Memorial services for Beth Ann Wesselhoeft of Ellendale, formerly of New Richland, will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 28, 2011, at Friedrich Funeral Home, New Richland. The Rev. Dennis Frank will officiate. Interment will be in First Lutheran Cemetery, Waldorf.

Beth died at St. Marys Hospital, Rochester, on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011. She was 57.

She was born on June 21, 1954, in New Richland, the daughter of A. Edward and Myrtle R. (Bolduan) Wesselhoeft.

Beth attended Matawan grade school and graduated from Freeborn High School with the class of 1972. She continued her education graduating from Southwest State University in Marshall in 1976.

Beth had worked at the New Richland Star, Sun Review-Waseca, Waseca County News, Casino Magazine, Carlson Craft in Mankato, then Bagy Jo 2 in Janesville, retiring in 2008.

Beth lived with her mother in New Richland until her mother’s passing in 1999. Beth moved to Whispering Oaks in Ellendale in 2008.

She is survived by cousins in New Richland and Morton area. Beth was preceded in death by her parents and grandparents.