Mass of Christian Burial will take place at 11am on Tuesday, July 28th. Father Cletus Connors, OSB will officiate and burial will in the parish cemetery to follow. Visitation will be on Monday, July 27th from 4-8:00pm at the gathering space at Seven Dolors Catholic Church in Albany, MN with parish prayers at 4pm. Friends may also visit from 10-11am on Tuesday, July 28th prior to mass and Christian Mothers will pray the rosary in the church at 10:15 AM. Arrangements provided by Miller-Carlin Funeral Home of Albany.
Sal Sperl ended her sentimental journey of 88 years and passed away peacefully on Friday with her husband by her side.
She was born in Albany, MN on the home farm to Alfred and Rose (Sadlowsky) Miller. While at a dance, she met the love of her life, Anselm (Ansie) Sperl. They married in 1947 and enjoyed 67 years together.
Sal was valedictorian of her high school class and started her young career working for Kraft Foods and then Raymond Brothers in Minneapolis as a secretary. She returned to Albany where she worked for Stearns County Bank. After raising her children, Sal dedicated 20 years as a library assistant for Albany Area Schools.
Sal was a “domestic engineer”—she truly enjoyed being a homemaker and a hostess—and in her free time she loved flower gardening, cooking and baking, crossword puzzles, scrabble, quilting and painting. She and Ansie enjoyed displaying their crafts at shows for 15 years.
Sal is survived by her husband, Ansie, five children: Susan Sperl, Karen Sperl, Gary (Elaine) Sperl, Steve (Jean) Sperl, Kelly Sperl; nine grandchildren: Jessica, Andrea, Erika, Laura, David, Michael, Amanda, Adam, Mariah, and two great grandchildren: Willa and Hattie. Her surviving siblings are Helen Miller of Albany, MN, Joseph (Shirley) Miller of St. Joseph, Alice (Ron) Zumwalde of Richmond, MN, Dennis (Bonnie) Miller, Alexandria, MN and Ruth Miller, sister-in-law, of Albany, MN.
She was preceded in death by her parents Alfred and Rose Miller, a daughter Peggy, siblings Ralph Miller and Rosie DeMuth and her husband Leo, and Helen Miller’s long-time companion Steve Schwahn, as well as four siblings who died in infancy—Edward, James, Pauline and Edmund.
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