ShirLee M. Wipper
March 30, 1936 – May 13, 2018
Funeral Services was Thurs., May 17 at Williams Dingmann Family Funeral Home, Becker, for ShirLee M. Wipper, age 82, who passed away Sunday May 13 at the St. Cloud Hospital. Pastor Daryl Thul officiated and burial was at South Santiago Lutheran Cemetery. Visitation was Wed. and prior to the services Thursday at the funeral home.
ShirLee was born March 30, 1936 in St. Paul to Julius & Esther (Liljedahl) Sjolander. She married Darwin Wipper on April 30, 1955 in Clear Lake. ShirLee was a homemaker and also worked at Holes Webway and Lange Boarding Home. She enjoyed cooking, baking, gardening, solving crossword puzzles, and was an avid bird watcher. ShirLee was a great Mom and Grandma who took great pride in her family and enjoyed spending time with them. She was a loving, caring, passionate, sensitive woman who always put others before herself.
Survivors include her children, Linda (Richard) Nelson of Clear Lake, Steve (Kim) Wipper of St. Cloud, Julie (Mike) Ganz of Clear Lake, Nancy (Tom) Gruenke of St. Cloud and Scott Wipper of St. Cloud; daughter-in-law, Gail Oberg-Wipper of St. Cloud; 11 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren. ShirLee was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Darwin on Oct. 2, 1997; son, Eugene Wipper; daughter, Sandy & Dave Rossman and their son, Joseph; sister, LoRayne Cox; and ShirLee’s favorite dog, Colby. Obituary and guestbook available online: www.williamsdingmann.com.
Deloris “DeE” O.Holt
July 17, 1938 – May 16, 2018
Funeral Services will be 4 p.m. Sunday, May 20, at South Santiago Lutheran Church in rural Clear Lake for Deloris “Dee” O. Holt, 79 of Becker who passed away on Wednesday at her home surrounded by her loving family. Rev. Daryl Thul will officiate and burial will be private at Snake River Cemetery in rural Becker at a later date. Visitation will be two hours prior to services at the church on Sunday. Arrangements are entrusted to Williams Dingmann Family Funeral Home in Becker.
Deloris was born on July 17, 1938 in Becker to Edward J. and Alice L. (Larson) Fuchs. She was married to Virgil R. Holt on June 4, 1960 at Oak Knoll Lutheran Church in Minnetonka and the couple made their home in Becker in 1970. Dee worked as a bank teller for many years at various banks and retired in 2000. She also worked as the “Granny Nanny” for her children, helping to raise her grandchildren, which was her favorite job. Dee was a talented quilter and belonged to a quilting group. She was a woman of great faith and had many church homes over the years, including Becker Lutheran, Bethlehem Lutheran in St. Cloud, Resurrection Lutheran in Monticello and South Santiago Lutheran in Clear Lake. Dee was very involved in teaching Sunday School, Women’s Group and singing in the choir. She served as treasurer and started prayer groups, service groups, and a meal ministry.
Survivors include her daughters, Heidi Hansen of Becker, Hollie (Randall) Holt-Woehl of Brooklyn Park and Helen (Mark) Swanson of Becker; grandchildren, Josh Hansen, Nicole (Brock) Wheeler, Jared Hansen, Nicholas (Jessica) Holt-Woehl, Micah Holt-Woehl, Noelle Swanson, Melody Swanson and Isabelle Swanson; great grandson, Abram Wheeler, one great granddaughter on the way and siblings, Conrad Fuchs of Grove City, OH and Alice Bushnell of St. Cloud. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband Virgil on January 17, 2011 and brother, Harlan Fuchs. Obituary, video tribute and guest book available online at: www.williamsdingmann.com.
Thomas Lee Wilkinson
August 15, 1946 – May 6, 2018
Tom grew up in Bird Island until the family moved to Brooklyn Center where he graduated from Osseo High School in 1964. He joined the Navy during the Vietnam War serving on the USS Oriskany (CVA 34). He returned home where he met Joanne and her two girls, Wendy and Brenda. They married on Sept. 26, 1970 and moved to Cambridge. Eddy and Troy were born in 1971 and 1973. Tom worked as an ironworker, working on the IDS Center and other projects. He also worked on the Alaskan pipeline in the mid 1970’s. Following this, he worked for NSP in Becker for many years. Eventually he joined his sons in construction. Tom enjoyed hunting, fishing, and ice fishing with his sons, brothers, grandchildren, family and friends, and attending his grandchildren’s events. Tom entered into the loving arms of his Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, on May 6.
