Carol M. Mullenbach, 77, of Rose Creek, Minnesota, passed away on Friday, Dec. 25, 2015, at Mayo Clinic Hospital, St. Marys Campus.

Carol Marie Mullenbach was born July 6, 1938m in Howard County, Iowa, the daughter of Hollis and Inga (Hansen) Jones. She attended rural schools and graduated from the Chester, Iowa, High School. Carol was married to Clarence P. Mullenbach on June 25, 1957, at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, in Johnsburg, Minnesota.

Carol was a member of St. Peter’s Catholic Church and the “Thursday Lunch Group.” She had worked at the Southland Elementary School in Rose Creek and loved visiting with family, friends and strangers. Carol enjoyed many hobbies, including fishing, dancing, reading and doing puzzles. She loved watching “Dancing with the Stars” and Lawrence Welk and enjoyed doing crafts and playing ball with her grandchildren.

Carol was preceded in death by her husband Clarence; her parents; mother-in-law and father-in-law; sisters and brother-in-law: Lucille Jones, Helen and Lorimer Eastland; brothers and sisters-in-law: Clarence and Donna Jones, Vernon and Lucile Jones, Harold Jones, Walter Jones and Betty Jones.

She is survived by her children: Connie Mullenbach, Rose Creek, Minnesota, Carl and Candy Mullenbach, Mapleview, Minnesota, Colleen and Larry McGraw, Owatonna, Minnesota, Todd and Judy Mullenbach, Austin, Minnesota, Al and Lynette Mullenbach, Rose Creek, Minnesota; grandchildren: Dustin, Joseph, Andrea, Steven, Madelyn, Julia, James, Melissa and Jessica; great-grandchildren: William, Nathan, Matthew, Maxwell, Olivia and Noah; brothers: Don Jones, Cresco, Iowa, Roger Jones, Manchester, Iowa; sisters-in-law: Dorothy Jones, Adams, Minnesota, Zona Jones, Grinnell, Iowa; nieces and nephews.

A funeral mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2015, at St. Peters Catholic Church, Rose Creek, Minnesota, with Father Dale Tupper officiating. Interment will be in the St. Peters Catholic Cemetery. There will be a 7 p.m. Rosary service on Tuesday at the Adams Funeral Home where visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. and at the church for one hour before the service on Wednesday morning.