Individual Details

Mathilda Thelen

(January 5, 1922 - December 17, 2001)

Mathilda "Tillie" Poepping
79
Melrose
Dec. 17, 2001
Services will be at 11:30 a.m. at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Melrose for Tillie Poepping who died Monday at Pine Villa Care Center in Melrose. Burial will follow in St. Patrick's Cemetery. Friends may call from 4-9 p.m. Thursday and from 8-11 a.m. Friday at the Patton-Schad Funeral Home in Melrose. Melrose Senior Citizens will pray at 4 p.m., Christian Mothers and Schanhaar-Otte VFW Post 7050 Auxiliary will pray at 7 p.m., followed by parish prayers at 8 p.m. on Thursday.
Tillie Poepping was born in Melrose to John and Mary (Goihl) Thelen. She married Frank Poepping on February 12, 1946 at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Melrose. She lived in Melrose all her life and was employed by the Melrose Hospital and Pine Villa Care Center. She retired in 1987. Tillie was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Melrose, Melrose Senior Citizens, Christian Mothers, and VFW Post 7050 Auxiliary. She enjoyed playing Bingo and the Minnesota Twins. She loved spending time with her grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Survivors include her children, Carol Poepping of Melrose, Pat (Dan) Weisser of St. Joseph, Marilyn (Chuck) Rademacher of Big Lake, Kathy Poepping of Melrose, Shirley (Jim) Knisley of Grove City, Jan (Ron) Haskamp of Melrose; brothers, Al (Jean) Thelen, Clarence Thelen, Melvin Thelen, Sylvester Thelen, Herb (Della) Thelen all of Melrose; 15 grandchildren, Brett, Erik, Jed, Broc, Alyson, Jay, Josh, Erin, Adam, Chad, Jeremy, Travis, Blake, Janna, Katie; 6 great-grandchildren, Jacob, Abigail, Alexis, Andrew, Jacob, and Baelyn.

She was preceded in death by parents, John and Mary Thelen; husband, Frank on October 20, 1953; brother, Ed Thelen; great-grandson, Connor Dirkes.

Events

BirthJanuary 5, 1922Melrose, Stearns Co., MN
MarriageFebruary 12, 1946Melrose, MN - Frank Poepping
DeathDecember 17, 200156352 Melrose, Stearns Co., MN

Families

SpouseFrank Poepping (1919 - 1953)
ChildCarol Poepping
ChildPatricia Poepping
ChildMarilyn Poepping
ChildKathy Poepping
ChildShirley Poepping
ChildJan Poepping
FatherJohn Thelen (1882 - 1956)
MotherMary Bertha Goihl (1886 - 1971)
SiblingEdmund J. Thelen (1914 - 1993)
SiblingAlphonse A. Thelen (1916 - 2004)
SiblingClarence Thelen
SiblingMelvin Thelen (1925 - 2006)
SiblingSylvester P. Thelen (1927 - 2003)
SiblingHerb Thelen