Martha Mabel Esser

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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.

Family/Spouse: Walter Brooks FIELDS. Walter (son of Walter Brooks FIELDS and Living) was born in 29 Oct 1918. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Arnold married Emma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]