Individual Details
August Middendorf
(July 19, 1912 - June 19, 2008)
August "Happy" Middendorf, 95
Freeport, July 19, 1912 June 19, 2008
Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Monday, June 23 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Freeport for Happy Middendorf who died Thursday, June 19 at his home in Freeport. Interment will be in the parish cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 9 p.m. Sunday and from 10 to 11 a.m. Monday at the church in Freeport. Goldenaires Senior Citizens will pray at 4 p.m. followed by parish prayers at 5 p.m. Sunday evening.
Happy Middendorf was born July 19, 1912 in Millwood Township, Stearns County to Henry and Mary (Westendorf) Middendorf. On May 12, 1936 he married Bernadette Roering at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in New Munich. The couple farmed near Freeport for 29 years, retiring in 1963. Happy then worked as an inspector for 26 years at Jennie-O Foods in Melrose, retiring in 1989. He was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Freeport.
Survivors include his daughters, Verla (Arnold) Herzog of Melrose, Yvonne (Harvey) Doetkott of Grey Eagle, Nancy (Harvey) Notch of St. Joseph and Karen (Bruce) Nelson of Osseo; 9 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren and 2 great-great-grandchildren; sister, Clara Michael of Freeport; and sister-in-law, Helen Middendorf of Freeport.
Happy was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Bernadette Middendorf on May 11, 1986; grandson, Steve Herzog; brothers, Fred, Joe, Henry and Herman Middendorf; sisters, Elizabeth Brickweg, Josepha Hiltner, Aurelia Goebel, Ann Klaphake and Marie Heidgerken; and brother-in-law, Henry Michael.
Freeport, July 19, 1912 June 19, 2008
Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Monday, June 23 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Freeport for Happy Middendorf who died Thursday, June 19 at his home in Freeport. Interment will be in the parish cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 9 p.m. Sunday and from 10 to 11 a.m. Monday at the church in Freeport. Goldenaires Senior Citizens will pray at 4 p.m. followed by parish prayers at 5 p.m. Sunday evening.
Happy Middendorf was born July 19, 1912 in Millwood Township, Stearns County to Henry and Mary (Westendorf) Middendorf. On May 12, 1936 he married Bernadette Roering at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in New Munich. The couple farmed near Freeport for 29 years, retiring in 1963. Happy then worked as an inspector for 26 years at Jennie-O Foods in Melrose, retiring in 1989. He was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Freeport.
Survivors include his daughters, Verla (Arnold) Herzog of Melrose, Yvonne (Harvey) Doetkott of Grey Eagle, Nancy (Harvey) Notch of St. Joseph and Karen (Bruce) Nelson of Osseo; 9 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren and 2 great-great-grandchildren; sister, Clara Michael of Freeport; and sister-in-law, Helen Middendorf of Freeport.
Happy was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Bernadette Middendorf on May 11, 1986; grandson, Steve Herzog; brothers, Fred, Joe, Henry and Herman Middendorf; sisters, Elizabeth Brickweg, Josepha Hiltner, Aurelia Goebel, Ann Klaphake and Marie Heidgerken; and brother-in-law, Henry Michael.
Events
| Birth | July 19, 1912 | Millwood Twp., Stearns Co., MN | |||
| Marriage | May 12, 1936 | New Munich, MN - Bernadette Roering | |||
| Death | June 19, 2008 | Freeport, Stearns Co., MN |
Families
| Spouse | Bernadette Roering (1915 - 1986) |
| Child | Verla Middendorf |
| Child | Yvonne Middendorf |
| Child | Nancy Middendorf |
| Father | Henry Middendorf (1868 - ) |
| Mother | Anna (Mary) Westendorf (1870 - ) |
| Sibling | Fred Middendorf (1894 - 1982) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Middendorf (1896 - 1985) |
| Sibling | Joseph W. Middendorf (1898 - 1980) |
| Sibling | Henry Middendorf (1899 - 1967) |
| Sibling | Josepha Middendorf (1902 - 1977) |
| Sibling | Aurelia Middendorf (1904 - 1971) |
| Sibling | Anna Middendorf (1906 - 1977) |
| Sibling | Marie Middendorf (1908 - 2001) |
| Sibling | Herman F. Middendorf (1910 - 2003) |
| Sibling | Clara Middendorf |