Marie
Lehrer, 91
Red
Lake Falls - Marie Lehrer, 91, died on
Thursday, August 14, 2003 at Northwest Medical
Center in Thief River Falls.
Funeral
services will be held at 9 
a.m.
on Wednesday, August 20 (today) at St. John
Lutheran Church in Red Lake Falls with the Rev.
Jeffrey S. Lytle officiating. Casketbearers will be
Mark Lehrer, Brian Lehrer, Jim Lehrer, John Flage,
Lon Flage and Chuck Flage. Visitation will be held
for one hour prior to services at the church.
Interment will be in Immanuel Cemetery in
Wylie.
Marie
Matilda Busse was born in Wylie on July 18, 1912,
the daughter of Henry and Louis (Weiss) Busse. She
attended the Little Red School in Brown's Creek
through the eighth grade.
On
October 18, 1933 Marie was united in marriage to
Arnold W. Lehrer in Wylie. The couple farmed in Red
Lake Falls Township all their lives. Marie was very
active at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Wylie and
later at St. John Lutheran Church in Red Lake
Falls.She taught Sunday School and Vacation Bible
School for 55 years. She sang in the choir for 50
years, served as president, vice president,
secretary and treasurer of the Ladies Aid. She also
served on many committees and was a 4-H leader.
Marie always had a large vegetable and flower
garden on the farm and loved her flowers.
After
Arnold died in 1986, she stayed on the farm until
1992 and then moved to Fairview Manor in Red Lake
Falls. She moved to Hillcrest Nursing Home in
February 1999.
Survivors
include one son, Ronald G. (Maureen) of Georgetown,
Texas; three grandchildren; sisters, Alma
Zwingelberg of Kansas, Geraldine Flage of Red Lake
Falls and Lucille Lehrer of Red Lake Falls; and
many nieces and nephews.
Marie
was preceded in death by her husband, Arnold; her
parents; five brothers, Harold, George, John,
Albert and Adolph Busse; and two sisters, Sophie
Busse and Frieda Zutz. A00003B2003AG20
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