Earl Mielke, age 78 of New Germany, passed away Wednesday (12/12) at the Good Samaritan Center in Waconia.  Funeral Service will be Tuesday (12/18) at. 11 am at St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Lester Prairie.  Interment in the church cemetery.  Visitation will be held Monday from 5-7 pm at the Paul-McBride Funeral Chapel in Lester Prairie and will continue one hour prior to the service at the church.  Arrangements are with the Paul-McBride Funeral Chapel in Lester Prairie.