Individual Details

Rita Marie Schulte

(March 17, 1918 - February 8, 2010)

Rita M. Loxtercamp, 91
Melrose, Mar. 17, 1918-Feb. 8, 2010

Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 11, 2010 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Melrose for Rita Loxtercamp who died Monday, Feb. 8 at the Melrose Area Hospital. Interment will be in the parish cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday (TODAY) and from 8 to 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the Patton-Schad Funeral Home in Melrose. Christian Mothers, Women's Catholic Order of Foresters, and the Catholic Aid Association will pray at 6 p.m. followed by parish prayers at 7 p.m. Wednesday evening at the funeral home.

Rita Marie Schulte was born March 17, 1918, one of 13 children, to Henry and Elizabeth (Nathe) Schulte in Meire Grove. She attended District 51 grade school in Greenwald. She married Henry Loxtercamp on May 18, 1937 at St. Andrew's Catholic Church in Greenwald. Shortly thereafter they moved to Melrose. Twin boys were born in 1938 and a daughter in 1941. Rita was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Melrose, Christian Mothers, the Catholic Aid Association, the Catholic Order of Foresters, and also a choir member for 50 years. Rita enjoyed playing cards and was an avid golfer and bowler. One of her greatest passions in life was cleaning. She was a loving devoted wife and mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and great-great-grandmother and will be missed by all.

Survivors include her twin sons, Ron (Alice) Loxtercamp of Melrose and Don (Sharren) Loxtercamp of St. Cloud; son-in-law, Nick Braegelmann of Melrose; 13 grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren; and sisters, Lorraine (Ed) Schulzetenberg of Melrose and Eileen Otte of St. Cloud.

Rita was preceded in death by her husband, Henry in 2003; daughter, Doris Ann Braegelmann in 1995; parents; sisters, Jean Hackman, Louise Winter, Rose Raduenz, Marcella Lauer, and Irene Sobkoviak; and brothers, Anthony Schulte, Edwin Schulte, Alcuin Schulte, Wilfred Schulte and infant brother, Alois Schulte. Memorials are preferred to Saint Mary's Catholic Church in Melrose.

Events

BirthMarch 17, 1918Meire Grove, Stearns Co., MN
MarriageMay 18, 1937Greenwald, MN - Henry Hank Loxtercamp
DeathFebruary 8, 2010Melrose, Stearns Co., MN

Families

SpouseHenry Hank Loxtercamp (1914 - 2003)
ChildDonald G. Loxtercamp
ChildRonald Loxtercamp
ChildDoris Ann Loxtercamp (1941 - 1995)
FatherHenry Gerhard Schulte (1871 - 1939)
MotherElizabeth Nathe (1880 - 1970)
SiblingRegina Adelheid Schulte (1900 - 1963)
SiblingAnton Joseph Schulte (1902 - 1966)
SiblingLouise Schulte (1904 - 1976)
SiblingRose Anna Schulte (1906 - 2000)
SiblingEdwin John Schulte (1908 - 1991)
SiblingAlcuin Mathias Schulte (1912 - 1979)
SiblingMarcella Anna Schulte (1914 - 1964)
SiblingIrene M. Schulte (1916 - 1990)
SiblingWilfred M. Schulte (1920 - 1995)
SiblingLorraine Ann Schulte
SiblingEileen Schulte (1926 - 2010)