Mathilda Dusek

Mathilda A. "Tillie" Dusek, age 101, of Sauk Centre, died Tuesday, June 26, 2007 at the St. Michael's Nursing Home in Sauk Centre.

Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, June 29 at Our Lady of the Angels Catholic Church in Sauk Centre with Rev. Todd Schneider officiating. Interment will be in Calvary Cemetery. Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. at the church in Sauk Centre.

Mathilda Dusek was born February 20, 1906 in Sauk Centre, Minnesota to Charles and Mary (Novak) Kortan. On October 25, 1927 she married Jerome P. Dusek in Sauk Centre. The couple lived in Sauk Centre all their lives. Tillie worked as a cook at the Palmer House, Waldorf, Theatre Café, and Main Street Café. She loved to work and was a great cook. She enjoyed quilting and sewing. Tillie was a member of Our Lady of the Angels Catholic Church in Sauk Centre and the Christian Mothers.

Survivors include her children, Marlyce Borchert and her husband, Arnold of Grantsburg, WI, Marian Barber and her husband, Wayne of Indianapolis, IN, Joanna Jents of Chicago, IL, and Jerome "Dewey" Dusek, of Sauk Centre; six grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren, and three great-great-grandchildren; sister and brothers, Helen Norgarden of Sauk Centre, George Kortan and his wife, Rose of Paynesville, and Richard Kortan and his wife, Joan of Sauk Centre.

Mathilda was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Jerome P. Dusek on March 19, 1971; son Robert Dusek; brothers, Bill, Frank, Steve, Charlie, and Jim Kortan; and sister, Evelyn DePree.

Serving as casket bearers will be Pamela Zinken, Gary Borchert, Tamara Plafcan, Robert Borchert, Jennifer Larsen, and Tiffany Plafcan. Honorary bearers will be the Christian Mothers.