Cyril “Cy” Frank Neussendorfer, 89, died May 4 at the St. Cloud Hospital. His funeral was held May 12 at Wiliams Dingmann Family Funeral Home in Sauk Rapids. The Rev. Thomas Knoblach officiated and burial was in the Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery near Little Falls.
Neussendorfer was born March 28, 1933 in Collegeville to Louis & Cecilia (Reisinger) Neussendorfer. He grew up on the family farm and lived there for most of his life. Neussendorfer proudly served our country in the U.S. Air Force from 1956-1960. He married Esther Butenhoff on July 6, 1964. Neussendorfer worked as a testing engineer for Frigidaire, formerly Franklin. He was an avid reader and enjoyed fishing and trips to the casino with Esther. Neussendorfer was a very determined man, who always had a project going. He never asked for help, but he was always the first to offer to help others. He was easy going and always seemed to have a twinkle in his eye.
Survivors include the following: his wife, Esther of St. Joseph; sons and daughters, Daniel (Monique) of Sauk Rapids, Anthony (Jessica) of Juneau, Alaska, Donna Reichert (Partner Roger) of St. Cloud and Audrey Bellmont of Clearwater; brothers, Norbert “Bro. Felix, O.S.B.” of Puerto Rico and Alex (Lucille) of Sauk Rapids; grandchildren, Tiffany and Danielle Bellmont, Danette Scepurek, Nicole Rumery, Madeline and Hayden Neussendorfer; and great-grandchildren, Maverick and Nadiana Scepurek, and Ollie Rumery.
He was preceded in death by his parents; sons, Mark and Michael Getchel; brother, Edgar; sisters, Bernadine Braeger, Frances Muggli and Margaret Bilias; and seven step-siblings.
The family would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to the staff of Good Shepherd Lutheran Home and St. Cloud Hospital fifth floor med 1 for the kind and compassionate care that was given to Neussendorfer.
Von Pinnon has been publishing the St. Joseph Newsleader since 1989, the Sartell-St. Stephen Newsleader since 1995 and the Sauk Rapids-Rice Newsleader since 2015. She graduated from Minnesota State University-Moorhead with degrees in mass communications (with an emphasis on print journalism) and biology. She lives in southeast St. Cloud with her husband and two children.