Giles Bert Motzko

GILES BERT MOTZKO

The funeral service for Giles Bert Motzko will be 2:00 p.m. Monday, October 19, 2009, at Our Lady of Loretto Catholic Church, West Main Street in Brownsdale, MN with Reverend Dale Tupper Celebrating. Interment will be in the Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery in Little Falls, MN at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, October 20, 2009.
Giles Bert Motzko, 77, died Thursday, October 15, 2009, peacefully at his home in Brownsdale, MN.
Giles Bert Motzko was born on January 31, 1932, the son of Stanly and Mary (Classman) Motzko on a farm in Long Prairie, MN. He graduated from Browerville High School in 1949, and from Staples Teachers Training in 1951, and served in the U.S. Air Force from 1951-1955. He graduated from Minneapolis Business College in 1959. Giles was employed in banking, insurance and auto sales since 1959. He retired in 2006. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, reading, and woodworking. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus, American Legion, Our Lady of Loretto Catholic Church, the church choir and the American Legion Chorus. Giles was married to Beverly Joarnt from 1957-1981. He married Joyce Maas in 1984.
Giles is survived by his wife, Joyce; 2 brothers, Jim, and Roy; 5 sisters, Edna, Octiva, Beatrice, Jeannette and Inez; children, Robert, Mary, William, David; step children, Marie, Mike, Matthew, Marion, and Mark; many grandchildren and great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; daughter, Ellen; son, Jerome; and brother Norbert.
Visitation will be 4:00-7:00 p.m. Sunday, October 18, 2009, at Czaplewski Family Funeral Home at 302 Market Street SE in Brownsdale with a prayer service at 6:30 p.m. There will be visitation from 1:00-2:00 p.m. at the church on Monday.
Blessed be his memory.
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