WAUCOMA -- Theresia (Lentze) Nolte, 91, died Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2002 at New Hampton Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.

A Funeral Mass was held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 7 a t St. Mary's Catholic Church, Waucoma with Rev. Marvin Salz as Celebrant. Music was provided by Mary Dietzenbach as organist. Lector was Leona O'Regan and Maxine Balk and Agatha Burke were eucharistic ministers.

Interment was in St. Luke's Cemetery, St. Lucas with Ronald Winter, Eugene Winter, Mark Winter, Steven Nolte, Roger- Nolte and Leonard Nolte, Jr. as casket bearers.

Theresia was born Nov. 12, 1911 in Dortmund, Germany. At age 26 she left Germany for the United States. She worked in Illinois and Michigan before marrying Frank Nolte of Waucoma on April 8, 1953. They moved to Frank's farm near Waucoma. They enjoyed traveling all over the United. States and Germany.

Survivors include several nieces and nephews, three sisters-in-law, Catherine Nolte, Waucoma, Georgona Nolte, Jesup and Louise Nolte, Independence and one brother-in-law, .Leonard Nolte St. Lucas.

Preceding her in death were her parents; her husband, Frank, in 1978; three sisters and one brother.

Source: New Hampton Tribune; Dec. 17, 2002 Page 4
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