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Mary Balster and John Krell History

Balster Family History from Germany, City of Steinfeld.

Johann Heinrich Balster was born October 17, 1793. He married Maria Krusmann, date

unknown. She was his first wife. Their child, Franz Heinrich was born July 3, 1826. He died

July 4, 1826. Maria died, date unknown. Johann Heinrich Balster married Catherine Themann

May 9, 1827. She was from Lohne, Germany. Johann died December 18, 1864.

Johann and Catherine’s children:

1. Marie Elizabeth Balster, born February 17, 1828. She died March 10, 1831.

2. Anna Maria Balster, born October 27, 1829. She died June 13, 1853.

3. Herman Heinrich Balster, born January 5, 1832. (see below)

4. Franz Joseph Balster, born July 10, 1835.

5. Maria Elizabeth Balster, born December 14, 1836. She married Franz Anton Lasche. She

died August 24, 1868.

6. Maria Bernardine Balster, born July 4, 1839. She died April 30, 1862.

7. Maria Josephina Balster, born January 26, 1842.

8. Maria Catharina Balster, born October 2, 1844.

Herman Heinrich Balster, born January 5, 1832. He married Maria Elizabeth Von der Emsen on

September 25, 1861. They had six children. Maria Elizabeth Balster died, “date unknown”.

Herman married Mary Magdalena Grubenblocher, June 18, 1879. Herman immigrated to the

United States with his children and second wife in 1894. Herman and Mary lived in Alton, Iowa

until moving to Wilmont, Minnesota to live with his son, Frank (Franz) and Elizabeth Balster.

Mary died and was originally buried in the St. Killian Cemetery and later moved to Calvary

Cemetery, Wilmont, Minnesota, to be buried next to Herman. Herman died June 20, 1917 and is

buried in the Calvary Cemetery in Wilmont, Minnesota.

Herman and Maria’s children:

1. Johann Heinrich Balster, born July 27, 1862. He died September 29, 1880.

2. Carl Joseph Balster, born April 16, 1863.

3. Franz Anton Balster, born January 24, 1864.

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4. Clemens August Balster, born June 4, 1872.

5. Maria Anna Balster, born July 1, 1875. (see below)

6. Henry Balster, born July 8, 1880.

Krell Family History from Arsdorf Coatic Riedigen, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Europe

Jacob Krell married Mary Neu. They had six children, five boys and one girl. John Krell was

one of their children (see below).

John Krell was born August 15, 1872, in Arsdorf Coatic Ridigen Grand Duchy of Luxembourg,

Europe. He left Luxembourg in 1892 to come to the U.S.

Maria (Mary) Anna Balster (from Balster history above) was born July 1, 1875 in Steinfeld

Oldenburg, Germany. She immigrated to the United States in 1894 with her parents and siblings.

They lived in Alton, Iowa.

John and Mary were married February 20, 1900, in Alton, Iowa. They lived in Plymouth

County, Iowa until 1909, when they bought a farm 1-½ miles west of Wilmont, Minnesota where

they lived until their death. John died January 21, 1950 in Adrian, Minnesota one month before

they were to celebrate their Golden Wedding Anniversary. Mary died December 15, 1953 in

Wilmont, Minnesota. They are both buried in the Calvary Cemetery in Wilmont, Minnesota.

A. Caroline (Carrie) Magdaline Krell was born April 22, 1901 in Granville, Iowa. She

married George Michael Probst February 8, 1921, in Wilmont, Minnesota. George was

born July 24, 1897 in Arcadia, Iowa, to Henry and Barbara Gaul Probst. George was a

mechanic, worked as a part time police officer, and a switchman for the Fulda Interstate

Power Company. George and his brother Joe owned the Probst Bros. Implement until he

retired. Caroline was a homemaker and sewed many articles for the Pope’s storehouse

and also made many quilts. She did a lot of work in the VFW Hall. George died March

28, 1993 in the Ellsworth Minnesota Nursing Home. Carrie died June 10, 1996 in

Worthington, Minnesota. They are both buried at Calvary Cemetery in Wilmont,

Minnesota. See Appendix F for an essay written about Carrie by her daughter Marie.

a. Marie Elizabeth Probst born June 23, 1921, in Woodstock, Minnesota. At age 2,

she moved with her parents to Wilmont, Minnesota. Marie married Vincent



Fehring, June 23, 1941 in Wilmont, Minnesota. They divorced in May 1946. She

married Edward John Schissel, August 20, 1946 in Rock Rapids, Iowa. Their

marriage was blessed in April 1963. Edward was born August 4, 1912, in

Lismore, Minnesota to William and Barbara Duclos Schissel. They operated a

café in Lismore, January 1, 1951 to October of 1962. After that, they worked in

Campbell Soup Company in Worthington, Minnesota until he died and she

retired. See Appendix G for a remembrance by Marie about her childhood.

i. LaVonne Carol Fehring Schissel was born August 30, 1942 in Luverne,

Minnesota. She married Dale Broberg on November 28, 1964 in Lismore,

Minnesota. He was born February 1, 1939 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

They divorced in 1971. LaVonne worked for Holiday Store in Fridley as

the head cashier for 20 years and now works for the University of

Minnesota Physicians. She lives in Fridley, Minnesota.

1. Mary Speltz was born April 14, 1960 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

She was adopted by Mr. & Mrs. Everett Speltz of La Crescent,

Minnesota. She now lives in Fountain City, Wisconsin where she

built a new home.

2. Jacqueline Marie Broberg was born May 10, 1965 in Minneapolis,

Minnesota. She married Rodney Duane Oien on September 28,

2001 in Andover, Minnesota. He was born January 23, 1961 in

Minneapolis, Minnesota. They live in Coon Rapids, Minnesota.

Jackie had worked at Pillsbury but now works for General Mills as

a process analyst. Rod is a construction worker.

a. Cory Josh Hervas was born April 21, 1995 in Minneapolis,

Minnesota. His father is Cory Hervas.

b. Hunter Christopher Oien was born March 20, 2002 at

Mercy Hospital in Coon Rapids, Minnesota.

3. Marna Lynn Broberg was born July 24, 1966 in Fridley,

Minnesota. She works at the University of Minnesota Physicians

and lives in Coon Rapids, Minnesota.



a. Cassandra Lynn Broberg was born September 16, 1993 in

Minneapolis, Minnesota.

ii. Marilyn Kaye Fehring Schissel (twin) was born May 11, 1945 in

Worthington, Minnesota. After high school she joined a convent of the

Bernadine Order of Sisters in Michigan. After 2 years she left the order

because she had a heart murmur and the sisters did not think her health

could take the restrictive living of the order. She married Gary Lievers on

November 16, 1968 in Lismore, Minnesota. He was born August 30, 1943

in St. Paul, Minnesota. Marilyn owns ACT Electronics in Eden Prairie,

Minnesota. Gary works for ACT Electronics. They live in Plymouth,

Minnesota. They also have a beautiful lake home on Lake Ada near

Backus, Minnesota.

1. Brett Gary Anthony Lievers was born June 18, 1971 in Syracuse,

New York. He married Amy Collins on August 2, 1997 in Walker,

Minnesota. She was born May 14, 1974. Brett is a professional

hockey player. He holds hockey records at Wayzata High School.

Brett went to college at St. Cloud State were he continued to play

hockey. After college he played in Utah and in Finland. Brett

works at ACT Electronics.

iii. Marvin George Fehring Schissel was born May 11, 1945 in Worthington,

Minnesota. He is a twin. He married Janice Fritz Ackland October 13,

1979 in Robbinsdale, Minnesota. Marvin was in the Navy on the USS

Forestal in Vietnam when planes exploded and bombs blew out the side of

the ship where his quarters were. He was in the fire department so he had

to help put out the fire and help take out the sailors who were killed. All

his belongings were lost. He spent the last months of his tenure in the

Navy in Iceland. He played basketball on a team and won many trophies.

He also coached a team of Icelander natives. They were so grateful they

made a fur rug in the shape of Iceland and many people signed their names

on the back of it. After the service he went to work for Cinch in

Minneapolis. He transferred with the company to Vineta, Oklahoma. He



works as a Product Process Manager. In 2002, he was transferred to a new

plant in Reynosa, Mexico for a year. He has been with Cinch for 33

years. They live in Grove, Oklahoma but for a year they will live in

Texas, close to the border of Mexico.

1. Anna Schissel was born July 28, 1980 in Robbinsdale, Minnesota.

She graduated from college and joined the US Air Force. She

entered as a Second Lieutenant where she will also study to get a

degree as a doctor in Osteopathic Medicine. She has a BS degree

in Microbiology.

iv. Eugene Edward Schissel was born April 4, 1947 in Adrian, Minnesota.

He married Brenda Stinson on June 1, 1974 in Lismore, Minnesota. They

divorced in 1986. Gene married Cheryl Hamilton on July 21, 1990 in

Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. She was born September 23, 1949 in Duluth,

Minnesota. Gene was in the army during the Vietnam War. He currently

works as a butcher at Cub Market in Maple Grove, Minnesota. To date,

Gene has worked for Cub in the meat department for 25 years. Cheryl

works at Wells Fargo in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They live in Maple

Grove.

1. Amber Elizabeth Schissel was born October 11, 1976 in

Robbinsdale, Minnesota. She has a BA in Animal Behavioral

Sciences.

2. Shane Edward Schissel was born February 5, 1981 in Robbinsdale,

Minnesota. He has a degree in law enforcement.

