Obituaries

Frederick Trapp

Frederick Trapp

Feb 1, 2016

Frederick Otto Trapp was born July 29, 1943 to Wilmar and Ethel (Weber) Trapp in Springfield, MN. Fred was baptized and confirmed at Zion Lutheran Church in Sanborn. He attended school in Sanborn and graduated in 1961. In January of 1962, he enlisted in the Air Force and was honorably discharged in January of 1982. On July 31, 1965,...

Harold Orville Beyer

Harold Orville Beyer

Feb 1, 2016

Harold Orville Ernest Beyer was born April 8, 1926, in Vivian Township, Waseca County, to Ernest and Lena (Steffen) Beyer. He attended School District #33. Harold was united in marriage to Norma Rae Callahan on December 11, 1947, at the First Lutheran Church in Wells. The couple lived with Harold's parents for 1 1/2 years before moving to New...

Roger Clark Lunz

Roger Clark Lunz

Feb 1, 2016

Roger Clark Lunz was born on May 18, 1964, in St. James, Minnesota, the son of Clark and LaVonne (Oskerson) Lunz. Roger grew up in the St. James area graduating from St. James High School in 1983. While he was in high school he was involved in wrestling and the school safety patrol. After high school he went to...

Melvin James Groff

Melvin James Groff

Jan 31, 2016

Melvin J. Groff, age 77, of Fairfax, MN, formerly of Sleepy Eye, died on January 31, 2016, at Fairfax Community Home. Melvin James Groff was born on April 1, 1938 the son of Halvor and Verna (Johnson) Groff. He was baptized and confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church in Sleepy Eye. He graduated from Sleepy Eye Public High School in...

Philip Andrew Scherman

Philip Andrew Scherman

Jan 29, 2016

Philip Andrew Scherman age 74, of Madelia, Minnesota died on January 29, 2016, at his home. Philip Andrew Scherman is survived by his wife, Rena (Theis) Scherman; son, Gregory (Mery) Scherman; grandchildren, Joe, Anton, Cecelia (Adam), David, Noah, Hannah, Emmanuel, Hugo; great-grandchild, Tatum; siblings, Regina Kruger, Mary Sherman, Ron (Rosalie) Scherman, Martha Theis, Primrose Cleverly, Virginia Andrens, Anah Zeboskey,...

Ethel Finger

Ethel Finger

Jan 29, 2016

Ethel Finger was born on May 6, 1922, to Harry and Clara (Sanders) Sanders south of St. James on the family farm. She attended St. Paul Lutheran School until 6th grade. Ethel's family moved to Comfrey and she attended the public school until 11th grade and then went on to graduate from St. James High School. On January 11,...

Jim Palmquist

Jim Palmquist

Jan 27, 2016

Earl James Palmquist (Jim) was born in St. James, MN on January 16, 1965 to Swen and Edna (Baker) Palmquist. Jim attended school in St. James where he graduated in 1984. After graduating high school he began to work at Tony Downs in St. James. In 1987 he met the love of his life, Rebecca (Becky) Lynn Ring. One...

Kenneth 'Kap' Kastner

Kenneth 'Kap' Kastner

Jan 26, 2016

Kenneth "Kap" Howard Kastner, 91, formerly of Lamberton, passed away January 26th, 2016 in Rochester, at St. Marys Hospital. Kap was born July 5, 1924 in Lamberton, MN. He was the son of Otto and Anne (Steinke) Kastner. He was baptized as an infant July 27, 1924 by Rev. Langholz and was confirmed June 26, 1938 at Zion Lutheran...

Marian Johnson

Marian Johnson

Jan 25, 2016

Marian Margaret Johnson was born on December 1, 1946, at the Loretto Hospital in New Ulm, MN, the daughter of John and Regina (Graml) Wunsch. She was raised on a dairy farm near Evan. She attended District #220 country school and St. Mary's in Sleepy Eye. Marian was confirmed on May 21, 1967, at Trinity Lutheran Church and was...

Earl Robert Altmann

Earl Robert Altmann

Jan 25, 2016

Earl Robert Altmann was born on August 9, 1929, in West Newton Township to Herbert J. and Amelia (Bastian) Altmann. He was united in marriage to Beverly on April 27, 1957. Earl loved to work on anything that was built before the 1960s, including restoring several Model-T Fords. He spent many hours researching historic sites where he metal detected...

Wayne Bittner

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...