Obituaries
Kurt Moe
Sep 1, 2016
Kurt Moe was born May 4, 1943, in Hondo, Texas while his father was stationed at Hondo Airfield in Texas. He was involved in 4H and FFA and band. Graduated from Springfield High School with honors in 1961. Enrolled at the University Of Minnesota playing clarinet in Minnesota Marching Band. While there he worked as a teaching assistant in...
Alice Burmeister
Sep 1, 2016
Alice Burmeister was born June 22, 1931, in Holland, MN to Dick and Clara (Zeinstra) Vanderwal. She grew up on a farm and was united in marriage to Darvin Burmeister on September 13, 1949, in Jasper, MN. The couple farmed outside of Jasper until moving into Jasper in 1973. Alice enjoyed being a farmwife and mother to Darvin and...
Roland John Boettger
Aug 31, 2016
Roland 'Rollie' John Boettger was born October 3, 1925, in Springfield, MN to Arthur and Elsie (Kettner) Boettger. He graduated from Springfield High School then served with the U.S. Army during the Korean War. Rollie farmed with his father until taking over the farm on his own. He also was the course superintendent at the Springfield Golf Club for...
Della Mildred Pierce
Aug 27, 2016
Della Mildred Pierce was born October 8, 1927 to Oscar and Beth (Catlette) Pierce near Winnebago, MN. She had 7 brothers and sisters as well as 3 step siblings. She lived and worked at various places around the Blue Earth and Fairmont area. She retired in 1996. Prior to moving to Madelia, she was a member of the First...
Ernest Joseph Vogel
Aug 27, 2016
Ernest Joseph Vogel was born January 8, 1941 to William and Minnie (Matzke)Vogel in Springfield. He attended and graduated from Springfield High School in 1958. Ernie served in the Army from 1959 to 1964, serving some of his time as a paratrooper. On November 5, 1966, he was united in marriage to Nancy Roiger at St. Raphael's Catholic Church....
Harold Lyle 'Howie' Blumenshein
Aug 26, 2016
Harold Lyle "Howie" Blumenshein was born in Mankato, MN, the son of Rollie and Maggie (Skilling) Blumenshein. Howie grew up in Mankato where he graduated from Mankato High School in 1943. He then studied at the vo-tech before joining the US Navy, serving four years as a machinist, he was stationed in Hawaii and in China during his tour....
Frances Marion Ostberg
Aug 25, 2016
Frances Marion was born on September 24, 1915 in rural St. James, MN to James Franklin and Edna (Hegstrom) Forsyth. She grew up on the family farm in rural St. James, attended country school and graduated from St. James High School in 1933. After high school graduation she attended Mankato Teachers College 1933-1935 where she received her teaching certificate....
Edna B. Gerber
Aug 25, 2016
Edna Buller Gerber was the first of six children born to Peter J. Buller and Anna (Wiens) Buller Dirks on August 4, 1920 in Chinook, Montana. Edna was baptized at age 13 in Lustre, Montana in the Evangelical Mennonite Brethren Church before moving to Mt. Lake. She learned how to save and reuse things during the Great Depression, skills...
Shirley Hendley - Hansen
Aug 25, 2016
Shirley A. Hendley-Hanson, age 77, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family, on August 25, 2016, at Divine Providence Community Home in Sleepy Eye. She was born September 30, 1938, in Sleepy Eye, MN to Raymond and Rose (Helget) Mertz. She was a 1956 graduate of St. Mary's High School in Sleepy Eye. She worked as a bookkeeper for...
Russell Philip Johnson
Aug 24, 2016
Russell Philip Johnson was born September 10, 1934, in Prairieville Township, Brown County to Evald and Hazel (Borchart) Johnson. He served with the U.S. Army from 1957-59 and was united in marriage to Clarice Russenberger on December 15, 1962 at the Springfield EUB Church. Russell drove a milk truck, worked at S & S Concrete in Sanborn and Springfield,...
