Mary Ann Engelmeyer

Mary Ann M. Engelmeyer, age 83 of St. Rosa, died peacefully on Thursday, August 24, 2023 with her family at her side at the CentraCare Care Center in Melrose, Minnesota.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, August 28 at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in St. Rosa with Rev. Dan Walz officiating. Interment will be in the parish cemetery.

Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday and from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Monday at the Patton-Schad Funeral Home in Melrose. Parish prayers will be at 6 p.m. followed by a rosary by the Christian Mothers and Catholic United Financial Sunday evening at the funeral home.

Mary Ann Finken was born November 4, 1939 in Millwood Township, Stearns County, Minnesota to Robert and Loretta (Stueve) Finken. She was united in marriage to Roger Engelmeyer on September 30, 1958 at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in St. Rosa. The couple lived north of St. Rosa. Mary Ann worked at Fingerhut in St. Cloud and Sauk Centre until they closed the doors. She then began working at Stearns Manufacturing in Grey Eagle until 1988. Mary Ann enjoyed embroidering dish towels and pillowcases and making blankets and apple pies for her family. She also enjoyed cooking for family gatherings. Most of all, she enjoyed being there for Roger and her family.

She was a member of St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church, Christian Mothers, Catholic United Financial, American Legion Auxiliary Unit 101, and the Roving Hillbillies.

Survivors include her children, Audrey (Scott) Blasko of Afton, Dale (Debbie) Engelmeyer of St. Rosa, Diane (Leon) Stueve of Albany, Glen (Darlene) Engelmeyer of St. Rosa, Karen (Henry) Gruber of St. Cloud, Jim (Roseann) Engelmeyer of Freeport, and Laura (Galen) Stickfort of Stillwater; 22 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren; brother and sisters, Wilfred “Wif” (Bernette) Finken of Melrose, Dorothy Austing of Freeport, and Donna Bueckers of St. Rosa; and sisters-in-law, Gloriann (Jerry) Thomas of Little Falls, Mary Jane (John) Klaphake of St. Rosa, and Margie Engelmeyer of St. Rosa.

Mary Ann was preceded in death by her husband, Roger Engelmeyer on September 15, 2018; parents; and great-granddaughter, Addison Wensman.