Rose M. Binstock

Rose M. Binstock, 94 year old resident of Little Falls, MN passed away Thursday, April 10, 2014 at Country Manor in Sartell, MN. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:30 A.M. on Monday, April 14, 2014 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Little Falls, MN with Father Nicholas Landsberger officiating. Burial will take place in St. Mary’s Parish Cemetery in Little Falls, MN. Friends may call from 4-7 P.M. on Sunday and from 10-11 A.M. on Monday at the Shelley Funeral Chapel in Little Falls, MN. A Christian Mothers rosary will be held at 4:30 P.M on Sunday at the Funeral Home followed by parish prayers at 5:30 P.M. Funeral arrangements are with the Shelley Funeral Chapel in Little Falls, MN. Rose was born on November 8, 1919 in Dickinson, North Dakota to the late Sebastian and Anna (Klein) Frank. She was raised on the family farm, 15 miles south of Dickinson. She attended school in Schefield, North Dakota through the 10th grade as she was needed at home to help with the family and chores. In 1936, her sister Monica and her went to Winona, MN and worked at St. Mary’s College for several years. On June 7, 1939, Rose was united in marriage to Valentine Binstock in Dickinson, ND, where they farmed in the Badlands area near South Heart. Rose and Val had 5 children; 4 boys and 1 girl; Marvin, Rosemary, LeRoy, Duane and Terry. They moved to South Heart, where they operated a grocery store, and later moved to Little Falls, MN in 1950 where they farmed for 2 years. Rose worked at the Sanitary Bakery for a short time and then as a nurse’s aid at St. Gabriel’s Hospital in Little Falls for 20 years before retiring. After Val died in 1990, she stayed in Little Falls until 1999, when she had her first stroke. Her children moved her to Country Manor Health Center in 2000 to an apartment and she remained there until she was moved into the nursing room, where she died. Rose was a faithful member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church and the Christian Mothers. She enjoyed crocheting, baking, gardening, playing cards, and most of all, her grandchildren. She will be remembered as a woman of many abilities and will be deeply missed. She is survived by, sons, Marvin (Elaine) Binstock of St. Cloud, MN; LeRoy (Bernie) Binstock of Coon Rapids, MN; and Duane Binstock of Sioux Falls, SD, brother, Christ (Lorraine) Frank of Dickinson, ND; sisters-in-law, Margaret Frank, Martha Frank, and Emma Illich all of Dickinson, ND; and 6 grandchildren, 14 great grandchildren, and 1 great-great grandchild. Rose is preceded in death by husband Val; infant children, Terry and Rosemary; parents, Sebastian and Ann Frank; brothers, John, Steve, Frank, Tony and Joseph Frank; sisters, Monica Tatreau, Magdalen Barth, Clementine Huschka, Sr. Mary Piona OND, and Margaret Wanner.

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Rose M. Binstock

November 8, 1919 - April 10, 2014