Individual Details

Rosemary Gertrude Zierden

(April 21, 1936 - September 18, 2000)

Rosemary Janke
64
Melrose
Sep 18, 2000

Services will be 11:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Mary's Catholic Church for Rosemary Janke, 64, who died Monday at Melrose Area Hospital. Burial will be in the parish cemetery. Friends may call from 3:30 to 9 tonight and from 8 to 11 a.m. Thursday at Patton-Schad Funeral Home, Melrose. Parish prayers will be at 8 tonight at the funeral home.

Rosemary Janke was born in St. Cloud to Matthew and Mary (Wehsler) Zierden. She worked for several years at Albany Nursing Home. She married Anthony Janke on Feb. 20, 1970, at St. Mary's Catholic Church. The couple lived on Big Birch Lake near Grey Eagle before moving to Melrose in 1983. She was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church.

Survivors include her husband; children, Brenda VanBeck of Melrose, Anthony Jr. of Minnetonka, Steven of Coon Rapids, Ronald of Lakeville, and Mary Lou Gerads of Grey Eagle; sisters, Theresa Rademacher of Melrose, Delores Dierkhising of New Munich, Margaret Borgerding of Freeport, and Sister Geraldine of St. Joseph; and seven grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her sister and brothers, Lucille Fischbach, Hubert, Jerome, Art, Edmund, Mathew, and Larry; and one grandchild.

Events

BirthApril 21, 1936St. Cloud, Stearns Co., MN
MarriageFebruary 20, 1970Anthony Janke
DeathSeptember 18, 200056352 Melrose, Stearns Co., MN

Families

SpouseAnthony Janke
ChildAnthony Janke Jr. (1971 - 2008)
ChildBrenda Janke
ChildSteven Janke
ChildRonald Janke
ChildMary Lou Janke
FatherMathias Joseph Zierden (1893 - 1955)
MotherMary Wehseler (1897 - 1969)
SiblingTheresa Mary Zierden (1921 - 2004)
SiblingHubert Henry Zierden (1922 - 1991)
SiblingJerome Joseph Zierden (1923 - 1979)
SiblingArthur William Zierden (1924 - 1987)
SiblingDolores Eleanore Zierden
SiblingMatthias Zierden Jr. (1927 - 1927)
SiblingEdmund Herman Zierden (1928 - 1995)
SiblingLucille Emma Zierden (1930 - 1999)
SiblingMargaret Isbelle Zierden
SiblingValerian Joseph Zierden (1934 - 1991)
SiblingGeraldine Christine OSB Zierden Sr.