Obituaries
Russell Alan Pankonin
Sep 14, 2015
Russell Alan Pankonin was born on November 1st, 1945 in Springfield, MN to Kenneth and Betty (Kansanback) Pankonin. He attended country school in Germantown Township until he was in 5th grade and then attended Sanborn Public School, graduating in 1963. After high school, he began farming. He also served his country in the National Guard, mostly as a cook...
Kevin Bruce Todd
Sep 14, 2015
Kevin was born on May 12, 1954 to Jack and Maxine (Krouch) Todd in Duluth, MN. He grew up in the Madelia area, attending Truman and Madelia Schools. Kevin was united to the love of his life, Janet Keim on June 25, 1983 in St. James, MN. They lived in Windom, MN and later made their home in Madelia....
Virginia Coners
Sep 14, 2015
Virginia M Coners age 67, of Springfield, MN died on September 14, 2015, at the New Ulm Medical Center. Virginia Mae Coners was born on April 16, 1948, in Sleepy Eye, MN, the daughter of Harold and Lillian (Hammond) Jones. She was united in marriage to Fred Coners on July 16, 1966, in Sleepy Eye. The couple loved in...
David 'Biley' Baumann
Sep 13, 2015
David 'Biley' Baumann was born September 26, 1959, in Springfield, MN to Vincent 'Pete' and Germaine (Solyntjes) Baumann. He attended St. Raphael's Catholic School through 8th grade and graduated from Springfield High School in 1978. He was currently working for Winters Trucking. A lifetime resident of Springfield, Biley lived life to its fullest. He loved little children, fishing, hunting,...
Ruth Mary Molitor
Sep 12, 2015
Ruth Mary Molitor was born June 23, 1933, in Tracy, MN to Leo and Mary (Cote) Schons. She graduated from Currie High School and was united in marriage to Severin Molitor on June 10, 1952, at the Currie Catholic Church. Ruth raised 8 children and her 2 youngest brothers until 1973. She then worked in the Dietary field until...
Pearl Inez Johnson
Sep 11, 2015
Pearl Inez Johnson was born on the family farm in Albin Township, Brown County, Minnesota, on May 7, 1921, the daughter of Rangvold and Selma (Olson) Johnson. Pearl grew up in Albin Twsp., was baptized and confirmed at Albion Lutheran Church, and attended Country School District 47. On July 23, 1945, she was united in marriage to Elmer Johnson...
Phyllis Halvorson
Sep 10, 2015
Phyllis Beverly Ann Halvorson was born on March 3, 1936 in St. Peter the daughter of Orlan and La Verna (Fahrenkamp) Halvorson. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith. She graduated from Sleepy Eye High School in 1954 and received her certificate as a Registered Health Information Management Technician in 1968. She worked in the Health Information...
Richard Schwartz
Sep 10, 2015
Richard was born March 19, 1936, to Carl and Loretta (Moeller) Schwartz in Springfield. He was united in marriage to Dorothy Wall on September 8, 1954 in Comfrey, MN. From September of 1954 until September of 1957, Richard served in the Army National Guard and in the National Guard Reserves until his honorable discharge in 1962. Richard worked for...
Dorothy Mae Feeken
Sep 8, 2015
Dorothy Mae (Schmidt) Feeken was born on May 20, 1937 to Herman and Thelma (Tokheim) Schmidt in Luverne, MN. She grew up on the family farm and graduated from Luverne High School. She worked as a bank teller in Luverne and Hopkins before marrying Ron Feeken on December 12, 1964 and moving to the farm in Comfrey. Throughout her...
Scott Michael Engelking
Sep 7, 2015
Scott Engelking age 58, of Puposky, MN, formerly of St. James, died peacefully at home, Monday, September 7, 2015. Scott Michael Engelking was born August 17, 1957 in St. James, MN, the son of Wallace and Ruth (Mickelson) Engelking. He grew up in St. James and graduated from St. James High School in 1976. Scott worked at various jobs...
