Larissa Jamie Kirchenwitz, 3 months old, passed away at her grandparent's home in Dent, MN, Thursday, July 21, 2005. Funeral services will be Monday, July 25, 2005 at 11:00 am at Calvary Lutheran Church in Perham, MN. Reverend Paul Anderson will officiate with burial following at Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Dent, MN. Visitation will be Sunday, July 24, 2005 at Schoeneberger Funeral Home in Perham from 4-8 pm with a prayer service at 7 pm.
Larissa was born April 16, 2005 in Perham, MN, to Justin and Megan (Hatlevig) Kirchenwitz. She was welcomed home by older sisters Kaylie (3 years) and Emily (2 years). While the family was in the process of moving from Perham to Moorhead, MN, for the past 2 months, they lived with the maternal grandparents on Dead Lake. Larissa was surrounded by loving family and friends who found her to be an angelic joy during her brief time here on earth. Always such a content, happy baby, in the past few weeks she?d begun to smile and recognize faces. There were always arms to hold this little angel and now she?s home in the arms of Our Lord.
Larissa is survived by her parents, Justin and Megan Kirckenwitz, sisters Kaylie Adell and Emily Lynn Kirchenwitz; her maternal grandparents, Jim and Miriam (Sucher) Hatlevig, Richville, MN; paternal grandparents, Charlie and Sandy (Satter) Kirchenwitz, Dent, MN; maternal great grandparents, Melvin and Phyllis Sucher, Perham, MN, and Arne and Lolly Hatlevig, Lanesboro, MN; aunts, uncles and cousins, Pat (Lori) Kirchenwitz (with cousins Dakotah, Cogan, and Cole), Pardeevil, WI; Jason Kirchenwitz, Dent, MN; Heather Kirchenwitz, New York Mills, MN; Kersten (Kyle) Buskirk, Richville, MN; Annalise (Aaron) Shippee (with cousin Sadie), St. Louis Park, MN; Bethany Hatlevig and "Uncle" Bill Anderson, St. Louis Park, MN; as well as numerous great aunts, great uncles and second cousins.
Larissa was preceded in death by her paternal great grandparents Arnold and Edna Satter, Pelican Rapids, MN and Henry and Phyllis Kirchenwitz, Dent, MN and a great aunt, Karol (Sucher) Clemens.
Schoeneberger Funeral Home, Perham, Minnesota, is in charge of arrangements. 218-346-5175. On-line tributes may be posted at www.schoenebergerfuneralhome.com.