Marvin Roiger
Aug 23, 2016
Marvin Joseph Roiger was born on January 22, 1933 in Springfield, MN, the son of Arthur and Florence (Saffert) Roiger. He attended country school and helped on the family farm. He served in the U.S. Army and was honorably discharged in January 1955. He was united in marriage to Donna Gag on August 22, 1955, at Holy Trinity Catholic...
William Petersen
Aug 22, 2016
William "Bill" Otto Petersen was on born on April 16, 1934, in Willow Lake Township, Redwood County, the son of Otto and Isabelle (Petersen) Petersen. He attended Wanda Public School. Bill was drafted into the U.S. Army and served two years, part of his time was spent in Alaska. He was united in marriage to Marsha Wog on August...
Sylvia C. Sellner
Aug 21, 2016
Sylvia C. Sellner was born December 10, 1921, in Mulligan Township, Brown County to George and Rose (Prokosch) Zwaschka. She was united in marriage to Norbert Sellner on April 27, 1943, in Comfrey. The couple farmed in Mulligan Township for a few years before moving to Selma Township where they farmed until retirement. Sylvia was a member of St....
Jennifer Joy Anderson
Aug 20, 2016
Jennifer Joy Anderson was born to Garland and Adeline (Bartel) Anderson on January 31, 1968. She attended elementary and high school in Madelia. In 1988 she received an Associate in Arts degree in Early Childhood Development from the Waldorf College in Forest City, Iowa. Jennifer worked in full-time child care for several families and was most recently employed as...
Alvin "Bud" J. Fast
Aug 19, 2016
Alvin (Jacob) Fast, better known as "Bud" by family and friends, age 86 of Bingham Lake, Minnesota joined his Lord and loved ones on August 19th, 2016 at Sanford Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota with family at his side. He was born on August 10th, 1930 in Mountain Lake, Minnesota to Anna (Wieler) and Jacob Fast. He spoke...
Evelyn Marie Sackett
Aug 19, 2016
Evelyn Marie Sackett was born on July 16, 1922 in Windom, MN the daughter of Herbert S. and Mayme Emma (Moulton) Sackett. Evelyn attended grade school in Windom, and graduated Salutatorian of her class in Sleepy Eye, MN. She then attended Mankato State studying the upholstery profession. She followed that profession for over 50 years. Evelyn enjoyed gardening and...
Adella A. Tauer
Aug 14, 2016
Adella A. Tauer was born on November 21, 1926 in Stark Township, MN to Louis and Mary (Haala) Helget. She grew up in Stark Township and attended country school. Adella married Raymond W. Tauer on June 3, 1946 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Sleepy Eye. They made their home in Lake Hanska all of their lives. She worked...
Mary A. Johnson
Aug 14, 2016
Mary A. (Henze) Johnson was born on January 8, 1917 to Ferdinand and Lena (Grunst) Henze on the family farm in Jackson Cty, MN. Mary was baptized at the Kimball Lutheran Church February 24, 1917 in Kimball Twp by Pastor John Parisch, confirmed at St. Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church in Darfur on May 15, 1932 by J.C.A Gehm Pastor...
Francis Jones
Aug 13, 2016
Francis Edward Jones was born August 16, 1923 in Beaver Falls Township to Frank and Emma (Rogers) Jones. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Springfield. Francis farmed in Morgan and Brookville Township all of his life except for the 2 years he spent in US Navy, serving during World War II, from which he...
Martha Peterson
Aug 11, 2016
Martha Peterson was born on August 7, 1918, in Northwood, ND, the daughter of Theodore and Margaret (Curtis) Almen. Martha died on Thursday, August 11, 2016, at St. John Lutheran Home in Springfield, MN. A graveside service will be held on Saturday, August 13, 2016, at 11:00 AM at Lakeside Cemetery in Fairmont, MN. Graveside Service 11:00 am Saturday,...
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