Elizabeth A. “Betty” Breitbach, age 92 of Elrosa, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family on Sunday, April 7, 2024 at the Cura Care Center in Sauk Centre, Minnesota.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, April 19, 2024 at Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Elrosa with Rev. David Grundman officiating. Interment will be held in the parish cemetery.
Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Friday at the church.
Elizabeth Ann Haskamp was born June 9, 1931 in Sauk Centre, Minnesota to Henry and Emma (Imdieke) Haskamp. She was united in marriage to Leander “Lee” Breitbach on September 6, 1954 at St. Paul’s Catholic Church in Sauk Centre, Minnesota. Betty was a member of Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Christian Mothers, Ladies Auxiliary, and Elrosa Senior Citizen. She did voluntary work for Senior Citizens Meals on Wheels.
Betty enjoyed the Home Makers Club. She enjoyed trying new bar recipes and babysitting grandchildren and great-grandchildren, teaching them German. She loved crafts, cutting grass, working on her flower garden, and going to auctions with Pa. Lover of Finch birds. Christmas was her favorite holiday.
Survivors include her four sons, Vernon (Della) Breitbach of St. Joseph, Robert (Edna) Breitbach of Sauk Centre, Michael (Jean) Breitbach of Sauk Centre, and Randy (Maria) Breitbach of Indianapolis, Indiana; seven grandchildren; two great-grandsons; and brother, Julian Haskamp of Sauk Centre, and her sister-in-law, Irene Haskamp of Waite Park.
Betty was preceded in death by her husband, Lee Breitbach on June 19, 2015; parents, and brothers, Ervin and Othmar Haskamp.
Arrangements were made with Patton-Schad Funeral and Cremation Services of Sauk Centre.
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