Individual Details
Regina Catherine Primus
(March 22, 1919 - December 24, 2009)
Regina C. Wessel, 90
Melrose, Mar. 22, 1919 - Dec. 24, 2009
Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Monday, December 28, 2009 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Melrose for Regina Wessel who died peacefully on Thursday, December 24 at the Melrose Area Hospital. Interment will be after lunch at St. Paul's Cemetery in Sauk Centre. Friends may call from 4 to 9 p.m. Sunday and from 8 to 10:30 a.m. Monday at the Patton-Schad Funeral Home in Melrose. Melrose Christian Mothers and St. Paul's Catholic Aid of Sauk Centre will pray at 6 p.m. followed by parish prayers at 7 p.m. Sunday evening.
Regina Catherine Primus was born March 22, 1919 in Melrose to William and Rose (Meyer) Primus. On June 7, 1944 she married Cyril J. Wessel in Melrose. The couple farmed in Sauk Centre Township and in 1982 they retired and moved to Melrose. She enjoyed quilting, playing cards and gardening. Regina was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Melrose, Melrose Christian Mothers and St. Paul's Catholic Aid of Sauk Centre.
Survivors include her children, Harold "Butch" (Betty) Wessel of Sauk Centre, Lorraine "Lori" (John) Jackels of Melrose, Alvin "Al" (Lucy) Wessel of Greenwald, Vernon "Squirt" (Karin) Wessel of Swanville, William "Bill" (Wendy) Wessel of Sauk Centre, Larry Wessel (Cecelia Grant) of St. Cloud, and Arlene (Dirk) Rohrer of Shevlin; 23 grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren; brothers and sisters, Alphonse (Hildegard) Primus of Bluffton, Joseph (Catherine) Primus of Melrose, Roman (Claira) Primus of Long Prairie, Sister Lynette Primus, O.S.B. of St. Cloud, Rose Schmeising of Meire Grove, and Betty (Nicholas) Moscho of St. Martin; sisters-in-law, Lorrayne Primus of Swanville, Mary Ann Primus of Melrose, and Marie Primus of Melrose.
Regina was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Cyril Wessel on October 17, 2001; daughter, Bernice Wessel on June 19, 1970; brothers and sisters, Alcuin Primus, Albert Primus, Urban Primus, Sister Oranda Primus, O.S.B.; and brother-in-law, Vince Schmeising.
Melrose, Mar. 22, 1919 - Dec. 24, 2009
Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Monday, December 28, 2009 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Melrose for Regina Wessel who died peacefully on Thursday, December 24 at the Melrose Area Hospital. Interment will be after lunch at St. Paul's Cemetery in Sauk Centre. Friends may call from 4 to 9 p.m. Sunday and from 8 to 10:30 a.m. Monday at the Patton-Schad Funeral Home in Melrose. Melrose Christian Mothers and St. Paul's Catholic Aid of Sauk Centre will pray at 6 p.m. followed by parish prayers at 7 p.m. Sunday evening.
Regina Catherine Primus was born March 22, 1919 in Melrose to William and Rose (Meyer) Primus. On June 7, 1944 she married Cyril J. Wessel in Melrose. The couple farmed in Sauk Centre Township and in 1982 they retired and moved to Melrose. She enjoyed quilting, playing cards and gardening. Regina was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Melrose, Melrose Christian Mothers and St. Paul's Catholic Aid of Sauk Centre.
Survivors include her children, Harold "Butch" (Betty) Wessel of Sauk Centre, Lorraine "Lori" (John) Jackels of Melrose, Alvin "Al" (Lucy) Wessel of Greenwald, Vernon "Squirt" (Karin) Wessel of Swanville, William "Bill" (Wendy) Wessel of Sauk Centre, Larry Wessel (Cecelia Grant) of St. Cloud, and Arlene (Dirk) Rohrer of Shevlin; 23 grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren; brothers and sisters, Alphonse (Hildegard) Primus of Bluffton, Joseph (Catherine) Primus of Melrose, Roman (Claira) Primus of Long Prairie, Sister Lynette Primus, O.S.B. of St. Cloud, Rose Schmeising of Meire Grove, and Betty (Nicholas) Moscho of St. Martin; sisters-in-law, Lorrayne Primus of Swanville, Mary Ann Primus of Melrose, and Marie Primus of Melrose.
Regina was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Cyril Wessel on October 17, 2001; daughter, Bernice Wessel on June 19, 1970; brothers and sisters, Alcuin Primus, Albert Primus, Urban Primus, Sister Oranda Primus, O.S.B.; and brother-in-law, Vince Schmeising.
Events
| Birth | March 22, 1919 | Melrose, Stearns Co., MN | |||
| Marriage | June 7, 1944 | Melrose, MN - Cyril Joseph Wessel | |||
| Death | December 24, 2009 | Melrose, Stearns Co., MN |
Families
| Spouse | Cyril Joseph Wessel (1918 - 2001) |
| Child | Harold William Wessel |
| Child | Bernice Rose Wessel (1948 - 1970) |
| Child | William Wessel |
| Child | Wendy Wessel |
| Child | Lorraine Hildegard Wessel |
| Child | Alvin Norbert Wessel |
| Child | Vernon Albert Wessel |
| Child | Lawrence Robert Wessel |
| Child | Arlene Valeria Wessel |
| Father | William John Primus (1894 - 1988) |
| Mother | Rose Marie Meyer (1893 - 1972) |
| Sibling | Alphonse John Primus (1918 - 2013) |
| Sibling | Roman William Primus |
| Sibling | Albert Menulf Primus (1921 - 2002) |
| Sibling | Alcuin August Primus (1922 - 1979) |
| Sibling | Urban Henry Primus (1925 - 1995) |
| Sibling | Joseph Reinhold Primus |
| Sibling | Rosemary Mathilda Primus |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Agnes Primus |
| Sibling | Sr. Lynette OSB Primus (1933 - ) |
| Sibling | Sr. Oranda OSB Primus (1935 - ) |