The memorial service for Nadine J. "Sis" Mewhorter will be at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, September 24, 2017 in River Park Chapel at Macken Funeral Home with Father Robert Meyer officiating. Burial will be at a later date at St. Agnes Cemetery in Kellogg, MN. A visitation will be held from 1:00-3:00 p.m. at the funeral home on Sunday.

Mrs. Mewhorter, 79, of Rochester, died peacefully Tuesday, September 12, 2017 at her home of an illness she fought for nine months. Nadine was born June 13, 1938 in Wabasha to Michael and Martha Evers Blee.

Sis, a lifelong resident of Rochester graduating from Lourdes High School in 1957. She married Dwaine Mewhorter June 1, 1968 at St. Pius X Catholic Church in Rochester. Dwaine died March 15, 2008. Sis was a clerk at the Colonial Lanes in Rochester for 42 years, and later worked at Strikers Lounge in Stewartville for ten years. She started both junior and senior leagues in Rochester. She was inducted in to the local and state Bowling Hall of Fame. She was a charter member of the Eagles Auxiliary and also a member of St. Francis Catholic Church.

Survivors include her four children, Vickie Mewhorter, Jeanne (Mark) Hanson, Patrick Mewhorter, all of Rochester, and D. Mike (Chrissy) Mewhorter of Lakeville, MN; seven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren; and two brothers, Hugh Blee of Mantorville and Paul "Ronnie" (Mona) Blee of Grand Junction, CO. She is also survived by many nieces and nephews. Sis was preceded in death by her husband. She will be greatly missed by all who knew her.