The Mass of Christian Burial, celebrating the life of Jason L. Gutzwiller, age 30 of Albany, will be 11:00 AM, Friday, March 9, 2012, at Seven Dolors Catholic Church in Albany. Jason died Saturday evening from injuries he received in a snowmobile accident near Walker. There will be a visitation from 4-8:00 PM Thursday and again after 10:00 AM Friday at the Miller-Carlin-Brenny Funeral Home in Albany. Seven Dolors parish prayers will be at 4:30 Thursday evening at the funeral home.
Jason was born March 12, 1981 in Buffalo to Gordon and Joan (Bongaarts) Gutzwiller. He grew up in St. Michael and graduated from High School. He moved to Albany in 2004 and he married Carrie Jennissen on August 25, 2007 in Sauk Centre. Jason worked for Mid-Sota Manufacturing in Avon where he did welding and fabrication work. Jason and his family were involved in “Lethal Threat Pulling”; a team that made and competed in lawn tractor pulls. He was also a member of the New Munich Sno Gliders Snowmobile Club and the Albany Sportsman Club. Jason was a member of Seven Dolors Catholic Church.
Jason is survived by his wife, Carrie, Albany; his daughter, Lily Gutzwiller, at home in Albany; his parents, Gordon and Joan Gutzwiller, Melrose; his brother, Jeffrey (Stephanie) Gutzwiller, Big Lake; his grand-parents, Gordon and Helen Bongaarts, Hanover,, and his father and mother-in-law, Paul and Doris Jennissen, Sauk Centre.