Marcella Viere

Marcella A. "Sally" Viere, age 92 of St. Rosa, passed away surrounded by her family on Sunday, March 20, 2016 at the Sterling Park Health Care Center in Waite Park, Minnesota.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, March 23 at the St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in St. Rosa with Rev. Daniel Walz officiating. Interment will be in the parish cemetery.

Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Patton-Schad Funeral Home in Melrose and from 10 to 11 a.m. Wednesday at the church. Parish prayers will be at 5 p.m. followed by the Schanhaar-Otte VFW Post 7050 Auxiliary at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.

Marcella Anastasia Beuning was born October 1, 1923 in St. Rosa, Minnesota to Henry and Elizabeth (VonBokern) Beuning. She married Arnold Viere on April 10, 1944 at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in St. Rosa. Sally and Arnold farmed one-half mile east of St. Rosa until Arnold's passing in 1980. Sally then retired and moved to Melrose. She was member of St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in St. Rosa and the Schanhaar-Otte VFW Post 7050 Auxiliary.

Survivors include her children, Lu Ann Davoudian of Minneapolis, Marilyn (Dan) Boeckermann of Minneapolis, Gordon (Diane) Viere of Dallas, Texas, Loren (Deb) Viere of St. Cloud, Jack (Jennifer) Viere of Dallas, Texas, Robert (Jane) Viere of Dallas, Texas, Geralyn (Jim) Dierkhising of Avon, and Tim (Pam) Viere of Minneapolis; 23 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren; and sister, Rose Spanier of St. Joseph.

Sally was preceded in death by her husband, Arnold Viere on May 26, 1980; parents; daughter, Mary Viere; brothers, William, Lawrence, Ambrose, and Jerome Beuning; sisters, Connie, Ann, Agnes, and Martha; and son-in-law, Simon Davoudian.

Serving as casket bearers will be Gordon Viere, Loren Viere, John Viere, Robert Viere, Tim Viere, Dan Boeckermann, Jim Dierkhising, Ryan Dierkhising, and Douglas Fischer. Cross bearer will be Alena Boeckermann and scripture bearer will be Malia Boeckermann.