Dolores Petermeier

Dolores T. Petermeier, age 91 of Melrose, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on Monday, September 16, 2024 at Getty Street Assisted Living in Sauk Centre, Minnesota. 

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, September 21 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Melrose with Rev. Mitchell Bechtold officiating. Interment will be in St. Mary’s Cemetery in Melrose.

Visitation will be from 10 to 10:45 a.m. Saturday at the church. 

Dolores Petermeier was born February 28, 1933 in St. Martin, Minnesota to Peter and Thecla (Gertken) Noll. On August 18, 1954 she married Delbert Petermeier at St. Martin Catholic Church in St. Martin. Dolores was a homemaker all her life, she enjoyed having people over for yummy meals, coffee, drinks, and lots of laughter. 

Dolores loved being surrounded by her family, hosting anyone who showed up on her doorstep, playing piano, root beer floats, all furry and feathered creatures and without a doubt, Jesus. She was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Melrose. 

She will be missed by her children, Tim (Barb) Petermeier of Melrose, Dan (Nancy) Petermeier of Melrose, Jay (Connie) Petermeier of Melrose, and Jane Petermeier (Aaron Ellingsen) of Sioux Falls, South Dakota; grandchildren, Travis Petermeier (Karley Christine) of St. Cloud, Michelle (Josh) Traut of Sartell, Ryan (Becky) Petermeier of Plymouth, and Kelly (Makayla) Kruchten of Sauk Centre; great-grandchildren; Cade and Kanon Petermeier, Calvin, Wyatt, and Everett Traut, and Henry and William Petermeier; and sister-in-law, Julie Noll of Madera, California.

Dolores was preceded in death by her husband, Delbert Petermeier on September 2, 2016; parents; brothers, Ralph, Florian, Alquin, and Donald Noll; sisters, Bernelda Kuhl and Sister Dorothy Noll, OSB.

In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred.