NRHEG Star Eagle

137 Years Serving the New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva Area
Newspaper of Record for NRHEG School District
Newspaper of Record for Waseca County, MN
PO Box 248 • New Richland, MN 56072

507-463-8112
email: steagle@hickorytech.net
Published every Thursday
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Remembering Gene Dodge…..

Funeral Services for Gene C. Dodge of New Richland, MN will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, June 10, 2013 at Trinity Lutheran Church, New Richland. Pastor Paul Andree will officiate. Interment will be in St. Olaf Cemetery, New Richland. Military Honors will be accorded by New Richland Veteran’s Organizations. Visitation will be held from 4-7 Sunday at Friedrich Funeral Home in New Richland and one hour before the service at the church.

Gene passed away surrounded by his loving family at St. John’s Lutheran Home in Albert Lea, MN on June 6, 2013, one day after his 70th wedding anniversary. He was 94 years old.

Mildred Pofahl, 91, of Wells, MN, died Tuesday, June 4, 2013, at Parkview Care Center in Wells. Funeral Services will be held Monday, June 10, 2013 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Paul’s United Church of Christ in rural Minnesota Lake, MN. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the Church on Monday. Pastor Brooke Wickliffe-Fisher will officiate and the interment will be in the Church Cemetery. Bruss-Heitner Funeral Home in Wells is in charge of the arrangements.

Remembering Helen Dulas……

Funeral Services for Veronica “Helen” Dulas of New Richland, MN will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, May 31, 2013 at Church of All Saints in New Richland.  Father Donald Schmitz will officiate. Interment will be in Calvary Cemetery, New Richland.  Visitation will be from noon until the time of the service at the church. A short prayer service will be offered by the family at 1 p.m. Friedrich Funeral Home is assisting the family.

Helen died  peacefully at Golden Living West in Rochester, MN on May 27, 2013. She was 86.

She was born August 17, 1926, at the Waseca Memorial Hospital in Waseca. She graduated from Freeborn High School. She married Ambrose Dulas on June 24, 1957, in New Richland.

Luverne W. Radke, age 92 of Elysian, died on Monday, June 3, 2013 at the Waterville Good Samaritan Center.

Born on July 12, 1920 in Waseca County, Minnesota he was the son of Otto and Carrie (Stiernagle) Radke. He attended school in rural Waseca County. Luverne married Ruth Kluender on June 30, 1943. Together they lived and farmed in Vivian Township, Waseca County before retiring in 1985. He enjoyed farming with his horses and fishing, especially ice fishing. In his retirement, he took great pride in mowing his and others yards. Luverne took great pleasure in spending time with his family.

Francis J. Jeno, lifelong resident of Steele County, died May 25, 2013 at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester surrounded by his loving family. Mass of Christian Burial is set for Wednesday, May 29, 2013 at 11 a.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Owatonna with Rev. Michael Cronin presiding. A celebration and fellowship will follow the mass with a reception in the Parish Center at Sacred Heart. Following the reception, a horse drawn wagon, per Francis's request, will respectfully carry the casket to the Sacred Heart Cemetery in Owatonna. Military honors will be provided by Steele County Funeral Unit. Friends may greet the family on Tuesday, May 28, 2013 from 4 – 8 p.m. at Brick–Meger Funeral Home (1603 Austin Road, Owatonna.) The visitation will continue one hour before the funeral liturgy at Sacred Heart. The Blooming Prairie Knight of Columbus will recite the rosary at church at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday.