Raymond Hieserich

Raymond H. Hieserich, age 85 of Sauk Centre and longtime Greenwald resident died Friday, August 4, 2017 at Saint Cloud Hospital in Saint Cloud, Minnesota with his family at his side.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, August 9th at Our Lady of the Angels Catholic Church in Sauk Centre with Rev. Sudhansu Kumar and Deacon Lawrence Kaas presiding. Interment will follow in the Saint Paul's Catholic Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday and from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Patton-Schad Funeral Home in Sauk Centre. A Knights of Columbus Rosary will be held at 6:30 p.m.

Raymond Henry Hieserich was born January 18, 1932, the son of Joseph and Ottilia (Imdieke) Hieserich in Spring Hill Township, Minnesota. He attended a one room schoolhouse through his 8th grade education. On September 7, 1954, Ray was united in marriage to Louise Elizabeth Schieffer in Saint Paul's Catholic Church in Sauk Centre. Shortly after their marriage, Raymond and Louise moved to the Hieserich family farm where he grew up. Ray farmed the land and had a herd of dairy cows. Upon retirement in 1997, they moved from the farm to their home in Sauk Centre. While living on the farm, Ray and Louise attended Saint Andrew's Catholic Church in Greenwald. He especially enjoyed participating in Barley Day at Saint Andrew's parish each year. His family remembers the radio was on day and night in the barn where Ray enjoyed listening to WCCO AM and KASM stations throughout the day and evening. Ray was an avid Minnesota Vikings and Minnesota Twins fan and could always be found watching their games from his living room chair. Reading - especially any historical novel, bird watching, playing cards, and "participating" in the game show, Jeopardy became some of his favorite pastimes in his later years.

Raymond was a member of Our Lady of the Angels Catholic Church in Sauk Centre and was a member of the Bishop Busch Council of the Knights of Columbus in Sauk Centre.

Survivors include his beloved wife of nearly 63 years, Louise; his daughters, Linda (Roger) Vossen of Inver Grove Heights, Susan Kobe of Hopkins, and Nancy (Philip) Ayu of Fridley; twin sons, Daniel (Lori) Hieserich of Breckenridge and Donald Hieserich of Sauk Centre; ten grandchildren, Tim Vossen, Tom Vossen, Timin Ayu, Taver Ayu, Ben Hieserich, Matt Hieserich, Rachel Hieserich, John Hieserich, David Hieserich, and Adam Hieserich; great grandchildren, Calvin Ayu, Teddy Ayu, Avery Ayu, and Isla Ayu; sister, Mary Ann (Richard) Orth; and brother-in-law, Bert Waldorf.

Raymond was preceded in death by a son-in-law, Dick Kobe in 2012; parents, Joseph and Ottilia Hieserich; sisters, Eileen Hieserich in infancy and Lucille Waldorf.

In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred.