Cleo “Tootie” L. Cimenski, 98 year old resident of Little Falls, MN, passed away Saturday, December 10, 2022, at Diamond Willow Assisted Living in Little Falls. A funeral service was held Tuesday, December 13, 2022, at the Shelley Funeral Chapel in Little Falls, with Pastor Dave Sperstad officiating. Burial took place in the Bearhead Cemetery. Caring for Tootie and her family was the Shelley Funeral Chapel in Little Falls.
Cleo Leone Aleshire was born on March 30, 1924, to the late Claude and Mary (Blood) Aleshire in Bruce Township, MN. She worked for 3 years at Gust Carlson from 1946-1949. Cleo was united in marriage to John Wacholtz on March 30, 1949, and the couple lived in the Flensburg area until John’s passing on August 19, 1980. She worked in Little Falls at Munsingwear for 29 years and retired when the plant closed in 1982. Cleo was then united in marriage to Ambrose Cimenski on October 2, 1982, and she then moved to his farm in Culdrum Township, and lived there until Ambrose’s passing on May 27, 1993. She then moved to the Flensburg area in August of 1994, where she made her home. In her free time, Cleo enjoyed sewing, quilting, farming, deer hunting, card playing, doing her brain books, and most recently started setting puzzles. A lot of her sewing and quilting works went to the VA in St. Cloud to comfort veterans.
Cleo is survived by her nieces, Sandy Erickson, Patty (Wayne) Crosby, Nancy (Joel) Fraki, and Jody Aleshire; nephews, Corky Erickson, Dothan Aleshire, Virgil Aleshire, and Alan Aleshire; and many great nieces and nephews, and many-many friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband John Wacholtz, and husband Ambrose Cimenski; sister, Margaret “Budge”; and brothers, Robert, Jack, and Dale.
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