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gl 2B Sunday, Feb. 7,2010 St. Cloud Times www.sctimes.com 2 employees granted immunity 3 died at Arizona sweat lodge retreat The Associated Press Two employees of a motivational speaker facing manslaughter charges told authorities they had no reason to be alarmed when participants in a deadly Arizona sweat lodge ceremony began vomiting and passing out, because their boss told them such responses were to be expected, according to documents released Friday. Megan and Josh Fredrickson participated in the October sweat lodge ceremony near Sedona, which authorities say led to the deaths of three people. The event was led by self-help guru James Arthur Ray.

Authorities in central Arizona's Yavapai County interviewed the Fredricksons in -January on the condition that nothing they said would be used against them. The couple said staff members at the sweat lodge ceremony provided water to participants and took some other precautions, but few had formal training in dealing with heat stroke and other health problems. Ray was arrested last week and pleaded not guilty to three counts of manslaughter. He is being held in a Yavapai County jail on a $5 million bond. The Fredricksons went to work for Ray in 2005 at his Carlsbad, company, James Ray International.

Documents in the Pawlenty speaks to activists in Alabama ST. PAUL (AP) Gov. Tim Pawlenty is criticizing President Barack Obama for planning to try suspected terrorists in federal civilian court. He told about 700 Republican activists in Montgomery, on Friday night that he doesn't think the United States should give noncitizens who have possible terrorist intentions the rights of the civil or criminal system. Minnesota Public Radio News reports that Alabama is the 19th state Pawlenty has visited since he announced last year he won't run for a third term as governor.

Pawlenty also criticized Obama and Democrats in control of Congress for what he calls "reckless spending." Pawlenty is sizing up a White House campaign. His term in Minnesota ends in January. Tributes es February 7, 2010 Herbert J. Herman, 70 St. Cloud April 16, 1939-January 27, 2010 p.m.

Thur. Feb. 11, Williams Dingmann Funeral Home, St. Visitation is at 11:30 a a.m. prior to funeral services: 12:30 Cloud for Herbert Herman, who was called home to Heaven on Wed.

Jan. 27. Pastor Joel Sund of Faith Lutheran Church, will conduct the service. He was born April 16, 1939, in Sauk Rapids, MN, and lived most of his life in the St. Cloud area.

Herb wanted to give special thanks to all at CentraCare who took such great care of him, and his best friend, Connie Jones, for her care, support and love over the past years. Survivors include friends, Connie Jones Bob Braegelmann; daughter, Cindy Luebesmier; grandson, Ryan. He was preceded in death by his ex-wife Mary Lou. They had remained friends long after they divorced. Herb will be missed by many friends and acquaintances who will remember his quick wit, winsome smile and hearty laugh.

Florian H. from 1939-1946, Winczewski, 89 serving on Waite Park the USS May 28, 1920-Feb. 4, 2010 Enterprise Mass of Christian Burial will during the be Thursday, bombing of February 11, 2010 at St. Pearl Joseph Catholic Church in Harbor. He Waite Park, for Florian H.

worked for Winczewski who died Burlington Northern Railroad Thursday at the VA Medical for 36 years, retiring in 1982. Center in St. Cloud. The Rev. He was a member of the Bernard Gruenes will officiate VFW Post 428.

and burial with full military Survivors include his wife honors will be at the Minne- Genevieve "Jean" of Waite sota State Veterans Cem- Park; children, Bob (Diane) of etery near Little Falls. St. Cloud, Lois "Louie" (Jim) Friends and relatives may call Stoffel of Sartell and Doris from 4-8PM Wednesday and (Hans) Vermy of Paso also from 9-10AM Thursday Robles, CA; 7 grandchildren; at Williams Dingmann Family 5 great-grandchildren; and 2 Funeral Home in St. Cloud. step great-grandchildren.

He St. Joseph Parish prayers will was preceded in death by his be at 5PM, a rosary will be parents; sister, Louise Easely; prayed at 6PM and VFW Post and brothers, Frank, Rev. 428 will pray at on Andrew and Richard. Wednesday at the funeral The family would like to home in St. Cloud.

extend a sincere thank you to Florian was born May 28, the pastoral and nursing staff 1920 in Dickinson, ND to at the St. Cloud VA Medical Henry MaryAnn (Doroff) Center for their love and Winczewski. He married heartfelt care for Florian and Genevieve 1. "Jean" DiPaola on the continuous support they June 11, 1946 at Holy Angel's gave the family. Catholic Church in St.

