Obituaries
Charles Alden Haug
May 4, 2017
~~We are sad to announce the passing of beloved husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather and friend: Charles Alden Haug. Charles was born December 2, 1922 in Madelia to Martin and Alice (Johnson) Haug. He attended rural school in Watonwan County and graduated from Madelia High School in 1941. He graduated from Minnesota School of Business in 1942 and began...
Elaine Davidson
May 3, 2017
Elaine Davidson passed away on Wednesday, May 03, 2017 at Pleasant View Good Samaritan Society in St. James. Elaine Vivian Romsdahl was born in St. James, MN, on June 10, 1921, the daughter of Joseph Nehamiah Romsdahl and Ida Cecila (Eckstrom) Romsdahl. Elaine grew up in St. James and graduated from St. James High School. She married Han Needham...
Janice Awes
May 3, 2017
Janice Awes, of Chicago, IL, wife of the late Rev. Robert Awes the former pastor of LaSalle Lutheran Church, passed away on Wednesday, May 3, 2017 at the St. Benedicts Nursing Center in Niles, IL. Funeral services will be 11am, Tuesday, May 16th at LaSalle Lutheran Church in LaSalle with Rev. Sarah Taylor officiating. Burial will follow in the...
Shirley Hagen
May 3, 2017
Shirley Hagen passed away on Wednesday, May 3, 2017 at Pleasant View Good Samaritan Society in St. James. Shirley Arlene Bonderman was born on March 15, 1925 in St. James, MN, the daughter of Paul and Edna (Cornelius) Bonderman. Shirley grew up on a farm in rural Madelia Minnesota where she loved riding horses with friends and her sister...
Eleanor Frank
May 2, 2017
Eleanor Theresa was welcomed into this world on November 7, 1934 at her parent's farm in Browerville, MN. She was the third of seven children born to Charles and Mary Drayna and was baptized and confirmed at St. Joseph's Catholic Church. She attended St. Joseph's Catholic School in Browerville from the 1st - 8th grade, and continued her High...
Ernest Albert 'Ernie' Lehman
Apr 29, 2017
Ernest Albert "Ernie" Lehman was born in Mountain Lake, MN to Reinhold and Antonia Lehman on October 5, 1933. Ernie grew up in Madelia and was a graduate of Madelia High School in 1952. He was united in marriage to Gail Jensen on June 7, 1958. The couple resided in rural Madelia for nearly 60 years. Ernie worked as...
Charles 'Bill' Danger
Apr 29, 2017
Charles 'Bill' Danger, age 85 of Saint James, Minnesota died Saturday, April 29, 2017, at Pleasant View Good Samaritan Center in Saint James, Minnesota. Service will be held at the First Lutheran Church in St. James, on Thursday, May 4, 2017 at 10:30 am with Rev. Maggie Cumings officiating. Burial will be at the Mount Hope Cemetery in St....
Patricia Ruth 'Pat' Schmidtke
Apr 26, 2017
Patricia Schmidtke, age 71, of Mankato died on Wednesday, April 26, 2017 at Mayo Clinic Health Care System in Mankato. Patricia Ruth Simpson was born November 6, 1945 near Willmar, MN, the daughter of Harold & Clara (Schwingler) Simpson. Pat grew up and graduated high school in Madelia. Pats journey took her from Minnesota, to Colorado, to Iowa, and...
Jose G. Linan
Apr 25, 2017
Jose Guadalupe Linan was born in San Francisco, Guanajuato, Mexico on September 7, 1932 to Miguel Linan and Natividad Palma. Jose Linan was united in marriage to Francisca Garcia in the 1950s in Guanajuato, Mexico. The couple then moved to Sleepy Eye in 1990. Jose enjoyed spending time with his family, fishing, gardening, and cooking. Jose was a migrant...
Richard "Rich" E. Martinka
Apr 20, 2017
Richard Emil Martinka was born on December 1, 1943 in Sleepy Eye, MN, the son of Sylvester and Lucille (Eickholt) Martinka. He grew up and attended school in Sleepy Eye. Richard married Rose Zarn on May 1, 1965 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Sleepy Eye. He worked for Pietrus, Culligan and AMPI where he retired at the age...
