RoseMary Dettler

RoseMary "Rosie" Dettler, age 70 of Melrose, died Sunday, November 28, 2010 at her home in Melrose, Minnesota.

Memorial Service will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, December 2 at the St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Melrose with Rev. Kevin Mann officiating. Inurnment will take place privately at a later date in Oak Hill cemetery.

Friends may call from 12 to 2 p.m. Thursday at the church in Melrose.

RoseMary Bentley was born January 19, 1940 in Glenwood, Minnesota to Ellsworth and Agnes (Svoboda) Bentley. On March 2, 1957 she was united in marriage to Ervin Dettler at St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Swanville, Minnesota. Rosie worked for the Belgrade Nursing Home but later shifted to the Belgrade Tribune to assist Erv with new business. When they moved to Melrose, she continued using the linotype skills at the Melrose Beacon. After just a couple years, Rosie took a job at Jennie-O Foods in cut up and stayed with them for 32 years. She had many great memories of turkey fights, cigarette breaks, and crazy friends. After retirement, she couldn't sit still very long and started a part time job as a cafeteria lady for the Melrose school system.

She was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Melrose and the Lutheran Women's Missionary League. Rosie enjoyed painting ceramics, playing cards with Erv, gaming at the casino, playing with her grandkids, black Friday at Fleet Farm, and having just one more cigarette.

Survivors include her husband, Ervin Dettler of Melrose; children, Barb (Tim) Petermeier of Melrose, Kevin Dettler of Melrose, James (Grace) Dettler of Colorado Springs, Colorado, DeWayne (Peg) Dettler of SierraVista, Arizona, and Cindy Imdieke of Melrose; grandchildren, Travis (Robyn) Petermeier, Michelle Petermeier (Josh Traut), Autumn and Skyler Dettler, Adrianne Dettler, Sara and Brad McGregor, Jamie Dettler, Misty and Dustin Maus, and Eric Imdieke; four great-grandchildren, Cade, Kanon, Calvin, and Wyatt; and sisters, Effie (Dick) Martin of Roseville, Fran (Russell) Dahl of Osseo, Betty (Ronnie) Hvezda of Alexandria, and Polly (Alfred) Hagenson of Clitherol.

Rosie was preceded in death by her parents, Ellsworth and Agnes Bentley.