Individual Details

Julitta "Jill" Wander

(April 14, 1928 - December 8, 2008)

Julitta "Jill" C. Schleper, 80
St. Cloud, April 14, 1928 - Dec. 8, 2008

Mass of Christian Burial will on Saturday, December 13th at 11:30 AM at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in St. Cloud for Julitta “Jill” C. Schleper, age 80, of St. Cloud, who died on Monday at Sterling House of Sauk Rapids. Rev. Alan Wielinski will officiate. Inurnment will be at a later date in St. Mary’s Parish Cemetery in Melrose. Friends may call on Saturday after 9:30 AM at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in St. Cloud.

Jill was born April 14th, 1928 in Melrose to Martin and Margaret (Frank) Wander. She married Frank Koterba of Sauk Centre, who died in 1963. She married Urban Schleper on October 10th, 1969, who died September 18th, 1999. Jill was a resident of St. Cloud since 1964. She helped establish the Women’s Jaycees in Minot, ND. She was a member of St. Peter’s Catholic Church, National Right to Life, MCCL, Eagles Aerie #622 Auxiliary, St. Peter’s Christian Women, Daughters of Isabella and volunteered for Catholic Charities. Jill was a Boy Scout Den Mother and longtime election judge.

Survivors include her children, Chuck Koterba (Ann), Hopkins; Frank Koterba (Pam Chelgren-Koterba), Bellingham, WA; Michael Koterba (JoAnn Roskoski-Koterba), Columbia, MD; Jim Schleper (Ann), St. Cloud; Jana Nash (Joe), Eden Prairie; Mary Kaye Thaemert (Christopher), Hugo; thirteen grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren, sister and brothers, Betty Johnson, Fergus Falls; Jack Wander, Duck, NC; and David Wander, Melrose.

She was preceded in death by her parents, two husbands, two infant sons, and sister Patricia Gowdy. Memorials are preferred to Birthline or St. Peter’s Parish Endowment. The family would especially like to thank Sterling House of Sauk Rapids and the St. Cloud Hospital Home Care and Hospice for their extra-ordinary care of their mother and support of her family.

Events

BirthApril 14, 1928Melrose, Stearns Co., MN
MarriageOctober 10, 1969Urban Schleper
DeathDecember 8, 2008St. Cloud, Stearns Co., MN

Families

SpouseFrank Koterba (1900 - 1963)
SpouseUrban Schleper (1916 - 1999)
FatherMartin Leonard Wander (1900 - 1978)
MotherMargaret Agnes Frank (1899 - 1991)