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Erma
2019
Erma C. Mensing
October 2, 1925 — September 11, 2019
Erma C. Mensing, age 93 of Pine Island died on Wednesday, September 11, 2019 at the Pine Haven Care Center. The funeral service will be on Monday, September 16, 2019 at 1:00 PM at Saint Paul Lutheran Church in Pine Island with Pastor Marie AK Anderson officiating. Burial will be in Othello Cemetery. Visitation will be on Sunday, September 15, 2019 from 4:00 - 7:00 PM at the Mahn Family Funeral Home - Mahler Chapel in Pine Island and on Monday for one hour prior to the service at the church.
Erma Clara Hoffmann was born on October 2, 1925 in Elgin, MN to Arthur F. and Clara M. (nee Siem) Hoffmann. She grew up in the Eyota area. On June 6, 1948 she married Kenneth Mensing at Bethel Lutheran Church in Rochester. They started farming the Mensing family farm in New Haven Township. Erma was a farm homemaker and after she raised her sons she attended Rochester Vo-Tech and earned her Certified Nursing Assistant certificate. Erma worked at the Pine Haven Care Center for eight years as a CNA and worked the night shift. Erma enjoyed gardening and canning, quilting and going for car rides. In her younger years, Erma was active in 4-H and later in life was very active in the quilting group at church and her Cancer Support Group. Erma was a member of Saint Paul Lutheran Church.
Erma is survived by her sons, Craig Mensing of Sandstone, Randall (Deborah) Mensing of Pine Island and Brian (Deidra) Mensing of Pine Island; grandchildren, Brandon (Shauna) Mensing, Amber (Jake) Knott, Samantha Scinto, Megan (Chris) Brunkhorst. Logan Mays, Jake (Maria) Paulson and Katie Paulson; thirteen great-grandchildren; six brothers, Leonard, Gordon, Arden, Donald, Duane and Maynard Hoffmann and two sisters, Velma Bloom and Charlotte Weichmann.
Erma was preceded in death by her husband, Kenneth; one brother, Helmuth Hoffmann and four sisters, Caroline Winter, Eleanor Tiedeman, Betty Williams and LaVonne Costello.
Memorials are suggested to Breast Cancer Research.
209 NW 1st Ave
Pine Island, MN, 55963
Pine Island, MN, 55963
Pine Island, MN, 55963
Erma Clara Hoffmann was born on October 2, 1925 in Elgin, MN to Arthur F. and Clara M. (nee Siem) Hoffmann. She grew up in the Eyota area. On June 6, 1948 she married Kenneth Mensing at Bethel Lutheran Church in Rochester. They started farming the Mensing family farm in New Haven Township. Erma was a farm homemaker and after she raised her sons she attended Rochester Vo-Tech and earned her Certified Nursing Assistant certificate. Erma worked at the Pine Haven Care Center for eight years as a CNA and worked the night shift. Erma enjoyed gardening and canning, quilting and going for car rides. In her younger years, Erma was active in 4-H and later in life was very active in the quilting group at church and her Cancer Support Group. Erma was a member of Saint Paul Lutheran Church.
Erma is survived by her sons, Craig Mensing of Sandstone, Randall (Deborah) Mensing of Pine Island and Brian (Deidra) Mensing of Pine Island; grandchildren, Brandon (Shauna) Mensing, Amber (Jake) Knott, Samantha Scinto, Megan (Chris) Brunkhorst. Logan Mays, Jake (Maria) Paulson and Katie Paulson; thirteen great-grandchildren; six brothers, Leonard, Gordon, Arden, Donald, Duane and Maynard Hoffmann and two sisters, Velma Bloom and Charlotte Weichmann.
Erma was preceded in death by her husband, Kenneth; one brother, Helmuth Hoffmann and four sisters, Caroline Winter, Eleanor Tiedeman, Betty Williams and LaVonne Costello.
Memorials are suggested to Breast Cancer Research.
Visitation
SEP 15. 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM (CDT)
Mahn Family Funeral Home - Mahler Chapel209 NW 1st Ave
Pine Island, MN, 55963
Visitation
SEP 16. 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM (CDT)
Saint Paul Lutheran ChurchPine Island, MN, 55963
Funeral Service
SEP 16. 1:00 PM (CDT)
Saint Paul Lutheran ChurchPine Island, MN, 55963
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