Sauk Rapids
Jan. 19, 1918 - Feb. 2, 2008
Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, February 5, 2008 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Sauk Rapids for Harold John Blattner, age 90, of Sauk Rapids, who died Saturday at the St. Cloud Hospital. Rev. Ronald Weyrens will officiate and burial will be in the Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery at Camp Ripley near Little Falls on Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. Friends may call from 4-9 p.m. Monday (TODAY) at Dingmann Family Funeral Home,
Sauk Rapids and one hour prior to the services Tuesday at the church in Sauk Rapids. Parish prayers will
be at 6:00 p.m., Sauk Rapids American Legion Post 254 will pray at 6:30 p.m., Sauk Rapids
VFW Post 6992 will pray at 7:00 p.m., Holy Name Society (Men’s Club) will pray the rosary at 7:30 p.m.
and Fourth Degree Father Pierz Assembly will stand honor guard from 5-8 p.m. Harold was born January 19, 1918 in Benton County to
David and Clara (Herbst) Blattner. He married Mary Corrigan on June 25, 1946 at
St. Lawrence Catholic Church in Duelm. Harold lived in Sauk Rapids all his life and worked at
DH Blattner and Sons Construction from 1940 until his retirement in 1980. He was a member of Sacred
Heart Catholic Church, Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus, Holy Name Society, was a life member of Sauk
Rapids VFW Post 6992, Past Commander of Sauk Rapids American Legion Post 254, and Past President
of Sauk Rapids Lions Club. Harold was an Army Air Corps Veteran of WWII and a Pearl Harbor survivor.
He enjoyed golfing, fishing, hunting and wildlife. Survivors include his wife, Mary of Sauk Rapids; children and their spouses,
Suzanne & Richard Vouk of O’Fallon, IL, Caroline & Brad Tesmer of Clear Lake, Joseph & Mary Blattner
of Princeton, Ginger & Randy Hoffman of Richmond, Judy & Lowell Johnson of Cold Spring; sixteen
grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; sister,
Lucille Larson; brothers, William, Kenneth, and Ervin Blattner.
-- St. Cloud Times, Feb. 2, 2008