Stena Goedtke
Apr 20, 2017
Stena Goedtke, died Thursday, April 20, 2017 at rural Comfrey, MN. Stena Wagner was born to Melchert and Adelia Wagner on July 11, 1933 on a farm near Rushmore, MN. She grew up on the farm and attended rural school, graduating at age 12. Following her schooling she began working for families in the area helping out as needed....
Aasten Braaten
Apr 19, 2017
Aasten Braaten, age 86, of Butterfield, died at his home on Wednesday, April 19, 2017. Funeral services will be 10:30am, Saturday, April 22, 2017 at the Community Bible Church in Butterfield with Rev. Tim Hall officiating. Burial will be at the Butterfield Community Bible Church Cemetery in Butterfield. Visitation will be Friday at Sturm Funeral Home in St. James...
Alice Boettger
Apr 19, 2017
Alice Jane Boettger was born on April 27, 1941, in Springfield, MN, the daughter of Albert and Adina (Zimmermann) Schultz. She attended country school and graduated from Springfield High School. She worked at Lloyd's Lumber in Mankato as a bookkeeper. Alice was united in marriage to Richard Boettger on November 25, 1960, in Springfield. She worked as a bookkeeper...
Phyliss Vogel
Apr 19, 2017
Private Family Services were held on Friday, April 21, 2017, at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Springfield. Phyliss June Vogel was born on June 24, 1929 to Herbert and Irene (Ripley) Weber in Sanborn, MN. She spent her childhood in Sanborn and graduated from Springfield High School. On September 5, 1949 she was united in marriage to Leander W....
Frances M. Gores
Apr 18, 2017
Fritzo (Frances) was born October 18, 1963, to Philip and Catherine (Wiltscheck) Sellner in Sleepy Eye. She attended St. Mary's Catholic School, graduating salutatorian in 1982. She then attended St. Mary's School of Nursing in Rochester, earning her L.P.N. degree in 1983. After working several years at the Sleepy Eye hospital, she dedicated the rest of her professional career...
David Robert Roberts
Apr 16, 2017
David R. Roberts was born to Kendall and Marion Roberts on July 24, 1955. He grew up in Madelia, MN and graduated from Madelia High School in 1973. After graduating high school, David studied agriculture at Vo-Tech in Mankato and worked as a farmer all of his life. David married Alice Diekman on January 4, 1975 at Grace Lutheran...
Carol Johnson
Apr 14, 2017
Memorials preferred to the family (to be divided among Carol's favorite organizations). Carol Johnson, of St. James, passed away peacefully on April 14th, at the age of 85, with family by her side. Carol Nadine Utoft was born October 10th, 1931, in McIntosh, SD. Carol attended South Dakota State University, where she studied education and met Bob Johnson. Carol...
La Vonne 'Tiny' Eckstein
Apr 14, 2017
LaVonne Rose Haecherl, lovingly known as Tiny, was born in Sleepy Eye, Minnesota on March 6, 1942, the daughter of Archie and Lorraine (Helget) Haecherl. Tiny grew up in the Essig area and attended school at St. Mary's Catholic School. After graduating from high school she moved to Hutchinson where she worked at 3M for several years. On September...
Lorna E. Havemeier
Apr 13, 2017
Lorna Erdine Havemeier was born on a farm Northeast of Fairfax, MN on December 11, 1931 to Alfred & Ruth (Kiecker) Sell. She was baptized and confirmed at Emmanuel Lutheran Church near Fairfax. On November 1, 1949 Lorna married Clarence Havemeier at St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church in New Ulm, MN. The couple moved to Sleepy Eye in 1957...
Arnold David Regier
Apr 12, 2017
Arnold Regier - January 27, 1925 to April 12, 2017 Arnold was the fourth of eight children born to Reverend David and Barbara Regier. He was born at home on the farm near Mountain Lake, Minnesota, on January 27, 1925. He came to faith in Jesus at a young age and was baptized at the EMB Church, Mountain Lake,...
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