren, Adam and Anna Schleper, Monica (Laird) Butler and Sophie McBride, Maggie, Sam, Max, and Charlie Anderson, Abby and Joey Schleper, Dominick, Kasey, Jack and Vinny Schleper, Brenna, Lacy and Carly Bieniek; two great grandchildren, Caleb and Philippa Butler; brother, Tom Weidner; sisters, Dolores Braun, Sr. Beverly Weidner, O.S.F, Sr. Mary Weidner, O.S.B; sister-in-law, Grace Weidner.
Rose will be remembered for her love of family, music, and baseball, her quick wit, and her pride for her home town of Regal. The family would like to thank the staff at Jones-Harrison Residence for the tremendous care they provided Rose for the past five years of her journey with dementia.
Ilene Plekkenpol
6/9/1932 — 5/3/2014
Ilene I. Plekkenpol, age 81, of Shakopee, passed away on Saturday, May 3, 2014, at St. Francis Regional Medical Center in Shakopee.
Ilene was born on June 9, 1932, in Belle Plaine, Minnesota, the daughter of Ervin and Leona (Will) Gruetzmacher. She graduated from Belle Plaine High School. On January 21, 1954, Ilene married
Kenneth Plekkenpol in Belle Plaine. She was a homemaker who enjoyed sewing, needlework, baking, camping with family and friends, playing cards and bingo, and spending time wit her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Survived by husband Kenneth; son Lee and wife, Penny; daughter Lynn Schwartz and husband, Patrick, both of Chaska; grandchildren Amy Watson and husband, Douglas, Kenton Plekkenpol and wife, Jennifer, Sarah Plekkenpol; great-grandchildren Brody, Brockton, and Evelyn Watson; sister-in-law Betty Gruetzmacher; and Godmother to many. Ilene was preceded in death by her parents Ervin and Leona Gruetzmacher; and brother Myron Gruetzmacher.
Michael John Doerr
7/6/1951 — 5/3/2014
Michael John Doerr, 62, of Shakopee, passed away on Saturday, May 3, 2014 at Abbott-Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis after fighting a courageous battle with lung cancer. He was surrounded by family and friends all day Friday into late night and Saturday morning.
Mike was born on July 6, 1951 at St. Francis Hospital in Shakopee to Francis 'Fritz' and Ruth Doerr. He was their fourth child, their much beloved baby of the family. He grew up in Marystown and loved walking or riding his bike to the O'Dowd's and Thole lakes to fish or hike the wooded trails with siblings Linda, Dave and Pat or his cousin Jimmy Pauly. During the summer Mike and Dave could be seen almost daily on the banks of a lake with their cane poles. The story we've heard is that Mike
usually caught the biggest fish, but Dave the most.
The Doerr family home in Marystown was crowded but filled with love. Long, summer days were spent playing
badminton or croquet, caring for rabbits and dogs and, of course, at the lake. After Dad got home from work, he often took the kids to swim at a local beach or to the small cabin on Prior Lake that our family rented along with Dad's brother Rudy (and Sylvia) Doerr and family. Mike enjoyed weekends there, as it was a great place to learn to swim, drive a boat and water ski with friends and relatives. Oh, and fish, of course. Mike and Dave also hunted deer, ducks and squirrels with their father and other relatives, but fishing is the sport that Mike enjoyed most throughout his life. As the Doerr children grew to adulthood, our parents purchased lake property with small cabins on it on Rice Lake near Paynesville, MN. There we all gathered with our own families for countless good times swimming, fishing and sitting around the campfire until the wee hours of the morning.
Mike attended the parochial school in Marystown through eighth grade and went to Guardian Angels High School in Chaska for one year before transferring to Shakopee High School, where he graduated in 1969. He attended Mankato State College his first year out of high school.
