Mass of Christian Burial for 94-year-old Sylvia C. Sellner of St. Peter, Minnesota, will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, August 25, 2016, at St. Paul’s Catholic Church in Comfrey. The church is located at 218 Field Street North.
Interment will be in the church cemetery, located north of Comfrey on Highway 258.
Visitation will be Wednesday, August 24, 2016, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Sturm Funeral Home-Comfrey Chapel, located at 101 Field Street North. A second visitation will be at the church the day of the funeral mass from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Sylvia C. Sellner died Sunday, August 21, 2016, at Benedictine Health Center in St. Peter.
Sylvia C. Sellner was born December 10, 1921, in Mulligan Township, Brown County, the daughter of George and Rose (Prokosch) Zwaschka.
She was united in marriage to Norbert Sellner on April 27, 1943, in Comfrey. The couple farmed in Mulligan Township for a few years before moving to Selma Township, Cottonwood County, where they farmed until retirement.
Sylvia was a member of St. Paul’s Catholic Church, served as Treasurer of St. Mary CAA and was awarded the Bishop’s Medal in 2005.
She enjoyed playing in the bell choir, old-time music, crossword puzzles, Scrabble and supplying eggs to many friends and neighbors. Sylvia especially enjoyed spending time with her family.
Survivors include her children, Eugene (Bonnie) Sellner of Mankato, Minnesota, Beverly (Richard) Sanders of Rochester, Minnesota and Deanna Sellner of Des Moines, Iowa; grandchildren, Scott (Lana) Sellner, Keri (David) Traub, Laurie (Bobby) Riepe, Daniel Sanders, Gregory (Karen) Sanders and David (Annie) Sanders; great-grandchildren, Hannah and Emily Sellner, Maxwell, Carson and Lauren Traub, Ryan, Kyle, Peter and Lewis Sanders, and baby Riepe on the way; sisters, Phyllis Mathiowetz of Hopkins, Minnesota, Winnifred Mathiowetz of Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, Cecelia Sellner of Comfrey and Rita (Robert) Rivard of Eden Prairie, Minnesota.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Norbert in 2009; children, Glen and Dean and brothers-in-law, Anton and Arthur Mathiowetz.