He was preceded in death by: his parents, Lionel and Delores; sister, Lynn Chemberlin; brother’s in law, Bob Chemberlin and Carl Bergstrom. He is survived by former wife: Joanne Wilkinson; children, Edward Wilkinson (Jorie), Troy Wilkinson (Jenny), Wendy Aronsen (Leif), Brenda Smith (Rick) and Cully Shierts. Grandchildren: Jace and Jaidan Wilkinson, Mickenzie and Mickayla Wilkinson, Bailey, Bjorn and Brynn Aronsen, Hunter, Weston, Tanner, and Ellie Smith. Siblings: Julanne Bergstrom, Meridy King (Bruce), Jo Heath (Rick), Gail Wilkinson (Tom Barthel), Jim Wilkinson, David Wilkinson (Deb), John Wilkinson (Kris) and many nieces, nephews, extended family and friends. He will be deeply missed.
A Memorial Service will be held at 7 p.m., Wed., May 23 at Carlson-Lillemoen Funeral Home in Cambridge. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Interment will be in Ft. Snelling National Cemetery. Online condolences at www.carlsonlillemoen.com.
Margaret Jean Johnson
July 16, 1937 – May 6, 2018
Margaret Jean Johnson, 80, passed away surrounded by her family at the St. Cloud Hospital Sun., May 6.
July 16, 1937, Margaret was born on her family farm in Becker to Reuben and Eileen Olson. Growing up on the farm gave Margaret many fond memories of milking cows and going to school with straw in her hair. She valued the hard work and relationship it fostered with her dad.
After graduating from Becker High School in 1955, Norman and Margaret were married Sept. 21, 1956. The two both have a love of farming that grew into their family business and passion, Norm’s Farm Market.
Margaret and Norman were blessed with four children, Steve, Scott, Shelly, and Shawn. Margaret spent her life taking care of her family. It brought her great joy to spend every day working side by side on the farm with her family. Margaret was an avid fisherman and gardener. Her best days in the boat or on the ice were when she outfished Norman, which was often. Margaret’s green thumb was visible to all who visited the farm. Every year she planted hundreds of gladiolas, sunflowers, zinnias, and obviously vegetables.
Margaret was blessed to have eight grandchildren and one great-granddaughter. She instilled her love of farming within all of them. Every grandchild spent summers at the farm and learned valuable lessons of hard work and perseverance. But most importantly Margaret taught her family to rely on one another and that there was no better place to be than together.
Margaret is survived by her husband Norman, children, Steve (Jean) Johnson, Scott (Sue) Johnson, Shelly (Stephen) Lorincz, Shawn (Sue) Johnson; eight grandchildren, Jean Johnson, Sara (Chad) Peterson, Stacey Johnson, Sam Johnson, Matt Johnson, Heather Lorincz, Brigid Lorincz, Dana Johnson; and one great-granddaughter, Harper Peterson. She is also survived by her siblings, Shirley Di and Russell Olson, and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Reuben and Eileen Olson.
Funeral service was Mon., May 14, at the Becker Baptist Church, 11951 Hancock St, Becker.
The family would like to express a sincere thank you to the St. Cloud Hospital for their attention and care to Margaret in her final days.
Douglas “Doug” L. Schuette
April 9, 1952 – May 16, 2018
Funeral Services will be at 11 a.m. on Tues., May 22 at South Santiago Lutheran Church in rural Clear Lake for Douglas L. Schuette, 66 of St. Cloud, who died at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester Wed., May 16. Pastor Daryl Thul will officiate and burial will be at the church cemetery in Clear Lake. Friends and relatives may visit one hour prior to services at the church on Tuesday. Arrangements have been entrusted to Williams Dingmann Family Funeral Home, Clear Lake.
Douglas Lyle Schuette was born on April 9, 1952 in Glencoe to Dennis and Lucille (Johnson) Schuette. He worked as a farmer for most of his life, was a truck driver for Schill Trucking and was also a welder for many years. Doug was a member of South Santiago Lutheran Church in Clear Lake. He loved being outdoors, camping, fishing, vegetable gardening and hunting. Doug was a hard worker and great at fixing things, which came in handy on the family farm. He was an ambitious man who was very friendly, talkative and overall a great guy to know.
Survivors include his parents, Dennis and Lucille of St. Cloud; and siblings, Linda (Tim) Whitney of Faribault, Lorie (Gary) Dahlheimer of Ramsey and Tim (DeeDee Schill) of St. Augusta; his two daughters, Tricia and Emily; two grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.
Obituary and guest book available online at: www.williamsdingmann.com.
