Funeral services for Loretta D. Hartman, age 86, of Albert Lea, were held at 10:30 a.m. today, Sept. 14,

at the Church of St. Theodore. The Rev. Robert Schneider

officiated. Interment will be in St. Theodore’s Cemetery. Visitation was from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 13, at the Bayview/Freeborn Funeral home, with a prayer service at 7 p.m. Visitation was also one hour prior to the service at the church.

Loretta died on Saturday, Sept. 11, 2004, at the Albert Lea Medical Center.

Loretta Dorothea (Kirsch) Hartman was born on Jan. 25, 1918, in New Ulm to Joseph and Anne (Bauman) Kirsch. She was baptized into the Catholic faith at St. Mary’s Church in New Ulm and attended Catholic schools. In 1934 she moved with her family to Albert Lea. Loretta married Lloyd R. Hartman in Charles City, Iowa, on July 8, 1939. They lived in the Albert Lea area all of their married life. Loretta did waitress work until opening her own restaurant, Club 16, in 1947. She and Lloyd owned and operated Club 16 for 32 years, retiring in 1979. Loretta was a dear friend to many and loved and enjoyed the little children of her nieces and nephews.

Survivors include her sister, Elizabeth (Betty) Roche of Albert Lea; brother, Vernon Kirsch of Hastings, Minn.; brother-in-law: Wayne Thompson of Faribault; sisters-in-law: Dorothy Kirsch, Faith Kirsch, and Genevieve Kirsch, all of Albert Lea, and Wyone Kirsch of Hastings; many nieces and nephews; and her little friend and companion, Tessie.

Loretta was preceded in death by her parents: Joseph and Anne Kirsch; her husband, Lloyd, in 1995, her mother-in-law and father-in-law: Henry and Bessie Hartman; brothers: Joseph Kirsch, Anthony Kirsch, Thomas Kirsch and John Kirsch; sisters: Alice Rollins, Hilda Christensen, and Rose Marie Thompson; brothers-in-law: Gordon Sawyer, Timothy Rollins, Ray Christensen, Leo Roche and Pat Hartman; and her sisters-in-law: Bernice Storrer and Florence Hartman.

Blessed be her memory.