Angeline Daniel

Angeline J. Daniel, age 91 of Sauk Centre, died Friday, May 16, 2008 at St. Michael's Nursing Home in Sauk Centre, Minnesota.

Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, May 20 at Our Lady of the Angels Catholic Church in Sauk Centre. Rev. Todd Schneider will officiate with interment following in Calvary Cemetery.

Friends may call from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Monday at the Patton-Schad Funeral Home in Sauk Centre. Parish prayers will be held at 6:30 p.m. Monday evening at the funeral home.

Angeline Joan Grossman was born on June 3, 1916 in Chokio, Minnesota to Frank and Gertrude (Boehmer) Grossman. On August 15, 1943 she married Gerhardt "Jerry" Daniel at the rectory of St. Paul's Catholic Church in Sauk Centre. Before her marriage to Jerry, Angeline taught in rural schools around the Sauk Centre area. Angeline took a leave from teaching to start a family, she returned to it when her youngest child entered kindergarten. She continued to teach into her 70's, teaching at Sacred Heart in Freeport and at Holy Family School in Sauk Centre. Angeline loved to learn and was a life long learner at that, continuing her own education by going back to college in her 60's. She had many gifts and writing was one of them. She wrote plays for her students and had a poem published. Angeline had a beautiful voice and could play the piano by ear. She was also talented at sewing and drawing.Angeline was a member of Our Lady of the Angels Catholic Church, Christian Mothers and the VFW Auxilary. She loved spending time outdoors, gardening, watching the birds and traveling, keeping track of each state that she visited. Family was very important to her and she was a devoted grandmother.

She is survived by her children, David Daniel of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, Byron (Marsha) Daniel of St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin, Colette (Paul) Pritts of Bloomingdale, Illinois, Maureen Thissen of Reno, Nevada, Gerry (Ada) Daniel of Golden Valley and Monica (Curt) Blaske of Sauk Centre; 20 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; and sisters, Delores Fritsche and Dorothy Johnson.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Gerhardt "Jerry" Daniel on August 30, 1980; sisters, Ursula Klowski and Monica Schlimme; and brother, Louis Grossmann.

Serving as casket bearers will be Lori Rasmussen, Chris Daniel, Paul Pritts Jr., Nadyne Fletcher, Nicole Herlofsky and Brian Daniel. Cross bearer will be Alex Herlofsky and scripture bearer will be Melissa Daniel.

In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred to St. Michael's Hospice Program.