3. Tanya Marie Hamilton was born April 22, 1972 in Duluth,

Minnesota. Tanya has a BA in communication.

4. Chris John Hamilton was born December 17, 1974 in Duluth,

Minnesota. Chris has a BA in Journalism. He is a reporter for the

Duluth News Tribune in Duluth, Minnesota where he lives.

v. Janice Faye Schissel was born November 29, 1948 in Adrian, Minnesota.

She married Gordon Spoelstra on July 7, 1973 in Lismore, Minnesota. He

was born November 22, 1947 in Adrian, Minnesota. Gordon has a



mechanic business on his acreage south of Rushmore, Minnesota. Janice

does secretarial work for the business and works as a supervisor at Wal-

Mart. Gordon was in the Marines.

1. Christopher Ryan Spoelstra was born October 19, 1975 in Adrian,

Minnesota. He married Katie Brehm October 11, 2003 in Wales,

Wisconsin. Christopher works for the DNR in West Des Moines,

Iowa as a water quality supervisor. She works for the DNR in

West Des Moines, Iowa. They live in West Des Moines, Iowa.

2. Leslie Danielle Spoelstra was born June 13, 1978 in Adrian,

Minnesota. During her college years, Leslie has traveled to

Guatemala and Costa Rica for her degree in Anthropology and

Spanish where she graduated summa cum laude. She had done an

exhibit for the Minnesota Science Museum. She is in the Peace

Corps in Guinea, West Africa for the next two years for minor

international relations.

3. Lucas Mathew Spoelstra was born November 1, 1980 in Adrian,

Minnesota. He is studying at the University of Minnesota and

intends to get a law degree in criminal justice.

4. Peter Benjamin Spoelstra was born January 5, 1984 in Adrian,

Minnesota. He joined the Air Force and is a fighter mechanic.

vi. Shirley Ann Schissel was born November 25, 1949 in Adrian, Minnesota.

She married David Owen Duerr August 1, 1970 in Lismore, Minnesota.

He was born May 12, 1941 in St. Michael, Minnesota. David is retired.

Shirley is a homemaker and baby-sits her sister's (Nadine) children. They

live on acreage in St. Michael, Minnesota.

1. Dawn & Desiree Duerr were stillborn on January 1, 1974 in

Adrian, Minnesota. They are buried in St. Anthony’s Cemetery in

Lismore, Minnesota in their Grandpa Billy’s grave.

2. Angelique Lynnette Duerr was born on April 21, 1975 in Edina,

Minnesota. She married Jedediah John Rayller on July 17, 1998 in

St. Michael, Minnesota. He was born February 15, 1976 in El



Paso, Texas. Angelique is the Senior Pharmaceutical

Microbiologist for Lifecore Biomedical in Chaska, Minnesota. Jed

works for CH Robinson in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. They live in a

home they built in Otsego, Minnesota in 2001.

a. Jacob Hendrix Rayller was born March 27, 2004 in

Monticello, Minnesota.

3. Kristina Teresa Duerr was born July 19, 1977 in Edina, Minnesota.

She graduated from Loyola law school in Chicago, Illinois in May

of 2003. She spent one semester studying in Italy.

4. Jessyca Marie Duerr was born September 30, 1982 in Edina,

Minnesota. She is going to college at the University of Minnesota

for a small business degree. Jessyca loves to write and has been

honored for some of her essays, one has been published. She is

working on writing a novel. Jessyca will spend a semester abroad

in Ireland in 2004.

vii. Roxanne Barbara Schissel was born November 5, 1951 in Adrian,

Minnesota. She married Otto (Butch) Peklo on June 23, 1973 in Lismore,

Minnesota. He was born August 1, 1946 in Berwyn, Illinois. Butch is a

carpenter. Roxie is an RN at St. Joseph’s hospital emergency room in

Brainerd, Minnesota. They live on a farm in Backus, Minnesota and have

access to a private lake with excellent fishing. In March 2003 Roxanne,

with a group of doctors and nurses, went to Guatemala for 10 days on a

mercy mission. They performed 80 surgeries and saw 1400 patients.

Butch & his partner built Marilyn’s (Roxie’s sister) lake home.

1. Sarah Jean Peklo was born December 24, 1980 in Park Rapids,

Minnesota. She graduated Hamline University where she was a

track athlete. She has a degree in neuroscience. Sarah works as a

nursing assistant.

viii. Nadine Edith Schissel was born September 14, 1956 in Worthington,

Minnesota. She married Brad Bayless on August 14, 1976 in Lismore,

Minnesota. They divorced around 1982. She married James Miley on



December 3, 1999 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was born May 24, 1955

in St. Paul, Minnesota. Nadine is a partner in R Client. James is in

mortgage banking. They live in Plymouth, Minnesota.

1. Alexandra Marie Schissel was born February 21, 1993 in Edina,

Minnesota.

2. Andrew Edward Miley was born June 19, 2000 in Edina,

Minnesota.

3. James Miley Jr. was born March 27, 1980 in St. Paul, Minnesota.

4. Michelle Miley was born February 9, 1982 in St. Paul, Minnesota.

She died July 23, 1996 in Mendota Heights, Minnesota.

ix. Julie Marie Schissel was born September 22, 1959 in Worthington,

Minnesota. She married Ivan Bradley Loosbrock on May 23, 1987 in Big

Lake, Minnesota. He was born March 29, 1957 in Adrian, Minnesota.

Brad is a partner in Contour Machining (with his brother-in-law David

Duerr). They divorced in 2000. Julie lives in Maple Grove, Minnesota.

Brad lives in Champlin, Minnesota.

1. Bryn Marie Loosbrock was born November 12, 1989 in

Robbinsdale, Minnesota.

2. Ian Bradley Loosbrock was born September 15, 1992 in

Robbinsdale, Minnesota.

x. Annette Caroline Schissel was born December 5, 1961 in Worthington,

Minnesota. She married Scott Bauer on August 24, 1984 in Big Lake,

Minnesota. He was born May 25, 1961 in Adrian, Minnesota. Scott is a

teacher and coach at the St. Michael-Albertville School in St. Michael,

Minnesota. Annette works as the Community Relations Director for the

Salvation Army in Roseville, Minnesota. They live in Buffalo, Minnesota.

1. Danielle Claire Bauer (twin) was born February 17, 1985 in

Hutchinson, Minnesota.

2. Anthony Lewis Bauer (twin) was born February 17, 1985 in

Hutchinson, Minnesota.



3. Derek Scott Bauer was born October 22, 1986 in Hutchinson,

Minnesota.

xi. Teresa Mary Schissel was born January 26, 1965 in Worthington,

Minnesota. She married Paul Merkl on July 11, 1987 in Minneapolis,

Minnesota. He was born July 7, 1964 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Paul is

a mail carrier in the Minneapolis Postal System. Teresa is an office

manager at Spider Co. in Rogers, Minnesota. Paul & Teresa are both

chefs. They live on acreage in St. Michael, Minnesota.

1. Megan Elaine Merkl was born November 13, 1990 in Edina,

Minnesota.

2. Erin Alexandra Merkl was born September 14, 1992 in Edina,

Minnesota.

3. William (Billy) Edward Merkl was born February 26, 1988 in

Monticello, Minnesota.

4. John Paul Merkl was born January 16, 2001 in Monticello,

Minnesota.

b. Alvin John Probst, born August 11, 1923, in Wilmont, Minnesota. He was in the

Navy. He worked as a farm hand. The last ten years before he retired he worked

for Toro in Windom, Minnesota. Alvin died in the Veteran’s Home in Luverne,

Minnesota on December 19, 2001 and is buried at Calvary Cemetery in Wilmont,

Minnesota.

c. Arnold Henry Probst, born July 9, 1925, in Wilmont, Minnesota. He was in the

Army in the European Theatre. Arnie was a mechanic in the Probst Implement

Shop in Wilmont, Minnesota until he retired. He lives in Wilmont, Minnesota.

d. Evelyn Josephine Probst, born July 27, 1927, in Wilmont, Minnesota. She

married James Robert (Bob) Galagan, August 30, 1949, in Wilmont, Minnesota.

Bob was born April 22, 1925, in Lismore, Minnesota. Evelyn was a waitress and

is now a homemaker. Bob was in the Army. He was a truck driver until he

retired. They live in Worthington, Minnesota.



i. John Galagan, born May 10, 1952, in Worthington, Minnesota. He died

February 3, 1953, in Worthington, Minnesota, from a rare type of

Pneumonia. He is buried in Worthington Minnesota Cemetery.

ii. Robyn LeeAnn Galagan, born January 7, 1954, in Worthington,

Minnesota. She married David Funk, September 25, 1977, in

Worthington, Minnesota. David was born February 6, 1953, in

Worthington, Minnesota. Robyn is a Medical Technician in Worthington

Memorial Clinic in Worthington, Minnesota. David was a cross-country

truck driver until he had a serious accident. He now works in an office.

They live in Worthington, Minnesota.

1. Erin Angela Funk, born November 5, 1980, in Worthington,

Minnesota. She is attending college in Montevideo, Minnesota.

2. Adam Edwin Funk, born February 17, 1984, in Worthington,

Minnesota.

iii. Michael Casey Galagan, born March 12, 1957, in Worthington,

Minnesota. He married Grace Ballard, March 12, 1983, in Evansville, IN.

