IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Paul John
Mcalpine
October 9, 1924 – January 26, 2004
Obituary
Mr. Paul J. McAlpine, age 79, of Maple Lake died Monday, January 26, 2004 at the Howard Lake Good Samaritan Center.
Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday, January 29, 2004 at St. Timothy`s Catholic Church, Maple Lake with Father Mark Huberty officiating. Burial will follow in the parish cemetery. Friends may call from 4:00-8:00 p.m. on Wednesday and 8:00-10:00 a.m. on Thursday at the Dingmann Funeral Care Chapel, Maple Lake. There will be a prayer service 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
Paul John McAlpine was born October 9, 1924 in Maple Lake to Mark and Katherine (Bruns) McAlpine. He was a 1942 graduate of Maple Lake High School. Paul married Shirley L. Dearing October 16, 1945 in Annandale. To this union they were blessed with seven children. Paul lived in Maple Lake all his life where his family farmed and he was a member of St. Timothy`s Catholic Church and Father O`Brien`s Council Knights of Columbus #3613, and the Maple Lake Lions Club. He was a civic and community minded man serving on several boards. Paul was on the Maple Lake City Council, served as City Clerk, Maple Lake Creamery Board, ADA, State Board of Aging, Land O` Lakes, served 15 years as a Wright County Commissioner, and was State Chair of the State Association of Minnesota Counties.
Paul is survived by his wife, Shirley of Maple Lake; sons and daughters, John (Rita) of Maple Lake, Cathy (Gary) Jude of Maple Lake, Mike (Diana) of Prior Lake, Theresa Peterson and fiancAC., Ed O`Connell of St. Cloud; daughter in law, Cheryl McAlpine of Big Lake; son in law, Steve Gottsch of Nisswa; sister, Anne Paumen of Maple Lake; 20 grandchildren; and 24 great grandchildren. Paul will be welcomed into heaven by his parents; son, Tom; daughters, Barbara Gottsch and Mary Swenson; grandsons, Daniel McAlpine and Matthew Jude; brother, Mark; sisters, Margaret LaTour and Theresa Freiberg; and son in law, Loren Swenson.
Pallbearers will be Nathan, Brian, Pat, Cory, and Mark McAlpine, Tim and Steve Jude, Rob and Duane Gottsch.
Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday, January 29, 2004 at St. Timothy`s Catholic Church, Maple Lake with Father Mark Huberty officiating. Burial will follow in the parish cemetery. Friends may call from 4:00-8:00 p.m. on Wednesday and 8:00-10:00 a.m. on Thursday at the Dingmann Funeral Care Chapel, Maple Lake. There will be a prayer service 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
Paul John McAlpine was born October 9, 1924 in Maple Lake to Mark and Katherine (Bruns) McAlpine. He was a 1942 graduate of Maple Lake High School. Paul married Shirley L. Dearing October 16, 1945 in Annandale. To this union they were blessed with seven children. Paul lived in Maple Lake all his life where his family farmed and he was a member of St. Timothy`s Catholic Church and Father O`Brien`s Council Knights of Columbus #3613, and the Maple Lake Lions Club. He was a civic and community minded man serving on several boards. Paul was on the Maple Lake City Council, served as City Clerk, Maple Lake Creamery Board, ADA, State Board of Aging, Land O` Lakes, served 15 years as a Wright County Commissioner, and was State Chair of the State Association of Minnesota Counties.
Paul is survived by his wife, Shirley of Maple Lake; sons and daughters, John (Rita) of Maple Lake, Cathy (Gary) Jude of Maple Lake, Mike (Diana) of Prior Lake, Theresa Peterson and fiancAC., Ed O`Connell of St. Cloud; daughter in law, Cheryl McAlpine of Big Lake; son in law, Steve Gottsch of Nisswa; sister, Anne Paumen of Maple Lake; 20 grandchildren; and 24 great grandchildren. Paul will be welcomed into heaven by his parents; son, Tom; daughters, Barbara Gottsch and Mary Swenson; grandsons, Daniel McAlpine and Matthew Jude; brother, Mark; sisters, Margaret LaTour and Theresa Freiberg; and son in law, Loren Swenson.
Pallbearers will be Nathan, Brian, Pat, Cory, and Mark McAlpine, Tim and Steve Jude, Rob and Duane Gottsch.
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