Rogaria Austing

Rogaria S. Austing, age 84 of Melrose died Wednesday, August 17, 2005 at the Melrose Area Hospital.
Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, August 20 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Melrose with Rev. Ken Thielman officiating. Interment will immediately follow at St. Rose of Lima Cemetery in St. Rosa.

Friends may call from 4 to 9 p.m. Friday and from 8 to 10 a.m. Saturday at Patton-Schad Funeral Home in Melrose. St. Rosa Christian Mothers, St. Rosa Catholic Aid and Melrose VFW Auxiliary will pray at 7 p.m. followed by parish prayers at 8 p.m. Friday evening.

Rogaria Austing was born April 10, 1921 in Millwood Township, Stearns County, Minnesota to Gerhard and Katherine (Hoppe) Stoermann. She was united in marriage to Bernard "Ben" Austing on October 24, 1939 at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church. The couple farmed near St. Rosa for 40 years. In 1989 Rogaria moved to Melrose. She was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Melrose, St. Rosa Christian Mothers, St. Rosa Catholic Aid and a member and past president of Schanhaar-Otte VFW Post 7050 Auxiliary. She enjoyed cooking, visiting with friends, crocheting, quilting and seeing all of her grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Survivors include her children, Melvin Austing (Judy) of Inver Grove Heights, Carol Stangler (Maurice) of Melrose, Kathy Funk (Larry) of Sauk Centre, Patty Klaphake (Jim) of Cold Spring, Linda Beuning (Bernie) of St. Cloud, Ron Austing (Toni) of St. Rosa, Marilyn Breth (Jerry) of St. Cloud and Karen Mueller (David) of St. Rosa; daughters-in-law, Dorothy Austing of St. Rosa and Carole Austing of Grey Eagle; 31 grandchildren and 40 great grandchildren; brothers and sisters, Julitta Austing of Albany, Irene Pundsack of St. Cloud, Rose Pundsack of Melrose, Boniface Stoermann (Delphine) of Holdingford, Robert Stoermann (Sylvia) of Holdingford and John Stoermann of St. Rosa.

Rogaria was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Bernard "Ben" Austing; sons, Ervin Austing and Richard Austing; grandson, Spencer Austing; brothers, Bernard and Linus Stoermann.

Serving as casket bearers will be Jeff Austing, Scott Austing, Brian Austing, Jason Funk, Kyle Klaphake, Reed Breth, Cole Beuning and Ben Austing. Serving as cross bearer will be Jodi Pohlmann and scripture bearer will be Vicki Sadlowsky. Honorary bearers will be Jason Mekalson, Jean Hellermann, Karen Wensmann, Cindy Schmiesing, Kathy Nix and Angie Deters.