Nov. 29, 1927 - Feb. 17, 2008
WILLMAR -- Vivian Ione Bratsch, 80, of Hawick died Sunday at Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar.
The service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Zion Irving Lutheran Church in rural Hawick.
Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Arrangements are by the Johnson Funeral Home in New London.
She was born Nov. 29, 1927, in Silver Creek to Charles and Ruth (Sheldon) Klemz. She grew up near Stillwater where she attended a country school.
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She married Merland Bratsch on Nov. 29, 1946, in Renville. They moved to Hawick in 1985. She worked at the A&W in New London as a dining attendant.
She is survived by her children: Dayle (and Darlene) Bratsch of Pennock, Carolyn and Ron of Susanville, Calif., Linda (and Paul) Batsel of Stockton, Calif., Jody (and Kimberly) Bratsch of Belgrade, Annette Bratsch of Hawick, Jami (and Michael) Solum of Hawick, Tonia (and Mark) Danielson of Pennock; 15 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; one great-great grandchild; siblings: Iva, Neil, Lloyd, Gladys, Marvin, Jack, and Arlene.
She was preceded in death by her husband; two sons: Elwood and Jason; three brothers; and two sisters.
