Obituaries
Wayne Bittner
Jan 24, 2016
Wayne Gordon Bittner age 47, of Lamberton, MN died on January 24, 2016, in Lamberton, MN. Wayne Gordon Bittner was born on March 6, 1968, in Redwood Falls, MN, the son of Glenn and Joyce (Anderson) Bittner. He graduated from Lamberton High School in 1986. He was enlisted into the Air Force and was honorably discharged. He was united...
Gertrude Anna Weedman
Jan 23, 2016
Gertrude Anna Mary Rosenau was born in Eldridge, ND on February 1, 1923, to Herman and Marie (Trebesch) Rosenau. After moving to Minnesota, they lived on a farm by Lamberton. Gertrude graduated from Lamberton High School. She was united in marriage to Kenneth Weedman on November 6, 1942, at the Zion Lutheran Parsonage in Sanborn. When Kenneth returned from...
Blanche Olive Hutchinson
Jan 22, 2016
Blanche Olive (Voigt) Hutchinson was born March 5, 1919 near Fenton, Iowa to Charles and Kate Voigt. On April 20, 1939 Blanche was united in marriage to Fred Hutchinson in Terrel, Iowa. They made their home on a farm near Terril, Iowa until 1949 when they moved to a farm near Revere, Minnesota. Fred retired and they moved to...
Helen Peterson
Jan 22, 2016
Helen Peterson was born January 10, 1915, in Morristown, MN to Rev. Albert Merril and Mabel Pearl (Wilkinson) Folk. As a young child, her family moved to Palemero, NY. In 1925, Helen, her mother and siblings moved to Welcome, MN where one of Helen's chores was to keep her brother Harold occupied. She did fairly well in school but...
Margaret Berberich
Jan 21, 2016
Margaret Ann Berberich was born on January 22, 1940, the daughter of Lester and Selma (Hageman) in Springfield, MN. She grew up on a farm in Stately Township. As a child she enjoyed spending overnights with friends on her dad's land by the falls, which is now Wellner-Hageman Dam. Margaret graduated from Comfrey High School in 1958. After graduation...
Lloyd Emil Weckwerth
Jan 18, 2016
Lloyd Emil Weckwerth was born January 22, 1929, in Stately Township, Brown County, MN to Emil and Edna (Schleusner) Weckwerth. He served with the U.S. Army from December 3, 1952 to November 10, 1954 where he earned the National Defense Service Medal. Lloyd was united in marriage to Mildred Sandmeyer on May 6, 1955, at First Lutheran Church in...
Catherine Reed
Jan 17, 2016
Catherine Marie Reed was born on August 10, 1954 in Madelia, Minnesota; she was the daughter of Meril and Gladys (Moeller) Reed. Catherine loved animals. She was a proud member of the ASPCA. She enjoyed cross stitch, and spending time with her grandson Ayden. She had made her home in Colorado, Oregon, Tennessee and Minnesota. She was a big...
Ralph Jon Zwaschka
Jan 16, 2016
Ralph Jon Zwaschka was born on January 11, 1949 in Comfrey, MN to Alfred & Evone (Anderson) Zwaschka. He attended St. Paul's Catholic School and graduated from Comfrey Public School in 1967. Ralph believed in higher education and was a Southwest State-Marshall, MN graduate and received a degree in Health/Phy.Ed in 1972. He continued his studies at Mankato State...
Dennis W. Braun
Jan 14, 2016
Dennis W. Braun was born April, 19th, 1934 in Stark township to Aloys and Loretta (Hoffmann) Braun. He was one of six children. He grew up on the family farm and attended school until the 9th grade. He had a passion for flying and he managed to get his pilot's license with the help of his mother at the...
Evangeline May 'Vangie' Harder
Jan 12, 2016
Evangeline 'Vangie' Harder was born June 10, 1922, in Mountain Lake Township, Cottonwood County to Eilert, Sr. and Gerdena (Siefkes) Strenge. She was united in marriage to Diedrich Harder on October 26, 1943, at Bethel Mennonite Church in Mountain Lake. The couple lived in Butterfield where they did corn shelling and trucking. They then moved to a farm in...
