Mrs. Minnie Catherine Wokasch, 79, of 615 No. Hampton St. died Sunday noon at the Fairmont Community Hospital. Death was due to a stroke.

Mrs. Wokasch had been in failing health for the past year, suffering a stroke Dec. 3. She has been hospitalized since.

Mrs. Wokasch was born March 15 , 1887 in Clayton Center, Iowa. Mrs. Wokasch moved with her parents to Minnesota and Martin County as a child, the family settling in Westford Township.

She married Joseph Wokasch March 19, 1908 in Fairmont. They spent their first two years of marriage in Highmore, S.D. then they returned to Martin County and farmed near Granada until 1918 when they moved to Fairmont. She has resided here since Mr. Wokasch died in August 1952.

Mrs. Wokasch was a member of the St. John’s United Church of Christ, its Ladies Aid, the Royal Neighbors and the Woman’s Relief Corps.

Surviving are four children, Lloyd of Helena, Mont., Miss Luverna Wokasch and Leonard of Fairmont and Mrs. Albert Barnett of Mankato; four grand-children and four sisters, Mrs. Thomas Wokasch, Mrs. Lenore Hoppe, Mrs. Herbert Maloof Fairmont and Mrs. Clude Curry of Portland, Ore.

Funeral services will be 2pm Wednesday at the St. John’s United Church of Christ. Burial will be at Fairview Memorial Park.

Visitation at the Olson Funeral home is from Tuesday until time of family services at 1pm Wednesday.