This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bierbrauer, Sigler, Russell, Youngdahl, Hilden, Saltness, Brandt, Kammerud Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3FC.2ACI/3683 Message Board Post: Samantha Jean Bierbrauer, 15 Wednesday, August 04, 2004 Samantha Jean Bierbrauer, 15, of Dresser died Saturday, July 31, in an automobile accident. She was born in Hudson, Sept. 1, 1988, the daughter Mark and Teresa (Sigler) Bierbrauer. She would have been a sophomore at Osceola High School this fall. She excelled at softball, pitching for the varsity, which she lettered in this spring. She enjoyed time with friends and family and also participated in snowboarding and quilting. As a lover of animals, she and had many pets: Gizmo, her guinea pig; Ali and Moe, her cats; Otis, the family dog; and her rabbit, Bunny. Preceding her in death was her grandfather, Donald Russell. Surviving are her parents, Mark and Teresa; a sister, Holly Sigler; a brother, Dean; grandparents Dean and Sylvia Bierbrauer, Kathryn Bierbrauer and Kenneth Youngdahl, and Patricia and Clifford Hilden; and godparents Dick and Marie Saltness. Funeral services were Wednesday, Aug. 4, at West Immanuel Lutheran church with the Rev. Rexford Brandt officiating. Music was provided by Diane Kammerud. Burial was in the West Immanuel Cemetery. Arrangements were by the Grandstrand Funeral Home. © 2004 Hudson Star-Observer - Reposted by permission http://www.hudsonstarobserver.com/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=11317&SectionID=3&SubSectionID=54&S=1