John Schwagel

John M. Schwagel, age 76 of Spring Hill, died peacefully surrounded by his family on Sunday, January 31, 2016 at the Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be 11 a.m. Friday, February 5 at St. Michael's Catholic Church in Spring Hill with Rev. Marvin Enneking officiating with Rev. Mitchell Bechtold concelebrating. Interment will be in the parish cemetery.

Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday and from 9 to 10 a.m. Friday at the Patton-Schad Funeral Home in Melrose. St. Michael's Men's Society and Catholic United Financial will pray at 6 p.m. followed by parish prayers at 7 p.m. Thursday evening at the funeral home.

John Mathias Schwagel was born June 24, 1939 in St. Martin, Minnesota to Albert and Ann (Jonas) Schwagel. He was united in marriage to Dorine Schwieters on September 11, 1965 at St. Michael's Catholic Church in Spring Hill. John worked at Peter's Grocery in Cold Spring for 2 ½ years, Cold Spring Granite Company for 6 ½ years, Rock Island, Illinois for 2 years, and together with his wife, Dorine, owned and operated the Schwagel Grocery Store in Spring Hill for 50 years. While owning the store, John also painted barns and houses in the surrounding areas. He loved deer hunting by bow and rifle, duck and pheasant hunting, ice fishing with his friends, gardening, watching the MN Twins and Vikings, and most of all, going to the car shows with his nephew, Jim and son, Terry.

John was a member of St. Michael's Catholic Church and was janitor for 27 years. He was also a member of the St. Michael's Men's Society and Catholic United Financial.

Survivors include his wife, Dorine Schwagel of Spring Hill; children, Terrence (Angela) Schwagel of Victoria and Traci (Trevor) Studanski of St. Cloud; brother, Linus Schwagel of Mortons Gap, Kentucky; and brother-in-law, Art Fleischacher of Minneapolis.

John was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Marvin and Terry Schwagel; sister, LouAnn Fleischacher; sister-in-law, Judy Schwagel; and brother-in-law, Joe Svihel.

Serving as casket bearers will be Bob Orbeck, Steve Nietfeld, Brian Nietfeld, Steven Schwagel, Rodney Schwagel, Randy Barten, and Harvey Neubauer. Cross bearer will be Jim Svihel. Gift bearers will be Terry and Angela Schwagel. Lector will be Tom Janson. Mass Servers will be Steve Welle, Peter Wuertz, and Conrad Gruber. Eucharistic Minister will be Tony Gruenes. Honorary bearers will be St. Michael's Men's Society.