Obituaries
Melva E. Christensen
Jul 22, 2015
Melva E. Christensen was born on October 10th, 1920 near Morgan, MN the daughter of August and Emma (Ott) Kopischke. She was baptized and confirmed of the Lutheran Faith, Wisconsin Synod. Melva attended country school near Morgan. She was united in marriage to Arlin R. Christensen on February 12, 1946 at Zion Lutheran Church in Morgan. The couple lived...
Gordon Cornish
Jul 22, 2015
Gordon "Corky" Claire Cornish was born on August 5, 1926 in Ceresco Township, Blue Earth County, MN the son of Sanford J. and Hazel (Nobles) Cornish. He attended Nobles Country School and later Garden City High School. Gordon married Jana L. Brekke on April 24, 1948 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Madelia. Gordon was a life long farmer and...
Carol Esau
Jul 20, 2015
Carol Arlene Esau was born December 30, 1926 in Brinsmade, North Dakota, the fifth of nine children of George and Elsie Gerig Herman. She passed away in Mountain Lake, Minnesota on July 20, 2015 at the age of 88. Her childhood was filled with the wonders of growing up on a large North Dakota farm. She admitted to being...
Francis Ibberson
Jul 18, 2015
Francis "Bud" Ibberson was born on July 29, 1925, at the family farm in Home Township, Brown County. He farmed his whole life and enjoyed what he did. He was united in marriage to Sharon Weber on August 28, 1951 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Sleepy Eye. Bud was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Sleepy...
Edna M. Haffner
Jul 16, 2015
Edna M. Haffner age 73, of Mountain Lake, Minnesota was called home on July 16, 2015, at Good Samaritan Society-The Village in Mountain Lake. Edna Mae Haffner was born in Brooklyn, NY on November 4, 1941 to Adolf and Martha (Klaymeier) Munning. Edna grew up in Brooklyn, and in 1953 briefly lived in St. Petersburg, FL before returning to...
Frieda Roiger
Jul 16, 2015
Frieda Kaul Roiger was born on January 1, 1931 in Hosmer, South Dakota to Christian and Christina (Hieb) Kaul. She spent her first 18 years living in Hosmer and working as a telephone operator. On August 27, 1949, she was united in marriage to George J. Roiger in Springfield, MN and last year celebrated 65 years together. Frieda enjoyed,...
Jay Bertrand
Jul 15, 2015
Jay Bertrand age 52 of Sleepy Eye was called home to eternal rest after a courageous battle with cancer on July 15, 2015. Jay Thomas Bertrand was born on November 23, 1962 in New Ulm, MN to Thomas and Carolyn (Suess) Bertrand. Jay graduated from St. Mary's School, Sleepy Eye in 1981, before attending Willmar Area Vocational School for...
Ronald Olson
Jul 14, 2015
Ronald Larry Olson was born on January 29, 1946 at Mt. Lake, MN, the son of Selvin and Violet (Lenning) Olson. Ron graduated from Butterfield-Odin High School in 1964. Shortly after high school he joined the Air Force, serving until 1968 and was honorably discharged at the rank of SGT. Ron returned to Butterfield and went to work as...
Lorraine Christensen
Jul 13, 2015
Lorraine Ethel Christensen, age 90 formerly of Comfrey died on Monday, July 13, 2015, at St. John Lutheran Home in Springfield, MN. Lorraine (Kleinow) Christensen was born on December 19, 1924, to William and Martha (Brown) Kleinow. She was baptized and confirmed at Salem Lutheran Church in Comfrey. After the Comfrey tornado in 1998, she a charter member of...
Lyle Trout
Jul 10, 2015
Dr. Lyle Trout, 93, of Lamberton passed away peacefully on July the tenth holding the hand of his beloved wife of 64 years, Bernice Ida. Lyle Eugene was born on October 27, 1921 on the family farm north of Tracy to Benjamin Mathew Trout and Ilah Lovica (Miller) Trout. He graduated from Tracy High School in 1941. He then...
