William Bolz

William "Bill" Bolz, age 101 of Sauk Centre, died Monday, June 6, 2005 at St. Michael's Nursing Home in Sauk Centre.

Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, June 9 at Our Lady of the Angels Catholic Church. Rev. Dick McGuire will officiate with interment following in St. Mary's Cemetery in Melrose.

Friends may call from 4 to 9 p.m. Wednesday and 8 to 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the Patton-Schad Funeral Home in Sauk Centre. Parish prayers will be at 6 p.m. followed by St. Paul's Catholic Aid at 8 p.m. Wednesday evening at the funeral home.

Bill Bolz was born February 21, 1904 in Lake George Township, Stearns County, Minnesota to Anton and Katherine (Weiser) Bolz. On January 6, 1941 he married Cecelia "Ceil" Leier in McGrath, Minnesota. The couple resided in St. Paul, where he was employed by Hoist and Derrick. From 1948 to 1968 they farmed in Ashley Township, Stearns County. They then resided in Sauk Centre, Albany and Melrose and returned to Sauk Centre in 1980. He was a member of St. Paul's Catholic Church and St. Paul's Catholic Aid.

Survivors include his wife, Ceil Bolz of Sauk Centre; four children, Roger (Barb) Bolz of Bloomington, Jan (Ron) Hoppe of Freeport, Doris (Doug) Trisko-Kuehne of Avon and Michael (Jackie) Bolz of Sauk Centre; 13 grandchildren; 12 great grandchildren; four step-grandchildren; one step-great grandson; and brother, Edwin (Madeline) Bolz of New Smyrna Beach, Florida.

He was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Ernest and David Boles; sister, Lucille Myers and infant sister, Aurelia Bolz.

Serving as casket bearers will be Steven, Chuck and Eric Bolz, Alicia Crawford, Jeff Hoppe, Barb Hasbrouck, Brian and Darryl Trisko. Cross bearer will be Virginia Tise and scripture bearer will be Jackie Bolz. Honorary bearers will be old friends and neighbors including Bernard Gieske, Denis Schirmers, Al Trisko, Ed Gettel, Robert and Leonard Bromenshenkel, Elmer Orth, Edward Bieringer, Virgil Quade, Francis Unger, Bud Minette and Rudy Vait.