Eleanor Engle

Eleanor A. "Tootie" Engle, age 88 of Sauk Centre died Sunday, May 1, 2016 surrounded by her family at the CentraCare Health Hospital in Melrose, Minnesota.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 7 at Our Lady of the Angels Catholic Church in Sauk Centre with Rev. Jeremy Theis officiating. Interment will be in St. Paul's Cemetery in Sauk Centre.

Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at the Patton-Schad Funeral Home in Sauk Centre and from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday at the church. Parish prayers will be held at 5 p.m. Christian Mothers will pray a rosary at 7 p.m.

Eleanor Ann Beste was born September 4, 1927 in Osakis, Minnesota to Joseph and Mildred (Frederick) Beste. On October 9, 1945 she married Lester Engle at St. Alexius Catholic Church in West Union. The couple farmed near Osakis, Westport, and Albany and moved to Sauk Centre in 1951. She was a homemaker all her life; raising their ten children. She was a member of St. Paul's Catholic Church and the Christian Mothers.

Tootie enjoyed gardening, quilting, painting ceramics, and most of all, taking care of her family.

She is survived by her children and their spouses, Mick (companion, Pat Tonn) Engle of Sauk Centre, Joe Engle of Sauk Centre, Paulette "Polly" (Emil) Tabatt of St. Cloud, Lynn (Janet) Engle of Sauk Centre, Perry (Molly) Engle of St. Paul, Bonnie Tiemann of Sauk Centre, Dan (Kim) Engle of Little Sauk, Paul (Arlene) Engle of Sauk Centre, Bruce (Laurie) Engle of Sauk Centre, and Roger (Carol) Engle of West Union; 27 grandchildren and 38 great-grandchildren; brother, Howard (Geri) Beste of Sauk Centre; and sister-in-law, Mae Beste of Sauk Centre.

Tootie was preceded in death by her husband, Lester H. Engle on February 22, 2005, her parents; infant children, Todd Engle and Julie Engle; grandsons, Jamie and Todd Engle; sisters, Dorothy Mager and Mary Hamilton; brothers, Norbert Beste and Harland Beste; sister-in-law, Pearl Beste; and brothers-in-law, Glenn Hamilton and Julian Engle.

The family would like to give a big thank you to Dr. Beretta and the staff at the Melrose Hospital for the excellent care they gave Eleanor.

Serving as casket bearers will be Dustin Engle, Eric Engle, Rob Tabatt, Tim Engle, Noel Tiemann, Corey Engle, Taran Engle, and Keith Engle. Cross bearer will be Krystal Engle and scripture bearer will be Ashley Nelson. Pall bearers will be Brian Tiemann and Noel Tiemann. Gift bearers will be Jonathan Pelach and Nick Pelach. Honorary bearers will be her grandchildren, Michael Engle, Brent Engle, Tara Zehrer, Holly Engle, Nicole Pelach, Chris Engle, Jerry Engle, Jennifer Engle, Jodi Mouratis, Sara Hoffman, Seth Engle, Amber Engle, Heidi Engle, Ken Engle, Cari Blonigen, and Chelsy Engle.