BViola "Vi" Krzmarzick, 90, of New Ulm died Friday, December 23, 2005 at the Oak Hills Living Center in New Ulm. Mass of Christian Burial will be 11 a.m. Tuesday, December 27, 2005 at the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in New Ulm with Monsignor John A. Richter celebrating the Mass. Burial will be in the New Ulm Catholic Cemetery. Visitation will be 4 - 7 p.m. Monday and will continue from 7:30 until 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday at the Minnesota Valley Funeral Home in New Ulm. The Christian Mothers Society will pray the rosary at 4 p.m. Monday at the Cathedral and there will be a parish prayer service at 7 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.
Vi is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Ione and Tom Grossmann of Hanska; a son and daughter-in-law, Gerald and Joan Krzmarzick of Rochester; seven grandchildren; seven great grandchildren; sisters, Agnes Forster of New Ulm, Marie Tauer, Elvera Neudecker, Catherine Sellner, and Rosemary Wiltscheck all of Sleepy Eye. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Mel, in 1990, a sister Dorothy Krzmarzick, and a grandson Tim Grossmann, on June 27, 2005.
Viola O. Wiltscheck, the daughter of Charles and Rose (Hillesheim) Wiltscheck was born on September 28, 1915 in Eden Township, Brown County. She graduated from St. Mary's High School in Sleepy Eye. On September 30, 1935 Vi was united in marriage to Melvin Krzmarzick at the St. Mary's Catholic Church in Sleepy Eye. After marriage they lived in Springfield then New Ulm before moving to Essig. Vi worked as a bookeeper for many years at the Community Co-op Oil in Essig, assisting her husband, Mel, who was the co-op manager. She retired in 1977. In 1990 she moved to Realife Apartments in New Ulm living there until November of 2001 when she moved to Oak Hills Assisted Living. Vi was a member of the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, the CCW, the Christian Mothers Society, the MN Music Hall of Fame, the Hospital Auxillary, and had been active in the Meals on Wheels program, the Harkin Store, and the New Ulm Twist and Twirl Square Dancers. In lieu of flowers the family prefers memorials to the Donors Choice.
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