DeLaine Friedrichs

DeLaine A. Friedrichs, age 90 of Sauk Centre, passed away peacefully on Monday, November 2, 2020 at Fairway Pines Assisted Living in Sauk Centre, Minnesota.

A Memorial Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, November 6 at St. Paul’s Catholic Church in Sauk Centre with Rev. Jeremy Theis officiating. Inurnment will be in the parish cemetery. There will be no visitation prior to the service.

DeLaine Ann Schwanke was born November 19, 1929 in Grey Eagle, Minnesota to Carl and Anna (Bense) Schwanke. She married Levern “Vern” Friedrichs on September 20, 1950 at St. Paul’s Catholic Church in Sauk Centre. The couple farmed near Grey Eagle until retiring in 1991 and moving to Sauk Lake. DeLaine also worked at Hart Press in Long Prairie for many years.

DeLaine was a member of St. Paul’s Catholic Church in Sauk Centre and the Christian Mothers.

Survivors include her sister, Delores Becker of Long Prairie; and niece and nephews, Beverly (Lowell) Dugan, David (Jayme) Becker, and Mark (Donna) Becker.

DeLaine was preceded in death by her husband, Levern “Vern” Friedrichs on June 20, 2009; parents; and brother-in-law, Leo Becker.

In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred to CentraCare Health Care Center or St. Paul’s Catholic Church in Sauk Centre.