Roman Ramler

Roman M. Ramler, age 86, of Melrose, died on Tuesday, February 19, 2008 at the Melrose Area Hospital in Melrose, Minnesota.

Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, February 23 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Melrose with Rev. Vincent Lieser officiating. Interment will be held in the parish cemetery.

Friends may call from 4 to 9 p.m. Friday and from 8 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Patton-Schad Funeral Home in Melrose. St. Joseph's Men's Society will pray at 7 p.m. followed by parish prayers at 7:30 p.m. Friday evening at the funeral home.

Roman M. Ramler was born July 29, 1921 in Farming, Minnesota to Henry and Anna (Bush) Ramler. He was united in marriage to Kathleen H. Schimnitsch on June 3, 1948 at St. Stephen's Catholic Church in St. Stephen, Minnesota. Roman was employed at Franklin Manufacturing in St. Cloud for 32 years and owned and operated a farm in Albany all of his life until 1991. He loved his huge garden, fishing, playing cards, dancing, telling jokes, driving tractor, taking short trips and spending time with his family.He was a member at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Melrose, the St. Joseph's Men's Society, the Catholic Aid Association and a member of the International Association of Machinists union workers for over 50 years.

Survivors include his wife, Kathleen Ramler of Melrose; children, Sandy (Dave) Drahota of Buffalo, Ron (Elaine) Ramler of Lake St. Louis, Missouri, Marlene (Clyde) Stangl of St. Cloud, Diane (Louis) Hughes of Sauk Rapids, Robert Ramler of Albany, and Lisa Ramler of St. Cloud; 12 grandchildren; 8 great-grandchildren; brother, Melvin Ramler; sisters, Mildred Mueller, Rosie Binek and Delores Philippi.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Henry and Anna (Bush) Ramler; brothers, Clarence and Ambrose Ramler; and sister, Bernice Senger.

Serving as casket bearers will be Dan Ramler, Mike Stangl, Brian Drahota, Kala Stepan, Sarah Stepan and Julie Stangl. Cross bearer will be Huston Ramler and scripture bearer will be Jeremy Ramler.Honorary casket bearers will be the International Association of Machinists union members.