Funeral Mass for Paul Stier will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday July 20, 2011, at St. Finbarr Catholic Church in Grand Meadow with Father Tom Loomis officiating. Burial will take place in the church cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, July 19, at St. Finbarr Catholic Church and will resume on Wednesday for an hour prior to the service.

Paul F. Stier, 60, of Grand Meadow, died Sunday morning July 17, 2011, at St Marys Hospital in Rochester. He was born June 1, 1951, to Russell and Paula (Cummings) Stier in Rochester. He attended Grand Meadow High School, graduated in 1969 and then attended Austin Vocational School. On Aug. 22, 1970, he was united in marriage to Cynthia Bjerke at St. Edwards Catholic Church in Austin and together had four children, Jennifer, Russell, Neil and Luke. Paul took over his parents’ family farm in 1973 where he farmed for several years. In 1982, he began working for Hunting Elevator, which eventually became CHS where he was recently the manager of the Grand Meadow, Elkton and Spring Valley locations. Paul loved his family farm and felt closest to God when tilling a field, planting a seed or a new tree. He would rather be mowing the tall grass by the creek than traveling to any exotic location. He found excitement in watching the crops grow and always felt a little sad at the end of each growing season. His farming profession was not work to him, but a way of life — and he loved every minute of it. He loved spending time with his grandchildren, making pancakes with them on Sunday mornings, giving them rides on the four wheeler or the tractor, picking vegetables with them in his garden, and kept up the tradition of measuring their height every summer against the corn.

He is survived by his wife, Cindy of Grand Meadow; daughter, Jennifer (Chad) Bothun of Osceola, Ind.; sons, Russell (Janelle) Stier of Minnetrista, Minn., Neil (Amanda) Stier and Luke (Amy) Stier both of Grand Meadow, Minn.; nine grandchildren, Taryn, Tayla, Tiegan, Ava, Olivia, Ireland, Calla, Keira and Caiden; mother, Paula Stier of Grand Meadow; siblings, Pat (Judy) Stier and Donnie (Edie) Stier both of Racine, Minn., Joe (Jean) Stier of Grand Meadow, Mary (Bill Berg) Leuning of Austin, Minn., Teresa (Ron) Davis of Lakeville, Minn., Barbara Nelson of Eyota and Kathleen (Darin Faber) Stier of Mazeppa, Minn., and many nieces and nephews. Paul is also survived by his CHS co-workers who he very much considered family.

He was preceded in death by his father, Russell; brother, Rusty, and a nephew Adam. Condolences may be left at www.hindtfuneralhomes.com.