Mass of Christian Burial held Wednesday 11:00 AM Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church in Minnetonka with visitation Tuesday 5-8 pm Johnson Funeral Home in Waconia and at the church 1 hour prior to the Mass: Interment Lakeview Cemetery, Waconia.

Arrangements with the Johnson Funeral Home in Waconia. ww.johnsonfh.com

Funeral Service held Saturday 11:00 am Zion Lutheran Church in Mayer with visitation Friday 4-8 pm Johnson Funeral Home in Waconia and at the church 1 hour prior to the service; prayer service held Friday Evening at 7:30 PM; interment at the Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Mayer.

He is survived by his sisters Josephine Kristofix and Margaret Farmer; his wife of 57 years, Barbara L. Thelen; his children Mary Sue Leathers (spouse, Ray), Deb Jabs (friend, Barry Grover), Mark Thelen (spouse, Sue) and Jeff Thelen (soouse, Kim); his 17 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren

Family and friends will be coming together to celebrate his life with Visitation time on Tuesday from 4-7 p.m. at Ballard-Sunder Funeral Home, Prior Lake and visitation on Wednesday from 10-11 a.m. at Church.

Mass of Christian Burial Wednesday, May 8th at 11:00 a.m. at the Church of St. Michael, 16311 Duluth Ave. SE, Prior Lake.

Full Military Honors will be provided by the Prior Lake VFW Post 6208.

Private Interment at St. Michael’s Catholic Cemetery.

The Thelen family is served with honor, care and compassion by Ballard-Sunder Funeral and Cremations Services, Prior Lake Chapel.

Funeral Mass held Wednesday 11:00 AM St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Waconia with visitation from 9:00 AM until the time of the Mass at the church; interment Fort Snelling National Cemetery.

Survived by husband, Lawrence; daughters and son, Sandra (David) McKenna, Dennis (Marykay), Nancy Braun (fiancé, Rick); grandchildren, Rebecca (Mike) Bechel, Allan, Neena, and Tim McKenna, Michael Vierling, Daniel Braun, Jennifer and Jolene Solemn; great-grandchildren, Desiree McKenna, Charly Taylor, Izak Bechel, Jazzmin McKenna; brothers and sister, Stan (Mary Ann) Wellens, Mary Ann (Elmer) Young, Kenneth “Whitey” Wellens.

Visitation Tuesday from 8:30-10:30 AM at McNearney Funeral Home, 1220 E. 3rd Ave., Shakopee.

Mass of Christian Burial Tuesday 11 AM at Church of St. Mark, 350 S. Atwood St., Shakopee. Interment Catholic Cemetery. Memorials preferred for Masses.

Arrangements are with the McNearney Funeral Home in Shakopee.

Deeply missed and remembered always by those who loved Jerry, wife of 41 years and best friend, Mary; sister, Joan (spouse, John) VanDiver of Burnsville; special Goddaughters and many other family and friends.

The visitation will be on Sunday, May 5, from 3-7 pm at Ballard-Sunder Funeral Home 4565 Pleasant Street SE, Prior Lake and one hour prior to the mass at the church.

The Mass of Christian Burial will be on Monday, May 6 at 11 am, at the Church of St. Michael 16311 Duluth Avenue SE, Prior Lake. Jerry will be laid to rest at St. John’s the Baptist Catholic Cemetery in Savage, MN.

The Giles family is served with honor, care and compassion by Ballard-Sunder Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Prior Lake Chapel. www.ballardsunderfuneral.com

Ellen was born on July 28, 1931 to Albert & Dorothea (Meinke) Meyer in New Prague, MN. She was Baptized on August 16, 1931 & Confirmed on May 20, 1945. She attended New Prague schools and graduated from New Prague High School in 1949. Ellen worked a short time at Cargill in Minneapolis. She married Robert Kodadek on October 1, 1955 at the Lanesburg Lutheran Church Parsonage. The couple lived in the Twin Cities and raised two daughters. Later she worked many years at Park Nicollet Clinic in St. Louis Park. Ellen especially enjoyed spending time at her cabin on Woman Lake and sharing it with family and friends.

Ellen is survived by her daughters, Sue Kodadek of W. St. Paul and Sandy (Scott) Anderson of Vadnais Heights; 2 grandchildren, Kevin and Eric Anderson; sisters, Lorna (Joe) Docken of Webster and Elaine McGovern of Farmington; sisters-in-law, Shirley Meyer of New Prague, MN & Hattie Jensen of New Prague, MN. Many nieces and nephews.

She is preceded in death by her husband, Robert Kodadek and brother, Don.

Donna will be forever missed and truly loved by son, Jeffrey (wife, Karen) Realander of California; 2 grandsons; 1 granddaughter; many nieces and nephews and friends.

The visitation will be on Monday, May 6 from 4-7 pm at Ballard-Sunder Funeral Home 4565 Pleasant Street SE, Prior Lake and also one hour prior to the mass at church.

The Mass of Christian Burial will be on Tuesday, May 7 at 11 AM at the Church of St. Michael 16311 Duluth Avenue SE, Prior Lake.

Donna will be laid to rest next to her husband at Fort Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis, MN.

The Realander family is served with honor, care and compassion by Ballard-Sunder Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Prior Lake Chapel. www.ballardsunderfuneral.com