Milton Woehler

Milton "Jim" Woehler, age 78 of Arlington passed away Sunday, June 30, 2013 at the Winthrop Good Samaritan Center. Funeral service will be 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, July 3, 2013 from Zion Lutheran Church in Arlington. Visitation will be from 4:00 until 8:00 p.m. Tuesday at the Kolden Funeral Home in Arlington and will continue one hour prior to service time Wednesday at the church. Interment with military honors will be at the church cemetery in New Auburn Township. Rev. James Carlson, officiating. Mr. Woehler was born on October 10, 1934 in Michigan, North Dakota to Milton and Minnie (Sommerfeld) Woehler. Milton's family moved to the Arlington area in 1935. Milton was educated in the rural public school system. He married Rhoda Grapentine on June 6, 1959 at St. Paul's United Church of Christ in Henderson. Milton and Rhoda farmed on the Woehler family farm until Milton retired in 1999. Milton is survived by his wife Rhoda Woehler of Arlington, children; Gerald (Brenda) Woehler of Arlington, Kathleen Anderson of Hutchinson, Lyle Woehler of Arlington, five grandchildren; Kim, Matt, and Tammy Woehler, Andrew and Jennifer Anderson, siblings; Ruth (George) Hahn of Gaylord, LeRoy (Joanne) Woehler of Arlington, Grace Brinkmann of Darwin, and many nieces and nephews. Milton is preceded in death by his parents, Milton and Minnie.