CEDAR COUNTY, NEBRASKA - PINKELMAN Mildred Veronica Duman ==================================================================== NEGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the NEGenWeb Archives by Carol Tramp. Permission granted by: Rob Dump, Editor, Cedar County News ====================================================================== Mildred V. Pinkelman, 88 and formerly of Wynot, Nebraska, died on Monday, April 9, 2007 at Avera Sacred Heart Hospital in Yankton, SD Mass of Christian Burial will be on Friday, April 13, 2007 at 10:30 a.m. at Holy Family (Sacred Heart) Catholic Church in Wynot, NE with the Rev. Charles Duman and Rev. Michael Keating officiating. Burial will be at the Sts. Philip and James Cemetery in St. James, NE. Visitation will be on Thursday from 1-5:30 a.m. with a rosary at 2:00 p.m. at the Wintz Funeral Home in Hartington. There will be a Vigil Service at 7:30 p.m. at the Church in Wynot on Thursday. Pallbearers will be Eric Melstad, Tony Pinkelman, Lee Wilwerding, Tom DeBlauw, Phillip Pinkelman, Gregory Kleinschmit, Tom Pinkelman, Nick Suing, Vincent Pinkelman, Jacob Pinkelman, Wesley Pinkleman, Jon Pinkelman. Honorary Pallbearers will be all the remaining grandchildren. Mildred Veronica Pinkelman was born on January 25, 1919 in Yankton, SD to Ben and Leona (Wiebelhaus) Duman. She grew up in the Hartington and Wynot area and graduated from Wynot High School. She worked as a nurse's aide at St. Lukes Hospital in Sioux City, IA and also as a housekeeper for a family in Sioux City prior to her marriage. Mildred married Julius Fritz Pinkelman on October 8, 1940 in St. James, NE. She and Julius farmed east of St. James until Julius retired in 1983. They then moved to Wynot. Julius died on February 26, 2000 at the age of 83 years. Mildred moved to Yankton in 2000 and remained there until her death. She was a former member of the Sts. Philip and James Catholic Church in St. James and the Ladies Guild, Legion of Mary. Mildred loved her family and grandchildren. She had a great sense of humor and was always a very giving person. She played the piano by ear, loved to laugh, read, and garden. She also was very fond of her chicken collection. Mildred is survived by her 12 children and their spouses; Kenneth and Rose Pinkelman of Wynot, Ruth and Gail Wilwerding of Davenport, IA, Barbara and Leon Melstad of Hot Springs, SD, Robert and Linda Pinkelman of Ponca, NE, Elizabeth and William Kleinschmit of Hartington, Michael and Janet Pinkelman of Brewster, KS, Dorothy and Don DeBlauw of Healy, Alaska, Russell and Jeannie Pinkelman of Delta Junction, Alaska, Donald and Darla Pinkelman of Fremont, NE, Eugene and Gerri Pinkelman of Wynot, John and Jean Pinkelman of Fordyce, Joan and Duane Suing of Crofton; 38 grandchildren, 18 great grandchildren, 2 brothers, Rev. Charles Duman of Salem, SD, George Duman of Omaha, NE; 1 sister, Marge Seiler of Sioux City, IA. Preceding Mildred in death were her parents, husband Julius, 6 month old daughter, Mary Frances, great grandson, Dalton Gall, 2 sisters, Mercedes Goedert, and Maureen Pinkelman.