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Elvira Ernst

NEW ULM — Elvira Ernst, age 98, passed away Friday, January 11, 2019 at the Oak Hills Living Center in New Ulm.

Funeral service will be 11 a.m. Friday, January 18, 2019 at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in New Ulm. Pastor Gene Alms will officiate. Burial will be held at 2 p.m. at the Winthrop Cemetery on Friday.

Visitation will be held from 9 – 11 a.m. Friday, January 18, 2019 at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in New Ulm.

To leave an online condolence for the family, or to sign the guestbook, please visit: www.mvfh.org.

Elvira is survived by her daughter, Beverly Spoon of New Ulm; son, LeRoy (Connie) Ernst of South Haven; grandchildren, Cindy (Ron) Runge of Welcome, Kayla (Al) Berg of New Ulm, James (Sara) Spoon of New Ulm; great-grandchildren, Ericha (Adam) Rupp, Britteny Runge, Courtney (Chad) Olsen, Nathan Berg, David Berg, Justin Berg; great-great-grandchild, Cerise Rupp; brother, Melroy Ruschmeyer of Fairfax; and sister-in-law, Marion Ruschmeyer of Mankato.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Merrill Ernst; son-in-law, Kenneth Spoon; brothers, Harvey, Harry, Milton, Herman, Roland, and Willmer; sisters, Irene, Marlene, Alice, Valeria, Marion; sisters-in-law, Virgine, Viola; brothers-in-law, Orley Buboltz, Art Freyholtz, and Earnest Eoenson.

Elvira Ella Ruschmeyer was born March 28, 1920 to Ferdinand and Margareth (Dams) Ruschmeyer in Moltke Township in rural Gibbon. Elvira was baptized and confirmed at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Moltke. She attended grade school at St. Peter’s Lutheran in Moltke and, after her schooling, she met and married Merrill Ernst on October 13, 1940 at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church. Their union was blessed with two children. Elvira spent much of her time raising her children. She also worked as a cook at the Rainbow Cafe, as a clerk at Stresemann Hardware, and as a Dietary Aid at the Winthrop Good Samaritan Home in Winthrop. Elvira was a member at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in New Ulm and a member of Young at Heart. She was especially known for her crocheting of doilies and afghans, which she often made to give away as gifts, finishing complex jigsaw puzzles very quickly, and helping out at Our Savior’s peeling apples or in any way that she could. Elvira was revered by her family for her oatmeal and bread making. Whether it was a baptism or family gathering, she would come with tubs full of fresh homemade bread and her family would always finish it before the day was over. Above all else, Elvira treasured all the time she was able to spend with her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. She will be dearly missed by all who knew her, blessed be her memory.

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