Veronica Nett

Veronica H. "Fronie" Nett, age 103, of Freeport, died peacefully on Monday, September 23, 2013 at the Pine Villa Nursing Home in Melrose, Minnesota.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, September 28 at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Freeport with Rev. Roger Klassen, O.S.B. officiating. Interment will be in parish cemetery.

Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at the Patton-Schad Funeral Home in Melrose and from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday at the church in Freeport. Christian Mothers and Goldenaires Senior Citizens will pray at 4 p.m. followed by parish prayers at 5 p.m. Friday evening at the funeral home.

Veronica Helen Kuefler was born May 10, 1910 in Lake George Township, Stearns County, Minnesota to Mathias and Anna (Berens) Kuefler. She married Joseph Thelen in May of 1929 at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Joseph died July 14, 1949. Fronie then married Joseph Nett on October 14, 1950 at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Fronie worked as a baker at the bakeries in Sauk Centre and Melrose.

Until Minnesota prohibited homemade food being served in public places, Fronie baked many delicacies for the people of Freeport. Following the recipes "in her head" she created many breads and rolls, including her specialty flavored items, like raspberry and orange rolls. Not only an excellent baker, Fronie's talent extended to painting. Daily, she would decorate sets of dish towels at Das Goldene Wohnheim. In her younger years, Fronie loved horseback riding.

She was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Freeport and the Christian Mothers.

Survivors include children, Tom (Eleanor) Thelen of Paynesville, Mary Ann (Rick) Renner of Woodbury, Shirl (Jim) Kowski of Aurora, IL, and Steve (Bev) Nett of Winona; 21 grandchildren, 27 great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandson; son-in-law, Larry Ostendorf of Glencoe; daughter-in-law, Jan Thelen of Freeport; brothers, Leo Kuefler of Naperville, IL and Bob (Audrey) Kuefler of Sun City West, AZ; sister-in-law, June Kuefler of Hot Springs, AR.

Fronie was preceded in death by her parents; husbands, Joseph Thelen and Joseph Nett; children, Dorothy Ostendorf, Jack Thelen, and Bob Thelen; grandson, Michael Ostendorf; granddaughter, Joanne Ostendorf; brothers, Nick, Bill, Ed, and Ray Kuefler; and sisters, Rose Modaff, Alma Brechtel, Sue Maddox, and Ceil Cundiff.

In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred to the Activities Fund at the Pine Villa Nursing Home in Melrose.