Celestine Pierskalla

Celestine G. Pierskalla, age 84 Cold Spring November 18, 1924 – March 29, 2009 Mass of Christian Burial will be 11:00 a.m. Thursday, April 2, 2009 at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Cold Spring, MN for Celestine G. Pierskalla, age 84, who died Sunday at the Assumption Home, Cold Spring. Burial will be in the St. Boniface Parish Cemetery. Relatives and friends may call after 4:00 p.m. Wednesday and from 9:00 – 10:30 a.m. Thursday morning at the Wenner Funeral Home in Cold Spring. Parish Prayers will be 4:00 p.m., at 7:00 p.m. the Cold Spring Area Maennerchor will sing a tribute, followed by a rosary with the Knights of Columbus and St. Joseph’s Society on Wednesday evening at the Wenner Funeral Home. Celestine was born in Collegeville, MN to August and Justina (Reisinger) Pierskalla. He married Marie Schmitz on June 4, 1946 in Sts. Peter & Paul Church, Richmond. He worked at St. John’s from 1944 to 1947, and at the Cold Spring Granite Company from 1948 – 1956. For the next 32 years he worked for Monumental Sales, Inc. in St. Cloud as a foreman until his retirement in 1989. He loved to watch and feed the birds, woodworking, traveling, enjoying trips to Irondale, AL and visiting with Mother Angelica and the EWTN staff. A favorite trip was to Germany with the Maennerchor in 1991. He loved the Lord and spending precious time with his family. He was a member of St. Boniface Parish, Knights of Columbus, 30 plus year member of the St. Boniface Church Choir and Area Maennerchor, St. Boniface Resurrection Choir, St. Joseph’s Society, TEC and Koinonia. Survivors include his loving wife of 62 years, Marie; daughters, Rosie (Dave) Brickweg of Richmond, Alice (Stan) Jungels of Cold Spring, Carol (Dennis) Stevens of Aurora, CO, Ardis (Scott) Madsen of St. Cloud and Susie (Dennis) Hoffmann of Cold Spring; 17 grandchildren; 8 great-grandchildren; sister, Mary Schneider of Waite Park; step-sister, Carolyn Roering of St. Joseph; step-brothers, Hubert Wasner of Albany and Sylvester Wasner of Rice. He was preceded in death by his son, Gerald (1968); father, August (1927); mother, Justina (1994); step-father, Mathias Wasner (1963); step-brother, Lawrence (1998) and 8 grandchildren (his little angels).

Celestine Pierskalla

January 1, 1753 - April 2, 2009