Obituaries
Helen Konz Mathwig
Dec 31, 2016
Helen Heppner was born on the family farm north of Butterfield, MN, on April 11, 1917, to Peter and Helena (Fast) Heppner. She was the 5th of 7 children in the family, and grew up on the farm with 4 brothers and 2 sisters. She attended country school north of Butterfield. On September 5, 1934, Helen married Felix Konz...
Charlotte Rae Holmquist
Dec 31, 2016
Charlotte Rae Nelson was born at the Saint James Hospital to Ervin and Myrtle (Wright) Nelson on September 5, 1944. With her parents and three older brothers, Gene, Jerry and Russ, she grew up on the Nelson Family Farm in South Branch Township. Her father, Ervin, passed away on May 18, 1949 after a short illness. Charlotte, her mother,...
Marilyn Weedman
Dec 31, 2016
Marilyn Aileen Weedman was born December 8, 1949, in Tracy, MN to Robert and Verona (Kringle) Knakmuhs. She graduated from Walnut Grove High School in 1967, and was united in marriage to Dennis Weedman on October 3, 1981, at the Sanborn United Methodist Church. Marilyn worked in restaurants and the Sanborn Golf Course before she and Dennis purchased the...
Marian Joan Eineke
Dec 30, 2016
Marian Joan Falk was born January 31, 1930 to John and Marie (Fast) Falk in Butterfield, MN. Marian was raised in Butterfield where she graduated from Butterfield Public School. She married Lorenz Eineke on October 10, 1948 at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in St. James, MN. Their marriage was blessed with three children; Lorna, Richard, and Lyle. Marian worked...
Thomas Mitchell Jensen
Dec 28, 2016
Tom was born on July 28, 1952 in Madelia, Minnesota to Jens and Edna (Christensen) Jensen. Tom had one brother John. Tom lived with his parents and/or brother till moving into REM in April of 1983, Tom was the first person to move into the new building and enjoyed his first evening looking though recipe books and planning his...
Bryon Bradley Forstner
Dec 24, 2016
Bryon Bradley Forstner, son of Vincent and Kristi Forstner, born August 13, 1994, passed away on Christmas Eve 2016 at the age of 22. He was the fourth of five boys, Trenton "TJ", Dustin, Andrew, Bryon, and Austin. Bryon graduated from Madelia High School in 2013. During high school, Bryon was active in choir and sports. His main love...
Willard Romberg
Dec 23, 2016
Willard Edwin Romberg was born on September 6, 1911 in Home Township, MN, to Frank F. Romberg and Wilhelmina "Minnie" Miller Romberg of Smiths Mill (near Janesville), MN. Willard grew up on the family farm near Sleepy Eye and attended country school, St. Johns Elementary School and graduated from Sleepy Eye High School in 1929. As an infant, Willard...
Sandra Jean Aden
Dec 23, 2016
Sandra Jean Nundahl was, the youngest of 3 children and only girl of James and Alice (Weller) Nundahl, born July 25, 1940 in Hanska, Minnesota. She grew up in Hanska where she attended school and church. She graduated from Hanska High School in 1958. On January 1, 1961, she married John Aden, Jr. at Zion Lutheran Church in Hanska....
Orvie August Kircher
Dec 21, 2016
Orvie Kircher, age 89, of Sanborn, MN peacefully passed away on Tuesday morning, December 21, 2016, at Garnette Gardens in Redwood Falls, MN. Orvie was born on August 6, 1927 to Ernest and Gertie Kircher in Lamberton, MN. He was united in marriage to Eulalie Fox on September 11, 1954; this union was blessed with four children. He was...
Andrew Vogel
Dec 20, 2016
Andrew Vogel was born on July 8, 1922 to Andrew and Anna (Mader) Vogel in North Star Township, rural Springfield. He grew up in rural Springfield and attended country school and St. Raphael's Catholic School. Andy served in the Army in the infantry during World War II in the North African Campaign. On August 25, 1954, he was united...
