{"id":139889,"date":"2024-10-01T08:03:36","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T13:03:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sleepyeyeonline.com\/goodnews\/?p=139889"},"modified":"2024-10-01T22:05:23","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T03:05:23","slug":"alice-hillesheim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sleepyeyeonline.com\/goodnews\/alice-hillesheim\/","title":{"rendered":"Alice Hillesheim"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Alice M. Hillesheim, age 96, of New Ulm died peacefully on Monday, September 30, 2024, at the Oak Hills Living Center in New Ulm.<\/p>\n

Mass of Christian burial will be 11 am on Monday, October 7, 2024, at the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in New Ulm. \u00a0Burial will follow in the New Ulm Catholic Cemetery.<\/p>\n

Visitation will be held from 10-11 am on Monday at the Cathedral prior to the Mass.<\/p>\n

The Minnesota Valley Funeral Homes of New Ulm are assisting the family with arrangements at this time.<\/p>\n

To leave an online condolence for her family, or to sign the guestbook, go to: mvfh.org<\/p>\n

Alice is survived by her daughter, Carol (Michael Sr.) Stott of Mankato; her sons, Steven (Gwen) Hillesheim of Kimball, Randy Hillesheim of New Ulm, Pat (Julie) Hillesheim of New Ulm; her 10 grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren; her sister, Donna Paquette of Savage; her sisters-in-law, Alice Wilfahrt, Bernette (Cliff) Schumacher, Bernice Ludwig; and many other nieces, nephews, relatives and friends.<\/p>\n

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Linus Hillesheim in 2006; her brother, Willard Wilfahrt; her daughter-in-law, Sandy Hillesheim; and her brother-in-law, Jerry Paquette.<\/p>\n

Alice Martha Wilfahrt was born July 29, 1928, in Sleepy Eye to Robert and Martha (Berg) Wilfahrt. \u00a0While growing up in Sigel Township, Alice attended country grade school. \u00a0On May 24, 1949, Alice was united in marriage to Linus Hillesheim at the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in New Ulm. \u00a0This union blessed the couple with a daughter and three sons whom together they raised on the farm in rural Searles. \u00a0Besides being a loving mother and home-maker, Alice also worked along side her husband Linus on the farm doing whatever was necessary. \u00a0She also took tremendous pride in her beautiful and bountiful flower and vegetable gardens. \u00a0As a provider, Alice always enjoyed cooking, baking, and canning from her kitchen. \u00a0Many laughs where shared over card games with family and friends, and also at the bowling alley when she could. \u00a0To relax, Alice loved the peace and quite of a good day fishing. \u00a0She was a past member of St. John the Baptist Church in Searles, and a current member of the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in New Ulm where she volunteered wherever there was a need. \u00a0What brought her the most joy in life was always her family. \u00a0She loved getting the see her grandchildren and great-grandchildren grow, and did the best she could to spoil them whenever she had the chance. \u00a0Alice will be dearly missed by all who knew and loved her, but countless memories of the good times shared will forever stay in their hearts. \u00a0Blessed be her memory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Alice M. Hillesheim, age 96, of New Ulm died peacefully on Monday, September 30, 2024, at the Oak Hills Living Center in New Ulm. Mass of Christian burial will be 11 am on Monday, October 7, 2024, at the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in New Ulm. \u00a0Burial will follow in the New Ulm Catholic …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[100],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-139889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":true,"date":"2026-10-02 12:30:00","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sleepyeyeonline.com\/goodnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sleepyeyeonline.com\/goodnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sleepyeyeonline.com\/goodnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sleepyeyeonline.com\/goodnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sleepyeyeonline.com\/goodnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139889"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sleepyeyeonline.com\/goodnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139889\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":139891,"href":"https:\/\/www.sleepyeyeonline.com\/goodnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139889\/revisions\/139891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sleepyeyeonline.com\/goodnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sleepyeyeonline.com\/goodnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sleepyeyeonline.com\/goodnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}