Cloud. Florian was husband a great and WILLIAMS DINGMANN loving and father. He had a great sense of humor St. Cloud and was always smiling. 320.252.2522 He was in the US Navy www.williamsdingmann.com Services Ira Lyle Anderson, 76, Sartell, died Feb.

3. Vis: after 1 p.m. until Services: p.m. Feb. 8, Atonement Lutheran Church, St.

Cloud. Benson Funeral Home, St. Cloud, Helen R. Becker, 91, Avon, died Feb 4. Vis: funeral home, after 9:30 a.m.

Feb. 13. Services: 11 a.m. Feb. 13, Williams Dingmann Family Funeral Horne, Avon.

Juliana (nee Rudolph) died Feb. 5. Vis: 2-5 5 p.m. Feb. 7, Lupton Chapel, University City, MO; at church from 3:30 p.m.

until Services: 4:30 p.m. Newspaper in carrier Coon Rapids case released Friday showed the Fredricksons were granted immunity. In lengthy interviews with investigators, they said they couldn't recall many of the details that participants did when asked what happened in the sweat lodge ceremony at Ray's five "Spiritual Warrior" retreat. Prosecutors contend Ray recklessly crammed participants into a 400-square-foot sweat lodge and chided them for wanting to leave, even as people were vomiting, getting burned by hot rocks, and lying lifeless on the ground. Public records show a pattern of illnesses at Ray-led events that he largely ignored.

His attorneys have said the deaths were a tragic accident, not a criminal act. Megan Fredrickson said people who were vomiting, unresponsive and unconscious raised no red flags with her because Ray had explained those responses were possibilities. After emergency responders were summoned following Ray's 2005 ceremony at the same retreat, Angel Valley, his attorneys said he took extra precautions. Those included having an employee trained in CPR, setting up a recovery station and stationing a volunteer outside the sweat lodge who happened to be a nurse. Josh Fredrickson said the staff was not trained to deal with heat stroke or hypothermia, conditions that some of the 18 participants who were hospitalized suffered from.

DONOHUE 'NOVAK WILLS PROBATE TRUSTS 320-255-9052 20118.204912 donohuenovakatlaw.com appliance SALES AND SERVICE 251-9581 125 29TH AVE. ST. CLOUD, MN 56301 696POZ HOURS: M- 8-8 SAT 8-4 O1ZOZ KitchenAid Emma E. Siemers, 101 Milaca July 30, 1908-Feb. 2, 2010 Funeral services for Emma E.

Siemers, age 101, of Milaca, will be held on Saturday, February 13, 2010 at 11 AM at Zion Lutheran Church in Milaca. Visitation will be 2 hours prior to the service at the church on Saturday. Interment will follow at Riverside Cemetery in Ronneby, MN. Casketbearers will be her grandsons, Scott, Mike, Mark, Inky, Craig, Alan, Randy, Dean, Tracy, Tim, Nathan, Joel, Mitchell, Reggie and Brian Siemers. Music will be provided by Cheryl Bailey and Ann Johnson.

Arr. PetersonJohnson Funeral Home of Milaca. Emma Eleanor Siemers was born July 30, 1908 to Oktor and Mary (Larson) Mattson in Milaca, MN. She was united in marriage to Hewart Siemers on November 21, 1927 and to this union seven children were born. She owned and operated the Oak Park Cafe with her husband.

They also raised cattle and horses on their 160 acre farm near Oak Park. She milked many cows by hand and was busy all the time cooking, washing clothes and baking bread. Emma was one of the last Gold Star Mothers of the Korean War. After Hewart's retirement, the couple moved to Milaca, MN. They enjoyed vacationing in Fort Meyers, FL.

Hewart preceded her in death in 1973 and she continued to reside in Milaca where she enjoyed spending children and grandchildren. She moved to the Milaca Elim Home in 2000. She died on Tuesday, February 2, 2010 at the Milaca Elim Home. She is survived by her sons, Gordon (Alma) of Cross Lake, MN, Dale (Mary) of Milaca, Robert (Rosalind) of Oak Park; 24 grandchildren; 43 great-grandchildren; 15 great-great-grandchildren; sister, Ellen of Sartell; also by many other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Hewart; sons, Sheldon, Curtis, Wayne and William; great-granddaughter, Kelly Siemers and greatgrandson, Brandon Siemers.

