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Helen Sophie Podratz

GIBBON — Helen Sophie Podratz, 99, of Gibbon died Saturday, May 27, 2017, at the Fairfax Community Home in Fairfax.

Service will be 2 p.m. on Thursday, June 1, at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Moltke Township. Burial will follow in the St. Peter’s Lutheran Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. on Wednesday at the Minnesota Valley Funeral Home in Gibbon. The visitation will continue one hour prior to the service at the church.

Helen is survived by her children, Wayne Podratz of Minnetonka, Ruth Anderson of Hector, Kenneth Podratz of Granite Falls, Warren Podratz of Nemo, South Dakota, Kathleen Sawyer of Rosemount, Brian Podratz of Minnetonka; nine grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren.

Helen Sophie Kirchhoff was born Jan. 31, 1918, in Gibbon to Henry and Sophia (Stradtmann) Kirchhoff.

Full obituary will follow in a later edition of the Journal.

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