Grace was born September 18, 1957, in Evansville, IN. Michael

graduated from Gaudette College in Washington, D.C. He worked for the

Government then moved to Indianapolis, IN and works in an office.

Kimberly is a teacher in a school for deaf children. Michael and Kimberly

are both deaf with partial hearing but their children can hear perfectly.

1. Patrick Michael Galagan, born October 17, 1986, in Patuxent, MD.

2. Aimee Grace Galagan, born February 9, 1989, in Indianapolis, IN.

iv. Caroline Jo Galagan, born May 2, 1963, in Worthington, Minnesota. She

married Harris Solma, October 6, 1984, in Worthington, Minnesota.

Harris was born May 23, 1963, in Adrian, Minnesota. Carrie Jo is a

dietician in the Sleepy Eye Hospital. They live in Sleepy Eye, Minnesota.

1. Julia Ann Solma, born December 27, 1988.

2. Taylor Dean Solma, born February 3, 1992.

e. Kathlyn Matilda Probst, born July 24, 1929, in Wilmont, Minnesota. She married

Robert Kuemper. They were divorced. They had a baby that died and is buried in



Sioux Falls, South Dakota. She married Randy Lewis, October 10, 1956, in

Rapid City, South Dakota. Randy was born November 20, 1924, in St. Louis,

Missouri. Randy was a chef. He died January 2, 1975, in Des Moines, Iowa.

Kathlyn married Chet Jordan Husman, February 13, 1975, in Worthington,

Minnesota. Chet was born May 22, 1928, in Chester, South Dakota. Kathlyn was

a waitress in a hotel and also worked in Old Home Bakery in Sioux Falls, South

Dakota. Kathlyn died from cancer February 16, 1988, in Sioux Falls, South

Dakota. Chet died March 7, 1992, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

i. Pamela Ann Lewis, born August 31, 1950, in Worthington, Minnesota.

She married Thomas Irvin August 31, 1974 in Pine City, Minnesota. They

divorced April 4, 1976. Pam is engaged to Richard Gene Stricker. Dick

was born August 8, 1947. Pam works for the State of Minnesota. Dick

works in a prosthesis company for Gillette Children’s Hospital. They live

in Coon Rapids, Minnesota. Dick has two sons, Richard and Brandon.

ii. Randall Lynn Lewis, born September 20, 1960, in Livingston, MT. He

married Linda Wildeboer, December 5, 1974, in Sioux Falls, South

Dakota. They divorced in 1980. Randall married Debbie Ann Berven,

July 12, 1980, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Debbie was born August 9,

1961. They are divorced. Randall married Shelly McDaniel, September

24, 1988. Shelly was born April 6, 1965.

1. Patton Lee Lewis, born December 17, 1975, in Sioux Falls, South

Dakota.

2. Sarah Lynn Lewis, born May 19, 1981, in Sioux Falls, South

Dakota. She lives in Salt Lake City, UT.

3. Stepson, Zachary Dan Lewis, born March 2, 1986, in Pocatello,

ID.

4. Randall Jack Lewis, born February 23, 1990, in Pocatello, ID.

iii. Mitchell Claude Lewis, born January 8, 1960, in Upland, California. He

married Renee Ruth Libbey, June 15, 1985, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Renee was born October 16, 1966, in Black River Falls, WI.



1. Jordan Mitchell Lewis, born February 20, 1986, in Sioux Falls,

South Dakota.

iv. Chris Goering, born December 5, 1972, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. He

was given up for adoption.

f. Lawrence Edward Probst, born September 22, 1931, in Wilmont, Minnesota.

Lawrence worked in the Wilmont Liquor Store and for the Nobles County

Highway Department. He played baseball on Wilmont’s team, and in later years,

coached the young boys on Wilmont’s baseball team. He is very involved with

the VFW, holding positions in the local and state offices. He lived in Wilmont,

Minnesota. Lawrence died August 2, 2004 at Luverne’s Veteren Nursing Home.

He was buried August 6, 2004 in the Cavalry Cemetery in Wilmont, Minnesota.

See Appendix A for an expert from the Worthington Globe about Lawrence.

g. Shirley Carol Probst, born July 8, 1934, in Wilmont, Minnesota. She married

Wendell Becker, April 16, 1965, in Worthington, Minnesota. He was born March

17, 1923, in Letcher, South Dakota. Wendell was a carpenter. He died June 16,

1999, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. He is buried in Worthington, Minnesota.

Shirley worked as a waitress and lives in Worthington, Minnesota.

i. Cynthia Lee Becker, born May 20, 1966, in Worthington, Minnesota.

Cindy is manager of the Veterinary Hospital and Clinic in Sibley, Iowa.

She is also a Technician. She lives in Worthington, Minnesota.

ii. Kevin Charles Becker, born July 20, 1967, in Worthington, Minnesota.

He married Patto Jo Weiskus, June 5, 1993, in Fulda, Minnesota. Patti

was born May 21, 1970, in Worthington, Minnesota. Kevin is a CPA.

They live in Savage, Minnesota.

iii. Ted Francis Becker, born December 8, 1968, in Worthington, Minnesota.

He married Laurie Meyer, May 26, 2001, in Sibley, Iowa. They are

divorced. Ted is a carpenter. He lives in Worthington, Minnesota.

h. Stanley Francis Probst, born November 22, 1936, in Wilmont, Minnesota. He

married Florence Laura Vaske, June 10, 1958, in Wilmont, Minnesota. Florence

was born January 15, 1936, in Wilmont, Minnesota. Stan was in the Navy based

in San Diego, California. After the service, he was a teacher in Fairmont,



Minnesota and in a Junior High School in Rochester, Minnesota. Florence is a

registered Nurse, having worked in Worthington, Minnesota Hospital, St. Mary’s

Hospital, and Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. They are retired and live in

Rochester, Minnesota.

i. Laura Kay Probst, born May 9, 1959, in Worthington, Minnesota. Laura

has a BA in Music from Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, an MA in

Library Science from the University of Illinois-Champagne and an MA in

Music from the University of Minnesota-Minneapolis. She is an

accomplished organist. Laurie lives in State College, PA and is Head of

Public Services in Penn State.

ii. George Anthony (Tony) Probst, born February 18, 1961, in Mankato,

Minnesota. He married Joyce Ilene Buntrock, December 30, 1983, in

Mitchell, South Dakota. Joyce was born August 6, 1961, in Mitchell,

South Dakota. Tony has a B.S. in Business from the University of South

Dakota-Vermilion. He is a CPA, bus driver and a househusband. Joyce

has a BA in Computer Science from the University of South Dakota. She

is a programmer in Kimberly Clark in Knoxville, TN. They live in

Knoxville, TN.

1. Troy Anthony Probst, born October 21, 1988, in Appleton, WI.

2. Kelley Ann Probst, born September 3, 1992, in Appleton, WI.

iii. Timothy John Probst, born November 5, 1863, in Fairmont, Minnesota.

He married Martha Marie Scheffler, August 23, 1986, in Shakopee,

Minnesota. Martha was born April 29, 1963, in Shakopee, Minnesota.

Tim has a B.S. in Chemistry from St. John’s University-Collegeville,

Minnesota and a MD from the University of Minnesota. He interned in

Akron, OH. He is a doctor, based in Mercy Hospital in Fridley,

Minnesota. Martha has a B.S. in Med Tech from St. Benedict’s in St.

Joseph, Minnesota and is a registered nurse. At the present time, she is a

homemaker. They live in Andover, Minnesota.

1. Daniel Timothy Probst, born February 10, 1990, in Minneapolis,

Minnesota



2. Jeffrey Michael Probst, born December 5, 1992, in Akron, OH.

3. Jacob Vincent Probst, born April 24, 1997, in Anoka, Minnesota.

4. Andrew Lawrence Probst, born May 4, 2000, in Coon Rapids,

Minnesota.

iv. Mary Frances Probst, born June 7, 1965, in Fairmont, Minnesota. She

married Michael Lawrence Olsen, November 11, 1995, in Eden Prairie,

Minnesota. Mike was born September 14, 1963 in Minneapolis,

Minnesota. Mary has a B.S. in Nursing from St. Benedicts in St. Joseph,

Minnesota. Mike has a B.S. in Micro Biology from St. John’s in

Collegeville, Minnesota and an E.E. from the University of Minnesota.

Mary works as a Home Care Nurse through Methodist Hospital in St.

Louis Park, Minnesota. They live in Savage, Minnesota.

1. Zachary Michael Olsen, born April 19, 1999, in St. Louis Park,

Minnesota.

2. Katherine Marie Olsen, born October 29, 2000, in St. Louis Park,

Minnesota.

i. Colleen (Mickey) Mae Edith Probst, born January 8, 1939, in Wilmont,

Minnesota. She married Francis Louis Koehne, February 15, 1958, in Wilmont,

Minnesota. Francis was born August 23, 1935, in Lismore, Minnesota. Colleen

is a homemaker and in times baby-sits her grandchildren. Francis (Red) worked

as a plumber and as a maintenance man in a hog processing plant in Worthington,

Minnesota, until he retired. They live in Worthington, Minnesota.

i. Scott Francis Koehne, born August 13, 1958, in Albert Lea, Minnesota.

He married Joy Sauer, October 1, 1983, in Fulda, Minnesota. They are

divorced. Scott works in a hog processing plant in Worthington,

Minnesota. He lives in Worthington, Minnesota.

1. Samantha Mary Koehne, born April 9, 1986, in Worthington,

Minnesota.

a. Alexander Mathew Koehne was born March 2, 2005 in

Worthington, Minnesota.



ii. Debra Ann Koehne, born October 8, 1959, in Waseca, Minnesota. She

married Richard (Rick) Carlson on July 22, 1978, in Worthington,

Minnesota. Rick was born February 27, 1958, in Tracy, Minnesota.

Debra is a homemaker and adept in craft making and painting. Rick is a

CPA. They live in Rushford, Minnesota.

1. Michael Francis Carlson, born February 2, 1983, in Worthington,

Minnesota. At present, he is attending the University of

Minnesota.

2. Adam Wesley Carlson, born May 19, 1990, in Fridley, Minnesota.

3. Kallie Colleen Carlson, born January 8, 1996, in Fridley,

Minnesota.

iii. Stacey Marie Koehne, born September 8, 1961, in Adrian, Minnesota.

She married Robert Riebschlager, June 7, 1980, in Worthington,

Minnesota. Robert was born October 19, 1956, in Jackson, Minnesota.

They are divorced. Stacey married Ryan Rutzen, July 14, 1994 in

Worthington, Minnesota. Ryan was born March 12, 1959 in Worthington,

Minnesota. Stacey is a waitress and Ryan works for the Highway

Department. They live on acreage in Worthington, Minnesota.

1. Dawn Marie Riebschlager, born August 31, 1980, in Worthington,

Minnesota. She married Jeffrey Scott Wendling on May 18, 2002,

in Worthington, Minnesota. Dawn is a teacher. They work and

live in Marshall, Minnesota.

a. Kaden Scott Wendling was born June 24, 2004 in Marshall,

Minnesota.

2. Levi Rutzen, born January 29, 1981 in Worthington, Minnesota.

(Ryan’s son and Stacy’s stepson)

3. Amanda Rutzen, born August 19, 1985, in Worthington,

Minnesota.

iv. Michelle Elizabeth Koehne, born August 14, 1963, in Adrian, Minnesota.

She married Mark Johnson on July 7, 1984, in Worthington, Minnesota.



Mark was born August 20, 1962, in Worthington, Minnesota. Shelley is a

homemaker and Mark has his own automobile parts business in Sibley,

Iowa. They live in Sibley, Iowa.

1. Courtney Lynn Johnson, born March 25, 1990, in Worthington,

Minnesota.

2. Brittany Johnson, born July 24, 1994, in Worthington, Minnesota.

v. Thomas Anthony Koehne, born February 1, 1965, in Adrian, Minnesota.

He married Denise Leuning, June 21, 1984, in Del Rapids, South Dakota.

They are divorced. Thomas married Lisa Frier, July 25, 1998, in Red

Wing, Minnesota. Lisa was born January 7, 1963, in Austin, Minnesota.

Tom is a truck driver and Lisa is a waitress. They live in Red Wing,

Minnesota.

1. Ashley Lynn Koehne, born October 20, 1984, in Pipestone,

Minnesota.

2. Neiko Koehne, born April 23, 1992, in Red Wing, Minnesota.

3. Jackson Frier, born February 22, 1997, in Red Wing, Minnesota

vi. Mark Allen Koehne, born January 8, 1966, in Worthington, Minnesota.

He married Lisa Eichens July 20, 1991, in Pipestone, Minnesota. Lisa was

born March 10, 1965. Mark works for Bayliner Boat Company. They live

in Pipestone, Minnesota.

1. Jessica Eichens, born February 12, 1982. She married Tony

Poltratz May of 2003 in Pipestone, Minnesota.

a. Colton Poltratz was born June 22, 2004.

2. Rachel Koehne, born November 23, 1992, in Pipestone,

Minnesota.



B. Edward (Ed) August Krell born December 2, 1902 in Granville, Iowa. He came to

Wilmont, Minnesota with his parents and sister, Carrie, in 1909. He attended school in

St. Kilian, the Slater school and in Wilmont, Minnesota. He farmed with his father and

he bought the farm in 1954. Due to ill health, he sold the farm in 1988 and bought a

home in Wilmont, Minnesota. His sister, Armella, moved into town with him. Ed never

married. He died July 30, 1989 in Adrian, Minnesota and is buried at Calvary Cemetery

in Wilmont, Minnesota.

C. Josephine (Jo) Krell was born December 15, 1904 in Remsen, Iowa. She married Frank

Pacholl on February 5, 1929 in Wilmont, Minnesota. They had an all day reception at the

home of her parents’, which was located west of town. They were unable to get to

Worthington to have any pictures taken due to a snowstorm. Frank Bernard Pacholl was

born on October 13, 1903 in Wilmont, the son of Andrew and Katherina (Reiter) Pacholl.

He attended school in St. Kilian and graduated from the eighth grade. He then worked

for various farmers in the area and also for a short period of time for the railroad in

Minneapolis. After they were married, they moved to the Flint, Michigan where Frank

worked in the Chevrolet plant for two years. In 1931 they returned to the St. Killian area

and rented the Furstenberg farm. In 1933, they moved to the C.W. Becker farm located a

half-mile sought of Springman’s corner, where they lived until 1937. From 1937 until

1940, they lived on the Pacholl farm located between St. Killian and Wilmont. After

Frank’s father, Andrew, died in 1941, the farm was sold. Frank and Josephine then

moved to the Bill Michael’s farm two miles north of Wilmont. In 1947, they moved to

the Nick Bertrand farm five miles northwest of Wilmont, where they lived until 1961

when they rented a farm two miles east of Rushmore. When they retired in 1966, they

purchased a home and moved into Wilmont. Frank and Josephine were both active

members of Our Lady of Good Counsel Church. Frank died January 8, 1972, in

Wilmont, Minnesota. Josephine died February 24, 1973, in Wilmont, Minnesota. They

are buried at Calvary Cemetery in Wilmont, Minnesota.

a. Robert Bernard was born on January 5, 1930 in Flint, MI. He died on March 3,

1934 at the age of four while his mother was giving him his morning bath.



b. Francis John (Jr.) was born on September 17, 1931 in Slayton, Minnesota. He

married Joan Dorstad in 1955 in Wilmont. They divorced. Frank married Linda

Diane Short June 11, 1983. They currently reside in Groveland, California.

i. Lynn Marie Pacholl Frasher born February 26, 1957 in Minneapolis,

Minnesota. She married William Lowell Frasher May 27, 1978. Lynn is

widowed.

1. Sherilyn Marie Frasher born March 8, 1979.

ii. Lee Francis Pacholl born April 24, 1959, in San Jose, California. Lee

married Laurie Ann Bartels May 16, 1981. They divorced. Lee married

Gina Carmel Gidio July 4, 1986.

1. Stephen Lawrence born January 23, 1982 in Biloxi, MS.

2. Richard Lee born July 5, 1983 in Travis AFB, California.

3. Frank Thomas Pacholl born May 15, 1987.

4. Crystal Carmel Gidio born February 24, 1977 in MI.

iii. Jon Anthony Pacholl born June 24, 1964 in San Jose, California. He

married Christine Nauke September 18, 1982.

1. Emily Suzanne Pacholl born January 6, 1989 in Landstuhl,

Germany.

2. Hannah born August 18, 1992

iv. Robert Stephen Pacholl born December 27, 1965 in San Jose, California.

c. Glenwood John Pacholl, born May 3, 1936, in Wilmont, Minnesota. In

November 1960 he married Laura Gallagher in Anaheim, California. Glen

attended Our Lady of Good Counsel grade/high school and graduated in 1954.

Following graduation, he enlisted in the Navy; and after four year was discharged

in 1958 in California. At the end of his freshman year in Worthington Jr. College,

he accepted a position in California and attended night classes in California State

Fullerton University graduating in 1965, with a degree in Business

Administration. Glen studied for and passed the CPA exam in 1966 and has been

working as a self-employed CPA since then in the city of Orange, California. To

those who still remember, Glen still has his white 1958 Chevrolet Impala Sports



Coupe, which he purchased in Minnesota. He now drives it SANELY once a

week to work. Glen and Laura reside in Aliso Viejo, California.

i. Baby girl (born and died in 1961)

ii. Wendy Ann Pacholl born September 25, 1962 in Garden Grove,

California. She married William Witt May 1, 1993. They reside in

Orange, California.

1. Connor William Witt born July 11, 1995.

iii. Wayne Thomas Pacholl born October 12, 1963 in Garden Grove,

California. Wayne married Nicole Adamson May 30, 1998. They reside

in Orange, California.

1. Matthew Thomas Pacholl born November 4, 2000.

2. Ethan Daniel Pacholl born December 18, 2003.

iv. Keith Andrew Pacholl born December 25, 1966 in Orange, California.

Keith married Kris Friedrich April 29, 1995. They reside in Yorba Linda,

California.

1. Jason Nathaniel Pacholl born August 12, 1998.

2. Garret Andrew Pacholl born September 1, 2001.

d. Marjorie Ann Pacholl born November 28, 1945, in Slayton, Minnesota. She

graduated from Our Lady of Good Counsel High School in 1963. After

graduation she moved to Minneapolis. Marge married Julian Neal Aamodt

November 27, 1965. Julian, son of Clarence and Orpha (Foss) Aamodt, was

born on October 2, 1941 in Halstad, Minnesota. He graduated from Halstad High

School in 1959. He served four years in the U.S. Navy, receiving his discharge

on November 22, 1963. After his discharge, he moved to Minneapolis. He

attended Humboldt Institute and graduated in 1968. Julian was employed with

Control Data Corporation from 1963 until 1976. They lived in the Minneapolis

area until 1976 when they moved to Shelly, Minnesota and purchased the family

farm originally homesteaded by Julian’s great-grandfather, Berdinnus Flesjer.

