Stanley Rache, formerly of rural Granite Falls, died on Friday, December 23, 2011 At the Glen Oaks Nursing Home in New London, MN at the age of 89. Funeral services will be conducted on Friday, December 30, 2011 at 11:00 A.M. at Bergen Lutheran Church with Rev. Steve Weston officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be Thursday afternoon and evening with the family present from 5 - 7 P.M. and with a prayer service at 6:30 P.M. at the Anderson Funeral Home in Montevideo. Stanley Arthur Rache was born on June 3, 1922 in Stony Run Township of Yellow Medicine Co., MN to Mons and Sophia (Simonson) Rache. He was baptized in June of 1922 and confirmed in September of 1935, both at Bergen Lutheran church and attended school in District 14 in rural Stony Run Township. On September 16, 1956 he was united in marriage to Audrey Syde at the Maynard Baptist Church. He served in the U.S. Army during World war II. He farmed and lived in Stony Run Township until moving into Montevideo in 1995. In 2009 he moved to the Glen Oaks Care Center in New London. He was a lifelong member of Bergen Lutheran Church, serving on the cemetery board and as an usher for many years. He was also a member of the Farmers Union and the American Legion. He was an avid farmer and enjoyed camping, fishing and all things outdoors. He is survived by two children: Kevin Rache (and friend Leann Rhode) of Spicer, MN and Karen (and Mike) Hammond of Prior Lake, MN; four grandchildren: Adam Rache, Erika Ketchens, Dustin Hammond and Nathan Hammond; nine great grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife Audrey in 1994; five brothers: Charles, Henry, Monroe, Levi and Roy Rache and by two sisters: Dena Monson and Evelyn Doseth