Funeral services will be at 10:30 A.M. on Wednesday, August 23, 2006 at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church in St. Cloud, MN, for Valeria Kathryn Rahm age 82 who died on Sunday, August 20, 2006 at the St. Cloud Hospital in St. Cloud. The Reverend Timothy Wenzel of St. Anthony’s Parish will be the Celebrant and the Reverend Al Stangl will be the Con-celebrant. Entombment will be at the Assumption Cemetery Mausoleum in St. Cloud.
Visitation will be from 4:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M. on Tuesday, August 22, 2006 at the Daniel Funeral Home in St. Cloud, and on Wednesday morning August 23, 2006 from 9:00 A.M. to 10:00 A.M. at the Daniel Funeral Home in St. Cloud. Daughters of Isabella will pray at 4:00 P.M., St. Anthony’s Christian Women and Catholic Aid will pray at 6:30 P.M. St. Anthony’s parish prayers will be at 7:00 P.M. at Daniel Funeral Home.
Val was born on August 27, 1923 in Cold Spring, MN the daughter of Lawrence and Cathrine (Faber) Wirtzfeld. She grew up in Cold Spring and attended St. Boniface Catholic High School graduating in 1941. She then attended St. Cloud Business College for two years receiving a degree in business. After school she worked+ in the office at Fandel Department Store in St. Cloud.
She was united in marriage to Leo J. Rahm on August 20, 1946. Seven children were born to this union. After they were married, Val continued to work at Fandel Department Store until the children were born when she chose to stay home with them. Val enjoyed cooking, sewing, playing cards, reading, camping and traveling, entertaining friends and attending social functions. She found joy in her grandchildren and in later years her great-grandchildren.
She was a member of St. Anthony’s Catholic Church, Christian Mothers, Catholic Aid and Daughter’s of Isabella.
She is survived by: her husband Leo of Waite Park, MN, her children, Kathy (Duane) Plemel of Waite Park, MN, Jan (Tom) Mertz of Plymouth, MN, Pat (Mike) Schneider of Duelm, MN, Dick Rahm of St. Cloud, MN Gary L. (Peggy) Rahm of Seattle, WA, Mary Jo (Steve) Foley of Scottsdale, AZ, Lori (Mark) Hottman of Minnetonka, MN, 18 Grandchildren, 10 Great-Grandchildren and two expectant Great Grandchildren, her brothers and sisters, Alvin (Joyce) Wirtzfeld of Minot, ND, Donald (Joyce) Wirtzfeld of Milwaukee, WI, Mary Ann (Roy) Schleppenbach of Cold Spring, MN Leon (Carol) Wirtzfeld of Eveleth, MN, and Larry Wirtzfeld of Eden Valley, MN and one brother-in-law Steve Metros of Denver, CO.
In addition to her parents, Val was preceded in death by: one sister Kathleen Metros, one sister-in-law Diane Wirtzfeld.
