Obituaries from the week of November 19, 2008
Rene Timmerman, 102
Rene L. Timmerman age 102 of
Balaton, MN died Sunday, November 9, 2008 at the Colonial Manor Nursing Home in
Balaton. Services were held on
Friday, November 14, 2008 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Tracy, MN.
Rene Louis Timmerman was born May
19, 1906 to Christian and Celesta (Schyvinch) Timmerman in Moline, IL. He was baptized and confirmed in the
Catholic faith and attended St Mary’s Catholic School in Moline. As a young man he went to work as a
clerk at the John Deere plant and also the Daniel Boone Woolen Works in
Moline.
On January 30, 1935 Rene married
Alida Maeyaert in Ghent, MN. They
made their first home on a farm near Ghent. They then moved to a farm near St Leo, MN before moving to a
farm near Balaton, MN in 1950 where he continued to farm until his
retirement. In the years
following, he lived in an apartment in Walnut Grove, MN before moving back into
Balaton where he lived until 2004.
He was a member of St Mary’s
Catholic Church in Tracy, MN. He
enjoyed playing cards, Rolle Bolle, bingo, horseshoes, and reading of religious
and historical books.
In January of 2004 Rene became a
resident of the Colonial Manor Nursing Home in Balaton where he died Sunday,
November 9, 2008 at the age of 102.
Rene is survived by four daughters,
Clara Timmerman of Woodbury, MN, Martha (Arlon) Buchholz of Hendricks, MN,
Marian Stickler of Grand Junction, CO and Alice (Donald) Zeug of Lucan, MN;
four sons, Fred (Carol) Timmerman, George (Maxine) Timmerman, Charles (Gloria)
Timmerman and Francis (Mary) Timmerman all of Balaton, MN; twenty five
grandchildren; forty four great-grandchildren; three great-great grandchildren;
many nieces and nephews.
His wife, Alida, one infant son, one
grandson, three granddaughters, two brothers and four sisters preceded him in
death.
Interment was at the Calvary
Cemetery in Tracy. The Almlie
Funeral Home of Tracy handled the arrangements.
Online condolences may be placed at
www.almliefh.com
Obit omission
In the recent obituary for Sheryl
Kassel Harris, the list of survivors should have included her caring
stepmother, Eunice Kassel.
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