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Ruth C. Green
Ruth C. (Heller) Green, age 85, of Lake Washington, Cemetery in Forest City, Iowa. Visitation will be held one hour before services at the church on Tuesday. Memorials may be given to the Audio Visual Fund at Christ the King Lutheran Church. Mankato Mortuary is in charge of the arrangements.
Robert D. Leonard
Robert D. “Bob” Leonard, age 64 of Lake Crystal born July 24, 1940 in Blackduck, MN to Reuben and Camilla (Berg) Leonard. He graduated from Blackduck School in 1958. He served in the U. S. Air Force from Feb. of 1960 to Jan. of 1964. He worked for Standard Lumber Co. in Lake Crystal until he had to retire for health reasons. He was a member of John Roth American Legion Post #294 of Lake Crystal. Bob enjoyed bowling, softball, playing cards, and crossword puzzles.
Bob is survived by a sister, Sally Bell of Brooklyn, NY; two brothers, Dick Leonard of Lake Crystal, David Leonard and his wife, Shirley of Sierra Vista, AZ; nephews and nieces.
He was preceded in died Sunday, March 20, 2005 at his home.
Funeral service 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, March 23, 2005 at Mankato Mortuary Chapel with Rev. James Roe officiating. Cemetery, Mankato. Visitation from 12 – 2 p.m. Wednesday at Mankato Mortuary.
Thomas was married Janet Goettlicher in January of 1961. They were death by his parents.
Martha E. Backhaus
Martha Emma Backhaus, 87, of Mankato, Cemetery. Visitation will be at the church from 9 a.m. until the time of service.
Martha was Cemetery.
Martha was a lifelong and faithful member of Immanuel Lutheran Church, where she was baptized and later confirmed in the faith. She volunteered many hours of service at the church as a Sunday school teacher, a choir member, and was active in the women’s auxiliary and Luther League.
Martha enjoyed her extended family, traveling, taking photographs, baking, playing cards, and visiting relatives and friends. She was a long time member of her “sewing club”.
Martha is survived by three nieces and their husbands, Marilyn and Bernard Scheurer of North Mankato, Barbara and Clinton Gunderson of Kasota, Rose and Tom Goettl of Mankato; a nephew and his wife, Dean and Joan Lavitschke of North Mankato; 18 grand nieces and nephews, many great-grand nieces and nephews; and many dear friends. She was preceded in died Sunday, March 13, 2005, at Immanuel-St. Joseph’s Hospital, Mankato.
Interment in Minneopa born May 1, 1909, to Daniel J. and Johanna W.M. (Arnemann) Hanel in South Bend Township, Blue Earth County. She attended Rush Lake School and graduated from Mankato Commercial College. She was united in marriage to David E. Woods on March 20, 1935, in Mankato. Hilda was employed as a bookkeeper at Krost and Harty and as a cook at A&W; Drive Inn. She was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church and its ladies auxiliary. She enjoyed gardening, needlework, playing piano, and nature.
Hilda is survived by four daughters, Margaret (Lowell) Schreyer and Mary (Marvin) Schweim of rural Mankato, Doris Woods and Darlene Woods of rural Lake Crystal; eleven grandchildren; fifteen great-grandchildren; nieces, nephews, and two cousins.
She was preceded in died Tuesday, May 9, 2006 at Oaklawn Health Care Center, Mankato.
Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 4-6 p.m. Sunday at Mankato Mortuary and will continue one hour before the service at the church on Monday. Memorials may be given to Glenwood born March 9, 1913, in Dexter, Kansas, to the Rev. John R. and Lulu (Allee) Pennington. In 1928, the family moved to Mankato, where his father accepted a call to the First Baptist Church. Chuck was a 1931 Mankato High School graduate and was named to the All-Conference basketball team during his senior year. Basketball remained a passion throughout his life. While attending Mankato State Teachers College, Chuck excelled at football, basketball, and track. He served with the U.S. Army in Europe with the 7th Armored Cavalry from 1943-1946.
On September 25, 1937, Chuck was united in marriage to Evelyn June “Babe” Page. Babe death falls on the 11th anniversary of Babe’s died at her Lake Washington home Monday evening, May 1, 2006, “in the grace and peace of God’s love, surrounded by loving family and friends” as she planned.
Funeral services will be held 3:00 p.m., Friday May 5th, at Marysburg Catholic Church with Father Edwin Savundra officiating. Burial will be on Saturday morning at St. Michael’s born on November 24, 1909 in Stillwater, Minnesota to Florence (Boyle) and Joseph Fazendin. She graduated from Mankato High School in 1927 and from the University of Minnesota, Business School in 1931 (one of only three women in the school). She was a lifelong supporting member of the Alpha Phi Epsilon Sorority. After graduation, Mary took a position with Metropolitan Life as a home office representative. Her responsibilities included traveling to all the Midwest regional offices setting up standard office procedures.
The mid 1930’s and the early 1940’s saw Mary move to the West Coast where she was breaking new ground as a woman in a man’s world. She worked at Lockheed Aircraft and Hughes Aircraft in Los Angeles. Hughes was just getting started and she was the only woman in the engineering department. She continued her career in the aircraft industry by signing up with Boeing after a move to Seattle. In 1938 and 1939 she was grand champion in the Boeing Women’s Golf Tournament.
On September 25, 1936, Mary married her college sweetheart, Jerry Dotson at Lake Washington. Mary moved back to Mankato in 1943 when her husband joined her father in the management of The Little Giant Foundry and Machine Shop. Mary served as an officer of The Dotson Company for 64 years. Mary’s energy was then redirected into raising her family and the neighborhood. For 50 years, Oak Knoll kids enjoyed the park and skating rink. Mary and Jerry regularly welcomed everyone into the Dotson home for hot cocoa and movies. Mary was the original organizer of the Oak Knoll 4th of July Kiddie Parade, a tradition which continues to this day. During the polio epidemic, Mary kept an apartment in Minneapolis so that she could be a full time volunteer at the Sister Kenny Institute.
