Obituary, Mankato Free Press, 2 Jan 2019 - Living relatives omitted from this post
GERALDINE G. "GERI" ROEMHILDT, age 83 of Waseca, died on Sunday, December 30, 2018 at the Homestead Hospice House in Owatonna, surrounded by her loving family.
Born in Upsula, Minnesota on August 15, 1935, Geraldine was the daughter of Roy and Mary (Marcinho) Carlson. She was raised in Columbia Heights by her uncle and aunt, Leo and Hedrie Zarn. She graduated from Columbia Heights High School before graduating from the Minneapolis General Hospital School of Nursing in 1956. On September 12, 1959 she married Kenneth Roemhildt in Columbia Heights. She worked for a few years as the Waseca County Public Health Nurse until she began raising her family. She then worked helping her husband on the family farm. She was active with many church activities at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Waseca, and she enjoyed gardening, baking, traveling, fishing, swimming, sewing, and spending time with her grandchildren.
Geraldine is survived by her husband, four children, eight grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Roy and Mary; her uncle and two aunts who raised her, Leo, Hedrie (Hedvie), and Alma Irene Zarn; two brothers and their wives, Ronald (Lois) Carlson, and Duane (Judy) Carlson; and one granddaughter, Laura Roemhildt.
Visitation will be held from 4-7PM on Thursday, January 3, 2019 at Dennis Funeral & Cremation Services in Waseca, and will continue for one hour before the service at the church on Friday.
Funeral Services will be held at 11:00AM on Friday, January 4, 2019 at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Waseca, with Rev. Giles Zimmer officiating. Interment will follow at St. John's Trinity Lutheran Cemetery in Iosco Township, Waseca County. dennisfuneralhomes.com
Minnesota birth index:
Name Geraldine Gloria Carlson
Father's Name Roy Milton Carlson
Mother's Name Mary Eleanor Marcinko
Event Type Birth
Event Date 15 Aug 1935
Event Place Morrison, Minnesota, United States
File Number 1935-MN-000062
Affiliate Repository Type Affiliate
Geraldine "Geri" lived with her father's sister, Hedvie A. Carlson Zarn, and Hedvie's husband Leo H. Zarn, as their foster daughter.
Minnesota marriage index:
WASECA County certificate: BK P PG 191
Date of marriage: 09/12/1959
ROEMHILDT, KENNETH DALE
CARLSON, GERALDINE GWENDOLYN (Not sure why it says Gwendolyn, since her middle name on her birth record is clearly Gloria.)
Geraldine's aunt/foster mother Hedvie died in the time between the announcement of the engagement, and the wedding, in 1959.
GERALDINE G. "GERI" ROEMHILDT, age 83 of Waseca, died on Sunday, December 30, 2018 at the Homestead Hospice House in Owatonna, surrounded by her loving family.
Born in Upsula, Minnesota on August 15, 1935, Geraldine was the daughter of Roy and Mary (Marcinho) Carlson. She was raised in Columbia Heights by her uncle and aunt, Leo and Hedrie Zarn. She graduated from Columbia Heights High School before graduating from the Minneapolis General Hospital School of Nursing in 1956. On September 12, 1959 she married Kenneth Roemhildt in Columbia Heights. She worked for a few years as the Waseca County Public Health Nurse until she began raising her family. She then worked helping her husband on the family farm. She was active with many church activities at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Waseca, and she enjoyed gardening, baking, traveling, fishing, swimming, sewing, and spending time with her grandchildren.
Geraldine is survived by her husband, four children, eight grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Roy and Mary; her uncle and two aunts who raised her, Leo, Hedrie (Hedvie), and Alma Irene Zarn; two brothers and their wives, Ronald (Lois) Carlson, and Duane (Judy) Carlson; and one granddaughter, Laura Roemhildt.
Visitation will be held from 4-7PM on Thursday, January 3, 2019 at Dennis Funeral & Cremation Services in Waseca, and will continue for one hour before the service at the church on Friday.
Funeral Services will be held at 11:00AM on Friday, January 4, 2019 at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Waseca, with Rev. Giles Zimmer officiating. Interment will follow at St. John's Trinity Lutheran Cemetery in Iosco Township, Waseca County. dennisfuneralhomes.com
Minnesota birth index:
Name Geraldine Gloria Carlson
Father's Name Roy Milton Carlson
Mother's Name Mary Eleanor Marcinko
Event Type Birth
Event Date 15 Aug 1935
Event Place Morrison, Minnesota, United States
File Number 1935-MN-000062
Affiliate Repository Type Affiliate
Geraldine "Geri" lived with her father's sister, Hedvie A. Carlson Zarn, and Hedvie's husband Leo H. Zarn, as their foster daughter.
Minnesota marriage index:
WASECA County certificate: BK P PG 191
Date of marriage: 09/12/1959
ROEMHILDT, KENNETH DALE
CARLSON, GERALDINE GWENDOLYN (Not sure why it says Gwendolyn, since her middle name on her birth record is clearly Gloria.)
Geraldine's aunt/foster mother Hedvie died in the time between the announcement of the engagement, and the wedding, in 1959.
