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LAMBERTON - Services for Vernard Leo Schroepfer, 79, of Lamberton, will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at St. Mathias Catholic Church in Wanda. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. today with a 7 p.m. parish prayer service at Sturm Funeral Home in Lamberton and continues from 9:30-10:30 a.m. Friday at the church. Burial will be at the St. Mathias Catholic Cemetery. Arrangements are with the Sturm Funeral Home in Lamberton.

He died Tuesday, July 14, 2009, at St. John Lutheran Home in Springfield.

Vernard "Vernie" Leo Schroepfer was born Jan. 5, 1930, in Albin

Township, Brown County, to Edmund, Sr. and Loretta (Seidl)

Schroepfer. He attended country school until 8th grade. He was drafted into

the war in 1952. Vernie spent two years in the Korean War until his military

discharge in 1954. He was united in marriage to Marian C. Kral on Sept. 13, 1955, at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in New Ulm. The couple farmed and

milked cows near Olivia before moving to a farm near Wabasso where they

continued to farm and milk cows. They moved to their current residence near Lamberton in 1975 where Vernie farmed and raised livestock until health issues forced him to retire in 1990. Vernie moved to St. John Lutheran Home in Springfield in April of 2002, where he resided until his death. He was a member of St. Mathias Catholic Church, Knights of Columbus, Catholic Aid Association, and Wanda American Legion Post 385. Vernie enjoyed farming, bowling, playing cards, and "looking at the crops." He also enjoyed speaking German, Old time music and dancing, and especially loved spending time with his children and grandchildren.

Survivors include his wife Marian of 53 years; children, Leon (and Jolene)

Schroepfer of Ghent, Michael (and Robyn) Schroepfer of Lamberton, Glen (and Diane) Schroepfer of Wabasso, Patrick (and Marlene) Schroepfer of Lamberton, Janell (and Steve) Frank of Wanda, and Kristine (and Mark) Fischer of Redwood Falls; 26 grandchildren and one great-grandchild; sisters, Elaine (and Harlan) Wilfahrt of Searles and Lillian (and Alfred, Jr.) Aschenbrenner of New Ulm; brother Edmund, Jr. "Buddy" Schroepfer of Sleepy Eye; sisters-in-law, Gladys Lang of Springfield, Doris Schroepfer of New Ulm, Dolores Sellner of New Ulm, Angeline (and Linus) Krzmarzick of Sleepy Eye, and Dorothy (Anthony) Kral of Sleepy Eye; and brother-in-law Jerome (and Dolores) Kral of Sleepy Eye.

He was preceded in death by his parents; brother Melvin Schroepfer; sister-in-law Loretta Schroepfer; and brothers-in-law, Leonard Kral, Eugene Lang, Gervis Sellner, and Albert Schroepfer.