Doris Mae Harber, 85

Published 10:08 am Thursday, February 13, 2014

Doris Mae Harber, 85

Doris Mae Harber, 85, of Blooming Prairie, Minn., went to be with her Lord and Savior on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014. Doris Mellem was born Jan. 19, 1929, in Owatonna, Minn., to Carl and Gudrun (Jacobson) Mellem. After graduating from Austin High School in 1947, Doris worked for Dr.’s J. Hegge and R.S. Hegge as a secretary. On Aug. 21, 1949, she was united in marriage to Robert Earl Harber at St. Olaf Lutheran Church in Austin, Minn. The couple raised six children. Doris was a baker, often baking cinnamon rolls and up to seven loaves of bread a week. She also loved to garden and sew. She was a member of a neighborhood ‘project’ group, the Sons of Norway, and the Hannah Circle at Red Oak Grove Lutheran Church, where she also taught Sunday school and sang in the choir. Doris will be remembered as a loving wife, mother, and grandmother, and will be missed by many.

Survivors include her husband, Robert Harber, of rural Blooming Prairie; her sons, Mike (Deloris) Harber, of Austin; Dan (Liz) Harber, also of Austin; Tom (Tammy) Harber, of Blooming Prairie; her daughters, Nancy Schwartz, of Blooming Prairie; Jean (Todd) Lewis, of Dothan, Ala.; Denise (Mike) Fogarty, of Rochester, Minn.; 15 grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren; sisters Beverly (Alan) Adamson, of Minneapolis; Patricia (Irv) Johnson, of Muskegon, Mich. She was preceded in death by her parents, Carl and Gudrun Mellem; her sisters, Shirley Folken and Carol Whalen; her brother, Donald Mellem; and two brothers in infancy.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014 at Red Oak Grove Lutheran Church.

Visitation will take place from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 14, at Worlein Funeral Home in Austin and for one hour prior to the service at the church on Saturday. Interment will be in Udolpho Cemetery at a later date. The family suggests that memorials be directed to Red Oak Grove Lutheran Church. Worlein Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Condolences may be expressed to the family online at www.worlein.com.