Caroline Marianne Thielges

Caroline M. Thielges age 83 of Tracy, MN died Thursday, March 17, 2011 at the Prairie View Healthcare Center in Tracy. Services will be 11:00 AM Monday, March 21, 2011 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Tracy. Visitation will be from 4:00 until 8:00 PM Sunday, March 20, 2011 at the Almlie Funeral Home in Tracy, with a rosary at 4:00 PM and a prayer service at 7:00 PM. The visitation will continue one hour prior to the service at the funeral home on Monday morning. A luncheon will be served immediately following the service. Interment will be at 1:00 PM Tuesday at Ft. Snelling National Cemetery in St. Paul, MN. Caroline Marianne Thielges was born February 10, 1928 to Mark and Regina (Przybys) Stynski in Ivanhoe, MN, Lincoln County. She was baptized and confirmed in the Catholic faith and attended country school. On September 10, 1946 Caroline married Arthur Thielges in Wilno, MN. They made their home in St. Paul, MN for a short time, before moving in 1951 to Huron, SD. They then moved to Tracy, MN in 1961. Caroline worked in the old Tracy Hospital as a nurses aid for many years. She was a member of the St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Tracy, where she was a member of the rosary society. Caroline was also active in the Tracy VFW Auxiliary, the DFL party and enjoyed reading, flower gardening and spending time with her grandchildren. She moved into an apartment in Marshall, MN for several years before she became a resident of the Prairie View Healthcare Center in Tracy in March of 2008. On Thursday, March 17, 2011 Caroline died at Prairie View Healthcare Center at the age of 83. Caroline is survived by her two sons, Patrick (Milly) Thielges of Marshall, MN and Steven (Shari) Thielges of Eden Prairie, MN; one daughter, Lee (Paul) Simley of Perham, MN; six grandchildren, Melissa, Kimberly, Bryon, Anthony, Shane, and Moriah; five great grandchildren; three brothers, Lawrence and Gordon Stynski both of Ivanhoe, MN and Norbert Stynski of Colorado Springs, CO; many nieces, nephews and friends. Her husband, Arthur, her parents, and two brothers, Richard and Raymond Stynski preceded her in death.