The funeral service for Marie Margaret Gilbertson will be 10:00 a.m. Thursday, July 29, 2010, at Trinity Lutheran Church, 104 1st Street SE in Hayfield, MN with Reverend Paul Hauschild officiating. Interment will be in Fairview Cemetery in Hayfield. Marie Margaret Gilbertson, 70, died Friday evening, July 23, 2010, in an auto accident. Marie Margaret Christensen was born on December 2, 1939, the daughter of John (Perk) and Iola (Staecker) Christensen in Bradgate, Iowa. Marie went to school in Bradgate, IA. She moved to Hayfield her senior year and graduated from Hayfield High School. She was united in marriage to Luverne Gilbertson on September 6, 1958. Marie worked at several places such as Citizen State Bank, the canning factory, VonRuden's, Skelly Gas, Burger King, and Harold's Club, in Dodge Center, for the last 30 years. She enjoyed motor home traveling, baseball, (loved the Twins), gardening, cooking, baking and watching her grandchildren. Marie is survived by her husband, Luverne Gilbertson, Hayfield, MN; children, Denise Shadow, Hayfield, MN; David (Sue) Gilbertson, Hayfield, MN; Debra Meldahl, Hayfield, MN; 8 grandchildren, Ginny Shadow, Renae Shadow, Heather (Kevin) Farmer, Katie (Aaron) Rud, Karla (Ryan) Smith, Dennis Gilbertson, Caleb Gilbertson, Sara Gilbertson; 8 great grandchildren, Blake Shadow, Isaac Shadow, Michael Shadow, Hunter Shadow, Natalie Shadow, Kyla Smith, Stanley Smith, Taylor Rud; and one brother Perry (Linda) Christensen, Apopka, FL. She was preceded in death by one son (Dennis), her parents, and one brother. Visitation will be 5:00-8:00 p.m. Wednesday, July 28, 2010, at Czaplewski Family Funeral Home 502 2nd Street NW in Hayfield and one hour before at the church on Thursday. Blessed be her memory. www.czaplewskifuneralhomes.com
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"Heaven must have needed another angel"
Hayfield, Dodge Center mourn loss of Marie Gilbertson
8/7/2010 1:14:10 AM
By Kay Fate
The Post-Bulletin, Rochester MN
DODGE CENTER — It takes something — or someone — special to get Kevin Dierkhissing to say much. He is, to say the least, a man of few words.
The longtime businessman and co-owner of Harold's Club in Dodge Center can't seem to say enough about the woman who applied for a job as a waitress back in 1978.
Her name was Marie Gilbertson, and Dierkhissing and his brother, Mark, hired her to serve drinks at the theater-turned-lounge they own.
She worked at Harold's until July 23, the day she was killed while driving to her Hayfield home after working from noon until 6 p.m. Gilbertson was southbound on Minnesota Highway 56 when her car was struck broadside by a westbound pickup driven by David P. Stanton, 23, also of Hayfield.
Gilbertson died instantly. It was 6:40 p.m. By 8 p.m., word had spread to those who knew her — really, to most of Dodge County.
"I'd worked with her that afternoon," Kevin Dierkhissing said, shaking his head. "It was just a shock to hear what happened. We were all shocked."
Co-workers and customers alike, he said, have struggled with Gilbertson's death. Her visitation, held July 28 in Hayfield, drew more than 600 mourners.
"She was like a mother here," Dierkhissing said. "She really broke my heart. We were all heart-broken. In this kind of business, it's rare to have somebody (work) that long. Marie was so dependable and easy-going. I think heaven must have needed another angel."
Gilbertson was never without a smile, friends and family agree.
"All the cards we got said things like 'We're going to miss her laugh, her smile,'" said daughter Deb Meldahl, of Hayfield.
Her mother, she said, "really listened to you. She cared."
"You just don't meet people like that anymore," said Shari James, of Dodge Center, who sells pull-tabs at Harold's Club.
"She never — in the 13 years that I worked with her, and in the years before that, when she was our waitress — had a bad day," James said. "She was wonderfully kind."
Her death has certainly left a hole, said longtime friend and co-worker, Mary Lou Marquette.
It was Marquette who suggested Gilbertson apply for that waitress job 32 years ago.
