Oradel A. Kistner

Oradel Alma Rucks Kistner, age 90 of Arlington died on Thursday, May 21, 2015 at the Benedictine Living Center in St. Peter. Funeral services will be on Sunday, May 24, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. at Peace Lutheran Church in Arlington. Visitation will be from noon until service time on Sunday at the church. Interment will be in Arlington Public Cemetery. Oradel was born on April 1, 1925 to Emil & Alma (Thoele) Rucks in Green Isle. She attended Parochial School in Arlington and married Orlin Kistner on August 26, 1944 at Tyndall Field Chapel, Panama City, Florida. She devoted much time and love raising her family on the farm. She worked at Finger Hut in Gaylord and also at the Midland Glass Co. She and her husband ran a fur farm west of Arlington for many years. Oradel was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Green Isle until 2000 when she and her husband joined Peace Lutheran Church in Arlington, where she was also a member of its Ladies Guild. She is survived by her children; Connie (Larry) Andrews of Hamburg, Lois (Robert) Green of Waconia, Larry (Sandy) Kistner of St. Peter, and Cindy (Steve) Kane of St. Francis, 10 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren, one great- great granddaughter, sister Gladys Citrowski of California and sister-in-law, Lorraine Rucks of Arlington. She is preceded in death by her husband Orlin, siblings; Bernice Soeffker, Bernard Rucks, Mildred Ristau, Oliver Rucks and Glendora Puckett.

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