Leo A. Steffl
Dec 18, 2016
Leo Steffl died peacefully at his home with his family near him. He was born Nov. 3, 1939 to Harold and Beatrice (Barnes) Steffl. He attended St. Mary's School and graduated in the class of 1957. He joined the Army National Guard in 1958 and served 3 years where he was a Private skilled in rifle, pistol, and machine...
Peter William Tschetter
Dec 15, 2016
Rev. Peter William Tschetter was born on December 17, 1922 to Peter S. and Kathrine (Wipf) Tschetter on a farm near Huron, SD in Beadle Co. Peter died 2 days short of his 94th birthday on December 15, 2016 in Windom, MN. He attended Fairfield Country School #4 and high school in Aberdeen, Huron and Doland, SD, graduating in...
Delores Giersdorf
Dec 14, 2016
Delores Mae Giersdorf was born on January 8, 1928, in Truman, MN, the daughter of Albert and Alma (Tesch) Pauling. She attended and graduated from Lamberton High School. On September 6, 1947, she was united in marriage to Floyd Giersdorf in Wanda, MN. Following marriage, the couple farmed near Sanborn and moved to a farm near Lamberton in 1969....
Leila Flaherty
Dec 11, 2016
** PLEASE NOTE DATE CHANGE ** Leila Gertrude Thorn was born February 23, 1916 in Faribault, Minnesota, the daughter of Walter and Minnie (Langerman) Thorn. The family made their home in Milwaukee, Wisc. Where she attended school before moving back to Butterfield, Minnesota. In April 1940, she married Michael Alvin Flaherty of Mt. Lake at the St. James Catholic...
Marrion Bielen
Dec 10, 2016
Marrion Adeline Bielen was born October 26, 1931, in Thief River Falls, MN to Allie and Betsy (Troland) Webskowski. She attended school in Thief River Falls until moving to Sleepy Eye where she graduated from Sleepy Eye High School. Following her graduation, Marrion worked as a bank teller in Sleepy Eye until her marriage to Raymond Bielen on September...
James Paul Larson
Dec 7, 2016
James Paul Larson was born on November 22nd, 1941 to Paul and Edna (Duffy) Larson. He attended Rosendale Country School, District 13, and Saint James High School, graduating in 1960. In 1960 he took over running the family farm in Rosendale township after the untimely early passing of his father, Paul. At age 17, along with his uncle, Harry...
Carol J. Walden
Dec 4, 2016
Carol "Kite" was born on June 30, 1925 in Sleepy Eye, MN the daughter of Joseph and Hannah (Raverty) Fischer. After attending Sleepy Eye Public High School she married James Walden on March 1, 1943 in Medford, OR where Jim was stationed in the Army. Then the couple returned to Sleepy Eye and made their home here. She retired...
Jesse Royal Fromm
Dec 4, 2016
Jesse Royal Fromm was born August 12, 1957, in Springfield, MN to Alfred and Irene (Hauth) Fromm. A lifetime resident of Springfield, Jesse graduated from Springfield High School in 1977. He was united in marriage to Fenlan Weng (Helen Fromm) on October 14, 1997, in Fuzhou,China after the couple fell in love at first sight. Jesse worked at Hogen...
Thomas Lang
Dec 3, 2016
Thomas Lang was born on June 29, 1950, to Roman and Kathleen (Roeser) Lang in Springfield, MN. He attended and graduated from Springfield Public School in 1968. On December 10, 1983, Tom was married to Teresa Tiesler in Sioux Falls, SD. Tom worked at the Springfield Co-op, National Ag, Mathiowetz Construction, and Harvestland. Tom enjoyed trains (real and model),...
Loretta Marie Schmitz
Dec 3, 2016
Loretta Marie Pelzel was born September 12, 1927 in Heron Lake, Minnesota to parents Joseph and Stephana (Fried) Pelzel. She was the youngest of 11 children. She attended school in Heron Lake graduating in 1945. She was offered a chance for a secretarial internship at the Pentagon following her senior year, but had to decline for various reasons. She...
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