In 1970 Mike married
Kathy Anderson, and they had two children, John and Jennifer. During that time Mike enlisted in the Army Reserve and began basic training at Fort Ord in California in September 1971. Mike received awards for marksmanship and took first place (fastest) in the obstacle course exercises. He was honorably discharged after serving six years in the United States Army Reserve.
Mike was very intelligent and had a high math acumen. He considered attending Control Data Institute and pursuing a career in computer programming, but decided on the electrical engineering and construction program at Dunwoody Institute. Mike eventually became a Master Electrician and started his own business in 1982, Doerr's Metro Electric, which he ran until February of this year when he was diagnosed with cancer.
In 1981, Mike married
Karen Wood, and two years later they welcomed daughter, Nicole. They enjoyed traveling, especially to the Cayman Islands where they did scuba diving, snorkeling and wind surfing.
A family man, Mike loved to spend time with his children, camping and going on trips with John (and Chris), bringing his mom to Jenny (and Jason's) for special occasions and visiting Nicole (and Rodrigo) in New Mexico and Harris, MN. A positive man with a ready smile, his smile was never brighter than when he was with or talked about his four granddaughters, Ally, Katy, Lizzy and Victoria. He was very proud of all of them and attended special events in their lives such as volleyball and basketball games, cheer-leading and dance recitals and tennis matches, and their spiritual milestones such as Baptism and Confirmation. He recently talked about how much fun it was to teach Victoria to play cribbage as her mother and his other children were busy organizing his home.
In 2003, Mike married
Heidi Feltman. Although the marriage didn't last, the two remained very good friends. He also maintained a friendly relationship with Karen, and his first wife, Kathy and her husband, Bob Biggs have been good friends of Mike's to the end. Kathy and Mike shared a spiritual bond, as Mike also had with his best friend, Skip, and other members of his Men's Bible Study Group. Mike was an inspiration to many with his deep and steadfast faith.
On one of his many trips to FL to spend time with his sister, Linda; brother-in-law, Ron; his mother, Ruth; and his nephew, Bryan; and family, Mike found a church that he loved, and he has been listening to sermons and music from there online for over a year. Just recently, Mike discovered Hosanna! Church in Shakopee, a church that reminded him of the Countryside Christian Church in Florida, which is Bryan's family's church as well.
When Mike wasn't listening to Christian music, he was fishing in the Gulf in Bryan's boat as often as he could. As was the case when he was a boy, Mike again usually caught the biggest fish of the group. He hauled in grouper, trout, snapper, permit, redfish and two big sharks (maybe not huge but when the mouth was facing the camera, they looked large to the photographer).
During his last months on earth, Mike's bond with family and friends deepened. The words 'I love you' came
easily to him, and he cherished family time. His best childhood buddy, Jimmy Pauly, often visited and took him for walks or rides out to see the lakes of his youth. He was so grateful to his sister, Pat, for serving as caretaker and friend and his brother, Dave, for his support and explanations of medical terms and procedures. He also appreciated his mother's constant love and support and sister, Linda's, help with his Caring Bridge site. Often Mike would say how he felt so blessed by family, friends and his medical team. He fought bravely through radiation and chemotherapy treatments, but when he learned they hadn't worked Mike decided quickly that he 'wanted to go home to be with The Lord.' He said he wanted to 'be with Jesus and see Dad again.' No doubt Mike and Grandpa Fritz are sharing fish stories and rejoicing in their glorious reunion right now. Mike said he and Dad would be happy with Jesus and wait for the rest of us to join them.
Survivors include son, John (Chris) Doerr; daughter, Jennifer (Jason) Miller; daughter, Nicole (Rodrigo) Doerr; grandchildren, Alexandra, Kathryn, Elizabeth and Victoria; mother, Ruth Doerr; sister, Linda (Ron) Noyce; brother, Dave (Beth) Doerr; sister, Pat (Ron) Menke; and many aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
He was preceded in death by his father, Francis 'Fritz' Doerr; his grandparents, Christian and Margaret Doerr and Emil and Gertrude Gross; and several aunts, uncles and cousins.
