Dolores Marie Sellner

Dolores was born on December 8, 1926, at the Loretta Hospital in New Ulm, MN to Louis and Agnes Picker Rewitzer. She lived on a farm near Nicollet for the first ten years of her life and then moved to a farm near Gaylord. Dolores graduated from Gaylord High School in 1945 and the College of St. Benedict in 1949 with a degree in Home Economics. She taught at Cleveland, Graceville, and Olivia. On February 14, 1953, she married Otto A. Sellner, Jr. at St. Michael's Catholic Church in Gaylord, MN. Together they operated a dairy farm and raised five children. Dolores enjoyed working on the farm, gardening, cooking, being outdoors, old time music, and being with family. Dolores was a person with a strong Catholic faith and involved in many church activities. She is survived by her children, Diane (Dennis) Krzmarzick, Mike (Judy) Sellner, Brian Sellner and special friend Dora Cook, all of Sleepy Eye, Renee (Bill) Petersen of New Ulm, Brenda (Glenn) Anderson of Redwood Falls, grandchildren Stephanie (Rob) McMillan, Jeremy(Mackenzie) Krzmarzick, Jenna (Elias) Webster, Matt Sellner and special friend Callie, Rebecca (Ryan) Pierson, Kelsey (Landon) Seidl, Kyle (Autumn) Sellner, Joe, Erik, Sarah, and Andrea Petersen, Chandra (Randy) Baker, Sonni (Tony) Buerskin, Mikail Sellner, and Katherine Petersen, and 11 great-grandchildren. Dolores is also survived by her sisters, Bernice Ricke of Morgan, and Catherine (Ed) Sweere of Mankato, and sister-in-law Bernadette Fischer of Springfield. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Otto, an infant grandson, Nicholas Sellner. Visitation 1 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm Friday, March 6, 2020 Sturm Funeral Home, Sleepy Eye Chapel 301 - 3rd Ave. S.W. Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, United States 56085 Visitation 2 9:30 am - 10:30 am Saturday, March 7, 2020 Sturm Funeral Home, Sleepy Eye Chapel 301 - 3rd Ave. S.W. Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, United States 56085 Service Information 11:00 am Saturday, March 7, 2020 St. Mary's Catholic Church-Sleepy Eye 636 1st Ave. North Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, United States 56085 Interment Information St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery 720 3rd Ave. N.E. Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, United States 56085