SEARLES–Mary K. Kraus, 62 of Searles died on Friday, December 20th, 2024, at the New Ulm Medical Center in New Ulm. Mass of Christian burial will be 11 a.m. on Friday, January 3, 2024, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in New Ulm.  Monsignor Eugene Lozinski will celebrate the Mass, and burial will follow in the St. John the Baptist Cemetery in rural Searles. Visitation will be held from 4-7 p.m. on Thursday, January 2, 2024, and continue from 9-10:30 a.m. on Friday, January 3rd all at the Minnesota Valley Funeral Home-NORTH CHAPEL in New Ulm.The Christian Mothers will pray the rosary at 4pm on Thursday at the Cathedral in New Ulm. Mary is survived by her husband, Randy Kraus of Searles; her daughter, Jada Brinkman of Waseca; her son, Jesse Kraus of Searles; her mother, Suzanne Braun of Sleepy Eye; and her mother-in-law, Elaine Kraus of New Ulm. The full obituary will follow in a later edition of The Journal.