Hazel Roemhildt

Hazel M. Roemhildt, age 92 of Waseca, died on Friday, August 15, 2008 at Lake Shore Inn, Waseca.             Funeral services will be held on Thursday, August 21st at 11:00 a.m. at St. John Lutheran Church in Waseca with Rev. Vicki Hultine officiating. Interment will be in the Woodville Cemetery.             Visitation will be held on Wednesday from 4 to 8 p.m. at McRaith Funeral Home in Waseca, and will continue on Thursday morning for one hour prior to services, at church. In lieu of flowers memorials preferred to St. John Quilters or St. John Lutheran Church.              Hazel Margaret Siebert Roemhildt was born on the family farm on June 19, 1916. Hazel was the last of 10 children to Frederick and Sophie Siebert at Cordova Township in LeSueur County, Minnesota. She attended District 69 School until the 7th grade when she moved on to Cleveland Consolidated. Hazel graduated in 1933. She worked at Hardegger's Resort until enrolling in teacher training school in St. Peter. She taught at the Okman School, a one-room school in Elysian until her marriage to Ervin Roemhildt of Elysian in 1938. From Elysian Township, they moved to Waseca around 1945. She and Ervin raised 8 children. Hazel worked at Bird's Eye for 22 years and also volunteered at the Waseca Neighborhood Service Center. She was a member of St. John Lutheran Church in Waseca, where she taught Sunday School and Bible School, and served as quilting advisor for many years. Hazel loved flowers; she had a green thumb and raised many house plants as well as a large garden every year for her family and friends. She was also an avid card player and Minnesota Twins fan!             She is survived by her 7 children: Kenneth (Aino) Roemhildt of Cordova, AK, Janice (Tom) Pochert of Browns Valley, CA, Karen Evans of Waseca, Gerald Roemhildt, Donald (Carol) Roemhildt, Charles Roemhildt all of Cordova, AK, and Carmen (Jim) Haley of Lino Lakes; by 20 grandchildren and 29 great grandchildren; by her son-in-law Russell Engel of Freeborn and many nieces and nephews and other relatives.             She was preceded in death by her husband Ervin and by her daughter, Elaine Engel; her parents and her siblings.             Casketbearers Hazel's grandchildren: Jason Haley, Mark Engel, Rusty Engel, Jeremy Engel, Scott Roemhildt, Jay Roemhildt, Christopher Evans, and Benjamin Dahlman.