Individual Details
Carmella Petermeier
(May 10, 1921 - August 20, 2009)
Carmella M. Worms, 88
New Munich, May 10, 1921 ~ Aug. 20, 2009
Mass of Christian Burial will be 11 a.m. Tuesday, August 25 at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in New Munich for Carmella Worms who died Thursday, August 20 at Pine Haven Care Center in Melrose. Interment will be in the parish cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 9 p.m. Monday and from 8 to 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Patton-Schad Funeral Home in Melrose. Parish prayers will be held at 5 p.m. Monday evening followed by the rosary at 7 p.m. led by St. Annes Christian Mothers, Catholic Aid Council, Daughters of Isabella Joan of Arc Circle, and VFW Post 7050 Auxiliary.
Carmella Margaret Petermeier was born May 10, 1921 in Melrose Township, Stearns County, Minnesota to Henry and Elizabeth (Zirbes) Petermeier. She graduated from St. Francis High School in Little Falls and received her teaching degree from St. Cloud Teachers College. She was united in marriage to Edmund Worms on June 25, 1946 at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Melrose. Carmella taught in one room school houses in various rural school districts, two years at Sacred Heart School in New Munich, finishing the majority of her teaching career at St. Marys Catholic School in Melrose. Carmella retired after 42 years of teaching. Carmella and Ed also spent their summers operating the St. Rosa Resort on Big Birch Lake for 22 years and spent 17 winters in Surprise, Arizona during their retirement. Carmella enjoyed gardening, cooking, reading, walking, entertaining, spending time with her grandchildren and she especially enjoyed dancing with Ed. She was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in New Munich,St. Annes Christian Mothers, Immaculate Conception Catholic Aid Council, the Daughters of Isabella Joan of Arc Circle, and a life member of Schanhaar-Otte VFW Post 7050 Auxiliary.
Survivors include her children, Steve (Shirley) Worms of New Munich, Katherine (Robert) Statz of Onamia, Eva Mae (George) Kluempke of Cold Spring, Naomi Casebolt of Apple Valley, and Matthew (Sue) Worms of Freeport; 14 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; brothers and sisters, Eunice Casey and Loyola Jenkins both of California, Betty LaFriniere of Crystal, Delbert (Dolores) Petermeier of Melrose, William Bill Petermeier of Elk River, Anthony Tony (Jackie) Petermeier of Bloomington, Jeanette Barth of Melrose, Joanne (John) Welle of Paynesville, and Tom (Pat) Petermeier of Alexandria; and sister-in-law, Pat Petermeier of Melrose.
Carmella was preceded in death by her parents, Henry and Elizabeth Petermeier; husband, Edmund Worms on December 10, 2005; brothers, George, Richard, Joseph, and Steven Petermeier; and sisters, Marie Meyer and Lucille Petermeier.
New Munich, May 10, 1921 ~ Aug. 20, 2009
Mass of Christian Burial will be 11 a.m. Tuesday, August 25 at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in New Munich for Carmella Worms who died Thursday, August 20 at Pine Haven Care Center in Melrose. Interment will be in the parish cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 9 p.m. Monday and from 8 to 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Patton-Schad Funeral Home in Melrose. Parish prayers will be held at 5 p.m. Monday evening followed by the rosary at 7 p.m. led by St. Annes Christian Mothers, Catholic Aid Council, Daughters of Isabella Joan of Arc Circle, and VFW Post 7050 Auxiliary.
Carmella Margaret Petermeier was born May 10, 1921 in Melrose Township, Stearns County, Minnesota to Henry and Elizabeth (Zirbes) Petermeier. She graduated from St. Francis High School in Little Falls and received her teaching degree from St. Cloud Teachers College. She was united in marriage to Edmund Worms on June 25, 1946 at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Melrose. Carmella taught in one room school houses in various rural school districts, two years at Sacred Heart School in New Munich, finishing the majority of her teaching career at St. Marys Catholic School in Melrose. Carmella retired after 42 years of teaching. Carmella and Ed also spent their summers operating the St. Rosa Resort on Big Birch Lake for 22 years and spent 17 winters in Surprise, Arizona during their retirement. Carmella enjoyed gardening, cooking, reading, walking, entertaining, spending time with her grandchildren and she especially enjoyed dancing with Ed. She was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in New Munich,St. Annes Christian Mothers, Immaculate Conception Catholic Aid Council, the Daughters of Isabella Joan of Arc Circle, and a life member of Schanhaar-Otte VFW Post 7050 Auxiliary.
Survivors include her children, Steve (Shirley) Worms of New Munich, Katherine (Robert) Statz of Onamia, Eva Mae (George) Kluempke of Cold Spring, Naomi Casebolt of Apple Valley, and Matthew (Sue) Worms of Freeport; 14 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; brothers and sisters, Eunice Casey and Loyola Jenkins both of California, Betty LaFriniere of Crystal, Delbert (Dolores) Petermeier of Melrose, William Bill Petermeier of Elk River, Anthony Tony (Jackie) Petermeier of Bloomington, Jeanette Barth of Melrose, Joanne (John) Welle of Paynesville, and Tom (Pat) Petermeier of Alexandria; and sister-in-law, Pat Petermeier of Melrose.
Carmella was preceded in death by her parents, Henry and Elizabeth Petermeier; husband, Edmund Worms on December 10, 2005; brothers, George, Richard, Joseph, and Steven Petermeier; and sisters, Marie Meyer and Lucille Petermeier.
Events
| Birth | May 10, 1921 | Melrose Twp., Stearns Co., MN | |||
| Marriage | June 25, 1946 | Melrose, MN - Edmund Worms | |||
| Death | August 20, 2009 | New Munich, Stearns Co., MN |
Families
| Spouse | Edmund Worms (1917 - 2005) |
| Child | Steve Worms |
| Father | Henry H. Petermeier (1887 - 1973) |
| Mother | Elizabeth H. Zirbes (1893 - 1969) |
| Sibling | Marie Petermeier (1918 - 2003) |
| Sibling | Lucille Petermeier (1920 - 1993) |
| Sibling | Richard Petermeier (1924 - 1972) |
| Sibling | George Petermeier (1925 - ) |
| Sibling | Steven G. Petermeier (1928 - 2005) |
| Sibling | Joanne Petermeier |
| Sibling | Jeanette Petermeier |