Rosetta K. Weber

Rosetta Kapsner Weber, 90 year old resident of Pierz, MN passed away Wednesday, November 2, 2022 at St. Otto’s Care Center in Little Falls. A Mass of Christian Burial 11:00 AM on Saturday, November 5, 2022, at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Pierz, MN with Father Kenneth Popp officiating and burial in Parish Cemetery. Visitation from 9 AM to 11 AM on Saturday at the church. Shelley Funeral Chapel staff assisted family with the event. Rosetta Kapsner Weber was born the 27th of November 1931 to Frank Kapsner and Barbara Zenner Kapsner on their farm just north of Buckman. She greatly admired, and appreciated the benefit of, patient leadership skills of the large Kapsner and Zenner families, from siblings who called her “Tsetta” to family elders, including generations of family with siblings in Catholic clergy. Rosetta attended elementary school in Buckman, high school at St. Francis, public high school and Teacher Training in Little Falls. Her brother, Urban, lent her the money to attend teacher’s training, and at age 18, She began teaching country school east of Buckman. Rosetta married Leo Albert Weber the 17th of June in 1952. They moved to Nevada, near Al and Mary Konen. Leo worked on the military base, Rosetta continued teaching, and they had their first three children. They moved back to Pierz, where their remaining seven children were born and they continued to name them in alphabetical order. They operated the Star Cafe for about five years, then Leo took a job with the Minnesota Highway department. Rosetta returned to teaching at St. Michael School in Buckman for 12 years, until 1977. Rosetta enjoyed teaching in the Buckman community where her mother Barbara Kapsner lived. While teaching, and caring for 10 children, Rosetta took evening and summer classes at St. Cloud State to get a 4-year Teaching Degree and Special Education License. Rosetta was hired as a Special Education Teacher in the Pierz District. Rosetta and Leo engaged in family events, played guitars and sang with their growing family, encouraged and participated in neighborhood baseball games, and supported local sports and activities. During these years, Rosetta and Leo were officers for Catholic Aid Insurance and very involved in church activities and American Legion and Auxiliary activities; Rosetta serving as an officer and historian. After retirement, they enjoyed supporting church and neighborhood events, and shared an appreciation of family and local history. Rosetta outlived many loved ones. Leo died in 2005. Her siblings and several of Leo’s siblings are deceased as well. She is survived by her children/their spouses, her grandchildren/their spouses, and great-grandchildren. Rosetta’s siblings were: Alphonse Kapsner, Sister Mary Cecilia Kapsner, Leander Kapsner, Gilbert Kapsner, Victor Kapsner, Urban Kapsner, Irma Kapsner Terwey, Peggy Kapsner Block, Regina Kapsner Grittner, Ann Kapsner Poser, and Oliver Kapsner. Rosetta is survived by her children: Anthony Weber and Bonnie Burggraff Weber, Barbara Weber, Charles Weber and Renee Kelzenberg Weber, Dorothy Weber Greene and Albert Greene, Elizabeth Weber Stocco, Frank Weber and Brenda Brixius Weber, George Weber and Marge Boser Weber, Henry Weber and Tara Delaney Vaughan Weber, Ivan Weber and Karen Moeller O’Neil Weber, John Weber and Amy Miskowiec Hoffman Weber; her grandchildren: Jay Weber, Kate Weber, Mitch Weber and Katie Henson Weber, Sam Weber, Emily Weber Johnson and Kwamaine Johnson, Albert Greene, Matthew Greene, Ian Stocco and Jess Severson Stocco, Scotty Stocco, Theresa Stocco, Nicolette Weber Deal and Branden Deal, Shane Weber and Rachael Craik Weber, Preston Weber and Olivia Zajac Weber, Nathan Schomer, Breck Weber, Michael Weber and Kristin Holland Weber, Aaron Weber and Melanie Dorn Weber, Jordan Vaughan and Kaylee Pesola Vaughan, Marie O’Neil Schutte and Aaron Schutte, Grant O’Neil, Joe Hoffman and Michelle Moser Hoffman;-her great-grandchildren: Kwaimaine Johnson Jr, Malik Johnson, Bayleigh Stocco, Ruger Stocco, Weston Stocco, Kaycee Deal, Andrea Deal, Avery Weber, Violet Weber, Arya Weber, Landon Weber, Claire Weber, Blake Vaughan, Finley Vaughan, Lennon Vaughan, Leo Schutte, Maddox Schutte, Dominic Hoffman, Alicia Hoffman, Kathryn Hoffman, William Hoffman, Daniel Hoffman, Amanda Hoffman. Leo’s immediate family: Mary Weber Konen, Theresa Weber Zenner, Mary Rudolph Weber, Stephen Weber.

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Rosetta K. Weber

November 27, 1931 - November 2, 2022