Peterson-Johnson Funeral Home of Milaca 320.983.3488 About Tributes and Services: Tributes and Services are published daily in the newspaper and online by the St. Cloud Times advertising department. Services are published free of charge and include basic visitation (vis.) and funeral information. They run every day until the funeral. As paid space, Tributes provide friends and family the opportunity to memorialize loved ones in any way they wish within the bounds of good taste and discretion.

To place a Tribute or Service notice, consult with the funeral home handling arrangements or call the St. Cloud Times Tribute desk at 320-255-8753. A searchable database of past Times obituaries is available online at: www.sctimes.com private. Daniel Funeral Home, St. Cloud.

Lawrence Kessler, 81, Wayzata, formerly of Minneapolis Maple Lake, died Feb. 4. Vis: at church after 9 a.m. until Services: 10:30 a.m. Feb.

12, Ignatius Catholic Church, Annandale. Dingmann Funeral Care, Annandale. Marjorie R. Larson, 89. Sauk Rapids, formerly of Upsala, died Feb.

6. Vis: at church from 12 noon-2 p.m. prior to Services: 2 p.m. Feb. 11, Community Covenant Church Upsala.

Shelley Funeral Chapels servingUpsala. Roger W. Mensing, 54, ClearLake, died Feb. 4. Vis: 3-6 p.m.

Feb. 7, Emblom-Brenny Funeral Service, Little Falls at church 1 hour prior to Services: 10:30 a.m. Feb. 8, Immacu- COON RAPIDS (AP) Sheriff's deputies in Anoka County are investigating after a newspaper carrier found a dead body lying in the street in Coon Rapids. KSTP-TV reports it happened about 6 a.m.

Friday. The newspaper carrier called 911. Investigators haven't released the name of the man, but say he was in his 40s and lived in the area. They haven't determined how he died, but there are no obvious signs of trauma. The man's body was found in front of Jamie O'Malley's home.

She tells the station she heard two men arguing in the street about 2:30 a.m. but didn't think anything about it at the time. 15th Anniversary FEBRUARY SHOE SALE ENTIRE STOCK OFF SAVE $15 ON SAS SHOES Northgate Comfort Shoes 'We Fit the Hard to Northgate Shopping Center (rear parking lot) 510 25th Ave. HOURS: Mon-Fri 8am-5pm St. Cloud 320-259-5899 Lawrence J.

dancing polkas and Kessler, 81 playing Wayzata bingo. Formerly of Minneapolis He is and Maple Lake survived Apr. 24, 1928 Feb. 4, 2010 by his Lawrence J. Kessler, age children, 81 of Wayzata, formerly of Bob Minneapolis and Maple Lake (Grace) of died Thursday, February 4, Lincoln, Jean 2010.

of Moorhead, Mass of Christian Burial will Mary Jo (Rob) be 10:30 a.m. Friday, Antony of Rogers, Jeff (Jodie) Schlee of Mound, Lynn (Rob)' February 12, at St. Ignatius of Duluth and Brad (Kelly) of Catholic Church, Annandale. Bloomington; brothers, Ken Friends may call from 9:00 (Bess) of Mesa, AZ and until the service, Friday at the church. Arrangements are Joseph (Dorleen) of Bella Vista AR; sisters, Shirley entrusted to Dingmann Meier of Sauk Rapids and Funeral Care, Annandale.

Patricia (Len) Ritter of was born on April Gen of Sacramento, CA; 14 Kessler. Bloomington; sister in Lawrence John law, in Buckman to George and Marie Kessler. He grandchildren and 9 great (Martin) grandchildren. He is married Dorothy Heurung on preceded in death by his wife, October 12, 1953 at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Dorothy; parents, George and Marie; and brothers, Jerome, Little Falls and she preceded Donald. him in death on January 11, Eugene and 2005.

Lawrence as a Tribute Funeral Webcast worked Obituary, Guestbook, Video Boiler Engineer at Liberty online at Carton Company in Golden Valley for 27 years. He dingmannfuneral.com enjoyed gardening, fishing, Richard "Dick" Millner, 64 Pierz February 3, 2010 Richard "Dick" Millner 64 year old resident of Pierz, MN died Wednesday, February 3 at his home in Pierz, MN. Mass of Christian Burial will be held Tuesday, February 9 at 10:30 A.M. at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Pierz, MN Friends may call from PM on Monday, February 8 at St.

