Pauline B. Janson, age 100 of New Munich, died Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016, at the Tree of Life Assisted Living in New Munich, Minn.
A Mass of Christian Burial was held at 11 a.m., Tuesday, Nov. 22 at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in New Munich, with Rev. Daniel Walz officiating. Interment was at the parish cemetery following Mass.
Visitation was at the Patton-Schad Funeral Home in Melrose from 4 to 8 p.m. on Monday, and from 10 to 11 a.m. Tuesday at the church in New Munich. Rosary was prayed at 5 p.m. on Monday by the St. Anne’s Christian Women and Immaculate Conception Catholic United Financial.
Pauline was born on Feb. 16, 1916, in New Munich, Minn., to
Ferdinand Schwieters and Mary (Niehoff) Schwieters. She was united in marriage to Alphonse “Dick” Janson on July 24, 1944, in New Munich.
She was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, St. Anne’s Christian Women, Little Flower Mission group, Immaculate Conception United Financial, and Schanhaar-Otte VFW Post 7050 Auxiliary.
Survivors include her son Joseph (Kathryn Palmer) of Austin, TX, her daughter-in-law Lorraine Janson of Loveland, CO, her son Thomas (Martha Risch) of St. Joseph Township, Minn.; five grandchildren, Elizabeth (Mick), Tara, Katherine, Michael (Angela) and Holly; and four great-grandchildren, Caden, Patrick, Anders-Erik and Elise.
Pauline was preceded in death by her husband; daughter Mary; son Dennis; and brothers, Paulin, Claude, Conrad, Raymond, Casper and Al Schwieters; and sisters, Ida Timmer, Mary Stahlboerger, Eleanor Altmann, Alma Wiener, Lorretta Athmann and Theresa Ehlert.
No flowers or memorials. Instead, please consider a donation to your local food shelf.
Arrangements were made with Patton-Schad Funeral & Cremation Services of Melrose.