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    Martha Mabel Esser

    Female 1920 - 1999  (79 years)


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    • Name Martha Mabel Esser 
      Born 1920  New Ulm, MN Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Gender Female 
      Died 29 Aug 1999  Edina, MN Find all individuals with events at this location 
      • Star Tribune Sept 1, 1999
      • Martha (Esser) Fields, 79, of Edina died Aug. 29, 1999 at the N.C. Little Hospice in Edina.
        Mass of Christian burial is 5 p.m. Thursday at Our Lady of Grace Church, 50th and Eden Ave, Edina. Burial will be 11 a.m. Friday at Holy Trinity Cemetery in New Ulm.
        Visitation will be Thursday from 3-5 p.m. at the church. Arrangements by Gill Brothers Funeral Home.
        She is survived by her husband, W. Brooks Fields of Edina; children: Millie Schipper and her husband Don, Sarah Nessan and her husband Doug of Edina, Brooks Fields and his wife Barbara of Mesa, Ariz., and Rick and his wife Cheryl Fields; 13 grandchildren; sister, Loretta Franta and many nieces and nephews.
        She was preceded in death by her parents, Arnold and Emma Esser; five brothers and one sister.
        She was born in New Ulm, attended New Ulm High School, the College of Saint Catherine and graduated from Carleton College. She served on the Big Sister and Family Children's Board as a member of the League of Catholic Women and was active in church and civic activities. She was a member of Our Lady of Grace and resident of Edina for 50 years.
        Memorial are preferred to Brooks and Martha Fields Minnesota Scholarship at Gonzaga University, which she co-founded in 1977, c/o Gonzaga University, Spokane, Wash. 99258.
      Person ID I3436  Maykoski and Lewis
      Last Modified 26 Oct 2007 

      Father Arnold Esser 
      Mother Emma 
      Family ID F2482  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

      Family Walter Brooks FIELDS,   b. 29 Oct 1918 
      Children 
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      Last Modified 26 Oct 2007 
      Family ID F2456  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart