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- [S927] Obituary.
At 58 years of age, Jareth Messmer has joined his family and friends in heaven as he has gone on to his next life. After a short stay at Rochester Methodist Hospital, he passed away on March 26, 2012 due to chronic myelomonocytic leukemia.
Jareth was born in the peaceful beauty of southwest North Dakota, in the town of Regent on October 12, 1953 to Leonard and Katherine (Klein) Messmer. At the early age of two months old, the family moved from Regent to Rochester, Minnesota. He attended St. Francis Grade School and graduated from Mayo High School in 1972. He began his working career as a paper carrier in Rochester in the Southport area, and continued working at Michael’s Restaurant, Minnesota Highway Department, Mayo Clinic, St. Mary’s, and Custom Printing until their closing in 2007. He referred to himself as semi-retired, but continued helping family and friends whenever they needed help on projects.
Jareth was united in marriage to the love of his life, Marilyn Kruger, on September 20, 1975 at St. John’s Catholic Church in Rochester. Over the years they have lived in Rochester and Stewartville. In 1986 they had the opportunity to move to a small hobby farm south of Rochester where they enjoyed raising (his) miniature horses and (her) Morgan horses. During the years they attended both Nascar and local auto races in support of friends and family who were racing at the local tracks. Jareth was a crew member of his brother-in-law’s K1 Mini Sprint Team. Over the years they enjoyed many trips to Northern Wisconsin and Northern Minnesota for snowmobiling with family and friends, along with riding in southeast Minnesota. Jareth enjoyed taking many trips to attend auctions with friends and family. He took great pride in keeping his lawn looking the best it could be. It was a standing joke in the neighborhood that he was always out working on the lawn and riding his John Deere tractor or on his 4-wheeler. He was a member of the Minnesota Snowmobiler Club and American Morgan Horse Association.
He is survived by his wife Marilyn of 37 years; mother, Katherine Messmer of Rochester; two brothers, James (Marlene) Messmer and Joel (Shari) Messmer of Rochester; sister, Janise (Kevin) Serwa of Eden Prairie, MN; sister-in-law, Karen Messmer; nine nephews and nieces, Brandon, Nathan, Rochelle, Christina, Deanna, Ryan, Cortney, Michael and Mackenzie; six great nephews and nieces, Elysia, Luke, Ethen, Aubrie, Ayden and Bergen. He was preceded in death by his father Leonard, and a brother Jerald.
A funeral service is scheduled for 11:00AM, Friday, March 30, 2012 in River Park Chapel at Macken Funeral Home, officiated by Rev. Shawn Haremza. Visitation will be from 5:00-8:00PM Thursday, March 29 in the River Park Chapel and also one hour prior to the service on Friday.
Jareth has requested to be cremated following the funeral and his ashes be spread at a later date by family members. One of Jareth’s favorite quotes was, “Remember me with smiles and laughter, for that is how I’ll remember you all. If you can only remember me with tears, then don’t remember me at all.”
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1953 - 2012 (58 years)