Obituaries
William "Bill" Watkins
Jan 1, 2016
William (Bill) Joseph Watkins was born on February 7, 1946, to Art and Viola (Kotten) Watkins in the Comfrey Hospital. He was baptized on February 17, 1946, at St. Paul's Catholic Church in Comfrey. He was brought home to the farm to join his two older sisters and later nine other brothers and sisters, and all of them knew...
Beverly Jean Huettl
Dec 31, 2015
Beverly was born March 17, 1931, in Mankato, Minnesota to Harry J. and Grace (Nelson) Currier. She graduated with honors from Mankato High School in 1949, and attended Gustavus Adolphus College and Mankato State University for one year each. She married William W. Huettl on July 14, 1951, in Mankato. St. James has been her home since 1961. Bev...
Ronald Richard 'Dick' Wellman
Dec 30, 2015
Ronald Richard "Dick" Wellman was born April 7, 1938, on the family farm in Nelson Township near St. James, MN, the son of Henry and Ida (Elsing) Wellman. Dick attended country school through the 9th grade when he quit to take over the family farm with his brother. On August 18, 1957, he was united in marriage to Delores...
Peter Kenneth Reuter
Dec 26, 2015
Peter Kenneth Reuter was born January 24, 1921, on the family farm near Lismore, Minnesota. He was the son of Peter Kenneth Reuter, Sr. and Katherine (Schiltz) Reuter. Peter grew up on the farm and attended St. Anthony Catholic School in Lismore. Peter worked with his father on the family farm for several years. On April 2, 1945, he...
Roger A. Wolling
Dec 25, 2015
Roger Andrew Wolling was born on May 31, 1934 in Fairfax, MN to Andrew L. and Ida (Mundahl) Wolling. He grew up on the family farm in rural Fairfax and graduated from Fairfax High School in 1952. Roger served in the US Army for two years. He married Joyce Johnsen on December 3, 1966 in Sleepy Eye, MN. Roger...
Helen Ruth Wolle
Dec 22, 2015
Helen Ruth (Davis) Wolle was born April 23, 1920, to Clarence and Alma (Sosinski) Davis. She attended school in Lewisville and St. James. On February 1, 1948, Helen Ruth was united in marriage to Herbert Wolle at Zion Lutheran Church in Lewisville. They farmed in the Lewisville and Madelia areas. Helen Ruth was a member of Grace Lutheran Church...
Ronald Clark Simpson
Dec 17, 2015
Ronald Clark Simpson age 59, of Madelia, Minnesota went to be with his higher power due to heart complications on December 17, 2015, at the Mayo Clinic Health System in Mankato, Minnesota surrounded by his loving family and friends. Ronald Clark "Ron" Simpson was born to Richard "Dick" and Nylene (Jahnz) Simpson in Madelia, MN on May 20, 1956....
Harold Dean Herrig
Dec 17, 2015
Harold Dean Herrig, St. James and formerly of Mountain Lake, died on December 17, 2015. He was born on April 18, 1935 to Carl and Bena (Kies)Herrig in Storm Lake, Iowa. He did construction and masonry work most of his life. In 1966, he started Herrig's Construction in Mountain Lake. Harold continued working in the construction business until 2000....
Alfred William Scholer
Dec 14, 2015
Alfred William (Wilhelm) Scholer passed away on December 13, 2015 at the age of 94 years in Alexandria, Minnesota. A funeral service will be held at 2:00 pm on Tuesday, December 29, 2015 at the Butterfield Community Church in Butterfield, MN. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Alfred Scholer was born on March...
Margaret Louise Warling
Dec 11, 2015
Margaret Louise (Anderson) Warling, 71, of St. James, MN, passed away on December 11, 2015, at her home with her husband and children at her side. Margie loved music, reading, and playing cards with her family, especially gin rummy with her son, Darin, and cribbage with her daugher, Meegan. She loved being a wife, mother, and grandmother and found...
