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Published - Saturday, August 02, 2008

Obituaries for Saturday, August 2, 2008

By Daily News staff

Clara M. Bremmer | Norven Lockwood | Thomas R. Mengis | Lorraine Irene (Senn) Johnson

Clara M. Bremmer

RUSHFORD, Minn. — Clara M. Bremmer, 98, of Rushford died Thursday July 31, 2008, at Good Shepherd Lutheran Home in Rushford. She was the last surviving member of the Gilbert Eide family.

Clara was born Aug. 24, 1909, in Fremont Township of Winona County, to Gilbert and Julia (Dahl) Eide. She graduated from eigth grade at the Grover School. Later she attended Red Wing Seminary and the University of Minnesota. Clara graduated from teacher training in 1931. She taught school for seven years.

Clara married Truman Bremmer in 1938 at North Prairie Lutheran Church in rural Lanesboro. She was a member of North Prairie Lutheran Church her entire life; during that time, she taught Sunday school and held various offices in the women’s organizations.

Clara’s concern for the elderly urged her to participate in planning and selecting furnishings for the Good Shepherd Home during it’s construction and completion in 1964. Clara donated funds for the Bremmer Suites Assisted Living, where she lived from 1997-99 before moving to Good Shepherd Home. Her volunteer assistance ceased when her vision and hearing failed. Clara was certified legally blind in 1989.

Clara is survived by three sisters-in-law, Cherrie Eide, Wanda Eide and Almira Olson and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Truman, in January of 1987; also by her parents; five brothers, Gilman, Julian, Carl, Melford and Frederick; and three sisters, Olga Paulson, Evelyn Paulson and Emma Halvorson.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at North Prairie Lutheran Church in rural Lanesboro with the Rev. Ronald Warnes officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Friends may call from 1 to 2 p.m. Monday at the church.

Please share a memory of Clara at her online guest book at www.hofffuneral.com. Hoff Funeral Home of Rushford is assisting the family with arrangements.

The family prefers memorials to the Good Shepherd Home or North Prairie Lutheran Church. Memorials may be mailed to Hoff Funeral Home, PO Box 625, Rushford, MN 55971.

Norven Lockwood

GOODVIEW, Minn. — Norven Lockwood, 68, of Goodview died Thursday, July 31, 2008, at his home after a short illness with cancer.

Norven Henry was born Feb. 7, 1940, in Winona to Henry and Margaret (Grant) Lockwood. On Sept. 18, 1958, he married Judy A. Larson and this September they would have celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary.

Norven and Judy owned and operated Norv’s 66 in Winona. He enjoyed running this successful business with his wife from 1974 until their retirement in 1993. He was also formerly employed at Sam’s Service Station and Robb’s Motorcycle Shop, both of Winona. He enjoyed camping, especially at Prairie Island, playing cards, bus trips, travel and fishing. His lifelong passion was hot rods and working on cars. You could also see him driving around on his golf cart with his faithful dog, Katie.

He is survived by his wife, Judy of Goodview; three children, Kristi (Larry Ackman) Olness; Rick Lockwood; and Laurie (Nick) Stueve, all of Winona; 10 grandchildren, Katrina (Steve) Schabacker; Alycia, Joshua and Brandon Lockwood; Daniel, Dustin and Heidi Olness; Jon, Scott and Michael Stueve; six great-grandchildren, Kayleigh, Christian, Kendra, Koleton, Brayden and Logan; brothers and sisters, Maurine (Walter) Holzworth of Winona, Doris (Lowell) Goss of Houston, Minn., Janet (Harold) Pflughoeft of Witoka, Minn., Robert (Kay) Lockwood of Quincy, Ill., Darwin (Carol) Lockwood of Winona, Donald (Mary) Lockwood of Eagan, Minn., and Melvin Lockwood of Hossa Springs, Fla.; a father-in-law, Donald Larson Sr. of Winona; and other relatives.

He was preceded in death by his parents; son, Terry Lockwood; nephew, Rocky Lockwood; and mother-in-law, Margaret Larson.

Funeral services to remember Norven will be at 11 a.m. Monday, Aug. 4, at Fawcett-Junker Funeral Home, Winona, with the Rev. Richard A. Moore officiating. A private interment will be at Woodlawn Cemetery, Winona, at a later date.

Visitation will be 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 3, at Fawcett-Junker Funeral Home, Winona, and on Monday, beginning at 10 a.m. at the funeral home.

Words of sympathy or remembrance may be left at www.fawcett-junkerfuneralhome.com.

Services entrusted to Fawcett-Junker Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Winona.

Thomas R. Mengis

MABEL, Minn. — Thomas R. Mengis, 75, died Friday, Aug. 1, 2008, at his home.

A Funeral Mass will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at St. Olaf Catholic Church, Mabel. Burial will be in the Mabel Public Cemetery with military rites.

Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. Monday at the Mengis Funeral Home, Mabel, and one hour prior to services at the church. A prayer service will be at 7:30 p.m. at the funeral home.

Lorraine Irene (Senn) Johnson

Lorraine Irene (Senn) Johnson died March 26, 2008, in Menomonie, Wis.

A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Aug. 14 at Olson Funeral Home, 615 Wilson Ave. Menomonie.