Mary M. Wegleitner, 82

Dec. 12, 1919 - Sept. 19, 2002

Mary M. Wegleitner, 82, of Melrose died Thursday at the Melrose Area Hospital. Mass of Christian Burial was 11 a.m. Monday, September 23, 2002 at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, Grey Eagle with Rev. Arlie Sowada and Rev. Ken Thielman officiated.

Burial followed in the parish cemetery.

Friends called from 4 – 9 p.m. Sunday and from 10-11 a.m. Monday at the Patton-Schad Funeral Home in Grey Eagle. Parish prayers were at 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.

Mary Wegleitner was born on December 27, 1919 in Grey Eagle to Dome and Margaret (Waldvogel) McClintick. She married Lambert Wegleitner on October 6, 1938 at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Grey Eagle. They lived in St. Paul where she was employed by Burlington Northern Railroad for 30 years as a payroll clerk. They moved to Arizona in 1984 and in 1998 she moved to Park View Center in Melrose. She was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Melrose and the Legion of Mary.

She is survived by her sister, Doris Slimmer of Sauk Centre; brother, Lloyd McClintick (Colleen) of San Diego, CA; and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Lambert Wegleitner on May 1, 1998; sisters and brothers, Margaret McClintick, Gertrude Mohr, Florence Holler, Caroline Denk, Catherine Clifford, Olivia Proell, Anna and Irene McClintick.

Casket bearers were Jerome Mohr, Jerome Denk, Mark Clifford, Lloyd Graves, Paul Graves and Steve Huppert. Cross bearer was Clarence Eiynck and Scripture bearer was Lee Wegleitner. Gift bearers were Debbie Sand, Delores Curtis and Ruth Korinek.

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