Clarence "Joe" J. Pankratz
Dec 8, 2015
Clarence "Joe" Joseph Pankratz was born on January 28, 1948, in Sleepy Eye, the son of Clarence and Elaine (Walter) Pankratz. He graduated from Willmar High School in 1966. He was united in marriage to Barbara King on August 26, 1967, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Willmar and later divorced. He graduated from Moorhead State University with a...
Lawrence Benjamin Peterson
Dec 8, 2015
Lawrence Benjamin Peterson was born April 2, 1933 to Mauritz Benjamin Peterson and Jessie Elliot (Lewis) Peterson. After a brief illness, Lawrence went home to be with the Lord on December 8, 2015. He was 82 years old. Lawrence leaves behind his loving wife of 61 years, Betty Marie (Bachmann) Peterson; his children: Lynn (Darrell) Hockenberry of Anita, Iowa;...
Ruth Ann Jones
Dec 7, 2015
Ruth Ann Jones was born March 29, 1930, in Kimball Township, Jackson County, MN to Leo and Mae (Kruger) Gohr. She was confirmed at the Kimball Lutheran Church in 1944, and graduated from Mountain Lake High School in 1948. Ruth then attended Mankato Beauty School and graduated in 1949. She was a Minnesota Certified Registered cosmologist and worked in...
Mary Ann Myers
Dec 4, 2015
Mary Ann Tiell was born in St. James, MN, on January 25, 1945, the daughter of Gustave and Julia (Sandmeyer) Tiell. She grew up in St. James and graduated from St. James High School in 1963. She worked as an assistant cook at the high school for 3 years. She worked at Tony Downs for 6 months before moving...
Marilyn Jeanette 'Snookie' Sawatzky
Dec 3, 2015
Marilyn Jeanette "Snookie" Sawatzky was born September 27, 1928 to Thomas and Helen (Elg) Kelley in Mt. Lake, MN. She was a graduate of Comfrey High School. As a young woman, Marilyn worked as a waitress at Kelley's Cafe, which was owned by her family. On May 26, 1951, she was united in marriage to Harvey Sawatzky at Faith...
Souksavanh 'Kalang' Luangvija
Dec 3, 2015
It is with deep sadness that we announce the death of much admired "Kalang", who passed away on Thursday, December 3, 2015. We were deeply saddened to hear the news that Kalang passed away at age 62. He was a brave and courageous man. We will never forget Kalang, he will be dearly missed and remembered in the hearts...
Sylvester Joseph Kotten
Dec 3, 2015
Sylvester "Vesty" Joseph Kotten was born December 25, 1929 the son of John and Theckla (Ruffing) in Home Township. He was united in marriage to Mary Ann (Hengel) on November 27, 1956 at St. Mary's Church in Sleepy Eye. Vesty enjoyed spending time with his grandchildren, playing cards and watching Minnesota Vikings games and western movies. One of his...
Elton Schade
Dec 2, 2015
Elton Henry Schade, age 74 of Comfrey, MN, formally of Elmwood, TN passed away December 2, 2015 at Sleepy Eye Hospital after a courageous, several year battle with lung cancer. Elton was born on June 5, 1941 in Springfield, MN to parents Jasper and Fredina (Thompson) Schade. After school, he moved to Oregon and worked in an aluminum plant....
Dolores Fern Friton
Nov 30, 2015
Dolores Fern Friton age 87, of Sleepy Eye, died November 30, 2015, at Divine Providence Community Home in Sleepy Eye, MN. Dolores was born on January 3, 1928 to Holger Olin and Daphene Naomi (Simning) Peterson in Foreston, MN. She graduated from Sleepy Eye Public High School in 1945. Dolores married O. Lloyd Friton on April 28, 1946 at...
Diane Pearl Runck
Nov 24, 2015
Diane Runck was born September 24, 1929, in Springfield, MN to Clarence and Ursula (Bellig) Hammett. She grew up in Redwood County and graduated from Springfield High School. On October 4, 1947, Diane married Lowell Runck in Minneapolis. Diane and Lowell lived on a farm west of Springfield for 65 years where they raised 3 children. Diane enjoyed farming...
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