Retired from 3M
Age 78 of Maplewood
Passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family on May 14, 2015. Preceded in death by parents Leonard & Dorothy; brother Robert. Survived by wife of 58 years, Rita; children Tim (Karly), Denise (Jim) Reuter, Diane (Mike) Meadows, Terry (Vickie), Ted (Lacey), Troy (Cindy), Dawn (Rob) Dittel; 18 grandchildren; 8 great grandchildren; brother Roger. Mass of Christian Burial Monday (5/18) 11:00 AM at CHURCH OF ST. PETER, 2600 N. Margaret St., North St. Paul, with visitation one hour prior to Mass. Interment St. John the Baptist Cemetery, Hugo. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to HealthEast Hospice or to the Building Fund at Church of St. Peter.
A Fisherman's Prayer
I pray that I may live to fish
Until my dying day;
And when it comes to my last cast,
I then most humbly pray,
When in the Lord's great landing net
And peacefully asleep
That in His mercy I be judged
Big enough to keep.