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Our Staff
Front Row: Linda Holm, Funeral Director, Pat Patton, Owner/Funeral Director, Sue Patton, Owner/Administrator
Back Row: Bonnie Stachowski, Grief Specialist, George Peters, Funeral Assistant, Bernie Schad, Funeral Director, Sara Thompson, Funeral Director, Mark Thompson, Funeral Director, Jerry Beddow, Funeral Assistant
Click the staff thumbnail for a larger image.
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We grew up in Bloomington, Minnesota at a time when you could ride your bike to Metropolitan Stadium for a Twins game and to Bush Lake to meet your friends for a day at the beach. When we graduated from Lincoln High School it still had a cornfield around it!
Pat graduated in 1978 from the University of Minnesota (B.S. Mortuary Science) and then served his internship with the Range Funeral Home in Virginia, Minnesota. During the next few years, he was a staff funeral director with Albin Funeral Chapel in Minneapolis while Sue was an underwriter for Home Insurance in Edina. When our first son was born we knew we wanted to find a smaller community to raise our family.
Not long after this, we were invited to Melrose, Minnesota to meet with Bernie and Mary Schad, who needed a manager for their new funeral home in Sauk Centre. So in 1984, we moved to Sauk Centre and Pat began working for Schad Funeral Homes. Bernie was a great teacher in the profession but also a great example of how to become involved in the community. In 1993 Bernie and Mary transferred ownership of their funeral homes to us.
Pat has been a member of the Sauk Centre Lions Club since 1985 and is a past president. He is also a past president of the Sauk Centre Area Chamber of Commerce and served as the Chamber representative on the Sauk Centre Economic Development Authority. He has been a member of the advisory board of Saint Michael's Hospice since its inception. He is a past president of the Minnesota Funeral Directors Association. He is a Certified Eye Enucleator and in 2003 he was presented the Helen Keller Sight Award from the Minnesota Lions Eye Bank. In 1995 he was awarded the Certified Funeral Service Practitioner (CFSP) designation by the Academy of Professional Funeral Service Practice and since 2000 he has been a licensed insurance agent.
Sue was a member of the task force that established the Sauk Centre Senior Center and served for several years on the Springfest Committee for Holy Family School. She also served as a board member of Sauk Centre Opportunities, the Minnesota Star City Committee and the Celebrate Minnesota Committee. For several years she also served as secretary of the Sauk Centre Area Hockey Association. Since 2000 she has been a licensed insurance agent. Sue is responsible for most of our administrative duties, managing accounts payable and coordinating funeral follow-up with families we have served. She also coordinates our weekly radio program “Music and Memories” and our annual Christmas Service of Remembrance.
We have two sons, Nathan and Adam.
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Mark joined our staff in October of 2007, after working at funeral homes in Minneapolis for eight years, most recently at Washburn-McReavy Funeral Chapels. He graduated from Bemidji State University (B.S. Biology, Chemistry) and in 1999 from the University of Minnesota (B.S. Mortuary Science).
Mark grew up in northern Minnesota and enjoys fishing, hunting, and most other outdoor activities.
He and his wife, Sara, and their daughter, Nora reside in Sauk Centre.
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Sara joined our staff in November of 2007. She grew up in central Minnesota. She was a 2002 graduate of the University of Minnesota (B.S. Mortuary Science) and then worked at Washburn-McReavy Funeral Chapels in Minneapolis.
She and her husband, Mark, and their daughter, Nora reside in Sauk Centre.
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Linda has been a funeral director at our Melrose funeral home since 2000. She was previously employed as a licensed funeral director with Benson Funeral Home in St. Cloud, Minnesota and Brenny Funeral Homes of Albany and Holdingford, Minnesota. She is a 1998 graduate of the University of Minnesota (B.S. Mortuary Science).
Linda was raised in Sauk Centre. She and her husband, Brad, reside in Albany, with their two sons, Brandon and Kyle.
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IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE
Jon Coltvet
1966 - 2007
Jonathan Scott Coltvet, age 41 of Sauk Centre, died Thursday, June 7, 2007 at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota, following an extensive open heart surgery.
Jon moved to Sauk Centre in September of 1988 to start his career as a funeral director with Schad Funeral Homes. Jon had the great pleasure of serving his whole career under the guidance of Bernie Schad and Pat Patton of Patton-Schad Funeral & Cremation Services, and he was currently the manager of the Melrose office.
Jon will be greatly missed by his wife, Sarah and son, Alex of Sauk Centre; parents, Sherman and Rachel Coltvet of Rochester; siblings, Elizabeth McGeeney (Jim) and niece, Anna of Rochester, Tim Coltvet (Maren) and niece, Linnea, and nephew, Anders of Plymouth, and Stephanie Coltvet of Minneapolis. He is also survived by his mother-in-law, Nina Anderson of Blackduck; brothers-in-law, Steven Anderson (Kelly Fries) and nephews, Lukas and Reilly of St. Francis, Philip Anderson of Brownsville, Texas, Joseph Anderson (Julie Muller) and niece, Adrienne, and nephew, Max of Roseau; sister-in-law, Mary Anderson (Craig Cameron) and nephew, Elliot, and niece, Clara of Tenstrike; numerous aunts, uncles, and cousins.
Jonathan S. "Jon" Coltvet Obituary
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Bernie Schad
Bernie officially retired as a funeral director with us in 1995, but he is in the funeral home almost daily.
He is always eager to lend a hand, wherever it is needed. He remains dedicated to his profession and his community.
He continues to reside in Melrose with his wife, Mary.
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