Margaret Furth
Sep 7, 2015
Margaret A. (Puhlmann) Furth, age 90 of Lamberton, died Monday, September 7, 2015, at Valley View Manor in Lamberton. She was born January 27, 1925 in New Ulm to Alfred and Louise (Schramm ) Puhlmann. Margaret graduated in 1943 from New Ulm Public School. She married John Furth at St. Mary's Catholic Church in New Ulm on June 17,...
Jean Isabel Smith
Sep 6, 2015
At dawn on a beautiful Sunday morning Jean went home to be with the Lord…. Jean Isabel Frauenholtz was born July 14, 1922, in Madelia, MN, the daughter of Arthur P. and Fern B. (Priegel) Frauenholtz. She attended grade school in several towns in Iowa, graduating from St. James High School in 1939. She was united in marriage to...
Russell James Kamm
Sep 4, 2015
Russell James "Russ" Kamm was born on December 22, 1962 to Robert "Bob" and MaryJane (Trautmiller) Kamm in New Ulm, MN. The Kamm family moved to Madelia where Russ grew up. He graduated from Madelia High School in 1981. Russ enjoyed fishing, hunting, shooting pool, restoring his candy apple red Camaro, watching Nascar, hanging out with his friends in...
Elaine Cummins
Sep 3, 2015
Elaine Kuehn Cummins was born in Breckenridge, MN on December 7, 1922 to Richard and Christine (Zuech) Kuehn. She was educated in the Breckenridge schools and graduated from the State School of Science in Wahpeton, ND. She married Clifford B. Cummins on February 19, 1943. She lived all of her life in the Wahpeton/Breckenridge area until moving to Mountain...
Muriel Adeline Walsh
Sep 1, 2015
Muriel Adeline (Tande) Walsh passed away peacefully Tuesday, September 1, 2015, surrounded by family at the Truman Senior Living Center. Muriel was born on September 30, 1921 to Anton and Minnie (Bakke) Tande of Madelia. She was baptized and confirmed in the Rosendale Lutheran Church of rural Madelia. Muriel was educated in the local District 10 rural school grades...
Viola Krueger
Aug 30, 2015
Viola "Olie" Krueger was born on June 23, 1926, the daughter of Lawrence and Anna (Saffert) Weiss near Sleepy Eye, MN. She attended country school and was united in marriage on June 29, 1944, to Leo Krueger in Sleepy Eye. She was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Sleepy Eye. Olie enjoyed gardening, traveling, knitting, and word...
Richard Feser
Aug 29, 2015
Richard Peter Alois Feser was born March 30, 1931 to Max and Elizabeth (Thiel) Feser in Glen Ullin, ND. He graduated high school in 1949 and served in the National Guard. In 1951, Dick graduated from the North Dakota State School of Science Electrical Program. In 1952, he moved to Springfield and was the Plant Superintendent for the Western...
Clara Belle Johnson
Aug 29, 2015
Clara Belle Mohlenbrock was born on the family farm near Mountain Lake on September 14, 1928, the daughter of George and Louise (Marienau) Mohlenbrock. Clara grew up on the family farm, attended Country school and graduated from Mt. Lake High School. She worked at Butterfield Produce for many years. In 1948, she married Roland Vatndal, the couple made their...
Corinne Marlee Brown
Aug 27, 2015
Corinne Marlee Brown, daughter of Joseph Karpen and Bernice (Gulden) Karpen was born September 22, 1958 in New Ulm. Her courageous and inspirational battle with ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease) ended with her peaceful passing August 27, 2015 from this life to the next at her home with friends and family present. She attended Hanska Public School, graduated from New...
Joyce Eleanor Fobes
Aug 26, 2015
Joyce Eleanor Swanson Fobes, age 88 died August 26, 2015 in Loma Linda, CA. Born September 29, 1926 at St. Lukes Hospital in St. Paul Minnesota, she was the daughter of Carl Emil Swanson, and Leone E Wormley Swanson, of Watertown, SD. Shortly after her birth the family returned to Watertown where Joyce spent her childhood and youth, graduating...
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