Coletta M. Loosbrock, 83, Lismore, died Sunday, Nov. 4, 2001, in Luverne Community Hospital.
Services were Wednesday, Nov. 7, at St. Anthony Church in Lismore. Roxanne Lisnak and Pastor Andrew Beerman officiated. Burial was in the parish cemetery.
Coletta Fritz was born to Gregory and Margaret (Sassen) Fritz on Jan. 22, 1918, in Lismore. She attended school in Adrian and graduated from St. Adrian Catholic High School.
She married Edmund Loosbrock on Sept. 30, 1940, in St. Adrian Catholic Church. After their marriage the couple farmed near St. Kilian and near Lismore. Mr. Loosbrock died in September 1972. She moved to Lismore in October 1972. She became a resident of Arnold Memorial Health Care Center in October 2000.
Mrs. Loosbrock was a member of St. Anthony Catholic Church in Lismore, the Catholic Daughters of America and Christian Mothers. She enjoyed quilting, cooking and flower gardening.
Survivors include eight children and their spouses, Robert and Barb Loosbrock, Luverne, Ruth and Henry Zins, Brookings, S.D., William and Donna Loosbrock, Big Fork, Connie and Raymond Loonan, Aitkin, Dorothy and Tom Conlan, Maple Grove, Daniel Loosbrock, Chalmers, Ind., Carol and Larry Olson, Sioux Falls, S.D., and Loren Loosbrock, Almena, Wis.; 14 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; three brothers, Charles Fritz, Minneapolis, Edward Fritz, Roseville, and Leonard (Verna) Fritz, Racine, Wis.; and three sisters, Mary Ann (Leland) Thompson, Alice Rogers, all of North Hollywood, Calif., and Virginia Dickman, Burbank, Calif.
Mrs. Loosbrock was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Edmund, one grandson, Jeremy Loosbrock, in 1971, one brother, Raphael Fritz, and two sisters, Esther Bullerman and Sr. Elaine Fritz.
Dingmann Funeral Home, Adrian, was in charge of arrangements.