Obituaries
Glen Erickson
Sep 15, 2017
Glen Erickson was born April 18, 1932, in Roseau, MN to August and Aurora (Lindeen) Erickson. Glen was a graduate of Comfrey High School in 1950. He then served with the U.S. Navy from 1951-1955 during the Korean War. Glen was united in marriage to Mavis Hauptli on February 12, 1956, at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Springfield. He...
Cornelius Block
Sep 14, 2017
Cornelius was born on September 2, 1919 to Abraham Block and Agatha (Janzen) Block in Mennon, Saskatchewan, Canada. He graduated from Henderson high school in Henderson, NE in 1939. He moved to Minnesota where he met and married Lillian Patient on August 20, 1940. They moved to Mahomet, IL where he worked in a drop forging shop until he...
Stanley Nelson
Sep 14, 2017
Stanley Raymond Nelson was born on December 16, 1947, the son of Joseph and Carol (Piotraschke) Nelson at the Windom Hospital. He grew up in Windom and attended Windom High School. He met and married Pamela Kay Warling on April 29, 1983 in Sioux Falls, SD. Stanley lived in Butterfield for 34 years and worked at Butterfield Foods for...
Milo Leon Thorson
Sep 9, 2017
Milo Thorson passed away on Saturday, September 9, 2017 at the Windom Area Hospital in Windom. Milo Leon Thorson was born on November 16, 1940 in Mountain Lake, Minn., the son of Carl and Hazel (Paulson) Thorson. Milo grew up in the Mt. Lake/ Butterfield area. He graduated from Butterfield High School. He served two and a half years...
Carol Gode
Sep 8, 2017
Carol Joyce Gode was born on July 9, 1927, in Springfield, MN, the daughter of Albert and Ella (Howe) Kersten. She attended and graduated from Springfield Public School in 1945. On September 25, 1946, Carol was united in marriage to Ellsworth Gode at the EUB Church in Springfield. The couple lived and farmed in Germantown Township until their retirement...
Constance Louise 'Connie' Clausen
Sep 3, 2017
Constance was born in Slayton, MN to Vincent and Myrtle(Knutson) Staples. They later moved to rural Pine River where they farmed. She graduated from Pine River High School and then moved to St. James were she was employed by Tony Downs Foods. She later met Lyle Clausen and was married in the Swanburg Church in rural Pine River. To...
Deloris Marie 'Fritzie' Hagen
Sep 2, 2017
On April 7, 1952, in St. James, Minnesota, Fritzie was born the youngest of three children to Ernest Bryant and Louise Seely. She married Mark Hagen and over the next 43 years they were blessed with three children: Jessica, Cara, and Luke, and three grandchildren, with one on the way. Fritzie and Mark made their lifelong home in St....
Ronald Duane Fast
Sep 1, 2017
Ron and his twin brother, Don, were born to Martin and Helen (Unruh) Fast in Wing, ND on June 7, 1930. He was baptized on May 15, 1949 when he joined the Bethel Mennonite Church in Mountain Lake. Ron married Carol Janzen on July 9, 1954. Together they celebrated 63 years of marriage. During his working years, Ron held...
Andrew Michael Juenemann
Aug 27, 2017
Andrew Michael Juenemann was born on June 3, 1990 to Greg and Lisa (Falk) Juenemann in New Ulm, MN. As an infant, Andy was baptized at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Clements and was later confirmed at the United Methodist Church in Springfield. He attended Springfield Public Schools and graduated in 2008. Andy was raised on the family dairy...
Janice Ann Mccormick
Aug 23, 2017
Janice McCormick, age 84, of St. James, died on Wednesday, August 23, 2017 at the Luther Memorial Home in Madelia. Private funeral services at Mt. Hope Cemetery in St. James. Janice Ann Johnson was born in St. James on September 3, 1932, the daughter of Ardilus and Myranda (Nelson) Johnson. She married Edward McCormick on May 9, 1952. The...
