James O. Provo, age 73, of 11326 Ireland Ave. NW, Annandale died Tuesday, March 22, 2005 at his son's home in Monticello.
Funeral services will be held 1:00 p.m. Saturday, March 26, 2005 at St. Timothy's Catholic Church, Maple Lake with Fr. Mark Huberty officiating. Burial will follow in St. Timothy's Cemetery. Friends may call from 5-9 p.m. Friday and 11:30-12:30 p.m. Saturday at the Dingmann Funeral Care Chapel, Maple Lake. There will be a prayer service 6:30 p.m. Friday.
James Oliver Provo was born July 7, 1931 in Minneapolis to Oliver and Mildred (Cavanaugh) Provo and served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He married Annella Rohling on June 29, 1957 in Winsted and they farmed in Maple Lake Township from 1962-1998 when they moved to Annandale. He was a member of St. Timothy's Church, Father O'Brien's Council Knights of Columbus #3613, Maple Lake VFW Post #7664, and was a former member of the Maple Lake School Board. He enjoyed farming, fishing, playing cards, his family and especially his grandchildren.
He is survived by his wife, Annella of Annandale; 11 children, Tom of Maple Lake, Mary Jo Heberling of Monticello, Paul (Cindy) of Annandale, Carol Becker of Monticello, Ron (Natalie) of Annandale, Dan (Tracy) of Monticello, Mark of Annandale, Lois (Terry) Kaczrowski of Monticello, Rosemary (Tim) Norgren of Annandale, Jim (Holly) of Monticello, Kevin of Maple Lake; sister, Mary Kay Stumpf of Annandale; 23 grandchildren, Nick, Michael, Christina, Devin, Cassie, Derek, Hannah, Joel, Nick, Courtney, Cole, Valerie, Brittany, Clint, Gracie, Genaya, Jordan, Brooke, Trent, Kendra, Rilee, Zackary, Hailey; and one great grandson, Logan. His parents, grandson, Andrew Heberling, sister, Dorothy Caron, and brother in law, Clay Stumpf preceded him in death.
The pallbearers will be his 7 sons and the honorary pallbearers will be his 23 grandchildren. Sarah Goelz and Krista Elsenpeter will provide the music for the service. The arrangements were by Dingmann Funeral Care of Maple Lake.