Lillian Rose Elsie Weckwerth

Lillian Rose Elsie Weckwerth, age 96 of rural Green Isle, passed away Thursday, August 2, 2018 at her home surrounded by family and friends. Funeral service will be 1:00 p.m. Monday, August 6th at the Kolden Funeral Home in Arlington. Visitation will be 10:00 a.m. until service time Monday at the funeral home. Interment will be in the Arlington Public Cemetery. Lillian was born on February 28, 1922 in Fairhaven to Edward and Freida (Schmidt) Blumke. She was baptized on April 9, 1922 and confirmed on November 21, 1937 at Concordia Lutheran Church in Fairhaven. Lillian married Ruben Weckwerth on April 16, 1941 at the St. Paul's Lutheran Church Parsonage in Gaylord by Rev. George L. Matthiae. Lillian loved spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren. She enjoyed gardening, baking bread and making her Pfeffernuse cookies that she gave to her grandchildren as Christmas gifts. Lillian also enjoyed sitting under the trees watching her grandchildren work on their cars. Lillian is survived by her children, Melva (Henry) Albers of Winthrop, Donald (Denise) Weckwerth of Robbinsdale, Verlinda (Kenneth) Stoeckman of Green Isle, and Stewart Weckwerth of Green Isle; grandchildren, Sandra (late, Jeff) Pomplun, Lisa (Kent) Krumwiede, David (Misty) Albers, John (Julie) Brown, Alysia (David) Leonhardt, Shiela (Mike)Janke, Karen (Gary) Kurtzweg, Dennis (Kris) Stoeckman, Kevin Stoeckman, Diana (Tom) Streich, and Kris (special friend, Aly Graff) Stoeckman; 37 great-grandchildren; 13 great-great-grandchildren; sisters, Luella Lofgren, and Janette Maahs; and many nieces and nephews. She is preceded in death by her parents; husband, Ruben; grandsons, Todd and Tye Brown, and Jeff Pomplun; great-granddaughter, Faith Krumwiede; brothers and sisters-in-law, Floyd (Adeline) Bluemke, Gary (Gladys) Blumke, Elmer and George Meyer, Iver (Hazel) Weckwerth, Victor (Elsie) Weckwerth, Don Kell, LeRoy Lofgren, and Franklin Maahs.