Julian retired on March 1, 2003, after 25 years with American Crystal Sugar in

Hillsboro, North Dakota. He is also a retired member of the U.S. Naval Reserve

and is Past Commander of VFW Post 2594 of Shelly, Minnesota. Both were



active members of Holy Family Catholic Church of Halstad, Minnesota. Marge

was employed with Control Data Corporation, Thermo King Corporation, and

Blue Cross Blue Shield from 1963 until 1976. She was employed in the activity

and rehab department at Halstad Lutheran Memorial Home for 14 years. After

leaving there in 1991, she worked at Noel’s Super Valu, Halstad, Minnesota until

1999 before returning to the Halstad Living Center. Marjorie died April 15, 2005

at home. She was buried April 20, 2005 in Augustana Cemetery in Halstad,

Minnesota.

i. Randall John Aamodt born May 6, 1966 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He

graduated from Norman County West High School in 1984. Randy

married Shelley Lynn Yell on September 27, 1986. Shelley Yell is the

daughter of Harlan and Elaine Yell of Argyle, Minnesota. Randy is

employed by the Red Lake County Highway Engineering Department in

Red Lake Falls, Minnesota. Shelley is employed at Challenger

Elementary School as a paraprofessional in Thief River Falls, Minnesota.

They reside in Thief River Falls, Minnesota.

1. Michael Jacob Aamodt born August 23, 1989 in Crookston,

Minnesota.

2. Chelsey Nicole Aamodt born July 27, 1992 in Thief River Falls,

Minnesota.

ii. Kelly Marie Aamodt born October 5, 1969 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

She graduated from Norman County West High School in 1988. Kelly

married Roger Edward Bovee, son of Grace Bovee and Jack Bovee of

Bemidji, Minnesota August 22, 1992. Kelly and Roger are both teachers

and are currently teaching at St. Michael-Albertville High School in

Albertville, Minnesota. They reside in Monticello, Minnesota.

1. Cole Russell Bovee born June 23, 1997 in Bemidji, Minnesota.

2. Josie Rain Bovee born November 9, 1999 in Monticello,

Minnesota.

3. Julia Grace Bovee was born August 20, 2002 in Monticello,

Minnesota.



iii. Mary Jo Genevieve Pacholl Johnson born November 10, 1950 in

Worthington, Minnesota. She married Ralph Nickel on January 8, 1972 in

Wilmont, Minnesota. They moved to Moorhead, Minnesota, where Ralph

worked for Moorhead State University and Mary worked at St. Luke’s

Hospital, Fargo, North Dakota. They are divorced. Mary married Brian

Johnson on February 28, 1987, in Hawley, Minnesota. They divorced in

2002. Mary is currently employed at Minnesota Relay Service for the

Deaf in Moorhead, Minnesota and Carol Wiedman Candy Company in

Fargo, North Dakota.

1. Heath Myron Nickel born December 5, 1973 in Moorhead,

Minnesota. Heath is currently employed in the home-siding

business.

a. Seth Allen Nickel born August 19, 1999 in Fargo, North

Dakota.

b. Ralph Christopher born August 26, 2003 in Fargo, North

Dakota.

D. Armella Krell, born April 5, 1907 in Remsen, Iowa. Armella moved from Iowa with her

parents to the farm 1-½ miles west of Wilmont, Minnesota. She attended St. Killian

School and Our Lady of Good Counsel School in Wilmont, Minnesota. She married

Arnold Pick January 14, 1953 in Wilmont, Minnesota. Arnold was born October 21,

1902. He worked at Campbell’s Soup in Worthington, Minnesota. Armella was a

homemaker. Arnold died February 19, 1968 in Wilmont, Minnesota. Armella died July

6, 2001 in Worthington, Minnesota. They are both buried at Calvary Cemetery in

Wilmont, Minnesota. See Appendix B for a reading from Armella’s funeral.

E. Elizabeth Krell, born March 14, 1909, in Wilmont, Minnesota. She became a Franciscan

Nun, June 28, 1930 in Rochester, Minnesota, in Assisi Heights. She took the name Sister

Mary Berchmans Krell as a member of the Rochester Franciscan religious order. Sr.

Berchmans celebrated her Golden Jubilee in 1981. She served in the communities of;

Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Fairmont, Minnesota, Chatfield, Minnesota, Rochester,

Minnesota, Johnsburg, Minnesota, Caledonia, Minnesota, Adams, Minnesota, St. James,

Minnesota, and Winona, Minnesota. She died December 31, 1996 in Rochester,



Minnesota. She was buried January 3, 1997, in Rochester, Minnesota. See Appendix C

for an excerpt form the funeral service of Sr. Berchmans.

F. Frank Leo Krell, born October 13, 1911, in Wilmont, Minnesota. His military record was

as a sergeant in the U.S. Army in World War II. Frank received an Honorable Discharge.

He married Florence Remme, May 10, 1951, in Luverne, Minnesota. Florence was born

in June 22, 1020, in Kenneth, Minnesota, to Anton and Gertrude (Aanenson) Remme.

She was a homemaker and election judge. Frank was employed as a machinist with

Northwest Automatic in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Florence died July 18, 1995, in Blaine,

Minnesota. Frank died, November 26, 1997 in Coon Rapids, Minnesota. They are both

buried in Morningside Memorial Gardens in Coon Rapids, Minnesota.

a. Gloria Jean Krell was born on October 1, 1952, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She

is employed by TCF Bank in Roseville, Minnesota as an Assistant Manager of

Operations. Gloria married David Joseph Olson on September 11, 1976, in

Blaine, Minnesota. David was born on March 16, 1952. He is employed as a

Media Generalist and Manager of the library in the High School in White Bear

Lake, Minnesota.

i. Daniel David Olson, born July 11, 1979, is a graduate of the University of

St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota.

ii. Ross Eric Olson, born April 25, 1982, is currently attending the University

of Minnesota majoring in Architecture.

b. Nancy Carol Krell was born November 11, 1953, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She

is employed as a Medical Coding Expert at University of Minnesota Physicians.

Nancy married Kenneth Richard Lelm on November 28, 1992, in Las Vegas, NV.

Ken was born on February 1, 1949. He works at the City of Anoka as a meter

reader and at Home Depot.

c. Sandra Kaye Krell was born October 23, 1957, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She is

employed by West Publishing, in Eagan, Minnesota as a Team Coordinator. She

married Charles Olson May 23, 1981. They divorced in 1993. She married

Donavan Robert Olson on February 23, 1998 in Clearwater Beach, FL. Donavan

was born on April 27, 1955. He is self-employed as a Computer Network

Consultant.



i. Jennifer Olson, born April 9, 1974. She married Michael Kouri August

22, 1998. Jennifer is a nurse at Mercy Hospital in Coon Rapids,

Minnesota and Mike is a Correction Officer for Anoka County.

1. Megan Elizabeth born January 12, 2000.

2. Ryan Michael born March 19, 2002.

3. Jacob Charles born March 19, 2002.

ii. Trevor Donavan Olson, born December 5, 1975. He married Crystal

Mielke September 15, 2001. Trevor works for a Plumbing and Heating

Company and Crystal is a nurse at Mercy Hospital in Coon Rapids,

Minnesota.

G. Cecelia Magdalen Krell, born February 23, 1914, in Wilmont, Minnesota. She married

Phillip Jacob Hendel, September 15, 1941 in Wilmont, Minnesota. Phil was born on

April 21, 1901. They farmed south of Wilmont, Minnesota. Phil died October 12, 1969,

in Wilmont, Minnesota. Ceil moved into the town of Wilmont after Phil died. Ceil died

April 25, 1979, in Wilmont, Minnesota. They are both buried at Calvary Cemetery in

Wilmont, Minnesota.

a. Darwin Dale Hendel born on June 21, 1945, in Worthington, Minnesota. Darwin

married Bonnie Gray on May 18, 1974. Bonnie was born April 20, 1946 in

Dayton, OH. Both have their Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of

Minnesota. Darwin is an Associate Professor, Department of Educational Policy

and Administration, College of Education and Human Development at the

University of Minnesota. Bonnie is a Licensed Psychologist at Psychological

Associates in St. Paul, Minnesota.

i. Jessie Suzanne Hendel born July 31, 1976 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Jessie completed her B.A in Child Psychology and her M.S.W. (Master of

Social Work) from the University of Minnesota. She works at Common

Bond and lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota

ii. Adam Charles Hendel born October 5, 1980 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Adam completed his B.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of

California-Los Angeles. He works for Lockheed-Martin and lives in

Santa Barbara, California.



H. Lawrence John Krell, born October 11, 1916, in Wilmont, Minnesota. Lawrence was a

graduate of Our Lady of Good Counsel school in Wilmont. He joined the Navy in 1935.

