Obituaries
Palmer Dennis 'Denny' Sperstad
Feb 4, 2016
Palmer Dennis "Denny" Sperstad, age 80, of Madelia, Minnesota died on February 4, 2016, at the Luther Memorial Home in Madelia. Palmer Dennis "Denny" Sperstad was born in Hanksa, MN on February 21, 1935 to Hans and Laura (Ulen) Sperstad. Denny lived in Hanksa until a stroke in 2000 brought him to reside in the nursing home in Trimont,...
Arnold Belmont 'Junie' Carlson
Feb 4, 2016
Arnold Belmont Carlson, known by all as Junie' was born on the family farm, in Adrian Township, Watonwan County, just outside Darfur, Minnesota, on June 22, 1940. He was the son of Albert Byron Carlson and Edna Lestina (Jensen) Carlson. Junie grew up on the family farm went to Country School District 42 and graduated from Comfrey High School....
Rose Lillie Lee
Feb 3, 2016
Rose Lee was a strong Christian woman who the Lord took peacefully home on February 3, 2016. Rose Lillie Lee was born on the family farm in Burnstown Township, Brown County on March 15, 1933, to Alfred and Gertie (Sorensen) Kirschstein. She was baptized at the Methodist parsonage and confirmed at the Springfield United Methodist Church where she was...
Shirley Ann Griffith
Feb 3, 2016
Shirley Ann Griffith, age 85, of Madelia, Minnesota died on February 3, 2016, at the Madelia Community Hospital. Shirley was born on July 6, 1930, to Frances and Cecil Miller at Eagle Lake, Minnesota. She graduated from Mankato High School, Mankato, Minnesota. She obtained her RN degree (Registered Nurse) from attending Augustana College and Sioux Valley School of Nursing...
Frederick Trapp
Feb 1, 2016
Frederick Otto Trapp was born July 29, 1943 to Wilmar and Ethel (Weber) Trapp in Springfield, MN. Fred was baptized and confirmed at Zion Lutheran Church in Sanborn. He attended school in Sanborn and graduated in 1961. In January of 1962, he enlisted in the Air Force and was honorably discharged in January of 1982. On July 31, 1965,...
Harold Orville Beyer
Feb 1, 2016
Harold Orville Ernest Beyer was born April 8, 1926, in Vivian Township, Waseca County, to Ernest and Lena (Steffen) Beyer. He attended School District #33. Harold was united in marriage to Norma Rae Callahan on December 11, 1947, at the First Lutheran Church in Wells. The couple lived with Harold's parents for 1 1/2 years before moving to New...
Roger Clark Lunz
Feb 1, 2016
Roger Clark Lunz was born on May 18, 1964, in St. James, Minnesota, the son of Clark and LaVonne (Oskerson) Lunz. Roger grew up in the St. James area graduating from St. James High School in 1983. While he was in high school he was involved in wrestling and the school safety patrol. After high school he went to...
Melvin James Groff
Jan 31, 2016
Melvin J. Groff, age 77, of Fairfax, MN, formerly of Sleepy Eye, died on January 31, 2016, at Fairfax Community Home. Melvin James Groff was born on April 1, 1938 the son of Halvor and Verna (Johnson) Groff. He was baptized and confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church in Sleepy Eye. He graduated from Sleepy Eye Public High School in...
Philip Andrew Scherman
Jan 29, 2016
Philip Andrew Scherman age 74, of Madelia, Minnesota died on January 29, 2016, at his home. Philip Andrew Scherman is survived by his wife, Rena (Theis) Scherman; son, Gregory (Mery) Scherman; grandchildren, Joe, Anton, Cecelia (Adam), David, Noah, Hannah, Emmanuel, Hugo; great-grandchild, Tatum; siblings, Regina Kruger, Mary Sherman, Ron (Rosalie) Scherman, Martha Theis, Primrose Cleverly, Virginia Andrens, Anah Zeboskey,...
Ethel Finger
Jan 29, 2016
Ethel Finger was born on May 6, 1922, to Harry and Clara (Sanders) Sanders south of St. James on the family farm. She attended St. Paul Lutheran School until 6th grade. Ethel's family moved to Comfrey and she attended the public school until 11th grade and then went on to graduate from St. James High School. On January 11,...