John Regier
Aug 21, 2017
John J. Regier was born on January 29, 1931 to Rev. David and Barbara (Epp) Regier in Mountain Lake, Minn. He grew up in Mountain Lake and graduated from Mountain Lake High School in 1949. John served 2 years under the 1-W service during the Korean War. He attended Moody Bible Institute and the University of MN. After his...
Joseph Sellner
Aug 21, 2017
Joseph H. Sellner, 60, of Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, died Monday, August 21, 2017, as a result of a fatal vehicle accident. Joe was born October 26, 1956, to Philip and Catherine (Wiltscheck) Sellner in Sleepy Eye. He attended St. Marys Catholic School, graduating in 1976. Joe was dedicated to farming in partnership with his brothers, Phil and Mike. Throughout...
Dennis Wayne Schmillen
Aug 21, 2017
Dennis Schmillen passed away on Monday, August 21, 2017 at Mayo Clinic Health System-St. James. Dennis Wayne Schmillen was born in St. James, MN, on June 22, 1929, the son of Frank (Oakes) and Cora (Hanson) Schmillen. Dennis grew up in St. James, he was baptized and confirmed at First Lutheran Church in St. James. Dennis graduated from St....
Thomas L. Roberts
Aug 18, 2017
Thomas L. Roberts was born on July 31, 1938 to William and Isabelle (McKenzie) Roberts in Sleepy Eye, MN. He grew up in Sleepy Eye and graduated from Sleepy Eye Public High School. From 1959-1965 he served in the U.S. Army as a medical corpsman. Tom was united in marriage to Joyce Schiller on June 16, 1962. After his...
Theodore J. Plumhoff
Aug 16, 2017
It is with great sadness that the family of Ted Plumhoff announces his passing on Wednesday, August 16, 2017, at the age of 57, at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester from complications related to cancer. A native of St. James, Minnesota, Ted will be lovingly remembered by his family as an avid Twins fan and devoted companion and care...
Tina Duerksen
Aug 15, 2017
Tina Duerksen was born June 22,1926 to Peter and Maria (Buller) Krause in Cottonwood County, Minnesota. She was dedicated in the Mennonite faith on June 22, 1927 and baptized June 1, 1941. She attended country school and graduated from the eighth grade in 1942 from School District 62. She attended Winter Bible School from 1942 to 1946 graduating with...
Merton Rettke
Aug 14, 2017
Merton Rettke of Odin passed away peacefully surrounded by family at Good Samaritan Pleasant View Nursing Home on Monday, August 14, at the age of 96 years. Services will be at St. Pauls' Ev. Lutheran Church in St. James, MN, on Friday, August 18, with Pastor Martin Lopahs officiating. A visitation will be on Thursday, August 17, from 5...
Sherman John Hubert
Aug 13, 2017
Sherman John Hubert was born June 25, 1935, in New Ulm, MN to John and Esther (Wegner) Hubert. He attended elementary school at District 28. As a child, Sherman liked to walk to the creek east of the farm place and fish, earning the nickname "Percher". He graduated from Lamberton High School in 1953 where he loved playing baseball...
Gloria Jean Eager
Aug 13, 2017
Gloria Jean Harris was born on May 17, 1941, in Madelia, Minnesota the daughter of Earl "Sonny" and Inez (Franke) Harris. She attended and graduated from Madelia High School. Gloria met and married Thomas Eager on July 29, 1961 at the St. Mary's Catholic Church in Madelia. Together they lived in Madelia until a house fire in 1962 and...
Robert Max 'Bob' Hruby
Aug 11, 2017
Robert "Bob" Max Hruby was born on May 5, 1926 to Jacob and Mary (Ostermeyer) Hruby in Mankato, MN. He attended Immanuel Lutheran School and then attended Mankato Public Schools. Bob was a WWII veteran who enlisted in 1943 and served for 2 years in the Southwest Pacific on a patrol craft escort for the US Navy. He was...
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