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Henry J. Mueller
Henry J. Mueller, age 77, a resident of Minneapolis, MN, passed away.
A Mass of Christian Burial was held December 22, 1998,at the Church of the Annunciation in Minneapolis, MN. Interment was at Fort Snelling National Cemetery.
Henry serviced his country during WWII with the 88th Sea Bee Battalion, and was a Branch Sales manager for the Eureka Company.
Henry is survived by wife Nancy; children, Greg Mueller and wife Kathy, Carol DeWitt, Mary Jane Mueller and husband Dave Ray, and Charlie Mueller; sister, Elizabeth C. Mueller; brother, Lawrence Mueller and wife Sally;grandchildren, Sarah and Stephen Mueller; nieces and nephews.
Robbie J. Pollock
Robbie J. Pollock, age 35, a resident of Burtrum, MN, died December 23, 1998, at the Long Prairie Memorial Hospital in Long Prairie, MN.
Funeral services were held December 28 at the Shelley Funeral Chapel in Little Falls. Burial was in the Woodlawn Cemetry in Sparta, WI.
Robert “Robbie” Jay Pollock was born June 3, 1963, in Toma, WI to the late Charles and Cleta (Johnson) Pollock. He grew up in Toma and graduated from Toma High School with the Class of 1981. He attended Tech School in LaCrosse, WI, graduating from there in 1985. He lived in Texas and later moved to Little Falls and presently was living in Burtrum. He worked for the past five years as a maintenance person at Falls Fabricating in Little Falls. He enjoyed music, his guitar, electronics, fishing and hunting.
Survivors include his fiance, Cynthia Maciej of Burtrum; daughter, Jamie LeMieur-Pollock of Little Falls; sister, Toni Erickson and husband David; and niece, Tiffani Erickson of Kilgore, New York for such concerns as Bell Telephone Research Laboratory/ U.S. Export Corporation, U.S. Port of Embarkation, and U.S. Department of Agriculture. Robert enlisted in the United States Marine Corps on April 19, 1944, and was honorably discharged May 2, 1946. He served in Paris Island as instructor of infantry weapons until he was assigned to overseas duty in the Pacific. His unit received Presidential Citations from the late President Roosevelt while overseas. After the war, he worked for Fram Corporation as General Traffic Manager and retired at 65 from Fram (Bendix). Robert was united in marriage to Eleanor Margaret Peirce on May 20, 1939. She passed away in 1973. Robert was united in marriage to Cordelia Kroll on August 25, 1973.in Minneapolis, MN. In 1992, they retired in Royalton.
Survivors include wife Cordelia Fiero of Royalton; son Robert Edmund Fiero and wife Elaine of Falls River, MA; brother Howard Fiero of Jamaica, NY; sister Jessie Schultz of Largo, FL; and three grandchildren, Robert Edmund Fiero, Kelly Ann Fiero, and Thomas Howard Fiero, all of NH.
He was preceded in death by his parents; wife Eleanor and one sister.
Casketbearers were relatives and family.
Richard Pekarek
Richard Frank Pekarek, age 49, a resident of South St. Paul, MN, died December 25, 1998, in South St. Paul.
Funeral services were held December 29 at the Church of St. John Vianney in South St. Paul with Father Martin A. Beckman officiating. Burial was in Fort Snelling National Cemetery.
Richard was born in Little Falls, MN, on May 6, 1949, to Frank and Rose (Skaja) Pekarek. He married Karen Jean Anderson. He was employed at Long Prairie Packing Company and served in the Army from February 3, 1969, to January 9, 1972.
Survivors include his wife, Karen; daughter, Christiana; a brother, Ernest Pekarek; sisters, Margaret Peppersack, Mary Jane Gapinski, Florence Schrodek, Alice Pedersen, Rose Ann Zablocki, Frances Jorgenson and Evelyn Pekarek and three grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his sister, Theresa Ziwicki and brothers, Norman Pekarek and George Pekarek.
Winifred Rocholl
Winifred G. Rocholl, age 93, a resident of Little Falls, MN, died December 28, 1998, at St. Otto’s Care Center, Little Falls.
Private family services will be held at a later date.
Winifred was born May 24, 1905, in Detroit, MI, to Frederick Clark and Catherine Lorraine (LaLonde) Ward. She married Arnold Rocholl on October 11, 1923, in Detroit. She was a homemaker and bank teller in Detroit. She worked at Comerica. She moved to Onamia, MN,in 1970, and to St. Otto’s Care Center in 1993. She enjoyed classical music, bowling and crossword puzzles.
Survivors include her six children and their spouses, Rev. Arndol (Anne) Rocholl, Jr., of Long Prairie, MN, Edith Bunker of Madison, MI, Harold (Joan) Rocholl of Plymouth, MI, Evelyn (Clarence) Nagler of Sterling Heights, MI, Eleanor (Merle) Christie of Royal Oak, MI, and Elsa (Jess) Tenney, Hazel Park, MI; 17 grandchildren; 28 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband in 1987; one sister, Irene Snyder and one brother, Clayton Ward.
Kathleen Gangestad
Kathleen Rose (Perlinger) Gangestad, age 63, a resident of St. Mathias, MN, died December 29, 1998, at the Greater Staples Hospital.
A Mass of Christian Burial was held on December 31 at the St. Mathias Catholic Church with Father Henry Miller officiating. Burial followed in the Georgia College in Cochran, GA upon entering the Air Force. He served his country as a bombardier during World War II, serving in Italy briefly just before the war ended. On June 15, 1946, he married Jennie Wall of rural Richardson Township. They were married at the Ak-Sar-Ben Gardens in Aitkin, MN. From this marriage, four children were born: Joyce, Bruce, Paul and Gordon. Kenneth graduated from the University of Minnesota with a degree in Mechanical Engineer-ing. He joined Sperry Univac (later Unisys) where he played a critical role in many early space programs. His team was instrumental in the program that took the first pictures of Mars, which helped create and implement the program that fueled mid-air tankers and was significantly involved in the windows of re-entry programs for the early space flights. He was a wonderful husband and father and also served the Lord as a Sunday School teacher. He never missed a track meet nor a wrestling match and spent countless hours accompanying his ski racer son, Paul, to races in the midwestern and western states, then froze on the top of the slopes as a race monitor. He was a modest and humble man, never touting his own accomplishments. His family is grateful for his life and also grateful to the Lord who took Kenneth to be with Him now, free from pain and longing to be home.
He will be sorely missed by his wife of 52 years, Jennie Wall Olson of Platte Lake, MN; his daughter, Joyce Schweig and her husband Larry and children Lars and wife Jodi (children Riley and Matthew) of Chicago, IL; also surviving are three sons, Bruce Olson of Elk River, MN (his children, Gunnar and Andrea) and his fiancée Linda and sons Kyle and Garret; Paul Olson of Chanhassen, MN (and his children, Spencer and Jennifer) and his friend, Ila (and her children Anneka and Taylon); and Gordon and his wife Debbie of St. Louis, MO.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
