Services for Amanda Burmeister are at 2 p.m. Thursday, April 4, at St. John Lutheran Church in Luverne with the Rev. Gary Klatt officiating. Burial will be in Maplewood Cemetery, Luverne.
Amanda Alvena Burmeister, 97, Hills, died Monday, April 1, 2002, at Tuff Memorial Nursing Home in Hills.
Amanda Paulsen was the firstborn twin to Theodore and Alvena (Martin) Paulsen on Jan. 22, 1905, in Sweet Township, Pipestone County, where she was raised and attended country school. She was baptized on Oct. 29, 1905, at Evangelical Lutheran Church in Pipestone. Following her education she worked as a housekeeper for her Uncle Henry Paulsen. She was confirmed at St. PaulÕs Evangelical Lutheran Church in Pipestone on May 13, 1923.
She married Gustav Burmeister on Jan. 14, 1925, in her parents' home in Pipestone. Following their marriage they lived and farmed the Burmeister homestead with Gus's brother, Peter, for a short time. They moved to Pipestone when her husband became ill. She nursed him back to good health, and she also worked as an egg candler.
In 1930 they moved to Luverne where they purchased 15 acres just inside the city limits located along Blue Mound Ave. They also rented a quarter section of farmland. In 1955 she sold Watkins Products for a short time and in 1957 she worked as a clerk at Creegers in Luverne. She worked for Storaker's Drug Store for a short time and then began working for Bot's Drug Store where she worked until she retired at the age of 75. Mr. Burmeister died on Nov. 13, 1963. In 1966 she sold her home and purchased an apartment house in Luverne where she lived for 31 years. She moved into the Heritage Home in Luverne where she lived until it closed. She then moved to Sunrise Village in Jasper, and in July 1999 she moved to Tuff Memorial Nursing Home in Hills.
Mrs. Burmeister was a member of St. John Lutheran Church in Luverne where she belonged to Women's Society, a circle and Bible study groups. She also served as treasurer of the Women's Society for two years and worked on the funeral committee for five years. She belonged to the project compassion group through the church. She enjoyed doing volunteer work in the community. She was an avid gardener and enjoyed canning, cooking and baking. She liked playing cards and belonged to several card clubs.
Survivors include two sons, Richard (Betty) Burmeister, Luverne, and Wayne (Doloris) Burmeister, Slayton; three daughters, Elaine (Peter) Jensen, New Hope, Arlene (Eugene) Mann, Luverne, and Darlene (Walter) Johnson, Brooklyn Park; 17 grandchildren; 33 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; two sisters, Clara Russell, New Richland, and Rose Groth, Fort Collins, Colo.; and two sisters-in-law, Gladys Paulsen, Pipestone, and Gertrude Paulsen, Jasper.
Mrs. Burmeister was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Gustav, two brothers, Theodore Paulsen and Alfred Paulsen, and five sisters, Frieda Paulsen, Ann Voss, Minnie Rust, Alvina Watts, and Arlene Schwartz.
Engebretson Funeral Home, Luverne, is in charge of arrangements.