Kathy Schmelzer Sowder

Kathryn Marie Sowder, 62, of Vadnais Heights, Minn., formerly of West Union, died Saturday, April 8, 2017. 

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 22, in The New Life Evangelical Lutheran Church, 180 West County Road F., Vadnais Heights, Minn. 

Visitation will be held from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday at Honsa Family Funeral Home, 2460 East County Road E., White Bear Lake, Minn., and for one hour prior to the service at church. 

Interment will be in Sunset Memorial Park, Minneapolis, Minn.

She was preceded in death by her father, James Schmelzer, and her brother, Edward Schmelzer. 

She is survived by her husband, David Sowder; her son, Eric (Becky) Sowder; grandchildren Maddy and Lucy; her mother, Virginia Schmelzer of West Union; siblings Teresa Koch and Mary Schmelzer.