Funeral services for Geraldine (Jeri) Agnes (Stade) Waltman will be held on Wednesday, January 17th at Grace Evangelical Free Church in Stewartville, MN at 2 pm with a visitation at the church at 1pm. Following the service there will be a celebration of her life at Four Daughters Vineyard in Spring Valley. Jeri passed away on January 15th in her home in Grand Meadow, MN with her family by her side at the age of 90 years old. Jeri was born on March 20th, 1933, in Fairmont MN to Arthur Stade and Agnes (Krahmer) Stade. She graduated from Fairmont high school. On February 14, 1956, she was united in marriage to Bobby Joe Waltman of Ceylon, MN after dating for 10 days - they were married for 54 years, so I guess they got it right. They had three children, Vicky, Lori and Chris. Together they lived in Phoenix where Vicky was born, St. Louis where Lori was born, Rochester where Chris was born and then settled in Elgin MN where they raised their children. They retired in Grand Meadow, MN.
“He’s obviously been very successful as a farmer and he has a work ethic like no other,” said Justin Osborne, Gary Vogt's son-in-law and Four Daughters Winery's director of winery operations. “I’ve described many times Gary’s work ethic to other people saying he would shovel rocks all night long.”