Lorraine N. (Nachreiner) Kubitza

Lorraine (Nachreiner) Kubitza

Age 95 of Monticello

Passed away September 27, 2022 in Monticello, MN. Born in Underwood, North Dakota on August 7, 1927 to parents Leo J. & Viola E. (Grabinger) Nachreiner. In 1936, her parents and four siblings relocated to a farm on the Cottonwood River near Springfield, MN. After graduating from Springfield High School, she enrolled in nurses training as an LPN in the Twin Cities and worked at Glenwood Hills Psychiatric Hospital in Golden Valley, MN.  She met and married Bernard Schuller and together they adopted two children, Kent and Margo, and settled in Brooklyn Center, MN. Bernard passed away suddenly on November 17, 1963.

She went to work for the Federal Reserve Bank and eventually retired from there in 1982.

On June 10, 1967 she married the love of her life, Ivan Kubitza. They met when Ivan was serving as a Big Brother Volunteer assigned to Kent. Ivan adopted Kent and Margo in 1968. They lived a happy and full life together of volunteering, traveling and organizing family gatherings. Ivan passed away on April 24, 1987.

Lorraine was a dedicated volunteer. She served as a volunteer driver for seniors and the disabled for Anoka County, worked countless hours at the food shelf, assisted the State Adoption agency in locating birth parents for adopted adults, provided companionship and assistance to seniors and the disabled through the Hennepin County Community Action Program and spent 20 years as a volunteer tax preparer in Anoka County serving seniors and the disabled. When not volunteering, she enjoyed time with a hiking club and taking memorable trips with her daughter and granddaughter.

Preceded in death by parents Leo and Viola Nachreiner; brother Dale Nachreiner, sister Francis Everson; husbands Bernard Schuller, and Ivan E. Kubitza; and son Kent Kubitza.

Survived by daughter Margo Kubitza LaBau (Gerald); Granddaughter Katie Lorraine Hunhoff (Troy); grandson Joshua LaBau; great-granddaughter Phyllis Louise Hunhoff; sister Margaret Moe, brother Richard Nachreiner; numerous nieces and nephews, and other relatives & friends. A gathering of family & friends will take place from 2-4PM on Wednesday, October 5, 2022 at Peterson-Grimsmo Funeral Chapel, 250 E. Broadway St, Monticello, MN, 763-295-2918. Interment St. Vincent de Paul Cemetery, Osseo, MN. (www.peterson-grimsmochapel.com)

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