Jacquilyne Menter
Jul 9, 2015
Jacquilyne Pam Menter was born March 3, 1963 in Sundown Township, Redwood County, Minnesota to Wilbert and Doris (Schnobrich) Stern. She graduated from Springfield High School in 1981 and was united in marriage to Terry Menter on June 6, 1981. Jackie worked at St. John Lutheran Home in Springfield the past 36 years. She enjoyed taking trips, especially to...
Donald Leroy Thorn
Jul 2, 2015
Donald LeRoy Thorn was born in Split Rock Township, SD on September 11, 1924 to Otto and Laura (Jacobson) Thorn. Donald lived in South Dakota in his childhood and later, his family moved to rural St. Peter, MN where he attended school until enlisting in the United States Navy. Donald served his country from Jan. 1942 - May 1946...
John Schroepfer
Jul 2, 2015
John was born on August 23, 1953 in New Ulm, MN, the son of Albert and Myrtle (Johnson) Schroepfer. He grew up in Sleepy Eye, then moved to New Ulm where he lived in a group home and worked at Enterprise North. John had a jovial personality. He was a big sports fan. His favorite teams were the Twins...
Veora Fay 'Deedee' Zuhlke
Jul 1, 2015
Veora Fay (DeeDee) Newman was born on August 28, 1933, in Grand Rapids, MN, the daughter of George and Norma (Wilson) Newman. They lived in Grand Rapids until 1940 when they moved to Minneapolis and to Bear River, MN in 1945 and several logging camps until moving to Marshal in 1950. She married Leo Edwards in 1950 and the...
John K. Harris
Jul 1, 2015
John K. Harris was born in Madelia, MN on December 31, 1953, the son of Harold R. and Joyce (Oates) Harris. On March 23, 1979, he married Laurie Nundahl in Sioux Falls, SD. The couple was blessed with three children: Shannon, Lucas and Jamie. John worked as a supervisor in a food processing company for many years, before retiring...
Mavis M Anderson
Jun 29, 2015
Mavis Madonna Anderson, age 87, of Comfrey, died Monday, June 29, 2015 in Minneapolis. Mavis was born March 8, 1928 in Mountain Lake, Minnesota to Walter and Della (Stark) Johnson. She lived and farmed in Bashaw Township most of her life. Mavis was confirmed in the Bethesda Moravian Church in 1941. She graduated from Comfrey High School in 1946....
Norman Engelbrecht
Jun 25, 2015
Norman William Engelbrecht was born in St. James on April 7, 1929, the son of Fred and Alice (Runge) Engelbrecht. Norman attended country school District 51, which was located next to the family farm, for eight years and then graduated from St. James High School in 1947. While attending the University of Minnesota, School of Agriculture and Home Economics,...
Sylvester Schroepfer
Jun 25, 2015
Sylvester Albert Schroepfer was born on December 21, 1924 on the family farm, rural Sleepy Eye, MN to Frank and Theresa (Seidl) Schroepfer. He attended country school District #15 through 6th grade and then St. Mary's Catholic School. He enlisted in the US Navy in May of 1944, serving 21 months on Guam with the Seabees. After his discharge...
Ruby Weicherding
Jun 24, 2015
Ruby is survived by her parents, Trent and Rashelle (Hoffmann) Weicherding, sister, Elsie Rose Weicherding, grandparents, Curt and LaDonna Hoffmann and Jerome and Pat Weicherding, great-grandparents, Aromond and Nancy Dorschner and several aunts, uncles and cousins. She was preceded in death by her great-grandparents, Leo and Rosemary Hoffmann, Magnus and Ruby Hittesdorf and Victor and Veronica Weicherding. Visitation 1...
Cecelia Dick
Jun 23, 2015
CeCelia Magdalena (Beckman) Dick was born on January 11, 1915 at Freeman, SD to Herman and Augusta (Stunkart) Beckman. She received her education in the Marion, SD community and later attended Tabor College in Hillsboro, KS. Being an efficient cook, she used her abilities to cook at the Bible Academy at Lustre, MT, Pacific College in Fresno, CA and...
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