Josephine Kainz, a resident of Harding, died April 11, 2010, at St. Gabriel's Hospital in Little Falls.
Mass of Christian Burial was held Saturday, at Holy Cross Catholic Church in Harding, with Fr. David Maciej and Fr. Bernard Kahlhammer concelebrating. Interment was in the parish cemetery.
Josephine was born Feb. 28, 1915, in Pulaski Township, Morrison County, to Walter and Anne (Schubert) Zak. She attended country school through the eighth grade near Platte Lake. At the age of 50, she received her G.E.D. As a young lady she was involved with the family orchestra playing for dances. She was united in marriage to Clarence Kainz Sept. 18, 1935, in Minneapolis. The couple moved to their farm north of Harding where Josephine still resided at the time of her death. Along with being a homemaker and farm wife, she picked wild rice, painted buildings (inside and out), worked at a turkey farm and enjoyed fishing and snowmobiling. She was a member of the Rosary Sodality and Holy Cross Catholic Church in Harding where she sang in the choir.
Left to cherish her memory are her children JoAnne (Leonard) Carlson of Diamondhead, Miss., Don (Rita) Kainz of Little Rock Lake, and daughter-in-law Susan Kainz of Cottage Grove; sister Louise Thommes of Lastrup; 12 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren and sister-in-law Louise Zak of Pierz.
Josephine was preceded in death by her parents; husband Clarence Kainz (March 26, 1998); son Clarence "Buz" Kainz (May 26, 1999); siblings Bertha (Wendelin) Kahlhammer, Peter (Katie) Zak, Leo Zak, Al (Christine) Zak and brother-in-law Andrew Thommes.
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Josephine Kainz, a resident of Harding, died April 11, 2010, at St. Gabriel's Hospital in Little Falls.
Mass of Christian Burial was held Saturday, at Holy Cross Catholic Church in Harding, with Fr. David Maciej and Fr. Bernard Kahlhammer concelebrating. Interment was in the parish cemetery.
Josephine was born Feb. 28, 1915, in Pulaski Township, Morrison County, to Walter and Anne (Schubert) Zak. She attended country school through the eighth grade near Platte Lake. At the age of 50, she received her G.E.D. As a young lady she was involved with the family orchestra playing for dances. She was united in marriage to Clarence Kainz Sept. 18, 1935, in Minneapolis. The couple moved to their farm north of Harding where Josephine still resided at the time of her death. Along with being a homemaker and farm wife, she picked wild rice, painted buildings (inside and out), worked at a turkey farm and enjoyed fishing and snowmobiling. She was a member of the Rosary Sodality and Holy Cross Catholic Church in Harding where she sang in the choir.
Left to cherish her memory are her children JoAnne (Leonard) Carlson of Diamondhead, Miss., Don (Rita) Kainz of Little Rock Lake, and daughter-in-law Susan Kainz of Cottage Grove; sister Louise Thommes of Lastrup; 12 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren and sister-in-law Louise Zak of Pierz.
Josephine was preceded in death by her parents; husband Clarence Kainz (March 26, 1998); son Clarence "Buz" Kainz (May 26, 1999); siblings Bertha (Wendelin) Kahlhammer, Peter (Katie) Zak, Leo Zak, Al (Christine) Zak and brother-in-law Andrew Thommes.
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