Mass of Christian Burial was held on Thursday, May 23, 2019 at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Cold Spring, Minn. for Ida Marie Scheffler, age 91, who died Monday, May 20, 2019 at the St. Cloud Hospital. Burial was in the parish cemetery, followed by a gathering of family and friends in the church narthex.
Ida was born on August 31, 1927 in rural Adrian, Minn. to Joseph and Ella (Wiedert) Kellen. She graduated from St. Adrian High School in 1945. She married John Mathias Scheffler at St. Adrian Catholic Church in Adrian, on July 29, 1947. They lived in Worthington and Luverne, Minn. after their marriage until moving to Taconite Harbor on the North Shore of Lake Superior in 1957. They retired to Cold Spring in 1986.
Ida was a member of St. Boniface Catholic Church, Christian Women, a lector, communion minister and funeral aide. She was a member of VFW Post 6915 and American Legion Auxiliary Post 0455 in Cold Spring. Ida enjoyed watching the Minnesota Twins, crocheting, sewing, playing bingo, listening to polka music and especially time with family.
She is survived by her children, Gene (Kathleen) Scheffler, Golden Valley, Eldon (Carla) Scheffler, Sartell, Minn., Guy (Cindi) Scheffler, Plymouth, Minn., John (Laurie) Scheffler, Fishers, Ind., Irene Durfee, Maple Grove, Minn., Karen Eliasen, Barron, Wis., and Carolyn (David) Wood, Plymouth, Minn.; brother Joseph Kellen, Adrian; sisters Margie Wieneke, Adrian, and Dolores Sieve, Worthington, Minn.; 13 grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband,
John; grandson, Joe; brothers Raymond Kellen and Raphael Kellen; and sisters Joanna Kellen and Louise Kellen.
The Scheffler family would like to thank the staff at Assumption Campus and the St. Cloud Hospital for the compassionate care they gave to Ida.
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