Obituaries from the week of Nov. 7, 2012
Arlene Abrahamson, 71
Arlene Abrahamson age 71 of
Tracy, MN died Tuesday, November 6, 2012 at her home in Tracy. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday,
November 10, 2012 at the Skandia Evangelical Free Church, rural Balaton,
MN. Visitation will be from 4:00
until 8:00 p.m. Friday, November 9, 2012 at the Almlie Funeral Home in Tracy,
with a prayer service at 7:00 p.m. Interment will be in the Tracy City Cemetery following a luncheon at the
church. The Almlie Funeral Home of
Tracy is handling the arrangements.
Online condolences may be
placed at www.almliefh.com
Arlene Mae Ebbinga, 81
Arlene Ebbinga was born on January
11, 1931 on a farm near Iona, Minnesota to Bernard and Mary Dixon Rieman.
She grew up on the family farm and graduated from St. Columba School in
1948. She then attended Mankato Commercial College in Mankato graduating
in 1949. Arlene then worked as Deputy Registrar for Murray County until
1958. On August 10, 1957 she and Donald Ebbinga were married at St.
Columba Church in Iona, MN. Following their marriage they made their home
in Iona. Arlene worked as secretary and bookkeeper for Ebbinga Construction
and later as bookkeeper for Lyon County Coop. In 1986 they moved to a home on
Lake Shetek. She and Don both retired in 1998.
Arlene passed away on Monday,
October 29, 2012 at the Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD at the age
of 81.
She was a member of Immaculate
Heart of Mary Church in Currie, MN. She also was a member of the Iona
Catholic Daughters of America and the Sunshine Girls Club in Casa Grande,
AZ. Arlene enjoyed genealogy, quilting, sewing, bread baking, gardening,
ballroom and line dancing, bowling, golf and bingo.
Survivors include her husband
Donald Ebbinga of Slayton, MN, six children and their spouses, Kim and Doug
Hagemeyer of Blaine, MN, Julie and John ”Skinny” Luedeman of Sibley, IA, Mary
and Jim Mortland of Marshall, MN, Diane and Troy Diedrich of North Mankato, MN,
Karen and Dave Wagley of Brandon, SD, and Alan and Kristi Ebbinga of North
Mankato, MN, 17 grandchildren, Scott (Laura) Hagemeyer, Ryan Hagemeyer, Ashley
(Brad) Fischer, Chelsea (Michael) Hodapp, Jenna Luedeman, James Mortland, Jenny
(Royce) Tuffs, Malia Mortland, Zach Mortland, Courtney Diedrich, Grant
Diedrich, Andrew Diedrich, Jordan Wagley, Nicholas Wagley, Natalie Wagley,
Allyson Ebbinga, and Kyle Ebbinga, two great-grandchildren, Cooper Fischer and
Camden Hodapp.
She is preceded in death by
her parents, one brother, Francis “Claire” Rieman and one sister, Lorraine
Rieman.
Funeral Services were held at
Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Currie, MN on Friday, November 2, 2012 at
10:30 a.m. with Fr. Andrew Vogel officiating. The organist was Patty
LeClaire. The song leader was Linnea Surprenant. The pallbearers
were her grandchildren. The honorary pallbearers were her
great-grandchildren. Interment was at Calvary Cemetery Currie, MN.
To send condolences visit totzkefuneralhome.com. In lieu of
flowers memorials may be directed to the Lake Shetek Area First Responders or
the Murray County Ambulance Assn. Totzke Funeral Home of Slayton is
entrusted with arrangements.
Doris Leonard, 90
Doris C. Leonard age 90 of
Tracy, formerly of Minneapolis, passed away Tuesday, October 16, 2012 at
Sanford Tracy Medical Center as the result of a stroke. A celebration of
life service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 11 at Prairie View
Health Care Center. Burial will be at Fort Snelling National Cemetery at
a later date. Online condolences may be sent at www.stephensfuneralservice.com.
Stephens Funeral Service - Tracy Area Funeral Home is assisting the family with
arrangements.
