Cornelia "Sis" Gretta Menning, 85, Edgerton, died Wednesday, March 26, 2003, in Luverne Hospice Cottage.
Services were Saturday, March 29, at First Reformed Church in Edgerton. Burial was in Hillside Cemetery, Edgerton.
Cornelia Schuld was born to John and Lydia (Vos) Schuld on Dec. 3, 1917, on the family farm in Osborne Township, Pipestone County. She was raised on the farm and received her education from The Double School House through the eighth grade. Following her education, she remained at home helping her parents on the farm.
She married John L. Menning on Feb. 12, 1937, in Sioux Falls, S.D. Following their marriage, they moved to California for awhile before returning to Minnesota to live and farm on the Menning Homestead. They retired from farming in 1986 and moved to Edgerton.
Mrs. Menning was a member of First Reformed Church in Edgerton where she was active in the church circle. She loved to quilt, sew, crochet and play cards.
Survivors include three sons, Merlin (Marlys) Menning, Edgerton, Clyde (Ginny) Menning, Luverne, and Tom (Joan) Menning, Albert Lea; nine grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; four brothers, Fred Schuld, Nick (Helen) Schuld, Virgil (Nina) Schuld, all of Edgerton, and Robert (Kay) Schuld, Mesa, Ariz.; five sisters, Gladys (Willard) Zwart, Chaska, Marguerite Smith, Luverne, Elaine (George) Ressmeyer, Perham, Arma Belle Stoel, and Gale (James) Achterhoff, all of Edgerton.
Mrs. Menning was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, John L., and an infant great-granddaughter.
Colonial Funeral Chapel, Edgerton, was in charge of arrangements.
