Aurelia Schwieters

Aurelia Schwieters, age 91 of Melrose, died peacefully, with family at her side on Monday, January 18 at the CentraCare Health Pine Haven Nursing Home in Melrose, Minnesota.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, January 23 at St. Andrew's Catholic Church in Greenwald with Rev. Mitchell Bechtold officiating. Interment will be in the parish cemetery.

Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday and 9 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Patton-Schad Funeral Home in Melrose. Parish prayers will be at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.

Aurelia Stalboerger Schwieters was born January 16, 1925 in Spring Hill, Minnesota to John and Caroline (Dickmann) Stalboerger. She married Herbert Schwieters on May 26, 1948. Together they started a dairy farm and had 12 children - nine boys and three girls (they often joked that they had a baseball team and three cheerleaders!). Aurelia was a lifelong Minnesota Twins fan. Along with her love of baseball, she loved cooking, baking, reading, traveling, praying, and playing cards but most importantly, she loved being surrounded by family and friends.

Aurelia was a member of St. Andrew's Catholic Church in Greenwald, MN.

Although impossible to put 91 years into words, we feel the following seven best describe this incredible woman and mother: Adorable, Understanding, Resilient, Ethical, Loving, Inspirational, and Appreciative.

Survivors include her children, Tom (Barb) Schwieters of Melrose, Richard (Shari) Schwieters of Brooklyn Center, Bob (Kathy) Schwieters of Glenwood, Dennis (Lorine) Schwieters of Prior Lake, Joel (Cindi) Schwieters of Stillwater, John (Lynnea) Schwieters of Dellwood, Leo (Robin) Schwieters of Rogers, Mary (Kevin) Athmann of Hopkins, Caroline (Dan) Wander of Dayton, and Gloria (Randy) Welle of Melrose; 26 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.

Aurelia was preceded in death by her husband, Herb Schwieters on February 20, 2010; sons, Harvey and Phillip Schwieters; granddaughter, Jackie Lynn Schwieters; and all of her brothers and sisters.