Obituaries

Ronald John Danielson

Ronald John Danielson

Feb 15, 2017

Ronald J. Danielson age 66, of Mankato, MN, formerly of Lake Crystal, MN, died on February 15, 2017, at the Madelia Community Hospital. Ronald John Danielson was born in Fairmont, MN, to Earl and Naomi Danielson on February 14, 1951. He attended Fairmont schools, graduating in 1969 and worked in the Fairmont area in manufacturing and other jobs. Ron...

Catherine Elaine 'Tina' Olson

Catherine Elaine 'Tina' Olson

Feb 14, 2017

Tina was reunited with her Lord on Tuesday, February 14 2017. She was able to celebrate Valentine's Day with her husband once again! Catherine Elaine (Sawatzky) Olson was born April 1, 1927, to Jacob & Mary (Reimer) Sawatzky in St James, MN. She was affectionately referred to as Tina by family and friends and G-Tina by her grandchildren. Tina...

Mary Ann Kotten

Mary Ann Kotten

Feb 13, 2017

Mary Ann (Hengel) Kotten was born on April 4, 1938 on a farm outside of Wanda, MN, the daughter of George and Anna (Schroeder) Hengel. She attended St. Anne's Catholic School in Wabasso. Mary Ann worked at Del Monte until her marriage to Sylvester "Vesty" Kotten on November 27, 1956 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Sleepy Eye. After...

Florence Ennis

Florence Ennis

Feb 9, 2017

Florence Ennis was born to Charles and Anna (Pufahl) Schroeder on October 17, 1914. She grew up on the family farm in Germantown Township where she also attended school. Florence loved learning, but her family's finances prevented her from going on to high school in Jeffers. For the next four years Florence worked very hard doing tasks for her...

Mary E. Sellner

Mary E. Sellner

Feb 7, 2017

Mary Elaine Sellner was born on January 3, 1935 in Moorhead, MN to Charles and Bertha (Lotzer) Reiff. She grew up in Kent, MN and graduated from high school in Breckenridge, MN. Mary married Leander Sellner on July 17, 1965 in Leavenworth, MN. The couple made their home in Sleepy Eye where Mary worked as an LPN at the...

Juan Manuel Barron

Juan Manuel Barron

Feb 6, 2017

Juan Manuel Barron was born January 31, 1955 at La Virgen, Durango, Mexico, the son of Baudelio and Lucia Limones Hernandez Barron. He grew up and attended school in Mexico. On September 3, 1987 he married Maria de Barron. They immigrated to the United States in 1979 and lived in Butterfield for the past 38 years. Juan worked as...

Willmer Albert Buetow

Willmer Albert Buetow

Feb 5, 2017

Willmer Albert Buetow was born June 18, 1921 to Albert and Esther (Buth) Buetow in Redwood County near Lamberton, MN. He was baptized and confirmed at Zion Lutheran Church in Lamberton. On March 18, 1940 he was united in marriage to Dorothy Stein in Estherville, IA. The couple farmed northwest of Lamberton and moved into town in 1985. The...

Anna Marie Saldaña Romero

Anna Marie Saldaña Romero

Feb 5, 2017

Anna Marie Saldaa went home to Christ on February 5th, 2017. Anna was born on November 17th, 1976 in Madelia, MN where she grew up and lived. She graduated from Madelia High School in 1995. Anna was a very loving and devoted daughter, sister, aunt, and friend. Her smile and laughter will never be forgotten. She will also be...

David Albert Firchau

David Albert Firchau

Feb 5, 2017

David Firchau, age 77, of St. James died at his home on Sunday, February 5, 2017. In keeping with his wishes, his body will be cremated and no public service scheduled. David Albert Firchau was born in St. James on September 7, 1939, the son of Albert and Hulda (Johnson) Firchau. David worked as a mechanic. He married June...

Sylvester Joseph Weiss

Sylvester Joseph Weiss

Feb 3, 2017

Sylvester Weiss, age 95, of St. James died on Friday, February 3, 2017 at Pleasant View Good Samaritan Center in St. James. Mass of Christian Burial will be 11am, Saturday, February 11, 2017 at St. James Catholic Church in St. James. Burial will military honors will follow at Mt. Hope Cemetery in St. James. Visitation will be at the...

