My Mom was a beautiful woman. I will miss her forever until we meet again.
Naomi L. Erdmann
October 31, 1939 – May 12, 2010
Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, May 17, 2010 at Holy Spirit Catholic Church for Naomi L. Erdmann, age 70, of St. Cloud, who passed away at the St. Cloud Hospital on Wednesday, May 12, 2010. Reverend Thomas Knoblach will officiate. Burial will take place in Assumption Cemetery.
Family and friends may call from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. on Sunday at the Daniel Funeral Home in St. Cloud and after 9:30 a.m. on Monday at the Church. Parish prayers will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday at the funeral home.
Naomi was born on October 31, 1939 in Benson, MN to Clarence and Eva (Fennell) Ascheman. She graduated from Benson High School in 1957. Naomi married Robert M. Erdmann on May 9, 1959 at St. Malachy’s Catholic Church in Clontarf. They moved to St. Cloud in 1960 and raised their five children. Naomi worked in banking, starting at Plaza Park for seven years, then had a home daycare for five years. She went back to banking with First American in 1977, where she worked until 1992 when she had to leave her position as Assistant Vice President of Operations due to medical disability. She was a member of Holy Spirit Catholic Church.
Naomi enjoyed donating toys to various charities. In her youth she loved horseback riding. She also loved to travel, especially to Hawaii, Mexico, among other places.
She is survived by her husband of 51 years, Robert “Bob”; children, Laurie Mackert (Jeff Anderson), of Brooklyn Park, Valerie (James) Rausch of Eagan, Julie (Chuck) Kraemer of St. Cloud, Tom (Pam) of St. Michael, and Kathy (David) Conway, of Robbinsdale; 8 grandchildren; 1 great grandchild; sister, Agnes Schirmer, of Benson; sisters-in-law, Evelyn Ascheman, Bernice Ascheman, and Anne Ascheman, of Benson; and her favorite companion, her pet dog, Mitzy.
Naomi is preceded in death by her parents; brothers, Francis, Floyd, Lyle, and LeRoy Ascheman; sisters, Rita Aaberg and Lavonne Ascheman.
A Special Thank You to Dr. Thomas Wyne and the staff at the St. Cloud Hospital for the loving care given to Naomi.
Memorials are preferred to the American Diabetes Association.
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My mom has even tried to take care of us in death. Last fall when we had a surprise 70th party for her and made some lovely picture boards to celebrate her life, she kept the boards after copying and returning all the pictures to us, putting the copied pictures on the boards so there were picture boards ready and waiting for us to use for her funeral. She knew her time was short and was trying to lessen the burden on us. That’s my mom, always taking care of everyone else.
My mother Aggie said it best. She was the best sister anyone could ever have.
It was around our birthday last October 2009. Naomi treated me to lunch at “Friends” and we talked for hours. I think the establishment was a little irritated but we just ignored them. She stopped and picked me up and took us there. There was a bag between us and I reached for it to carry it for her. She said “No, no, that’s a surprise!”. Just before we were ready to go she said “Oh, I almost forgot the surprise.” She opened the bag and took out 2 cupcakes. Then she reached into her purse and took out 2 candles and put one on each cupcake. “We can’t have birthday cake without candles”, she said. I lit the candles, we blew them out together and we ate them up. She dropped me off at home. That was a good day.
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Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, May 17, 2010 at Holy Spirit Catholic Church for Naomi L. Erdmann, age 70, of St. Cloud, who passed away at the St. Cloud Hospital on Wednesday, May 12, 2010. Reverend Thomas Knoblach will officiate. Burial will take place in Assumption Cemetery.
Family and friends may call from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. on Sunday at the Daniel Funeral Home in St. Cloud and after 9:30 a.m. on Monday at the Church. Parish prayers will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Sunday at the funeral home.