Dorine “Donnie” Wiebolt

Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 11, 2017 at St. Andrew Catholic Church in Greenwald for Dorine A. Wiebolt who died peacefully Sunday, March 5, 2017 at Pine Villa Care Center in Melrose. Family inurnment will be held in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Melrose.
Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, March 10th at Patton-Schad Funeral Home in Melrose and from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday, March 11th at the funeral home. A Rosary and a time of sharing memories of Donnie with be held at 7:00 p.m. on Friday evening during the visitation.
Dorine Ann Sand was born December 22, 1934 in New Munich, Minnesota to Henry W. and Cathryn (Nefzger) Sand. She graduated from Melrose High School in 1952. On October 15, 1957, Dorine was united in marriage to Bernard “Bernie” T. Wiebolt. Together they farmed in New Munich for three years. In 1960, Donnie and Bernie purchased a farm in Greenwald where they worked till their retirement. In 2010, Donnie and Bernie made their home on Birch Lake where their family always enjoys gathering. Donnie was a proud Foster Grandparent at the Melrose E.C.F.E for eight years. She was a member of St. Andrew’s Catholic Church and later St. Mary’s Catholic Church where she truly enjoyed volunteering and being involved.
Survivors include her husband with whom she would have celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in October, Bernie Wiebolt of Melrose; children, Karen (Mark) Sunderman of Melrose, Janelle (Brian) Fleischhacker of St. Stephen, Marla Wiebolt (Art Williams) of Robbinsdale, and Ted Wiebolt (Melanie Marion) of Maple Grove; five grandchildren Jenna Sunderman and fiancé, Sam Straate, Derek Sunderman, Ryan (Kim) Kortuem, Jake Fleischhacker, and Sam Fleischhaker; great grandchildren, Logan, Kevin, and Kamara Kortuem; and sisters, Clara Thull of New Munich and Eleanor Niehoff of New Munich.
Dorine is preceded in death by her parents, Henry and Kate Sand, and her sister, Esther Sand.