Girtz, Emma Ann

Tochter von Theodore J. Girtz und Josephine Bednar

*   Pierz/Minnesota (USA) 29.05.1916
oo  Pierz/Minnesota 18.02.1935  Joseph Peine
†   Pierz/Minnesota 02.02.2009

Quellen: Morrison County Record

Kinder:	Bernadette lebend
	Gladys Joanne * Lastrup/MN (USA) 25.05.1945 - oo Jeron Peter Kapsner - † 31.03.2002
	Randy Joseph lebend

Emma Peine, a resident of Lastrup, died Feb. 2, 2009, at the Harmony House of Pierz.

Mass of Christian Burial was held Thursday at St. John’s Nepomuk Catholic Church in Lastrup with the Rev. Gerald Dalseth officiating. Interment was in the parish cemetery. Emma Ann Girtz was born May 29, 1916, in Pierz Township, Morrison County, to the late Theodore J. and Josephine (Bednar) Girtz.

She attended country school. She was united in marriage to Joseph Peine, Jr. Feb. 18, 1935, at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Pierz. The couple farmed in Agram Township before moving to Lastrup where they continued farming. She owned and operated Ma’s Café in Lastrup for many years. She also cooked at various restaurants in the surrounding area. In retirement, she enjoyed quilting, upholstered and mended for many. She also enjoyed dancing, playing cards, traveling, gardening and her house plants. One of her favorite sayings was, “There isn’t anything I can’t fix.” She was a faithful member of St. John’s Catholic Church and the Christian Mothers. Emma knew a lot of people and if she didn’t, it didn’t take long for a new friendship to form. Years ago, her family lost count of the many quilts she made or the zippers she put in or the holes she patched. She truly lived her life to the fullest.

Left to cherish her memory are her children Leonard (Kathy) of Chaska, Bernie (Ellwood) Jacobson of Howard, S.D. and Randy (Linda) Peine of Cambridge, Wis.; son-in-law Jeron Kapsner of Lastrup; sisters Lorraine Gohl of Pierz, Celesta “Sally” Meyer of Pierz and Marie and (Jim) O’Donnell of California; 17 grandchildren and many great and great-great-grandchildren. Emma was preceded in death by her parents; husband Joseph (1976); daughter Gladys Kapsner; sister Betty Olson and brother Herbert Girtz.