Individual Details
Irene Bertha Wessel
(September 28, 1922 - March 12, 2001)
Irene Fuchs
78
Paynesville
Mar 12, 2001
Services will be 11 a.m. Thursday at St. Louis Catholic Church for Irene B. Fuchs, 78, who died Monday at her home. Entombment will be in the parish mausoleum, Paynesville. Friends may call from 4 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Daniel-Anderson Funeral Home, Paynesville, and after 10 a.m. Thursday at the church in Paynesville. St. Louis and St. Margaret's Christian Women will pray at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home in Paynesville followed by parish prayers at 8, and Paynesville Catholic Aid Association and St. Louis Knights of Columbus Council 3820 at 8:30.
Irene Fuchs was born in Melrose to Bernard and Rose (Inderieden) Wessel. She participated in the war effort during World War II as a welder on aircraft carrier construction in Tacoma, Wash. She married Lester Fuchs on Sept. 1, 1946, at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Melrose. The couple farmed in the Lake Henry area until 1977, when they retired to Paynesville. She was a member of St. Louis Catholic Church, Paynesville Catholic Aid Association, St. Louis Christian Women and St. Margaret's Christian Women, Lake Henry.
Survivors include her husband; children, Beverly Athmann of Hanover, Barbara Lieser and Mary Ann Spanier of Spring Hill, and John of Lake Henry; 15 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; her triplet sisters, Ione Walz of Melrose, and Eileen Dold of Sauk Centre; sisters, Josephine Mayers of New Munich, Clara Conrad of Milwaukee, and Alvina Woeste of Melrose.
She was preceded in death by one granddaughter; brothers and sisters, Joseph, John, Al, Fran Cooper, Rose Wulfekule and Mary Bucholz; twin sisters, Ann Waldorf and Katherine Wessel; and infant sister, Frances. Memorials are preferred in lieu of flowers.
78
Paynesville
Mar 12, 2001
Services will be 11 a.m. Thursday at St. Louis Catholic Church for Irene B. Fuchs, 78, who died Monday at her home. Entombment will be in the parish mausoleum, Paynesville. Friends may call from 4 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Daniel-Anderson Funeral Home, Paynesville, and after 10 a.m. Thursday at the church in Paynesville. St. Louis and St. Margaret's Christian Women will pray at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home in Paynesville followed by parish prayers at 8, and Paynesville Catholic Aid Association and St. Louis Knights of Columbus Council 3820 at 8:30.
Irene Fuchs was born in Melrose to Bernard and Rose (Inderieden) Wessel. She participated in the war effort during World War II as a welder on aircraft carrier construction in Tacoma, Wash. She married Lester Fuchs on Sept. 1, 1946, at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Melrose. The couple farmed in the Lake Henry area until 1977, when they retired to Paynesville. She was a member of St. Louis Catholic Church, Paynesville Catholic Aid Association, St. Louis Christian Women and St. Margaret's Christian Women, Lake Henry.
Survivors include her husband; children, Beverly Athmann of Hanover, Barbara Lieser and Mary Ann Spanier of Spring Hill, and John of Lake Henry; 15 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; her triplet sisters, Ione Walz of Melrose, and Eileen Dold of Sauk Centre; sisters, Josephine Mayers of New Munich, Clara Conrad of Milwaukee, and Alvina Woeste of Melrose.
She was preceded in death by one granddaughter; brothers and sisters, Joseph, John, Al, Fran Cooper, Rose Wulfekule and Mary Bucholz; twin sisters, Ann Waldorf and Katherine Wessel; and infant sister, Frances. Memorials are preferred in lieu of flowers.
Events
| Birth | September 28, 1922 | Melrose, MN | |||
| Marriage | September 1, 1946 | Melrose, MN - Lester Fuchs | |||
| Death | March 12, 2001 | 56362 Paynesville, Stearns Co., MN |
Families
| Spouse | Lester Fuchs |
| Child | Beverly Fuchs |
| Child | Barbara Fuchs |
| Child | Mary Ann Fuchs |
| Child | John Fuchs |
| Father | Bermard Wessel (1880 - 1926) |
| Mother | Rose Inderrieden (1882 - 1949) |
| Sibling | John Wessel (1902 - 1978) |
| Sibling | Frances Wessel (1906 - ) |
| Sibling | Frances Wessel (1908 - 1986) |
| Sibling | Josephine A. Wessel (1911 - 2002) |
| Sibling | Alois "Aloysius" Wessel (1915 - 1972) |
| Sibling | Joseph Wessel (1915 - 1970) |
| Sibling | Ann Wessel (1917 - 1996) |
| Sibling | Katherine Wessel (1917 - ) |
| Sibling | Rose Wessel (1920 - ) |
| Sibling | Eileen Wessel (1922 - 2009) |
| Sibling | Ione Wessel (1922 - 2003) |
| Sibling | Clara Mary Wessel |
| Sibling | Alvina Wessel |
| Sibling | Mary Wessel (1933 - 1981) |