He went through basic training in San Diego, California where he met Barbara Florine

Walker. He married Barbara December 28, 1938, in Yuma, AZ. Barbara was born

January 27, 1919, in Elyria, OH. They live in Lemon Grove, California. Larry was

stationed on the USS Detroit as Seaman First Class. After his enlistment was over, they

went back to Wilmont for about 60 days and then reenlist again in the Navy. He was sent

to Pensacola, Florida as an Aviation Machinist Mate 3rd class. After rising through the

ranks to 1st class the Navy was in need of pilots. Larry applied and was accepted and

started training in November of 1941. He graduated in July of 1942 and received his

wings. He flew PBYs during the war. In 1943, he was commissioned an Ensign. Larry

served in World War II, and the Korean War. He retired in 1959 as a Lieutenant. Larry

flew out of Adak, Alaska during World War He is a member of the Silver Eagles

Association (enlisted men who became pilots). After serving his country and entering the

private sector, Larry was hired in 1960 by the San Diego Gas and Electric Company. He

retired in 1980 as a locksmith. Lawrence died December 29, 2003 in Lemon Grove,

California. He was buried January 3, 2004 in Holy Cross Cemetery in San Diego,

California. Barbara died February 21, 2004. She was buried February 27, 2004 in Holy

Cross Cemetery in San Diego, California. See Appendix H & I for remembrances from

Lawernce and Barbara’s funerals.

a. Sandra Louise (Krell) Steed was born January 29, 1940, in Pensacola, FL. She

married Bill Charles Steed May 30, 1959 in Assumption Church in Washington,

DC. Bill was born May 8, 1937 in Kosciusko, MS. He is a retired Colonel

USMC. They divorced. See Appendix D for a remembrance by Sandra.

i. Vanessa Marie (Steed) Fanchin, born June 4, 1960, in Bethesda, MD. She

married Alfred Joseph Fanchin October 23, 1982. Al was born January

25, 1959, in Fontana, California. Vanessa is a Computer Teacher in St.

Patrick's Catholic School. Al is a Forklift driver at Costco.

1. Joseph Dante, born July 25, 1987.

2. Thomas Charles, born June 9, 1989.

3. Rachel Ann born July 4, 1995.



ii. William Anthony Steed, born September 17, 1961, in Bethesda, MD. He

is a sales representative.

iii. Joseph Lee Steed, born May 20, 1963. He married Veronica Malachy

Brown September 10, 1988.

1. Shayna Nikole Steed born January 20, 1991.

2. Brandon Christopher Steed born June 29, 1993.

3. Miles Joseph Steed born August 19, 1995.

4. Riley Dalton Steed born November 30, 1997.

b. Larinda Joyce (Krell) Pilkerton was born October 1, 1941. She married William

F. Pilkerton February 27, 1960. Bill was born on July 28, 1936 in Clements,

Maryland. He retired as an Engineer from City of La Mesa Fire Department after

29 ½ years. He is an avid car enthusiast (old cars and racing) and Blue’s music

fan. Larinda currently works for the San Diego City Schools and is planning on

retiring in 2006. See Appendix E for a remembrance by Larinda.

i. Stephen Joseph Pilkerton born January 5, 1962. He married Wendy Ann

Watts August 17, 1985. Wendy was born May 22, 1961. Stephen works

at Oregon State University. They live in Albany, OR.

1. Kaitlyn Anne Pilkerton born September 17, 1990.

2. Ashleigh Marie Pilkerton born March 15, 1992.

3. Erin Lindsey Pilkerton born July 20, 1994.

ii. Deborah Lynnette (Pilkerton) Morton born July 15, 1963. She married

Timothy Charles Morton December 27, 1986. Tim was born June 19,

1962. Debbie is a stay at home mom and Tim works with underground

water pipe construction. They live in Ramona, California.

1. Chelsea Lynne Morton born February 28, 1989.

2. Brittany Renee Morton born September 17, 1990.

3. Holly Annette Morton born December 20, 1991.

iii. Raymond Scott Pilkerton born January 4, 1965. He married Susan Green

August 26, 1989. Susan was born June 19, 1963. Scott works as an

Administrator for Huntley, IL Parks and Recreation. Susan works at



Dundee Park District and does their payroll and works at the Gap (two)

evenings a week. Scott and Susan live in Huntley, IL.

1. Claire Elizabeth Pilkerton born February 28, 1992.

2. Maxwell Scott Pilkerton born October 13, 1994.

iv. David Wayne Pilkerton born July 15, 1967. He married Laurette Lynne

Lemieux August 3, 1991. Laurette was born May 3, 1963 in Medord, OR.

David is a Captain for the San Diego Fire Department. Laurette teaches

3rd grade at St. John of the Cross in Lemon Grove. They live in Lemon

Grove, California.

1. Christopher Charles Pilkerton born June 14, 1993.

2. Kyra Lynne Pilkerton born February 14, 1997.

c. Robert Edward Krell, born April 7, 1945, in San Diego, California. He married

Brigette Astor November 19, 1965, in Germany. Brigette was born in 1945 in

Lambrecht, Germany. Robert and Brigette divorced. Robert married Star ??.

They divorced. Robert married Judy Hall August 5, 1972 in San Diego,

California. He adopted Tamara Hall and Gary Hall. They divorced. Robert

married ??. They divorced. Robert married Debbie ??

i. Diana Krell, born June 3, 1968, in Pisa, Italy. She married Rudolph

(Rudy) Gunther in 1987 in Germany.

1. Daniel Gunther

ii. John Krell, born January 7, 1969 in Lambrecht, Germany.

iii. Tamara (Hall) Krell

iv. Gary (Hall) Krell. Gary is a Police Officer. His wife is a Nutritionist.

v. Natalie Krell, born May 4, 1973, in San Diego, California. She married

William Candland August 13, 1993 in San Diego, California. Natalie is a

clerk at Kinko’s and a stay at home mother. Bill is a Mortician.

1. Tre



Appendix A: Excerpt from the Worthington Globe on Lawrence Probst

Lawrence Probst – Retirement

Wilmont, Minnesota

By Eddie Deutsch, 3rd District Quartermaster

Lawrence Probst was born in Wilmont, Minnesota on September 22, 1931. His parents were

George and Caroline Probst. He was nicknamed “Butz” from early on. He had 3 brothers

and 5 sisters.

In 1951 he entered the service. He was in the US Navy until 1954. He was stationed on the

US Comstock LDS #19 before being discharged.

When he was home on leave in 1953 he joined Pacholl-Moser VFW Post #2603 in Wilmont,

Minnesota. After serving many of the officers in the Post he became the Quartermaster. The

office he held for 40 years. Butz worked at many of the dances that were held at the VFW.

He is now retiring as Quartermaster because of health reasons.

Butz has been very active in the 3rd District. He served as the Youth Activities Chairman for

the last 25 years. At the present time he is the Judge Advocate of the 3rd District. He has

attended a good number of State meetings and Conventions.

Many of us knew Butz as Mr. Baseball in Wilmont. He started and helped many young

people get involved in baseball. Wilmont came up with very good baseball teams and plenty

of action throughout the years.

The Wilmont VFW members donated money for a brick in front of the new Senior Citizens

Building in Wilmont with Lawrence Probst name on one of the patio bricks honoring him as

an outstanding Quartermaster and member of the Wilmont Post #2603 Veterans of Foreign

Wars. The brick says, Butz Probst Quartermaster VFW Post #2603, 1962 – 2002.

He worked for the Municipal Liquor Store for 14 years and then ran the road maintainer for

the Nobles County Highway Department so they had smooth traveling throughout the

county. He retired January 1, 1987.

The members of the Wilmont VFW Post #2603 and the 3rd District VFW members would

like to congratulate Lawrence Probst for his service and the help he gave to the Veterans of

Foreign War.



Appendix B: The following was read by nephew Darwin Hendel in Armella Krell’s funeral

“When I began to think about what I might say today, I was struck by how much I could

draw on in my memory. It’s because Pete is a memorable person. It’s also because she had a

long history that began in 1907 when Armella was born in Remsen, Iowa to her parents Mary

Balster and John Krell. During her 94 years, she has witnessed more significant events than

most of us are likely to experience: the sinking of the Titanic by an iceberg, Two World

Wars, the assassination of John and Robert Kennedy, and the first trip to the moon. She was

alive during the presidencies of seventeen men and she was thankful that in least eight of

them were Democrats. Thanks to television, she is one of a very select group who watched

almost all of the O.J. Simpson trial and the Clinton Impeachment Hearings. Although she

never participated directly in any national events, she was intensely interested in the world

beyond Wilmont.

“The world of family and friends was always where the action was, however. As a child and

throughout her years, she was one of a family of nine children of John and Mary Krell.

Almost two short weeks ago she said goodbye to her only surviving sibling, Larry. And then

there was Arnold Pick, the only man in her life with whom she shared many years of love

and companionship. And there are the 21 members of her large family of nieces and

nephews, their children and their grandchildren. For many of her nieces and nephews, Pete

has been an important part of their lives. At times, more important than she probably ever

knew. Soon after first saying the words mommy and daddy, I suspect that the word Pete was

third in the list of a rapidly increasing vocabulary.

“Her circle of relatives also included her cousins, such as Josie Hanten and Leo Balster, and

her adopted cousins the Olsems from Dundee. Lastly, were her friends over the years such as

members of the Project Club, that in the time included her Sister Joe, a Poker Group, and,

more recently, her Bridge Club. And then there were a few very special friends, such as

Verena Driessen with whom she shared many experiences, including the fact that they were

both married very early in the morning. Shirley was Pete’s maid of honor and the only

relative to attend that 6 am ceremony. Boy did the phone lines buzz later in the day when

word spread that Pete and Arnold got married.



