Individual Details
Magdalen Wielenberg
(May 26, 1911 - November 8, 2007)
Magdalen Soenneker
Magdalen Soenneker, age 96 of Melrose, died Thursday, Nov. 8, 2007, at the Mother of Mercy Nursing Home in Albany, Minn. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Melrose with Rev. Vincent Lieser officiating. Interment will follow in the parish cemetery.
Magdalen (Wielenberg) Soenneker was born May 26, 1911, in Melrose Township, Stearns County, to Frank and Elizabeth (Gramke) Wielenberg. She married Joseph A. Soenneker on Nov. 5, 1941, in Melrose. They farmed in Melrose Township until retiring in 1974. She remained on the farm with her son Joseph until entering Das Goldene Wohnheim in October of 2006, where she lived until Nov. 2, 2007. Magdalen was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Melrose, Saints Bernard and Elizabeth Catholic Aid Council, St. Mary's Christian Mothers and the Crosier Apostolate.
Survivors include her sons, Henry of Bluffton, Norbert and his wife, Charlotta, of Clarkson, Ky., Joseph and David, both of Melrose; daughters, Mary and her husband, Joel Larson of Pope Valley, Calif., and Helen and her husband, John Abelseth of Richmond, British Columbia; and 13 grandchildren; sisters, Bertha Fuechtmann of Long Prairie, Alvina Strom of Melrose, and Marie Bosl of Sauk Centre.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Joseph in 2000; son, Aloysius in 2004; one infant granddaughter; sisters, Anna and Agnes; brothers, Henry, Edwin and Joseph.
Serving as casket bearers will be Herbert Wielenberg, Melvin Wielenberg, James Bosl, Earl Fuechtmann, Arnold Soenneker and Edmund Pohlmann. Honorary casket bearers will be Kitty Mueller, Jeanett Barth, Debbie Hellermann, Shanon Mueller, Aggie Hinnenkamp, Bernice Primus, Carol Pohlmann, Anna Hellermann. Cross bearer will be Marlayna Soenneker and scripture bearer will be Debra Larson. Arrangements were made with Patton-Schad Funeral & Cremation Services of Melrose.
Magdalen Soenneker, age 96 of Melrose, died Thursday, Nov. 8, 2007, at the Mother of Mercy Nursing Home in Albany, Minn. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Melrose with Rev. Vincent Lieser officiating. Interment will follow in the parish cemetery.
Magdalen (Wielenberg) Soenneker was born May 26, 1911, in Melrose Township, Stearns County, to Frank and Elizabeth (Gramke) Wielenberg. She married Joseph A. Soenneker on Nov. 5, 1941, in Melrose. They farmed in Melrose Township until retiring in 1974. She remained on the farm with her son Joseph until entering Das Goldene Wohnheim in October of 2006, where she lived until Nov. 2, 2007. Magdalen was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Melrose, Saints Bernard and Elizabeth Catholic Aid Council, St. Mary's Christian Mothers and the Crosier Apostolate.
Survivors include her sons, Henry of Bluffton, Norbert and his wife, Charlotta, of Clarkson, Ky., Joseph and David, both of Melrose; daughters, Mary and her husband, Joel Larson of Pope Valley, Calif., and Helen and her husband, John Abelseth of Richmond, British Columbia; and 13 grandchildren; sisters, Bertha Fuechtmann of Long Prairie, Alvina Strom of Melrose, and Marie Bosl of Sauk Centre.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Joseph in 2000; son, Aloysius in 2004; one infant granddaughter; sisters, Anna and Agnes; brothers, Henry, Edwin and Joseph.
Serving as casket bearers will be Herbert Wielenberg, Melvin Wielenberg, James Bosl, Earl Fuechtmann, Arnold Soenneker and Edmund Pohlmann. Honorary casket bearers will be Kitty Mueller, Jeanett Barth, Debbie Hellermann, Shanon Mueller, Aggie Hinnenkamp, Bernice Primus, Carol Pohlmann, Anna Hellermann. Cross bearer will be Marlayna Soenneker and scripture bearer will be Debra Larson. Arrangements were made with Patton-Schad Funeral & Cremation Services of Melrose.
Events
| Birth | May 26, 1911 | Melrose, Stearns Co., MN | |||
| Marriage | November 5, 1941 | Melrose, MN - Joseph Aloysius Soenneker | |||
| Death | November 8, 2007 | Melrose, Stearns Co., MN |
Families
| Spouse | Joseph Aloysius Soenneker (1909 - 2000) |
| Father | Frank Wielenberg (1878 - 1961) |
| Mother | Elizabeth Gramke (1880 - 1962) |
| Sibling | Anna Wielenberg (1904 - 1935) |
| Sibling | Agnes Mary Wielenberg (1906 - 1944) |
| Sibling | Henry F. Wielenberg (1908 - 2007) |
| Sibling | Bertha B. Wielenberg (1913 - 2008) |
| Sibling | Edwin H. Wielenberg (1915 - 1971) |
| Sibling | Alvina Wielenberg (1918 - 2008) |
| Sibling | Joseph Meinulf Wielenberg Sr. (1923 - 2005) |