Anna Brehmer

Anna Brehmer

Feb 2, 2017

Visitation 1 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm Thursday, February 2, 2017 Sturm Funeral Home, St. James Chapel 906 - 10th Ave. S. St. James, Minnesota, United States 56081 Visitation 2 9:30 am - 10:30 am Friday, February 3, 2017 Augustana Lutheran Church- St. James 603 Armstrong Blvd. N. PO Box 151 Saint James, Minnesota, United States 56081 Service Information...

Delmar Roy Linscheid

Delmar Roy Linscheid

Jan 31, 2017

Delmar Linscheid was born November 25, 1932, in Butterfield, MN to Herbert and Sadie (Rupp) Linscheid. He was baptized upon his confession of faith in Jesus Christ and was a lifelong member of Butterfield Community Bible Church. Delmar was united in marriage to Phyllis Peters on March 17, 1957. He started working at Miller's Store in Butterfield during World...

Bonnie Lei Teigum

Bonnie Lei Teigum

Jan 30, 2017

Bonnie Lei (Barclay) Teigum was born to Donald and Joan (Priest) Barclay on February 28, 1943. Though she was born in Tucson, Bonnie grew up in Minneapolis, graduating from Washburn High School in 1961 and attending Mankato State the following year. There she met and married Bill Brown. They had two daughters, Carrie and Kristin. Following Bill's graduation, they...

Richard John 'Rick' Gilbertson

Richard John 'Rick' Gilbertson

Jan 30, 2017

Richard John Gilbertson Rick' was born in Marshall, Minnesota on November 23, 1963, the son of Richard Dick' and Marlys (Roiland) Gilbertson. Rick grew up in Arco, MN, for his first five years then the family moved to St. James where Rick graduated from high school in 1982. Rick worked several jobs, he enjoyed welding and was working as...

Anna May Brehmer

Anna May Brehmer

Jan 30, 2017

Anna May Elting was born in Fulda, Minnesota on May 18, 1928, the daughter of Erich and Alvina (Beckman) Elting. She grew up in Fulda and graduated from Fulda High School in 1946, she then went to business school in Minneapolis for a year. She met Bill Brehmer at a box social at church when he bought her box...

Joseph "Dutch" C. Schroepfer

Joseph "Dutch" C. Schroepfer

Jan 29, 2017

Joseph "Dutch" Clement Schroepfer was born on January 15, 1930 in Sleepy Eye, MN to Felix and Amelia (Sellner) Schroepfer. After Felix passed away, Amelia married Tony Heitzer. Dutch graduated from St. Mary's High School in 1948. He worked for Gambles Hardware, Berdan Wells and Standard Oil Station. Dutch served in the US Army from 1951-1953 where he was...

Darlene Selma Kunkel

Darlene Selma Kunkel

Jan 25, 2017

Darlene Selma (Johnson) Kunkel was born on April 8, 1928 to Albert and Linnea Johnson on the family farm in rural Odin, MN. Darlene married August Kunkel on June 14, 1946. Darlene was known as a great rock of strength to her family. She and her husband August celebrated 56 years of marriage before his passing in February 2001....

Arnie Clayton Frederickson

Arnie Clayton Frederickson

Jan 24, 2017

Arnie Clayton Frederickson was born in St. James, Minnesota, on May 12, 1936, son of Herbert and Julia (Torkelson) Frederickson. Arnie grew up on the family farm and attended country school through the eighth grade. In 1954 he graduated from St. James High School. He served two years in the Army and was stationed in Panama during the Korean...

Cyril Joseph Helget

Cyril Joseph Helget

Jan 23, 2017

Cyril was born on January 8, 1936, to Joseph Jr. and Loretta (Mathiowetz) Helget in Comfrey, MN. He attended and graduated from Comfrey High School. On June 10, 1959, Cyril was united in marriage to Arlene Flor at St. Raphael Catholic Church in Springfield. Cyril farmed throughout his life, being dairy farmers until 1993. He then continued crop farming...

Georgia Norell

Georgia Norell

Jan 21, 2017

Georgia Ann Norell was born September 6, 1930, in Ellsworth, MN, the daughter of John D. and Marian (Clark) Miller. Raised through the depression and WWII, Georgia graduated from Ellsworth High School, class of 1948. On February 9, 1949, Georgia and Clayton Norell were united in marriage, living for a short time in Comfrey, MN and the past 65...