“Most of us have in least two sides, and she was no exception. The two sides might be best

contrasted by the names Armella and Pete. Armella is a name we might associate with

strictness and adherence to rules. We all on occasion have seen that side of her. On the

farm, it emerged when the screen door was left open and flies came into the house. In her

home in Wilmont, it came out when one accidentally sat on one of her bears on the couch. In

both places, pushing a curtain aside, or heaven forbid, leaving a spoon in a dish of leftovers,

brought out a stern response. Pete, on the other hand, is a name associated with squirting

beer on the ceiling in a bar as a young woman, driving her red Dodge 90 miles an hour on a

straight stretch of road. And then Pete was the one who accompanied some of us for a quick

stop in the Wilmont Liquor Store. Regardless of the name someone used, we all experienced

those two sides of who she was.

“One last characteristic is not unique to her, but one I think she shared with all of her

siblings. You know what I am referring to. It’s what it means to be on time. Being on time

means being not just a bit early, but quite a bit early. Often, when she and Ed went to church

on Sunday they were typically the first ones there. We all know that Pete was a very

religious person, never missing a Sunday until she became unable to go to church. Then, she

had her prayer book and perhaps watched a religious ceremony on television. When you told

Pete you would be coming to see her about noon, in her mind she expected you about eleven

o’clock if not earlier. And if you arrived promptly in noon, she was likely to ask you where

in the heck you had been. I’m sure part of that was that she was really eager to see someone

and couldn’t wait until the visitor arrived. I just hope that the gates of heaven are open

continuously, lest Pete had to wait a while before entering. Maybe that’s why in the end she

left us quickly.

“Pete’s work in life was keeping a clean house, and boy did she know how to do that well.

For Pete, work was to be done quickly so that there would be more time to just relax. And

she was a great cook. I’m sure that most of us have had a chance to have a piece of her

devil’s food, applesauce, or date cakes. As a young child, I recall her preparing a large meal

for over a dozen hungry men when they came into the kitchen on the farm after threshing.

“What will heaven be for Pete? There is no doubt in my mind that one feature is being able

to play cards constantly, 24 hours a day seven days a week. Has anyone here ever witnessed

Pete saying it was time to quit playing cards? Two weeks ago, she sat in the table playing



cards with her nieces: Mickey, Shirley, Evelyn and Marie. She played to have fun and to be

with friends, but her ultimate goal was to be able to win. From her, I have learned to take

some risks, occasionally large risks, such as bidding 10 no trump without the Joker. You

never know, maybe your partner will have it or maybe it will be in the blind.

“For most things in life, she knew what she wanted and made it happen. Most recently, for

example, she asked Nancy, Sandi and Gloria to write something about the party two weeks

ago for the Wilmont Shopper. She also prepared her own obituary, which is a mixed

experience. I’d like to read a brief quote on writing one’s obituary from an article in this

weekend in the New York Times:

“ ‘But it has its pleasures, as it turns out. Writing one’s obituary suggests that one’s life has

been worth noting. But more than that, it offers a chance to influence what will get noted

when the time comes, when one will be in no position to object.’

“She may not have written the words, but she had approval authority. She wanted others to

know that she was still capable of hosting a good party, and that she had Margie and Julian

Aamodt visit from Northern Minnesota and Sandra Steed from California. Thanks to the

muscles of Bob and Red, she was able to sit in her favorite chair since they brought it to

Wilmont from the South Shore Care Center.

“Pete was never in a loss for words. In the short span of a couple of minutes, the

conversation might flow from preferences for dish soap, to news about someone in the

family, to an opinion about a political figure.

“I last spoke with Pete on the Fourth of July. She wasn’t feeling great, but she was still as

sharp as ever. I began the conversation by asking her if she knew what happened last night.

She replied, “It got dark”. I thought maybe that after all of these years I might catch her on

her own trick, but no I failed one last time. I added that I really meant that the Twins had

won another game the night before. She said she was glad to know they had won since she

had fallen asleep before the game was over. On our way home two weeks ago, my son Adam

said, “Wouldn’t it be great if Pete lived until the Twins won another World Series?” but alas

that was not to be the case.

“After she moved to town, she began exercising by listening to tapes and walking in the

basement of her house. One of her favorite singers was Johnny Cash, in part because she



thought he was good looking. I’d like now to read a few words from the song, “The

Gambler”;

You got to know when to hold ‘em

Know when to fold ‘em

Know when to walk away

And know when to run.

You never count your money

When you’re sittin’ in the table;

There’ll be time enough for countin’

When the dealin’s done.

Every gambler knows that the secret to survivin’

Is knowin’ what to throw away and knowin’ what to keep

‘Cause every hand’s a winner, and every hand’s a loser.

And the best that you can hope for

is to die in your sleep."

“She certainly would want me to thank all of you, not only for being here today but for all of the

kindness you have shown to her, especially during the last few years, a time during which Butz

and Verena, in particular, helped her continue to live in her house in Wilmont.

“I’d like to end with a quote from the last two verses of a poem titled What The Heart Cannot

Forget by Joyce Sutphen.

“ ‘And the skin remembers its scars, and the bone aches where it was broken.

“ ‘The feet remember the dance, and the arms remember lifting up the child.

“ ‘The heart remembers everything it loved and gave away,

everything it lost and found again, and everyone it loved,

the heart cannot forget.’

“Pete, we will miss you but will not forget you, since there will be countless occasions when

we will remember you with love and affection.”



Appendix C: An excerpt from Sister Berchmans funeral service

The College of Saint Teresa figured prominently in the life of Sister Berchmans. When, as a

young girl growing up on a farm near Wilmont, Minnesota, she wondered whether she was

being called to the religious life, Elizabeth Krell was advised to go to Winona, get acquainted

with the Sisters and then decide.

At the College she consulted a senior Sister who counseled her in the ways of prayer.

Elizabeth knew that this was her calling. When the plan was presented to her parents, her

father’s response was, “You can go, but don’t come back!”

Elizabeth never did look back. As Sister Berchmans, she served in Columbus Normal School

in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, then was assigned to the to the College of Saint Teresa. Food

service was not an easy job. But hours in the cafeteria, dining room and dish room were

brightened by the presence of young women fellow-workers, whom she directed with

exactness but who loved her for her lively disposition as well as her willingness to set the

pace for every task. Sister always kept a soft spot in her heart for the College where she had

passed so many years of her early life.

Later she spent more than twenty years in Assisi Heights. The first receptionist, switchboard

operator and mail clerk, she found delight in her work. Responsible also for the luster on the

community room floor, she would get up in four o’clock in the morning to do the necessary

dusting and polishing there before reporting in the switchboard. No wonder she had to travel

about Assisi Heights in such a pace as to instill a “holy fear” in the novices as they watched

her whiz by, taking the long distances of the corridors in top speed.

When Saint Teresa’s closed in 1989, Sister Berchmans understood well the grief of her

Franciscan family and shared in the feeling of loneliness.

Retirement in Assisi Heights came gradually. Those who knew her in recent years speak of

her prayerfulness, her frankness, her entertaining with “snappy on-liners”, her fastidiousness

about everything in her room, her interest in the Lawrence Welk programs and her first-in-

the-season Christmas cards.

Sister Berchmans, you who used to break all speed limits in Assisi Heights, in time had to

accept the help of a Sister wheelchair attendant on your trips to the Coffee Cup. But when

God called in the end, you responded so quickly that your Sisters didn’t even have time to



say good-bye to you. Now your coworkers in the College and elsewhere join with us as we

send our love and ask for a continued remembrance in your good prayers.



Appendix D: A Remembrance from Sandra Krell Steed

I’ve had wonderful experiences as a child of a navy dad and marine wife. While living on

Guam, we had to get ready for a typhoon and we were living in a Quonset hut. It was very

exciting for us children.

Visiting Minnesota when we could gave us freedom to wander around the farm visiting the

animals and finding treasures in the grove. I never did learn the art of milking a cow. We

loved being spoiled by our grandparents and aunts and uncles. Each relative added

something special and unique. Wilmont has a very special place in my heart.

I’ve also lived in Hawaii, a true paradise and visited Australia, Southeast Asian countries and

Europe. While on vacation in Germany, we went to Luxembourg to meet our relatives.

Our parents instilled good values in us by their example. We in turn were examples for our

children. We have wonderful children who are excellent parents which is the most important

career.



Appendix E: A remembrance from Larinda Joyce Krell

I am Barbara and Larry’s second daughter. Sandra is my older sister and Robert Krell is my

only brother. I have been fortunate enough o be able to travel a lot during my lifetime.

When I was small our family had many opportunities to visit our relative in Wilmont,

Minnesota during the summer months and whenever dad was transferred to another post. We

remember the family reunions and the times family came and visited in the yard and drank

soda pop.

Aunt Carrie and her family were usually the first to arrive at the farm when we came back for

a visit. In the evening poker games were inevitable. Even though Aunt Carrie didn’t play

poker, Bud, Arnie and Al liked to play. Poker games were always fun to watch. We usually

had to go to bed so we would find a register and put our ear down and listen to them playing.

We thought we were so grown up when we came back because we got to drink coffee at

dinner and supper. Who could forget the meals we sat down to eat. We were used to

sandwiches for lunch not fried chicken, potato salad, and all the fresh bread and jam plus

desert at both meals! I remember the time we helped hold the chicken and Pete would cut off

the head and tell us to throw it down and we would watch it run around “a chicken with its

head cut off,” really is an image I will never forget. I must say there is nothing quite like

freshly killed and cooked fried chicken. Gathering the fresh eggs from an empty nest was

fun, but we were a little wary when the hen was sitting on her eggs. We usually let Aunt Pete

get those.

