Individual Details

Edward Ernest Toenyan

(August 19, 1916 - July 15, 1999)

Edward Toenyan
82
Grey Eagle
Jul 15, 1999

Services will be 11 a.m. Monday at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church, St. Rosa, for Edward E. Toenyan, 82, who died Thursday at St. Cloud Hospital. Interment will be in the parish cemetery.Friends may call after 3:30 p.m. Sunday and from 8 to 10:30 a.m. Monday at Patton-Schad Funeral Home, Melrose. Catholic Aid Society will pray at 4:30 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home in Melrose, followed by parish prayers at 8 and the Holy Name Society at 8:30.

Edward Toenyan was born in Millwood Township to George and Bernadine (Albers) Toenyan. He married Marie Schmidt on Nov. 4, 1941, in Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Freeport. The couple farmed in Millwood Township until retiring in 1984 and moving to Big Birch Lake. He was a member of St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church, Holy Name Society and Catholic Aid Society.

Survivors include his wife; daughters and sons, Phyllis Messer of Sauk Centre, Jane Wielenberg of Long Prairie, Claude, Carl and Harold of Melrose, and Tom of Freeport; brother and sister, Norbert of Long Prairie, and Loretta Gieske of Melrose; 24 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his son, Frank; and sisters and brothers, Mary Bruggenthies, Amanda Boeckermann, Veronica Middendorf, Wallburga Wiechmann, Lawrence, Robert and George.

Events

BirthAugust 19, 1916Millwood Twp., MN
MarriageNovember 4, 1941Freeport, MN - Marie Schmidt
DeathJuly 15, 199956336 Grey Eagle, Todd Co., MN

Families

SpouseMarie Schmidt (1918 - 2000)
ChildPhyllis Toenyan
ChildClaude Toenyan
ChildCarl Toenyan
ChildHarold Toenyan
ChildJane Toenyan
ChildThomas Toenyan
FatherGeorge Toenyan (1872 - 1938)
MotherBernadine Albers (1873 - 1961)
SiblingAmanda Gertrude Toenyan (1895 - 1977)
SiblingMary Toenyan (1897 - 1942)
SiblingLawrence Henry Toenyan (1899 - 1981)
SiblingRobert J. Toenyan (1900 - 1989)
SiblingGeorge Toenyan (1903 - 1954)
SiblingVeronica Toenyan (1905 - 1986)
SiblingWalburga E. Toenyan (1907 - 1986)
SiblingLoretta C. Toenyan (1909 - 2003)
SiblingNorbert George Toenyan (1910 - 2001)