Obituary, Mankato Free Press, 2 Jan 2019 - Living relatives omitted from this post
GERALDINE G. "GERI" ROEMHILDT, age 83 of Waseca, died on Sunday, December 30, 2018 at the Homestead Hospice House in Owatonna, surrounded by her loving family.
Born in Upsula, Minnesota on August 15, 1935, Geraldine was the daughter of Roy and Mary (Marcinho) Carlson. She was raised in Columbia Heights by her uncle and aunt, Leo and Hedrie Zarn. She graduated from Columbia Heights High School before graduating from the Minneapolis General Hospital School of Nursing in 1956. On September 12, 1959 she married Kenneth Roemhildt in Columbia Heights. She worked for a few years as the Waseca County Public Health Nurse until she began raising her family. She then worked helping her husband on the family farm. She was active with many church activities at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Waseca, and she enjoyed gardening, baking, traveling, fishing, swimming, sewing, and spending time with her grandchildren.
Geraldine is survived by her husband, four children, eight grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Roy and Mary; her uncle and two aunts who raised her, Leo, Hedrie (Hedvie), and Alma Irene Zarn; two brothers and their wives, Ronald (Lois) Carlson, and Duane (Judy) Carlson; and one granddaughter, Laura Roemhildt.
Visitation will be held from 4-7PM on Thursday, January 3, 2019 at Dennis Funeral & Cremation Services in Waseca, and will continue for one hour before the service at the church on Friday.
Funeral Services will be held at 11:00AM on Friday, January 4, 2019 at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Waseca, with Rev. Giles Zimmer officiating. Interment will follow at St. John's Trinity Lutheran Cemetery in Iosco Township, Waseca County. dennisfuneralhomes.com
Minnesota birth index:
Name Geraldine Gloria Carlson
Father's Name Roy Milton Carlson
Mother's Name Mary Eleanor Marcinko
Event Type Birth
Event Date 15 Aug 1935
Event Place Morrison, Minnesota, United States
File Number 1935-MN-000062
Affiliate Repository Type Affiliate
Geraldine "Geri" lived with her father's sister, Hedvie A. Carlson Zarn, and Hedvie's husband Leo H. Zarn, as their foster daughter.
Minnesota marriage index:
WASECA County certificate: BK P PG 191
Date of marriage: 09/12/1959
ROEMHILDT, KENNETH DALE
CARLSON, GERALDINE GWENDOLYN (Not sure why it says Gwendolyn, since her middle name on her birth record is clearly Gloria.)
Geraldine's aunt/foster mother Hedvie died in the time between the announcement of the engagement, and the wedding, in 1959.
GERALDINE G. "GERI" ROEMHILDT, age 83 of Waseca, died on Sunday, December 30, 2018 at the Homestead Hospice House in Owatonna, surrounded by her loving family.
Born in Upsula, Minnesota on August 15, 1935, Geraldine was the daughter of Roy and Mary (Marcinho) Carlson. She was raised in Columbia Heights by her uncle and aunt, Leo and Hedrie Zarn. She graduated from Columbia Heights High School before graduating from the Minneapolis General Hospital School of Nursing in 1956. On September 12, 1959 she married Kenneth Roemhildt in Columbia Heights. She worked for a few years as the Waseca County Public Health Nurse until she began raising her family. She then worked helping her husband on the family farm. She was active with many church activities at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Waseca, and she enjoyed gardening, baking, traveling, fishing, swimming, sewing, and spending time with her grandchildren.
Geraldine is survived by her husband, four children, eight grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Roy and Mary; her uncle and two aunts who raised her, Leo, Hedrie (Hedvie), and Alma Irene Zarn; two brothers and their wives, Ronald (Lois) Carlson, and Duane (Judy) Carlson; and one granddaughter, Laura Roemhildt.
Visitation will be held from 4-7PM on Thursday, January 3, 2019 at Dennis Funeral & Cremation Services in Waseca, and will continue for one hour before the service at the church on Friday.
Funeral Services will be held at 11:00AM on Friday, January 4, 2019 at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Waseca, with Rev. Giles Zimmer officiating. Interment will follow at St. John's Trinity Lutheran Cemetery in Iosco Township, Waseca County. dennisfuneralhomes.com
Minnesota birth index:
Name Geraldine Gloria Carlson
Father's Name Roy Milton Carlson
Mother's Name Mary Eleanor Marcinko
Event Type Birth
Event Date 15 Aug 1935
Event Place Morrison, Minnesota, United States
File Number 1935-MN-000062
Affiliate Repository Type Affiliate
Geraldine "Geri" lived with her father's sister, Hedvie A. Carlson Zarn, and Hedvie's husband Leo H. Zarn, as their foster daughter.
Minnesota marriage index:
WASECA County certificate: BK P PG 191
Date of marriage: 09/12/1959
ROEMHILDT, KENNETH DALE
CARLSON, GERALDINE GWENDOLYN (Not sure why it says Gwendolyn, since her middle name on her birth record is clearly Gloria.)
Geraldine's aunt/foster mother Hedvie died in the time between the announcement of the engagement, and the wedding, in 1959.
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