Warren Riessen went home to his heavenly Father at the Sleepy Eye Care Center with his daughter Kay at his side.
He was born on the family farm near Walcott to Albert and Meta (Beckmann) Riessen during a horrible snowstorm. He was named for President Warren Harding who was inaugurated that day. After graduating from Davenport [Central] High School in 1938, he entered the U.S. Air Force and served as a B17 engine mechanic in England during WWII.
On Oct 3, 1948 he married Alice Niebuhr at St. Mark Lutheran Church in Davenport. He owned and operated Riessen's Standard Oil Gas Station for 30 years. He sold the business when the I-80 truck port opened and sold automobiles for Schwind-Boeker and later Johnny Lujack in Davenport until his 1986 retirement. He enjoyed traveling to Walker, Minnesota, to visit his daughter, and grandchildren and caught and ate numerous walleye.
Warren was active in the Walcott American Legion Post 548 and enjoyed Friday night bingo and visiting with friends.
He is survived by daughter Kay Lynn Haas, New Ulm, Minn., grandchildren Matthew (Amy) Hass; Walker, Minnesota, Kathryn (David) Armstrong, Minneapolis, and David Paulsen, Walcott; sisters Jane (Wyatt) Thede, Dixon, Iowa, and Nelda Kroeger, Davenport; five great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, wife, Alice, son-in-law, Judge Michael J. Haas, and sisters and brothers-in-law, Alberta (Elmer) Brochmann, Dorothy (Delos) Brown and Robert Kroeger.
Memorials may be made to the Walcott American Legion Post 548, or the Walcott Fire and Rescue Department.
Condolences may be sent to Kay Lynn Haas, 15419 215th St. New Ulm, MN 56073-5277. Arrangements are with Sturm Funeral Home, Sleepy Eye, Minnesota. www.sturmfh.com.
He was born on the family farm near Walcott to Albert and Meta (Beckmann) Riessen during a horrible snowstorm. He was named for President Warren Harding who was inaugurated that day. After graduating from Davenport [Central] High School in 1938, he entered the U.S. Air Force and served as a B17 engine mechanic in England during WWII.
On Oct 3, 1948 he married Alice Niebuhr at St. Mark Lutheran Church in Davenport. He owned and operated Riessen's Standard Oil Gas Station for 30 years. He sold the business when the I-80 truck port opened and sold automobiles for Schwind-Boeker and later Johnny Lujack in Davenport until his 1986 retirement. He enjoyed traveling to Walker, Minnesota, to visit his daughter, and grandchildren and caught and ate numerous walleye.
Warren was active in the Walcott American Legion Post 548 and enjoyed Friday night bingo and visiting with friends.
He is survived by daughter Kay Lynn Haas, New Ulm, Minn., grandchildren Matthew (Amy) Hass; Walker, Minnesota, Kathryn (David) Armstrong, Minneapolis, and David Paulsen, Walcott; sisters Jane (Wyatt) Thede, Dixon, Iowa, and Nelda Kroeger, Davenport; five great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, wife, Alice, son-in-law, Judge Michael J. Haas, and sisters and brothers-in-law, Alberta (Elmer) Brochmann, Dorothy (Delos) Brown and Robert Kroeger.
Memorials may be made to the Walcott American Legion Post 548, or the Walcott Fire and Rescue Department.
Condolences may be sent to Kay Lynn Haas, 15419 215th St. New Ulm, MN 56073-5277. Arrangements are with Sturm Funeral Home, Sleepy Eye, Minnesota. www.sturmfh.com.
Warren Riessen went home to his heavenly Father at the Sleepy Eye Care Center with his daughter Kay at his side.
He was born on the family farm near Walcott to Albert and Meta (Beckmann) Riessen during a horrible snowstorm. He was named for President Warren Harding who was inaugurated that day. After graduating from Davenport [Central] High School in 1938, he entered the U.S. Air Force and served as a B17 engine mechanic in England during WWII.
On Oct 3, 1948 he married Alice Niebuhr at St. Mark Lutheran Church in Davenport. He owned and operated Riessen's Standard Oil Gas Station for 30 years. He sold the business when the I-80 truck port opened and sold automobiles for Schwind-Boeker and later Johnny Lujack in Davenport until his 1986 retirement. He enjoyed traveling to Walker, Minnesota, to visit his daughter, and grandchildren and caught and ate numerous walleye.
Warren was active in the Walcott American Legion Post 548 and enjoyed Friday night bingo and visiting with friends.
He is survived by daughter Kay Lynn Haas, New Ulm, Minn., grandchildren Matthew (Amy) Hass; Walker, Minnesota, Kathryn (David) Armstrong, Minneapolis, and David Paulsen, Walcott; sisters Jane (Wyatt) Thede, Dixon, Iowa, and Nelda Kroeger, Davenport; five great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, wife, Alice, son-in-law, Judge Michael J. Haas, and sisters and brothers-in-law, Alberta (Elmer) Brochmann, Dorothy (Delos) Brown and Robert Kroeger.
Memorials may be made to the Walcott American Legion Post 548, or the Walcott Fire and Rescue Department.
Condolences may be sent to Kay Lynn Haas, 15419 215th St. New Ulm, MN 56073-5277. Arrangements are with Sturm Funeral Home, Sleepy Eye, Minnesota. www.sturmfh.com.
He was born on the family farm near Walcott to Albert and Meta (Beckmann) Riessen during a horrible snowstorm. He was named for President Warren Harding who was inaugurated that day. After graduating from Davenport [Central] High School in 1938, he entered the U.S. Air Force and served as a B17 engine mechanic in England during WWII.
On Oct 3, 1948 he married Alice Niebuhr at St. Mark Lutheran Church in Davenport. He owned and operated Riessen's Standard Oil Gas Station for 30 years. He sold the business when the I-80 truck port opened and sold automobiles for Schwind-Boeker and later Johnny Lujack in Davenport until his 1986 retirement. He enjoyed traveling to Walker, Minnesota, to visit his daughter, and grandchildren and caught and ate numerous walleye.
Warren was active in the Walcott American Legion Post 548 and enjoyed Friday night bingo and visiting with friends.
He is survived by daughter Kay Lynn Haas, New Ulm, Minn., grandchildren Matthew (Amy) Hass; Walker, Minnesota, Kathryn (David) Armstrong, Minneapolis, and David Paulsen, Walcott; sisters Jane (Wyatt) Thede, Dixon, Iowa, and Nelda Kroeger, Davenport; five great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, wife, Alice, son-in-law, Judge Michael J. Haas, and sisters and brothers-in-law, Alberta (Elmer) Brochmann, Dorothy (Delos) Brown and Robert Kroeger.
Memorials may be made to the Walcott American Legion Post 548, or the Walcott Fire and Rescue Department.
Condolences may be sent to Kay Lynn Haas, 15419 215th St. New Ulm, MN 56073-5277. Arrangements are with Sturm Funeral Home, Sleepy Eye, Minnesota. www.sturmfh.com.
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