Joseph's Catholic Church in Pierz, MN and from AM on Tuesday at the church. Left to cherish his memory are his wife, Kate Millner of Pierz, MN; children, Steve Millner and wife, Sharon, Pierz, MN, Stacey Loftis and husband, Pete, of Pillager, MN, Trisha Welker and husband, Robert, of Gainesville, GA, Tom Millner and wife, Krissy, of Pierz, MN, Matt Millner and Melissa, of Pine Center, MN; mother, Cecilia Millner of Little Falls, MN; special sister-in-laws, Julie Lanners and husband, Roger, of Royalton, MN, Karla Leonhardt and husband, Bob, of Crosby, MN; sisters, Carol Sullivan a and husband, Brian, of Ramsey, MN, Laurie Menke and husband, Mike, of Woodbury, MN; brother, Don Millner and wife, Mary, of Paynesville, MN; grandchildren, Jourdan Loftis, Jessica Loftis, Ashley Millner, Cody Lemke, Tyler Millner, Maddie Millner, Hailey Storkamp, Mitchell Welker, Grayson Welker, Destin Welker. He was preceded in death by his father, Richard Millner and granddaughter, Marisa Millner. Arrangements are with the Emblom-Brenny Funeral Service, Inc. in Pierz, MN 1-320-632-4393.

Feb. 8, Grace and Peace Fellowship, St. Louis, MO. Marlin Eigen, 70, Foley, died Feb. 4.

Vis: 4-9 p.m. Feb. 8, Foley Funeral Home, Foley at church, after 9:30 a.m. prior to Services: 10:30 a.m. Feb.

9, St. John's Catholic Church, Foley. Briana L. Franzmeier, 36, Southwest Minneapolis, died Feb. 3.

Vis: 1 hour prior to Services: 11 a.m. Feb. 6, Knox Presbyterian Church, 48th Lyndale Ave. Mpls. Washburn-McReavy Edina Chapel.

Herbert J. Herman, 70, St. Cloud, died Jan. 27. Vis: 1 hour prior to Services: 12:30 p.m.

Feb. 11, Williams Dingmann Family Funeral Home, St. Cloud. Anthony A. Hofmann, 82, St.

Cloud, died Feb. 3. Services will be late Conception Catholic Church, Rice. Richard "Dick" Milliner, 64, Pierz, died Feb. 3.

Vis: both at church, 4-8 p.m. Feb. 8, 9-10 a.m. prior to Services: 10:30 a.m. Feb.

9, St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Pierz. EmblomBrenny Funeral Service, Pierz. Jerome Ohmann, 46, Burnsville, died Dec. 14.

Vis: 1 hour prior to (and from 3-4 p.m. after) Memorial Service: 2 p.m. Feb. 13, Miller-Carlin-Brenny Funeral Home Chapel, Albany. Rolf G.

Olsen, 101, Onamia, died Jan. 19. Services: 4 p.m. Feb. 7, Bethany Lutheran Church, Onamia.

Shelley Funeral Chapel, Onamia. Dorothy Plantenberg, 92, Waite Park, died Feb. 3. Vis: 4-8 p.m. Feb.

14, Williams Dingmann Family Funeral Home, St. Cloud at church after 9 a.m. prior to Services: 10 a.m. Feb. 15, Anthony's Catholic Church, St.

Cloud. Alan R. Robatcek, 49, San Antonio, TX formerly of St. Cloud, died Feb. 4.

Services not set. Cyril N. Schmitz, 87, St. Cloud, died Feb. 3.

Vis: 4-8 p.m. Feb. 7, Daniel Funeral Home, St. Cloud, at church, 1 hour prior to Services: 12:30 p.m. Feb.

8, St. Paul's Catholic Church, St. Cloud. Emma E. Siemers, 101, Milaca, 2.

Vis: 2 hours prior to Services: 11 a.m. Feb. 13, Lutheran Church, Milaca. Peterson-Johnson Funeral Home, Milaca. James H.

"Jim" Tenter, 79, St. Cloud, died Feb. 5. Vis: 1 hour prior to Services: 10 a.m. Feb.

8, First Presbyterian Church, St. Cloud. Williams Dingmann Family Funeral Home, Sauk Rapids. Crystal Star Victorian, 28, St. Cloud, services not set.

Florian H. Winczewski, 89, Waite Park, died Feb. 4. Vis: both Williams Dingmann Family Funeral Home, St. Cloud.

4-8 p.m. Feb. 10 9-10 a.m. 11. Services: 10:30 Feb.

11, Joseph Catholic am Church, Waite Park. 0.