Doris C. Leonard was born June
9, 1922 in Minneapolis, MN to Arnie and Selma (Johnson) Ostby. Doris
worked after college in New York and Washington DC.
In 1945 she met and married
Joseph Leonard in New York. After their marriage they returned to
Minneapolis where she continued working and raising a family. Doris moved
to Tracy in 2007 to be close to her daughter and grandchildren. In the
fall of 2011 she moved into Prairie View Healthcare Center where she made many
friends, including residents and staff. The staff gave her the nickname
“Giggles”. Doris enjoyed needlework, spending time with her family, and
her cat “Mitsy”.
Doris is survived by her
daughter Linda (Dennis) Fultz of Tracy; daughter-in-law Mary Leonard of
Brooklyn Park; grandchildren Jay (Sheila) Fultz and Jennifer (Jason) Kainz,
both of Tracy; great grandchildren: Nathan and Elizabeth Fultz, and Addison
Kainz; brother Bernard (Sylvia) Ostby of Texas; and many other relatives and
friends. She is preceded in death by her parents, husband Joseph, and son
Steve Leonard.
William Phelan, 90
William “Bill” E. Phelan age
90 of Currie, MN died Friday, November 2, 2012 at the Prairie View Healthcare
Center in Tracy, MN. Services will
be held 11:00 a.m. Friday, November 9, 2012 at the Immaculate Heart of Mary
Catholic Church in Currie. Visitation will be from 5:00 until 7:00 PM Thursday, November 8, 2012 at
the church in Currie, with a rosary at 5:00 PM and a prayer service at 7:00 PM. Visitation will continue from 9:00 AM
until the time of service at the church on Friday morning. Interment will be in the Calvary
Cemetery in Currie, with a luncheon served in the church social hall
immediately following the burial. The Almlie Funeral Home of Tracy is handling the arrangements.
Online condolences may be
placed at www.almliefh.com
William “Bill” Edward Phelan
was born December 21, 1921 to Francis J. and Brida M. (Kavanaugh) Phelan in
Currie, MN, Murray County. He was
baptized and confirmed in the Catholic faith and attended Immaculate Heart of
Mary Catholic School in Currie. After a lengthy bout with Inflammatory Rheumatism that kept him out of
school while his mother cared for him, he graduated from I.H.M. High School in
June of 1943. The youngest of five
children, he grew up in the concrete block house, built from the Phelan owned
Des Moines Cement & Tile Works, across the street from the church. During his childhood he worked in the
theatre in Currie as an usher and later he worked for two grocery stores in
town, delivering groceries in his wagon.
Bill moved to the Phelan farm
and farmed along with his brother Vincent, and Uncles, William J., Jr. and
James his whole life. In his later
years of farming he worked as a hired man for several neighbors. He retired from farming in 1991, but remained
on the farm until the fall of 2006, when he became a resident of Prairie View
Healthcare Center in Tracy.
He was a member of the
Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church in Currie and his faith was very
important to him. He unselfishly
donated to the missions, following the example set by his mother in doing the
same. Bill enjoyed playing
softball in his younger years, and enjoyed fishing, music, local high school
sports, watching town team baseball, listening to the Minnesota Twins and
watching Vikings Football. He
loved to play the accordion, of which he owned several over the years, and
enjoyed playing for family and friends. Bill also liked to travel, and made many trips with his brother, Vincent
to visit their family in other states, as well as, traveling to places such as
New Orleans, Colorado, and Thunder Bay, Ontario in Canada.
On Friday, November 2, 2012
Bill died at the Prairie View Healthcare Center at the age of 90, surrounded by
friends and family.
Bill is survived by his many
nieces, nephews and their families, who cared about him for many years, and
many friends.
His parents, his three
brothers, Joseph (Florence) Phelan, Gerald (Flossie) Phelan and Vincent
(Alicia) Phelan and one sister, Marie (Loren) Anderson and their spouses preceded
him in death.
Blessed be his memory.
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