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"Heaven must have needed another angel"
Hayfield, Dodge Center mourn loss of Marie Gilbertson
8/7/2010 1:14:10 AM
By Kay Fate
The Post-Bulletin, Rochester MN
DODGE CENTER — It takes something — or someone — special to get Kevin Dierkhissing to say much. He is, to say the least, a man of few words.
The longtime businessman and co-owner of Harold's Club in Dodge Center can't seem to say enough about the woman who applied for a job as a waitress back in 1978.
Her name was Marie Gilbertson, and Dierkhissing and his brother, Mark, hired her to serve drinks at the theater-turned-lounge they own.
She worked at Harold's until July 23, the day she was killed while driving to her Hayfield home after working from noon until 6 p.m. Gilbertson was southbound on Minnesota Highway 56 when her car was struck broadside by a westbound pickup driven by David P. Stanton, 23, also of Hayfield.
Gilbertson died instantly. It was 6:40 p.m. By 8 p.m., word had spread to those who knew her — really, to most of Dodge County.
"I'd worked with her that afternoon," Kevin Dierkhissing said, shaking his head. "It was just a shock to hear what happened. We were all shocked."
Co-workers and customers alike, he said, have struggled with Gilbertson's death. Her visitation, held July 28 in Hayfield, drew more than 600 mourners.
"She was like a mother here," Dierkhissing said. "She really broke my heart. We were all heart-broken. In this kind of business, it's rare to have somebody (work) that long. Marie was so dependable and easy-going. I think heaven must have needed another angel."
Gilbertson was never without a smile, friends and family agree.
"All the cards we got said things like 'We're going to miss her laugh, her smile,'" said daughter Deb Meldahl, of Hayfield.
Her mother, she said, "really listened to you. She cared."
"You just don't meet people like that anymore," said Shari James, of Dodge Center, who sells pull-tabs at Harold's Club.
"She never — in the 13 years that I worked with her, and in the years before that, when she was our waitress — had a bad day," James said. "She was wonderfully kind."
Her death has certainly left a hole, said longtime friend and co-worker, Mary Lou Marquette.
It was Marquette who suggested Gilbertson apply for that waitress job 32 years ago.
The funeral service for Marie Margaret Gilbertson will be 10:00 a.m. Thursday, July 29, 2010, at Trinity Lutheran Church, 104 1st Street SE in Hayfield, MN with Reverend Paul Hauschild officiating. Interment will be in Fairview Cemetery in Hayfield. Marie Margaret Gilbertson, 70, died Friday evening, July 23, 2010, in an auto accident. Marie Margaret Christensen was born on December 2, 1939, the daughter of John (Perk) and Iola (Staecker) Christensen in Bradgate, Iowa. Marie went to school in Bradgate, IA. She moved to Hayfield her senior year and graduated from Hayfield High School. She was united in marriage to Luverne Gilbertson on September 6, 1958. Marie worked at several places such as Citizen State Bank, the canning factory, VonRuden's, Skelly Gas, Burger King, and Harold's Club, in Dodge Center, for the last 30 years. She enjoyed motor home traveling, baseball, (loved the Twins), gardening, cooking, baking and watching her grandchildren. Marie is survived by her husband, Luverne Gilbertson, Hayfield, MN; children, Denise Shadow, Hayfield, MN; David (Sue) Gilbertson, Hayfield, MN; Debra Meldahl, Hayfield, MN; 8 grandchildren, Ginny Shadow, Renae Shadow, Heather (Kevin) Farmer, Katie (Aaron) Rud, Karla (Ryan) Smith, Dennis Gilbertson, Caleb Gilbertson, Sara Gilbertson; 8 great grandchildren, Blake Shadow, Isaac Shadow, Michael Shadow, Hunter Shadow, Natalie Shadow, Kyla Smith, Stanley Smith, Taylor Rud; and one brother Perry (Linda) Christensen, Apopka, FL. She was preceded in death by one son (Dennis), her parents, and one brother. Visitation will be 5:00-8:00 p.m. Wednesday, July 28, 2010, at Czaplewski Family Funeral Home 502 2nd Street NW in Hayfield and one hour before at the church on Thursday. Blessed be her memory. www.czaplewskifuneralhomes.com
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"Heaven must have needed another angel"
Hayfield, Dodge Center mourn loss of Marie Gilbertson
8/7/2010 1:14:10 AM
By Kay Fate
The Post-Bulletin, Rochester MN
DODGE CENTER — It takes something — or someone — special to get Kevin Dierkhissing to say much. He is, to say the least, a man of few words.
