Geraldine Moening

Geraldine J. "Geri" Moening, age 68 of Melrose, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on Tuesday, October 8, 2013 at her home in Melrose, Minnesota.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, October 12 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Melrose with Rev. Marvin Enneking officiating. Interment will be in the parish cemetery.

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

Geraldine Jean Korte was born April 23, 1945 in Melrose, Minnesota to Leander and Lillian (Kean) Korte. She graduated from Melrose High School in 1963. She was united in marriage to Ernest "Ernie" Moening on May 8, 1965 at the Church of St. Augustine in St. Cloud, Minnesota. Geri and Ernie lived in the Twin Cities for ten years before returning to Melrose in 1975. She worked as a principal's secretary at Melrose High School for 30 years until her retirement in 2008. Geri truly loved the kids from school.

She was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Melrose where she taught religion for 11 years. Geri enjoyed baking and decorating cakes, scrapbooking, card making, crafting, reading, working crossword puzzles, and being a Cub Scout leader.

Survivors include her husband, Ernie Moening of Melrose; children, Chris (Renee) Moening of Elk River, Kelly (Ralph) Revermann of Melrose, John (Amy) Moening of Melrose, and Steven (Lisa) Moening of Sauk Centre; ten grandchildren, three step-grandchildren, and eight step-great-grandchildren; brothers and sisters, Jan (Bill) Burlet of Sauk Centre, Dennis (Beverlee) Korte of Omaha, Nebraska, Pearl Gamradt of Melrose, Duane (Jeane) Korte of Red Wing, Marion (Don) Schmitz of Foley, and Lidia (Terry) Stang of Foley; and sisters-in-law, LeEtta (Dolan) Benolken of Rosemount, Arlene (Charlie) Pflipsen of Birch Lake, LouAnn Brinkman of Grey Eagle, Roselyn (Jim) Matchinsky of Birch Lake, Barb (Bob) Piper of Eden Prairie, Deb (Tom) Burg of Richmond, and Arlene Moening of Victoria; and brother-in-law, Harry Sundermann.

She was preceded in death by her parents; brothers-in-law, Al Gamradt, Ken Moening, and Ron Brinkman; sister-in-law, Mary Sundermann; and nephews, Eric Schmitz and Bob Brinkman.

Serving as casket bearers will be Brock Markham, Alex Moening, Chase Moening, Cole Moening, Zachary Moening, and Austin Moening. Cross bearer will be Abby Moening and scripture bearer will be Alicia Moening. Gift bearers will be Benjamin Revermann and Cristen Field and lectors will be Holly Markham and Jordan Moening.