Our Aunt Josephine was known for her good cooking and the famous rolls she made us when

we were about to leave after our summer visits. We had fun playing outside with Margie and

Mary Jo. We enjoy looking at pictures of all of us many years ago. We liked seeing the

sheep they had on their farm. This is something that we didn’t get to experience when

growing up in a city.

Our Aunt Ceil and Uncle Phil always had us over for dinner at their house when we came

back. Darwin always had many toys for us to play with and Darwin shared his most

treasured comic books with us when were ready to leave.

Our Aunt Florence and Uncle Frank and his daughters often came down from the cities to

visit us. Frank drove to Texas to visit us with Aunt Pete and Uncle Arnold and girls. I have



heard many stories from our Aunt Pete about Frank’s driving. We were glad they had the

opportunity to also visit us in San Diego many times. The three girls, Gloria, Nancy and

Sandy are visiting my parents in March. We will have a dinner at mom and dads. The

following week Junior and wife and family along with Margie and her daughter and

granddaughter are visiting.

Bud Probst and his friend flew to San Diego in February when Bill and I got married. I will

never forget how special I felt that he came. He also is well remembered by my boys,

because he took them fishing when we came back for a visit. I remember the ice chests full

of catfish they had caught and Bud spent most of the time putting worms on the hooks for

them. These are fond memories that will long be remembered by me and my family and all

those that he took fishing.

When Sandra brought her grandson back for Pete’s 90th birthday party he showed her

grandsons how to get the worms and by using an electric magnet to stick in the ground and

causing the night crawlers to come to the surface. The fishing trip and going to the liquor

store and pull tabs are something her grandsons remember fondly.

I am looking forward to this centennial celebration.



Appendix F: Nobles County Bicentennial Lady by Marie Probst Schissel

The following is an essay written for the Bicentennial Celebration of the United States of

America. There was a book published for the occasion and the 10 best essays for each state

were published. This essay was not published but her name with nine other in the State of

Minnesota is listed in the back of the book.

If there is such a thing as a pattern of the pioneer women of our country, that is what Caroline

Krell Probst must have been fashioned from. There must be a slogan at Wilmont, Minnesota

if anyone wants a certain job accomplished or someone needs a help that says “Ask Carrie”

or “Carrie will help you.”

Caroline Krell was born April 22, 1901 at Granville, Iowa the first child of John and Mary

Balster Krell. Her father came from Luxembourg and her mother from Germany. She had 3

brothers and 4 sisters.

The family moved to Minnesota by train in 1909. They arrived in Worthington during a

blizzard and has to wait for tracks to be cleared before they could continue to Wilmont. The

lived on a farm 1 ½ miles west of Wilmont. A brother and sister still live on the family

homeplace.

She attended 5 different schools until she was in the 8th grade. When she had to quit school

to stay home and help her mother who at the time was in ill health and help take care of the

smaller children. She had to help with outside farm work as well and I suppose that is how

she learned to be such a demon for work.

When she was 16, she had such a severe nosebleed that couldn’t be stopped completely

during that summer until she had her tonsils removed. After her surgery, she started to

hemorrhage and was fortunate that the doctor was able to stop it.

She was narrowly missed by a gunshot when her father was getting ready to go hunting.

During her teens, she worked for many ladies who were bearing children doing their

housework and caring for the smaller children.

Carrie and George Probst were married February 8, 1921 and moved to Woodstock,

Minnesota where they farmed for 2 years. Their first child was born there.

In 1923, they moved to Wilmont on the outskirts of the city where she still lives.



She had four more boys and 4 more girls, all being born at home.

During the time the children were growing up, times were hard and she always had a large

garden and sewed the clothing for the children.

Life was never dull though. One day just before dinner, her husband and a boarder arrived

just as her oldest girl spilled Karo syrup on the kitchen floor.

Another time the boys were bringing some gasoline home from town in the coaster wagon

when is exploded. So she had to race to their rescue. She thought the boys might have tried

to smoke.

The children had many scrapes, broken bones, cuts, etc but she took it all in her stride.

Her period of relaxation was a ½ hour period of reading after dinner was served before she

did the dishes.

[Her last child, Colleen, was born on a Monday because it was washday. When I came home

from school she was on her knees scrubbing the kitchen floor. She told me to put the

children in the car and take them to Grandma Krells’. We were there about 30 minutes when

we got a call telling us we had a baby sister. I think Colleen arrived early because she hadn’t

hemmed the flannel for diapers yet nor had she arranged for someone to work at the house

while she recovered from the birth. Dad and I had to drive to get a lady to come care for us.]

She has 30 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren at the present time.

After her children were grown, she could not stand to idle. She and her husband celebrated

their 50th wedding anniversary in 1971.

She won’t have her name written on the pages of history but there is hardly a soul living

around Wilmont that hasn’t been helped by Carrie. She was always helping some one wash

walls, scrub floors, hang wallpaper, wash clothes or whatever. To date, she still takes care of

an older lady’s heavy cleaning and does the wash. When Wilmont celebrated the town’s 50th

Anniversary the food committee had too many buns so she went from house to house to sell

them so as not to lose money on their project.

She was treasurer of the Alter Society for 2 years and still serves as a reader at mass on

occasion.

She was president of the VFW Auxiliary for 5 years. She has taken care of the VFW Hall for

25 years. There is a dance almost every week and many weddings are held there so it

amounts to many hours of cleaning.



For almost 15 years she was in charge of the annual Smorgasbord sponsored by the Wilmont

Mutual Insurance Company which hosts at least 1,000 people. She is no longer in charge but

she is still there to help.

Until recently, she always seemed to know what had to be done.

Carrie has been International Affairs chairwoman of Our Lady of Good Counsel WCCW

form many years. Each year she puts together at least 20 quilts for the Pope’s Storehouse.

Bolts of flannel are given to her to be cut into layettes for the mission and many of them are

also sewn by her. This year she received a beautiful candle from the Alter Society in

appreciation for the work she has done and is still doing.

Carrie was named Senior Citizen of the Year in 1973 by the Wilmont Senior Citizens. She

takes her turn delivering Meals on Wheels for the community also.

Every Memorial Day the graves of the soldiers in the Wilmont and St. Kilian Cemeteries are

decorated with Veterans Flags by Carrie.

If she goes out of town shopping she always invites someone to go along who would be able

to go otherwise.

The Veterans Hospital in Sioux Falls is treated to a cake party every year and Carrie very

rarely misses being with the ladies.

[One of the thrills of her life was seeing Mother Theresa at a National WCCW convention

that she attended in Minneapolis.]

Being busy, doing for her family and others is what happiness means to Carrie, and when

Carrie is called Home for her real reward, she will be sorely missed by many Minnesotans.



Appendix G: A remembrance from Marie (Probst) Schissel

Grandma Krell always had a rosary in her apron pocket. When she wasn’t working she was

praying.

When she cleaned chicken for a meal, she would pick most of the big feathers off and with

her apron she would rub the chicken’s skin and take off all the pinfeathers.

Grandpa had a smoke house and they cured their pork hams, bacon and dried beef. They

made wonderful homemade ice cream, root beer, dandelion wine, sausage headcheese and

many great tasting foods.

We always looked forward to harvest time. We had to make big meals and lunches for the

threshers. When harvest was over, there was a meeting for the farmers to settle their bills

and have a nice party.

One year, I think about 1937, we had a big windstorm that blew over all the shocks of grain.

We had to set them back up again. I earned enough money to buy a beautiful dress to wear

to Lismore’s August 15th Celebration.

In 1936, there was so much snow that we had to take the bobsled to town for groceries. Ed

drove through the fields and over the fences because we couldn’t see the road.

When I was going to grade school, we were very afraid of gypsies. They would come

through towns and go into the stores with their big skirts with pockets and steal things. There

were also many hobos in those days. It was during the depression and people were very

poor. We always had enough to eat because we would get milk, meat, vegetables and

potatoes from Grandma & Grandpa.



Appendix H: A remembrance from Sandra Steed for Lawrence Krell

My name is Joe Fanchin and I will be reading this on behalf of my grandmother, Sandra

Steed, Grandpa Krell’s eldest child.

A great man full of goodness, a World War II and Korean War hero, a devoted husband and

loving father and grandfather has taken flight to be with his maker in heaven. His spirit

however, will always remain within all of us whose lives he touched.

Dad and I shared some wonderful vacations together. We went to his family farm in

Wilmont, Minnesota. Another trip we took was to Pensacola, Florida where I was born and

where he received his aviator wings. Our last trip together was to Dutch Harbor in the

Aleutian Islands of Alaska. We celebrated the 50th Anniversary of the bombing of Dutch

Harbor. Dad flew seaplanes here during the war patrolling the sea in treacherous conditions.

He loved to go to Viejas and play Blackjack and he was usually lucky. He loved martinis

and a good meal.

He was Grandpa Krell and Papa Krell and everyone loved to be around him.

I’m thankful to my dad for all his love and devotion over the years. I’ll miss our morning

conversations. He always ended them by saying, “Sandra, I love you lots and lots and you

take care of yourself.”

“Roger dad – over and out.”



Appendix I: A card that was made to remember Barbara Krell at the time of her death.


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