The longtime businessman and co-owner of Harold's Club in Dodge Center can't seem to say enough about the woman who applied for a job as a waitress back in 1978.
Her name was Marie Gilbertson, and Dierkhissing and his brother, Mark, hired her to serve drinks at the theater-turned-lounge they own.
She worked at Harold's until July 23, the day she was killed while driving to her Hayfield home after working from noon until 6 p.m. Gilbertson was southbound on Minnesota Highway 56 when her car was struck broadside by a westbound pickup driven by David P. Stanton, 23, also of Hayfield.
Gilbertson died instantly. It was 6:40 p.m. By 8 p.m., word had spread to those who knew her — really, to most of Dodge County.
"I'd worked with her that afternoon," Kevin Dierkhissing said, shaking his head. "It was just a shock to hear what happened. We were all shocked."
Co-workers and customers alike, he said, have struggled with Gilbertson's death. Her visitation, held July 28 in Hayfield, drew more than 600 mourners.
"She was like a mother here," Dierkhissing said. "She really broke my heart. We were all heart-broken. In this kind of business, it's rare to have somebody (work) that long. Marie was so dependable and easy-going. I think heaven must have needed another angel."
Gilbertson was never without a smile, friends and family agree.
"All the cards we got said things like 'We're going to miss her laugh, her smile,'" said daughter Deb Meldahl, of Hayfield.
Her mother, she said, "really listened to you. She cared."
"You just don't meet people like that anymore," said Shari James, of Dodge Center, who sells pull-tabs at Harold's Club.
"She never — in the 13 years that I worked with her, and in the years before that, when she was our waitress — had a bad day," James said. "She was wonderfully kind."
Her death has certainly left a hole, said longtime friend and co-worker, Mary Lou Marquette.
It was Marquette who suggested Gilbertson apply for that waitress job 32 years ago.
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"Heaven must have needed another angel"
Hayfield, Dodge Center mourn loss of Marie Gilbertson
8/7/2010 1:14:10 AM
By Kay Fate
The Post-Bulletin, Rochester MN
DODGE CENTER — It takes something — or someone — special to get Kevin Dierkhissing to say much. He is, to say the least, a man of few words.
The longtime businessman and co-owner of Harold's Club in Dodge Center can't seem to say enough about the woman who applied for a job as a waitress back in 1978.
Her name was Marie Gilbertson, and Dierkhissing and his brother, Mark, hired her to serve drinks at the theater-turned-lounge they own.
She worked at Harold's until July 23, the day she was killed while driving to her Hayfield home after working from noon until 6 p.m. Gilbertson was southbound on Minnesota Highway 56 when her car was struck broadside by a westbound pickup driven by David P. Stanton, 23, also of Hayfield.
Gilbertson died instantly. It was 6:40 p.m. By 8 p.m., word had spread to those who knew her — really, to most of Dodge County.
"I'd worked with her that afternoon," Kevin Dierkhissing said, shaking his head. "It was just a shock to hear what happened. We were all shocked."
Co-workers and customers alike, he said, have struggled with Gilbertson's death. Her visitation, held July 28 in Hayfield, drew more than 600 mourners.
"She was like a mother here," Dierkhissing said. "She really broke my heart. We were all heart-broken. In this kind of business, it's rare to have somebody (work) that long. Marie was so dependable and easy-going. I think heaven must have needed another angel."
Gilbertson was never without a smile, friends and family agree.
"All the cards we got said things like 'We're going to miss her laugh, her smile,'" said daughter Deb Meldahl, of Hayfield.
Her mother, she said, "really listened to you. She cared."
"You just don't meet people like that anymore," said Shari James, of Dodge Center, who sells pull-tabs at Harold's Club.
"She never — in the 13 years that I worked with her, and in the years before that, when she was our waitress — had a bad day," James said. "She was wonderfully kind."
Her death has certainly left a hole, said longtime friend and co-worker, Mary Lou Marquette.
It was Marquette who suggested Gilbertson apply for that waitress job 32 years ago.
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