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Helmuth Buchkosky, age 92, passed away peacefully five days before his 93rd birthday, and was reunited with our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, Thursday, October 23, 2008.

He is preceded in death by his first wife, Louise Anna and brother, Walter O.

Survived by second wife, Waltraut; children David, Jim (Diane), Paul (Ruth), Mary (Randy); step-children, David, Tom and Teri; 13 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren.

Funeral services were held Wed. October 29, 2008 at Kost Evangelical Free Church, North Branch.

Interment at Sunset Memorial Park in Minneapolis. Memorials preferred to his grandaughter's mission work in Romania, in the name Tineri Pentu Misiune (TPM.) Grandstrand Funeral Home handled arrangements.

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