Phyllis Jane Sellner
Jan 10, 2016
Phyllis "Jane" Sellner was born on July 2, 1936 the daughter of Harold and Lucille (Krier) Christensen in Tyler, MN. She grew up in Tyler and graduated from high school. Jane was united in marriage to Herman Sellner on November 26, 1955 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Sleepy Eye. She worked as a nurses aid at the Sleepy...
Willis 'Bill' Hannifin
Jan 9, 2016
Willis "Bill" Hannifin, age 82, of Greenville, South Carolina, formerly of Madelia, Minnesota died on January 9, 2016 at the Cascades Verdae in Greenville, South Carolina. Bill Hannifin was born in Madelia, MN, he was the son of the late Francis and Irene G. Pauley Hannifin. Mr. Hannifin served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War. He...
Theodore 'Ted' Mason
Jan 9, 2016
Ted Mason was born on March 26, 1954 the son of Walter and Cecelia (Boegemann) in South St. Paul. He graduated from Park Rapids High School and then later technical school for carpentry. He served in the National Guard for 4 years. Ted and Susan (Crook) were joined together through marriage on October 23, 1976 in Park Rapids. He...
Monica Ann Welke
Jan 8, 2016
Monica A. Welke, age 72, of Madelia, MN died on January 8, 2016, at Mayo Clinic Health System, Mankato, MN. Monica Ann (Schmiesing) Welke was born to Rudolph and Clara (Basmoen) Schmiesing in New Ulm, MN on July 17, 1943. Monica grew up in rural Hanska, MN and attended country school in the area and later, Sleepy Eye High...
Michael Charles Salem
Jan 7, 2016
Michael was born on May 29, 1961 in St. James, Minnesota to Joseph and Margaret (Wynn) Salem. They were thrilled to have a son after having had three daughters. Michael graduated from Butterfield-Odin High School in 1979. He then attended school at Willmar Vo-Tech for auto mechanics. Soon after graduation, Michael purchased and operated Salem Automotive in Butterfield from...
Janice Marie Anderson
Jan 6, 2016
Janice Marie Anderson was born on February 29, 1940, in Mountain Lake, MN, the daughter of Lewis and Rosella (Feil) Wellner. She grew up on a farm in Stately Township and graduated from Comfrey High School in 1958. Janice attended college for a short time in Mankato and then moved to the Twin Cities to work. She married M....
Alberto Gracia-Palacios
Jan 6, 2016
Alberto Gracia-Palacios was born May 31, 1996 in Mankato, MN, the son of Melchor and Sylvia Gracia. He was raised and educated in St. James. He was baptized on July 4, 1999 at the Catholic Church of San Fernando, Tamaulipas in Mexico. As a kid he always enjoyed playing xbox, Nintendo ds, and had a passion for his yu-gi-oh...
Edward John Pautzke, Jr.
Jan 6, 2016
Ed Pautzke, Jr. was born April 14, 1929 to Edward and Grace (Meierbachtol) Pautzke in Burnstown Township in Brown County, MN. He was raised and educated in Springfield. He then served in the US Army during the Korean War and returned to the family farm. On November 19, 1949, Ed was united in marriage to LaVonne Roiger in Springfield....
Nancy Jane Kroeker
Jan 4, 2016
Nancy Jane (Regehr) Kroeker, of Mission, Texas, formerly of Mountain Lake, Minnesota, passed from this earthly life to eternal life, on January 4, 2016, surrounded by her entire family, after a short battle with cancer. She was born July 27, 1941, in Mountain Lake, Minnesota to Harry and Helen Regehr. She accepted Christ as her Savior as a young...
Frieda Jeanne Hanson
Jan 2, 2016
Frieda "Jeanne" Hanson was born on September 30, 1934, to Henry and Frieda (Krueger) Feeken at the Springfield Hospital. She attended school in Comfrey and graduated with the class of 1952. In 1953, Jeanne ventured to Washington, DC to work as a file clerk for the FBI. She missed her family and decided to move back to Comfrey and...
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