Individual Details
Florence A. Pohlmann
(June 27, 1909 - November 23, 2001)
Florence A. Koopmeiners
92
Melrose
Nov. 23, 2001
Services will be 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Melrose for Florence A. Koopmeiners, who died Friday at Pine Villa Care Center, Melrose. Burial will follow in the parish cemetery. Friends may call Tuesday from 3:30-9 p.m. and Wednesday from 8-11 a.m. at the Patton-Schad Funeral Home in Melrose. Melrose Senior Citizens will pray at 4 p.m. followed by Christian Mothers, St. Elizabeth's Society and VFW Auxiliary at 7 p.m. and parish prayers at 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Florence A. Koopmeiners was born on June 27, 1909, in St. Anthony, Minnesota to Henry and Bernadine (Boeckers) Pohlmann. She married Herman J. Koopmeiners on May 1, 1928, at St. Francis, Minnesota. She lived in Melrose for many years and was employed by Litchfield Produce. In 1961 she became a Federal Meat Inspector until her retirement. She was a resident at Pine Villa in Melrose since 1994. Florence enjoyed playing cards, gardening, yard work and needlework. She was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church, Christian Mothers, St. Elizabeth's Society, VFW Auxiliary and Melrose Senior Citizens.
Survivors include her children, Irene Pohlmann and Gerald (Margie) Koopmeiners of Melrose, Mary Jane (Sonny) Austing of West St. Paul, Margie (Gerald) Roering of Grey Eagle, Florentine (Sal) Roering of Maplewood, Bert (Verlia) Koopmeiners of Waite Park, Carol (Butch) Klaphake and JoAnn (Albie) Zenzen of Sauk Centre; daughter-in-law, Kathy Koopmeiners of Melrose; 40 grandchildren, 81 great-grandchildren, and 5 great-great-grandchildren; sisters, Adeline (Joe) Ebnet of Holdingford and Evelyn Koopmeiners at Pine Villa Care Centre, Melrose.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Herman; daughter, Joyce Koopmeiners; sons, Jim and Elmer Koopmeiners; son-in-law, Lawrence Pohlmann; her parents; 7 grandchildren; sisters, Veronica Koopmeiners, Olivia Koopmeiners, Brigitta Koopmeiners and brother, Jerome Pohlmann. In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred.
92
Melrose
Nov. 23, 2001
Services will be 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Melrose for Florence A. Koopmeiners, who died Friday at Pine Villa Care Center, Melrose. Burial will follow in the parish cemetery. Friends may call Tuesday from 3:30-9 p.m. and Wednesday from 8-11 a.m. at the Patton-Schad Funeral Home in Melrose. Melrose Senior Citizens will pray at 4 p.m. followed by Christian Mothers, St. Elizabeth's Society and VFW Auxiliary at 7 p.m. and parish prayers at 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Florence A. Koopmeiners was born on June 27, 1909, in St. Anthony, Minnesota to Henry and Bernadine (Boeckers) Pohlmann. She married Herman J. Koopmeiners on May 1, 1928, at St. Francis, Minnesota. She lived in Melrose for many years and was employed by Litchfield Produce. In 1961 she became a Federal Meat Inspector until her retirement. She was a resident at Pine Villa in Melrose since 1994. Florence enjoyed playing cards, gardening, yard work and needlework. She was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church, Christian Mothers, St. Elizabeth's Society, VFW Auxiliary and Melrose Senior Citizens.
Survivors include her children, Irene Pohlmann and Gerald (Margie) Koopmeiners of Melrose, Mary Jane (Sonny) Austing of West St. Paul, Margie (Gerald) Roering of Grey Eagle, Florentine (Sal) Roering of Maplewood, Bert (Verlia) Koopmeiners of Waite Park, Carol (Butch) Klaphake and JoAnn (Albie) Zenzen of Sauk Centre; daughter-in-law, Kathy Koopmeiners of Melrose; 40 grandchildren, 81 great-grandchildren, and 5 great-great-grandchildren; sisters, Adeline (Joe) Ebnet of Holdingford and Evelyn Koopmeiners at Pine Villa Care Centre, Melrose.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Herman; daughter, Joyce Koopmeiners; sons, Jim and Elmer Koopmeiners; son-in-law, Lawrence Pohlmann; her parents; 7 grandchildren; sisters, Veronica Koopmeiners, Olivia Koopmeiners, Brigitta Koopmeiners and brother, Jerome Pohlmann. In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred.
Events
| Birth | June 27, 1909 | St. Anthony, MN | |||
| Marriage | May 1, 1928 | St. Francis, MN - Herman Joseph Koopmeiners | |||
| Death | November 23, 2001 | Melrose, Stearns Co., MN |
Families
| Spouse | Herman Joseph Koopmeiners (1902 - 1979) |
| Child | Irene Koopmeiners |
| Child | Mary Jane Koopmeiners |
| Child | Cathy Koopmeiners |
| Child | Florentine Koopmeiners |
| Child | Jerry Koopmeiners |
| Child | James Anthony Koopmeiners (1941 - 1999) |
| Child | Carol Koopmeiners |
| Child | Marjorie Koopmeiners |
| Child | JoAnn Koopmeiners |
| Child | Gerard Koopmeiners |
| Child | Bert Koopmeiners |
| Father | Henry Pohlmann (1876 - 1962) |
| Mother | Bernadina Boeckers (1882 - 1979) |
| Sibling | Olivia Pohlmann (1904 - 2000) |
| Sibling | Veronica Elizabeth Pohlmann (1906 - 1985) |
| Sibling | Evelyn Pohlmann (1915 - 2003) |
| Sibling | Brigitta Pohlmann (1919 - 1986) |
| Sibling | Jerome Joseph Pohlmann (1921 - 1997) |
| Sibling | Adeline Pohlmann (1926 - 2008) |