Individual Details

Ambrose Joseph Borgerding

(September 12, 1913 - April 8, 2001)

Ambrose Borgerding
87
Elrosa
May 8, 2001
Services will be 11 a.m. Friday at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church for Ambrose Borgerding, 87, who died Tuesday at St. Michael's Nursing Home, Sauk Centre. Burial will be in the parish cemetery.
Friends may call from 4 to 9 tonight and from 8 to 10 a.m. Friday at Patton-Schad Funeral Home, Sauk Centre. St. James Society of Catholic Aid and 3rd Degree Knights of Columbus will pray at 6 tonight at the funeral home in Sauk Centre followed by parish prayers at 7:30 and Queen of Peace General Assembly of 4th Degree Knights of Columbus at 8:30.

Ambrose Borgerding was born in Oak Township, Stearns County, to John and Elizabeth (Kerfeld) Borgerding. He worked for several farmers in the Freeport area. He married Teresa Holdvogt on Feb. 19, 1941, at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, New Munich. The couple farmed near Freeport until 1946, when they purchased a farm near Elrosa. His wife died on Nov. 13, 1969. He married Genevieve Hopfer Walz on Nov. 23, 1974, at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church. The couple lived in Elrosa. He retired in 1978, but continued to be active on the farm until the present. He was a member of Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Queen of Peace General Assembly of 4th Degree Knights of Columbus, St. James Society of Catholic Aid, 3rd Degree Knights of Columbus, and was a church usher.

Survivors include his wife; sons and daughters, Judy Walz and Dave of Belgrade, Irene Crain of Maple Grove, Evelyn Stalboerger, Karen Breitbach and Joe of Elrosa, Susan Lieser of Plymouth, Mich., Kathy Imdieke of Sauk Centre, Norie DeSotel of Tulsa, Okla., Marcia Lieser of Fergus Falls, Marv of Padua, and Doris Woolcott of Sauk Rapids; stepchildren, Bob Walz of Elrosa, Duane Walz of Mayhew Lake, Roman Walz and Mary Mohs of Belgrade, and Diane Stavos and Ken Walz of St. Anna; sisters and brothers, Marie Nienaber of Freeport, Sister Francis, OSB, of St. Cloud, Louise Brix of Avon, Helen Ehlert and Paul of Sauk Centre, and Brother William, OSB, of Collegeville; 54 grandchildren; 14 stepgrandchildren; 40 great-grandchildren; and step-great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his infant daughter, Mary; brothers, infant Cyril, Cyril, Robert, infant Isidore, and Roman; and one grandson. In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred.

Events

BirthSeptember 12, 1913Oak Twp, Stearns Co., MN
MarriageFebruary 19, 1941New Munich, Stearns Co., MN - Teresa Holdvogt
MarriageNovember 23, 1974Genevieve Hopfer
DeathApril 8, 200156312 Belgrade, Stearns Co., MN

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