A Celebration of Life Service for Colleen M. Bunge, 82, of Welcome, Minnesota will be held at 10:3o a.m. on Thursday morning, September 3, 2015 at St. Paul’s United Church of Christ (UCC) in Welcome, with Pastor Brian J. Wohlhuter and Chaplain Russ Steele officiating.
Burial will be in St. Paul’s United Church of Christ Cemetery in Welcome.
Visitation will be from 5 p.m.-7 p.m. on Wednesday September 2, 2015, at St. Paul’s United Church of Christ in Welcome and for one hour prior prior to the funeral services at the church.
Funeral arrangements are being handled by Kramer Family Funeral Home in Trimont, Minnesota.
Messages of sympathy may be sent to the family on line at www.kramerfuneralhome.com
Colleen M. Bunge passed away on Sunday evening, August 30, 2015 ,at Goldfinch Memory Care in Fairmont, Minnesota.
Colleen M. Hartwig was born March 31, 1933, the daughter of Peter and Lisette (Klusendorf) Hartwig in Welcome. She was baptised and confirmed at St Paul’s E & R Church in Welcome. Colleen attended school and graduated from Welcome Public High School in 1950.
She was united in marriage to Jonathan H. Bunge on June 7, 1953 at St. Paul’s UCC in Welcome. Following Jonathan’s death on August 30, 1969, the family moved to Welcome.
Colleen worked at the Welcome City Library, Welcome Public Schools and Martin County West Schools as a bookkeeper, retiring in 1996.
In 2012, she moved into Goldfinch Assisted Living and in 2014, into Goldfinch Memory Care.
Colleen was an active member of St. Paul’s UCC in Welcome, were she was church organist and secretary for many years. She greatly enjoyed her family, boat rides and bonfires.
She is survived by her daughters, Rita (Mark) Sagehorn of Northrop, Minnesota, Lisa (Greg) Wohlhuter of Welcome and Paula (Brad) Zielske of Grand Forks, North Dakota; grandchildren, Wade (Amy) Sagehorn, Brian (Tracy) Wohlhuter, Sarah (Jason) Price, Katelyn Zielske (special friend Wayne Schlett) and Tyler Zielske (special friend Dani Skavlem); great-grandchildren, Hailey and Kelsey Sagehorn, Isaac and Alex Wohlhuter and Zachary, Lucas and Joshua Price; sisters-in-law, Hildegard Bunge, formerly of Windom, Minnesota and Marian Bunge, formerly of Mountain Lake, Minnesota, now both of Welcome and other family members.
Colleen was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Jonathan; daughter, Monica; great-grandson, Owen Price; brothers; sisters and other family members and friends.