Edna Munter

Edna Meyer Munter, 87, of Fosston, MN, passed away on Sunday (December 10th) at Pioneer Memorial Care Center in Erskine, MN. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday (December 14th) at First English Lutheran Church in Fosston with the Rev. Dean Bell officiating. Interment will be in the Bagley City Cemetery, Bagley, MN. Visitation will be held on Wednesday (December 13th) from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. with a prayer service at 4:30 p.m. at the Carlin-Hoialmen Funeral Home in Fosston. There will also be reviewal for one hour prior to the service on Thursday at the church. Arrangements are with the Carlin-Hoialmen Funeral Home of Fosston. Family condolences may be sent at www.carlinhoialmen.com.Edna Henrietta Augusta Melchert (Meyer) Munter was born on March 2, 1919 in Morristown, Minnesota to parents Martin William and Lena (Steinhorst) Melchert.Edna grew up on a farm in the Bagley, Minnesota area and was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith at Zion Lutheran Church in Zerkel, Minnesota. She received a high school diploma from the Bagley School District in 1940. On June 25, 1940, she married Hartman Meyer. After their marriage, they lived on a farm in the Bagley area for a couple of years and then moved to southern Minnesota for several years. They returned to the Fosston area in 1951 and have remained in the Fosston/Bagley area since.Edna worked at the Fosston Hospital from 1958 until her retirement in 1983. Hartman passed away on May 14, 1984. On September 23, 1990 she married Carl Munter and moved into Fosston. Carl passed away on March 14, 1997. Edna moved into Cornerstone Residence in Fosston in December of 2004. In June of 2006, she moved into Pioneer Memorial Care Center in Erskine.During her life, Edna was very active. She taught Vacation Bible School and Sunday School for many years. She was very involved with the Embassy Community Center, especially with their choir, card club and senior meal activities. She loved reading poems and short stories during the senior meals. Her love of music was evident throughout her life. Besides the Embassy choir, she enjoyed playing her organ and, during her early years, she and her two sisters often performed as a vocal trio for various functions. She was a gardener and made wine grown from their own grapes. Canning was not only a necessity, but a source of pride for Edna. She was also an avid Fosston Greyhounds fan.Edna passed away on Sunday, December 10, 2006 at the Pioneer Memorial Care Center in Erskine at the age of 87 years.Survivors include her sister, Dorothy Winkelmann of Fosston; her children and step children, Glenn Meyer and his wife, Susan of Thief River Falls, MN, Marilyn Roy and her husband, Raymond of Bagley, MN, Leora Klava of Grand Forks, ND, Roger Meyer and his wife, Wanda of Fargo, ND, Carol (Munter) Snesrud and her husband, Richard of Minnetonka, MN, and Dale Munter and his wife, Joann of Fosston; 20 grandchildren and 26 great grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.She was preceded in death by her parents; her husbands, Hartman Meyer and Carl Munter; and one sister, Doris Haase.Honorary Pallbearers will be all of Edna's family and friendsActive Pallbearers will be Brian Roy, Randall Roy, Dean Roy, Steven Roy, Martin Klava, Jeremy Meyer, Kerry Winkelmann and Dale Munter.