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Funeral services for Marvin R. (Pat) Goette of New Richland, MN, will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, March 18, 2016 at the St Peter Evangelical Lutheran Church in New Richland. Pastor Scott Williams will officiate. Visitation will be held Thursday evening from 4-7 p.m. at Friedrich Funeral Home and one hour prior to the service at the church. Interment will be in the St. Peter Lutheran Cemetery.

Marvin died Monday, March 14, 2016 at his home in New Richland. He was 86 years of age.

Marvin was born October 29, 1929 in Kiester, MN, the son of Albert and Laura (Schewe) Goette. He attended country school in Kiester and moved to the Hartland area in 1946. On December 3, 1950 he was united in marriage to Marcella Hansen in Bricelyn, MN. Together they moved to New Richland in 1957 where they farmed.

A celebration of life service for Garry M. Roeker, 72, of rural Sherburn, will be 10 a.m. Friday, March 18, 2016, at Grace Lutheran Church in Fairmont. Burial will be in Welcome City Cemetery in Welcome, Minnesota.

Garry died unexpectedly at his home in rural Sherburn. Visitation and a time of sharing memories with the Roeker family will be held from 5-7 p.m. Thursday, March 17, 2016, at Kramer Family Funeral Home in Welcome and one hour prior to the service at the church on Friday. The Kramer Family Funeral Home is assisting the family where memories may be shared at www.kramerfuneralhome.com.

A memorial service for Helen M. Supalla will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 5, 2016 at All Saints Catholic Church in New Richland, MN. Father Raul Silva will officiate. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the church. Interment will take place at a later date. Bonnerup-Friedrich Funeral Home in New Richland is assisting the family.

Helen passed away on Monday, February 29, 2016 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester. She was 89 years old.

Helen Mae (Schroeder) was born on December 2, 1926 to Alfred and Lena (Ganzkow) Schroeder in Minnesota Lake. She attended and graduated from Minnesota Lake High School. She went on to work for the Veteran’s Administration on Washington D.C. for about a year and a half, until her father passed away and she moved back home.

Ronly Cromwell, age 83, of Incline Village, Lake Tahoe, Nev., passed away Monday, February 29 at his home. Ron grew up in Geneva and graduated from Ellendale School. After graduation he served in the U.S. Marines. When he came home he worked as a carpenter. He then moved to Lake Tahoe.

He is survived by his wife Gaylee; son Kelly of Scottsdale, Ariz.; one daughter, Kim (Roeky) of Lake Tahoe; thee grandchildren: Cassidy, Kendra, and Alec; brothers Donly (JoAnne) of Geneva, Skip of Farmington, and Rick (Merrily) of Prescott, Ariz.; Ron's ex-wife Jackie of Reno; and many stepchildren and nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Olga and Chester, son Kendahl Cromwell of Lake Tahoe, and brother Dale Cromwell of Reno.


Willard Walter Gerdts, age 87, of Waldorf, departed this life Sunday, February 18, 2016 at his home. He had an extended time of heart/kidney disease and chronic back pain. Funeral services will be held Thursday, March 3, 2016 at 11 a.m. at First Lutheran Church in Waldorf, with Pastor Michael Mathews officiating.  Visitation will be from 9:30-11 a.m. on Thursday at First Lutheran Church.  Interment will be in First Lutheran Cemetery in Waldorf. Bruss-Heitner Funeral Home of Wells is in charge of the arrangements. 

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