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Eldonna Weinkauf

Eldonna Weinkauf

MANKATO — Eldonna Weinkauf, age 89, of Mankato, passed away Friday, Feb. 28, 2020, at Oaklawn Rehabilitation Center in Mankato. A funeral service will be held 10:30 a.m. Saturday, March 7, 2020, at St. John’s Lutheran Church Willow Creek, with Pastor John Bennett officiating.

Visitation will be 9-10:30 a.m. Saturday at the church. Zaharia Funeral Home is entrusted with arrangements.

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Eldonna Jane Henslin was born March 10, 1930, in Madelia, Minn., to Walter and Frieda (Schlack) Henslin. She was baptized on March 30, 1930, and confirmed by L.J. Lemke on May 28, 1944, at Fieldon Lutheran Church, rural Lewisville. Eldonna went to Lutheran parochial school at Trinity Lutheran Church, Fieldon.

Eldonna married Waldemar Weinkauf on Nov. 21, 1948, at Fieldon Lutheran Church by Pastor Paul Zitzman. She was a member of St. John’s Willow Creek church for many years.

Eldonna enjoyed working with flowers, playing cards, jigsaw puzzles and feeding the birds. She especially loved spending time with her family. She lived on the Weinkauf family farm in Willow Creek for over 50 years of her life.

Eldonna is survived by her two daughters, Darla (Tom) Graf of Amboy, Gloria Weinkauf (special friend Bob Dysart) of Sioux Falls, S.D.; three grandsons, Timothy (Ruby), Andrew (Samantha) and Matthew (Jeana); one sister, Dorothy (Lawrence) Wiederhoeft; seven great-grandchildren, Anna, Nick, Sophia, Sierra, Cale, Nathaniel and Emmett; many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death by her husband; and sister-in-law, Erna Schwanke.

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