Funeral services for 96-year-old Lenora A. Wieler of Good Samaritan Society of Mountain Lake-The Village, located in Mountain Lake, Minnesota, will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday morning, June 17, 2015, at Bethel Mennonite Church in Mountain Lake. The church is located at 301 9th Street North.
Interment will be in Mountain Lake City Cemetery, located at 10th Street North at Midway Road.
Pastor Galen Kauffman will officiate at the services.
Visitation will be on Tuesday, June 16, 2015, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Sturm Funeral Home-Mountain Lake Chapel, located at 420 10th Street. A second visitation will be held at the church the day of the funeral service from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Lenora A. Wieler passed away on Wednesday, June 10, 2015, at Windom Area Hospital in Windom, Minnesota.
Lenora Anna Wieler, daughter of C. J. and Anna (Janzen) Funk was born on August 23, 1918 in Butterfield, Minnesota. She received her education in Butterfield graduating in 1936.
She was baptized upon confession of her faith on May 31, 1936 at Bethel Mennonite Church in Mountain Lake, where she remained an active lifelong member.
On October 7, 1936, Lenora was united in marriage to Paul Wieler at the Bethel Mennonite Church. The couple made their home and farmed together east of Mountain Lake. Together they moved to Mountain Lake in August 1987. Paul passed away on September 20, 1996. Lenora remained living independently in her home until June 1, 2010 when she moved into the Good Samaritan Society of Mountain Lake-The Village.
Lenora loved sporting events and music. She was a gifted musician with a beautiful alto voice. She accompanied the Bethel male choir on the Bethel Church pipe organ in addition to playing for church services and playing the piano for small groups. She played weekly for the Mountain Lake Rotary Club and for sing-a-longs at the Good Samaritan Society of Mountain Lake-The Village, while Paul was the song leader. Lenora and Paul sang duets for many church events and sang in a quartet for many funerals. She played for weekly chapel services at the former Eventide Home in Mountain Lake as well. Lenora also played the organ for many weddings in the community.
Lenora was a senior club member and was on the program committee where she would play piano for the meetings. Lenora taught Sunday School at Bethel or served as Sunday School Superintendent from 1936 to 1996. She was a faithful member of the Worship and Sew Society, serving in many capacities as well as playing the piano for the meetings and truly enjoyed sewing quilts for the MCC (Mennonite Central Committee) sales.
Her family and friends reaped the bounties of her beautiful crocheting abilities. They also enjoyed her baked goodies that she willingly shared. Lenora enjoyed the outdoors, always working side-by-side with Paul maintaining beautiful gardens and trimmed lawns. She enjoyed family vacations near Nisswa, Minnesota; slow boat rides with Jim and Cannon Beach, Oregon.
Lenora’s sense of humor and deep faith sustained her through Paul’s death and the need for her to move away from her home. She loved her Jesus, her beloved Bethel Church, praying and reading the Bible and loved greatly her family and friends.
Lenora is survived by her two daughters, Jerilyn Wieler and Jill Trussell, both of Cottage Grove, Minnesota; two grandsons, Brian (Kristi) Trussell of Eagan, Minnesota and Benjamin Trussell of Cottage Grove; one great-granddaughter, Anika Trussell of Eagan and many nephews, nieces, relatives, and dear friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, one daughter, Dorothy Wieler in infancy; one son-in-law Jim Trussell; one sister and brother-in-law, Alvina and Elmer Sawatzky and one brother and sister-in-law, Alrow and Phyllis Funk.