Individual Details
Ralph R. Petermeier
(February 17, 1955 - April 4, 2011)
Ralph R. Petermeier
Ralph R. Petermeier, age 56 of Mounds View, died Monday, April 4, 2011, at his home in Mounds View.
Mass of Christian Burial was held at 11 a.m., Saturday, April 9, at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in St. Rosa with Rev. Virgil Petermeier, O.S.C. officiating and Rev. Roger Klassen, O.S.B. concelebrating. Inurnment will be in the parish cemetery at a later date.
Ralph Richard Petermeier was born on Feb. 17, 1955, in Melrose to Edwin and Loretta (Sand) Petermeier. He graduated from Melrose High School in 1973. Ralph resided in Mounds View and owned a motorcycle repair shop and then was employed for many years at Ballantine, Inc. He recently was employed by Federal Ammunition in Anoka. Ralph had a wonderful gift of creating various robotic mechanisms while at Ballantine, Inc. He was also a jack-of-all-trades as neighbors and friends would bring their broken equipment to him for repair. Ralph enjoyed hunting, motorcycling, snowmobiling and collecting vintage guns. He was a great inventor of various items.
Survivors include his parents, Edwin and Loretta Petermeier of Melrose; brothers, Rev. Virgil Petermeier of Indonesia and Germain (Annette) Petermeier of Avon; sisters, Bernice (Don) Tackett of Vilonia, Ark., Rosie (Jim) Athmann of Melrose and Irene (Rick) Gruber of Melrose; brother-in-law, Dan (Patty) Groetsch of Albany; and many nieces and nephews.
Ralph was preceded in death by his grandparents, Benedict and Mary (Kemper) Petermeier and Nicholas and Anna (Olberding) Sand; and sister, Kathy Groetsch. In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred. Serving as casket bearers were Jim Athmann, Dan Groetsch, Don Tackett, Ken Ritter, Larry Hoeschen and Marvin Hinnenkamp. Cross bearer was Gavin Petermeier and scripture bearer was Germain Petermeier. Honorary bearers were Gary Bruneau, Brenton Isaacson, Dave Petermeier, David Bacs, Jamie Lindahl, Betty Lindahl, Jim Lindahl, John Lindahl, Dennis Leslie, Joe Guy, CJ Hollenkamp and Chuck Purdie.
Ralph R. Petermeier, age 56 of Mounds View, died Monday, April 4, 2011, at his home in Mounds View.
Mass of Christian Burial was held at 11 a.m., Saturday, April 9, at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in St. Rosa with Rev. Virgil Petermeier, O.S.C. officiating and Rev. Roger Klassen, O.S.B. concelebrating. Inurnment will be in the parish cemetery at a later date.
Ralph Richard Petermeier was born on Feb. 17, 1955, in Melrose to Edwin and Loretta (Sand) Petermeier. He graduated from Melrose High School in 1973. Ralph resided in Mounds View and owned a motorcycle repair shop and then was employed for many years at Ballantine, Inc. He recently was employed by Federal Ammunition in Anoka. Ralph had a wonderful gift of creating various robotic mechanisms while at Ballantine, Inc. He was also a jack-of-all-trades as neighbors and friends would bring their broken equipment to him for repair. Ralph enjoyed hunting, motorcycling, snowmobiling and collecting vintage guns. He was a great inventor of various items.
Survivors include his parents, Edwin and Loretta Petermeier of Melrose; brothers, Rev. Virgil Petermeier of Indonesia and Germain (Annette) Petermeier of Avon; sisters, Bernice (Don) Tackett of Vilonia, Ark., Rosie (Jim) Athmann of Melrose and Irene (Rick) Gruber of Melrose; brother-in-law, Dan (Patty) Groetsch of Albany; and many nieces and nephews.
Ralph was preceded in death by his grandparents, Benedict and Mary (Kemper) Petermeier and Nicholas and Anna (Olberding) Sand; and sister, Kathy Groetsch. In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred. Serving as casket bearers were Jim Athmann, Dan Groetsch, Don Tackett, Ken Ritter, Larry Hoeschen and Marvin Hinnenkamp. Cross bearer was Gavin Petermeier and scripture bearer was Germain Petermeier. Honorary bearers were Gary Bruneau, Brenton Isaacson, Dave Petermeier, David Bacs, Jamie Lindahl, Betty Lindahl, Jim Lindahl, John Lindahl, Dennis Leslie, Joe Guy, CJ Hollenkamp and Chuck Purdie.
Events
| Birth | February 17, 1955 | Melrose, Stearns Co., MN | |||
| Death | April 4, 2011 | Mounds View, MN |
Families
| Father | Edwin Petermeier |
| Mother | Loretta Sand |
| Sibling | Virgil Rev. Petermeier |