Elaine Steuernagel passed away peacefully at Golden Age Manor in Amery on Wednesday, July 20, 2011. Funeral services will be held on Monday, July 25, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. from the Williamson-White Funeral Chapel. There will be a visitation for the hour prior to the service. Burial will be at the St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery in Lewiston, Minnesota at 3:45 p.m. Gladys Elaine Steuernagel was born on October 18, 1919 in Blackduck, Minnesota the daughter of Andrew Jackson Paul and Gladys Adell (nee Morehouse) Paul. She was known to family and friends as Elaine. She was united in marriage to Oscar Henry Steuernagel on August 21, 1948. Elaine and Oscar farmed until 1969. She was a long term employee and retiree of J C Penny in Winona, Minnesota. She and her husband moved to Amery in 1990. They were members of Grace Lutheran Church in Clear Lake, Wisconsin.
She was preceded in death by her parents; daughter Pauline Jane; son Gregory Mark; husband Oscar; brother Duane Paul; sisters: Dorothy (Donald) Swedberg), Adella (Walter) Schoenwalter, Marjorie (Ralph) Matheny, Margaret (Melfred) Anderson and Emily (Ronald) Lindblad. Survivors include daughters Paulette Jean (William) Braatz of Amery, Susan Elaine (William) Kehoe-Katula of Oakdale, MN; grandchildren: Eric (Jessica) Braatz, Ariannah Braatz, and Christopher Kehoe; great granddaughter MacKenzie Elaine Braatz; brother-in-law Ronald Lindblad and other relatives and friends.