Published in the Journal Patriot, Eden Valley, MN on April 29, 2009 on page 4

PINSKE, LORETTA L., 91 (obituary)

Funeral services will be 1:00 p.m., Thursday, April 30, 2009 at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Eden Valley for Loretta L. Pinske, age 91, of Litchfield, who died Monday at the Emmanuel Home in Litchfield. The Rev. William Moeller Jr. will officiate and burial will be at Eden Lake Cemetery in Eden Valley. Friends and family may call from 4-8 p.m. Wednesday at Williams Dingmann Family Funeral Home in Eden Valley and one hour prior to the services Thursday at the church in Eden Valley. St. Paul’s Lutheran prayers will be at 5:00 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.

Loretta was born May 19, 1917 in rural Eden Valley to William & Jenny (Holtz) Haag, Sr. She lived in Minneapolis, Paynesville from 1975-1991, and has lived in Litchfield since 1991.

Survivors include her daughters and sons, Genevieve Loberg of Brooklyn Park, Delores (Tom) Stelljes of Fergus Falls, Reuben Pinske of Elk River, Kenneth Pinske of Minneapolis; five grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband Alvin; brothers, Erwin, Walter, and William Haag; and sisters, Irene Putzier, Marie Anderson, Wilma Reinke, and Lorraine Blomker.