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Bernadine G. Schmidt

By News Team

Fri, May 24th, 2013
Posted in Spring Valley Obituaries



Bernadine G. Schmidt, age 81, of Spring Valley, Minn., died Tuesday morning, May 21, 2013, at the Spring Valley Care Center.

Bernadine was born February 23, 1932, in Granger, Minn., the daughter of Harry and Nellie (Turnmire) Lange. She attended country school, Dist. 80, until the 8th grade. On December 14, 1956, she married Donald A. Schmidt in Chatfield, Minn. and the couple made their home in rural Spring Valley. She was a homemaker for a number of years until her children were older, she then started working part-time for Libby’s/Seneca Foods in Rochester, Minn. until she retired. Donald died December 2, 2002. She had been a resident of the Spring Valley Care Center since June 2005.

She loved living out in the country; it was the best place in the world to raise a family. Her talents were endless; everything from trapping gophers, butchering poultry, nursing a sick baby calf and let’s not forget her mouth watering baked goodies. You could never stop by for just a visit…there was always coffee on and you couldn’t leave without something to eat. She was famous for her ‘thin as a dime’ flaky-crust fruit pies. Either the berries came from her own garden or she had been out in the woods picking the wild blackberries. While making her pies, she always reserved extra filling and crust so that the grandchildren had their own, individual, mini-pie. Her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren were her greatest joys. She loved looking out her kitchen window and watching her grandchildren on the old walnut tree swing. Her soothing voice and gentle hands will be missed by so many.

Bernadine is survived by three daughters, Jerilyn (Larry Fishbaugher) Schmidt of Racine, Minn.; Sharlene (Dan) Aarsvold of Spring Valley and Colleen (David) Marks of Ostrander, Minn.; nine grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; two sisters, Vera Lange of Chatfield and Margaret (Gust) Lex of Stewartville, Minn.; five brothers, Jerry (Ruby) Lange of Rochester, Paul (JoAnn) Lange of Utica, Minn.; Ray Lange of Spring Valley, Roy (Kathy) Lange of Chatfield and Lee (Diane) Lange of Millville, Minn.; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband; one daughter, Karolyn Zwart in 2004; three infant siblings; and four brothers, Willie, Orville, Francis and Lawrence Lange.

The funeral was on Friday, May 24, 2013, at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Spring Valley with Rev. Dennis Tim .....
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George “Roger” Gilbert

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Fri, May 3rd, 2013
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George “Roger” Gilbert Mr Gilbert, age 77, of Spring Valley, Minn. passed away peacefully at his home surrounded by his family on Friday, April 19, 2013 after a lengthy illness. George Roger Gilbert was born November 4, 1935 at St Mary’s H ..... 
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Louis LaFevere

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Fri, May 3rd, 2013
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Louis LaFevere Louise LeFevere, age 92, of Spring Valley, Minn., passed away Saturday morning, April 27, 2013, at the Spring Valley Care Center where she had resided since January 2011. Louise Lena Augusta Linnemeyer was born September 4, 1920, ..... 
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Robert Mensing

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Fri, May 3rd, 2013
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Robert Mensing Robert Mensing, 88, a lifelong resident of Rochester, Minn area, died Sunday, April 28, 2013 at Saint Marys Hospital in Rochester where he spent the past week in hospice care. Robert was born June 10, 1924 at the family farm outsid ..... 
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Kenneth D. Barcel

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Tue, Apr 9th, 2013
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Kenneth D. Barcel, D.C., age 81, of Spring Valley, Minn., passed on to be with the Lord Jesus Christ Thursday, April 4, 2013, at his home after a long battle with cancer. Ken was born in Minneapolis, Minn., May 22, 1931, the only child of William ..... 
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Rita Ann Heusinkveld

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Fri, Mar 22nd, 2013
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Rita Ann Heusinkveld Rita Ann Heusinkveld, age 75, of Spring Valley, Minn., was received by the Lord, Wednesday morning, March 20, 2013, at the Spring Valley Care Center following a lengthy illness. Rita was born July 12, 1937, in Lanesboro, Minn ..... 
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Dorothy L. Fisch

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Fri, Feb 22nd, 2013
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Dorothy L. Fisch Dorothy Louise (Burns) Fisch, age 88, of Rochester, MN passed away February 21, 2013 at Shorewood Retirement Community in Rochester. She was born November 5, 1924 in Walsenburg, Colorado, the daughter of Joseph Bryan & Esther ( ..... 
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June I. Stender

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Fri, Feb 15th, 2013
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June I. Stender, long-time Spring Valley resident, died Tuesday, February 12, 2013, at Seasons Hospice with family at her side. She and her twin sister, Jean, were born April 10, 1932, in Stewartville, Minn., to Boyd and Helen (Russell) Lenz. She ..... 
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Doris Lillian Matson

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Fri, Feb 15th, 2013
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Doris Lillian (Peterson) Matson passed away Saturday, February 9, 2013, at the of age 92, at her home in Harmony, Minnesota. Doris was born March 15, 1920, to Alfred and Esther (Johnson) Peterson, in rural Lanesboro, Minnesota. She married Do ..... 
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