Barbara Wilma Kuehl Haupert obit submitted
"Barbara Wilma Haupert was born to Donald and Wilma (Ramert) Kuehl on December 20, 1942, in Worthington, Minnesota. She was raised on the family farm southeast of Fulda, Minnesota; and she attended the parochial school in Fulda. After the eighth grade, she attended Fulda High School. Following her graduation from high school in 1960, she went to business college in Mankato, Minnesota. Upon completion of her education, she was employed with a local business in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Two years later, she began working at First Federal Savings and Loan in Pipestone, Minnesota. On June 16, 1962, she was united in marriage to Larry Haupert at St. Gabriel's Catholic Church in Fulda. Following their marriage, they resided in Pipestone; and Barb stayed at home to raise their three children. She then went to work for the Pipestone School District as the bookkeeper. She continued to work there for 33 years, until retiring in the Spring of 2001. In the Spring of 1997, she was diagnosed as having lung cancer. Even with this adversity, she continued to keep a good attitude while dealing with cancer for five years. On Friday, April 5, 2002, Barb was taken to the Pipestone County Medical Center where she died on Saturday, April 6, 2002, at the age of 59 years, 3 months and 16 days.
Barb was a member of St. Leo Catholic Church in Pipestone where she was active in the Catholic Church Women. Since 1977, they enjoyed their cabin at Lake Shetek. While she was at the lake, she enjoyed relaxing by either reading a book or catching a fish. She had many fond memories of being with their family and friends through the years.
She is lovingly remembered by her husband, Larry Haupert of Pipestone, Minnesota; two daughters, Sheryl and her husband Andy Graf of Orange, California, and Sandra an d her husband Jay DeBoom of Phoenix, Arizona; four grandchildren; and her mother, Wilma, Mrs. Glenn Eshleman of Fulda, Minnesota; three sisters, Joan and husband Brent Boyd of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Debbie and her husband Walter Svoboda, of Jackson, Minnesota and Mary and her husband Dan Lubben of Fulda, Minnesota and one brother, Bob and his wife Tammy Kuehl of Fulda, Minnesota. She was preceded in death by her son, Scott and her father, Don.
Funeral services were held on Tuesday, April 9, at 10:30 a.m. at St. Leo's Catholic Church in Pipestone, MN. Interment in St. Leo's Catholic Church in Pipestone, MN."