Jim Palmquist
Jan 27, 2016
Earl James Palmquist (Jim) was born in St. James, MN on January 16, 1965 to Swen and Edna (Baker) Palmquist. Jim attended school in St. James where he graduated in 1984. After graduating high school he began to work at Tony Downs in St. James. In 1987 he met the love of his life, Rebecca (Becky) Lynn Ring. One...
Kenneth 'Kap' Kastner
Jan 26, 2016
Kenneth "Kap" Howard Kastner, 91, formerly of Lamberton, passed away January 26th, 2016 in Rochester, at St. Marys Hospital. Kap was born July 5, 1924 in Lamberton, MN. He was the son of Otto and Anne (Steinke) Kastner. He was baptized as an infant July 27, 1924 by Rev. Langholz and was confirmed June 26, 1938 at Zion Lutheran...
Marian Johnson
Jan 25, 2016
Marian Margaret Johnson was born on December 1, 1946, at the Loretto Hospital in New Ulm, MN, the daughter of John and Regina (Graml) Wunsch. She was raised on a dairy farm near Evan. She attended District #220 country school and St. Mary's in Sleepy Eye. Marian was confirmed on May 21, 1967, at Trinity Lutheran Church and was...
Earl Robert Altmann
Jan 25, 2016
Earl Robert Altmann was born on August 9, 1929, in West Newton Township to Herbert J. and Amelia (Bastian) Altmann. He was united in marriage to Beverly on April 27, 1957. Earl loved to work on anything that was built before the 1960s, including restoring several Model-T Fords. He spent many hours researching historic sites where he metal detected...
Wayne Bittner
Jan 24, 2016
Wayne Gordon Bittner age 47, of Lamberton, MN died on January 24, 2016, in Lamberton, MN. Wayne Gordon Bittner was born on March 6, 1968, in Redwood Falls, MN, the son of Glenn and Joyce (Anderson) Bittner. He graduated from Lamberton High School in 1986. He was enlisted into the Air Force and was honorably discharged. He was united...
Gertrude Anna Weedman
Jan 23, 2016
Gertrude Anna Mary Rosenau was born in Eldridge, ND on February 1, 1923, to Herman and Marie (Trebesch) Rosenau. After moving to Minnesota, they lived on a farm by Lamberton. Gertrude graduated from Lamberton High School. She was united in marriage to Kenneth Weedman on November 6, 1942, at the Zion Lutheran Parsonage in Sanborn. When Kenneth returned from...
Blanche Olive Hutchinson
Jan 22, 2016
Blanche Olive (Voigt) Hutchinson was born March 5, 1919 near Fenton, Iowa to Charles and Kate Voigt. On April 20, 1939 Blanche was united in marriage to Fred Hutchinson in Terrel, Iowa. They made their home on a farm near Terril, Iowa until 1949 when they moved to a farm near Revere, Minnesota. Fred retired and they moved to...
Helen Peterson
Jan 22, 2016
Helen Peterson was born January 10, 1915, in Morristown, MN to Rev. Albert Merril and Mabel Pearl (Wilkinson) Folk. As a young child, her family moved to Palemero, NY. In 1925, Helen, her mother and siblings moved to Welcome, MN where one of Helen's chores was to keep her brother Harold occupied. She did fairly well in school but...
Margaret Berberich
Jan 21, 2016
Margaret Ann Berberich was born on January 22, 1940, the daughter of Lester and Selma (Hageman) in Springfield, MN. She grew up on a farm in Stately Township. As a child she enjoyed spending overnights with friends on her dad's land by the falls, which is now Wellner-Hageman Dam. Margaret graduated from Comfrey High School in 1958. After graduation...
Lloyd Emil Weckwerth
Jan 18, 2016
Lloyd Emil Weckwerth was born January 22, 1929, in Stately Township, Brown County, MN to Emil and Edna (Schleusner) Weckwerth. He served with the U.S. Army from December 3, 1952 to November 10, 1954 where he earned the National Defense Service Medal. Lloyd was united in marriage to Mildred Sandmeyer on May 6, 1955, at First Lutheran Church in...
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