Rodney Stumvoll, age 90, of Foley, died Tuesday, May 24, 2016 at the Heritage of Foley Nursing Center. 
  Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 AM Saturday, May 28, 2016 at St. John's Catholic Church, Foley. The Rev. Michael Wolfbauer will officiate. Burial will be in the Parish Cemetery with full Military Honors. 
  Friends may call from 4 to 8 Friday at the Foley Funeral Home in Foley and one hour prior to the service at the church on Saturday.  Parish Prayers will be 6 PM Friday evening at the funeral home. Service with Dignity provided by the Foley Funeral Home.
  Rodney Stumvoll was born September 12, 1925 in Becker, Minnesota to Louis and Honor (Cox) Stumvoll.  He married Merlin Albright on August 10, 1954 at St. John's Catholic Church.  He lived in Becker and moved to the Gilman area to farm with his parents and graduated from Foley High School in 1943.  He lived and worked in New York for two years assembling air planes for Bell Air Craft.  Rodney entered the US Navy in 1946 and served until he was honorably discharged in 1948.  The couple farmed their entire married life near Gilman.  He was a member of the Foley American Legion; St. John's Catholic Church and the Foley Knights of Columbus.  Memorials are preferred in lieu of flowers to St. John's Catholic Church or St. John's Area School. 
  He is survived by his wife, Merlin, Foley and sons and daughters; Deb Stumvoll (Keith Larson), St. Joseph; Sandy (Dick) Anderson, Foley; Steve, Foley and Mike of Chicago, 12 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren, brother, Alvin Stumvoll, Sauk Rapids and sisters, Ernestine LeMaster of Chillicothe, Ill and Donna Jamieson of Alexandria.  He was preceded in death by his parents, daughter-in-law, Linda Stumvoll and brothers and sisters; Louis Jr., Adeline Thorsten, Alice Wakeman, Duane Stumvoll, Arzella 'Sis' Schaapveld and an infant brother.        
 

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