Sylvester Thelen

Sylvester P. Thelen, age 76, of Melrose died Wednesday, October 1, 2003 at the St. Cloud Hospital.

Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:30 a.m. on Monday, October 6 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Melrose with Rev. Kenneth Thielman officiating. Burial will follow in the parish cemetery with military honors by the Melrose Veterans Honor Guard.

Friends may call Sunday from 4 to 9 pm and Monday from 8 to 11 am at the Patton-Schad Funeral Home in Melrose. Parish prayers will be at 6:30 pm followed by Melrose Veterans Honor Guard at 7 pm and Knights of Columbus at 8:30 pm.

Sylvester Thelen was born on January 12, 1927 in Melrose, Minnesota to John and Mary (Goihl) Thelen. He attended Melrose High School and served in the U.S. Navy from 1944 to 1946. He lived in Melrose all his life and worked on construction doing mainly masonry work. He loved to hunt, fish, and watch the Twins and local sports, and gardening.He was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church, Melrose, Knights of Columbus Council #1633 and the American Legion Post 101.

Sylvester is survived by brothers, Al (Jeanette), Clarence, Melvin and Herb Thelen (Della) all of Melrose. He was preceded in death by his parents; brother and sister, Edmund Thelen and Mathilda Poepping.

Serving as casket bearers will be Jim Thelen, John Thelen, Greg Thelen, Neil Thelen, Tom Thelen and Chuck Rademacher. Serving as cross bearer will be Carol Poepping and scripture bearer will be Pat Weisser. Gift bearers will be Melvin Thelen and Herb Thelen. The reader will be Jan Lefebvre.Memorials are preferred.