Individual Details
Olivia A. Metzger
(September 26, 1906 - March 12, 2005)
Olivia A. Athmann
98
Melrose
March 12, 2005
Funeral services will be 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 15 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Melrose for Olivia Athmann who died Saturday, March 12 at Pine Villa Care Center in Melrose. Interment will be in the parish cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday and from 8 to 11 a.m. Tuesday at Patton-Schad Funeral Home in Melrose. Parish prayers will be held at 6 p.m. followed by Catholic Order of Foresters, Christian Mothers and VFW Post 7050 Auxiliary at 7 p.m.
Olivia Athmann was born September 26, 1906 in New Munich to George and Christine (Rieland) Metzger. She was united in marriage to John Athmann on May 10, 1927 at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in New Munich. The couple owned and operated the Melrose Bowling Alley for many years. Olivia enjoyed gardening, crocheting and bowling. She was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Melrose, Catholic Order of Foresters, Christian Mothers and Schanhaar-Otte VFW Post 7050 Auxiliary.
Survivors include her children, Rose Bringe and her husband, Charles of Eugene, OR, Jane Zirbes and her husband, Ken of Albany and Lucilla "Lou" Williams and her husband, Gene of Outing; 9 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren; and sister, Alvina Hansen of St. Cloud.
Olivia was preceded in death by her parents, George and Christine Metzger; husband, John Athmann on February 5, 1985; one infant son; grandson, Kenneth Williams; brothers, Ray, Hubert, Art Metzger and one infant brother, Leo Metzger; and sisters, Eleanor Lembeck, Florence Emmel and Frieda Lord.
98
Melrose
March 12, 2005
Funeral services will be 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 15 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Melrose for Olivia Athmann who died Saturday, March 12 at Pine Villa Care Center in Melrose. Interment will be in the parish cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday and from 8 to 11 a.m. Tuesday at Patton-Schad Funeral Home in Melrose. Parish prayers will be held at 6 p.m. followed by Catholic Order of Foresters, Christian Mothers and VFW Post 7050 Auxiliary at 7 p.m.
Olivia Athmann was born September 26, 1906 in New Munich to George and Christine (Rieland) Metzger. She was united in marriage to John Athmann on May 10, 1927 at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in New Munich. The couple owned and operated the Melrose Bowling Alley for many years. Olivia enjoyed gardening, crocheting and bowling. She was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Melrose, Catholic Order of Foresters, Christian Mothers and Schanhaar-Otte VFW Post 7050 Auxiliary.
Survivors include her children, Rose Bringe and her husband, Charles of Eugene, OR, Jane Zirbes and her husband, Ken of Albany and Lucilla "Lou" Williams and her husband, Gene of Outing; 9 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren; and sister, Alvina Hansen of St. Cloud.
Olivia was preceded in death by her parents, George and Christine Metzger; husband, John Athmann on February 5, 1985; one infant son; grandson, Kenneth Williams; brothers, Ray, Hubert, Art Metzger and one infant brother, Leo Metzger; and sisters, Eleanor Lembeck, Florence Emmel and Frieda Lord.
Events
| Birth | September 26, 1906 | New Munich, MN | |||
| Marriage | May 10, 1927 | New Munich, Stearns Co., MN - John Athmann | |||
| Death | March 12, 2005 | Melrose, Stearns Co., MN |
Families
| Spouse | John Athmann (1898 - 1985) |
| Child | Rose Athmann |
| Child | Charles Athmann |
| Child | Jane Athmann |
| Child | Ken Athmann |
| Child | Lucilla Athmann |
| Father | George Metzger (1880 - 1941) |
| Mother | Christina Rieland (1879 - ) |
| Sibling | Raymond J. Metzger (1902 - 1993) |
| Sibling | Eleanor Metzger (1905 - ) |
| Sibling | Hubert A. Metzger (1905 - 1985) |
| Sibling | Arthur Metzger (1910 - 1987) |
| Sibling | Alvina Metzger (1911 - 2008) |
| Sibling | Frieda Metzger (1919 - 2000) |
| Sibling | Florence Metzger (1925 - 1987) |