Obituaries

Lyle Trout

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Eugene Yerhart

Eugene Yerhart

Jun 23, 2015

Eugene 'Gene' Raymond Yerhart was born to Emil and Gertrude Yerhart in Waterville Township, MN on January 26, 1939. He was the youngest of 10 children. Gene grew up in Waterville Township, where he attended school. Gene worked on the family farm before joining the United States Army in 1956. Following his honorable discharge, he returned to the family...

Rafael Castro

Rafael Castro

Jun 22, 2015

Rafael Castro, Jr. was born in San Benito, Texas, on October 5, 1949. He and his twin sister, Olga, were born to parents Rafael and Eugenia (Pedraza) Castro. Rafael was handicapped from birth, he lived at home with his family in Texas until 1997 when he moved to St. James with his sister and her family. Rafael enjoyed being...

Clement Wersal

Clement Wersal

Jun 21, 2015

Clement Andrew Wersal was born April 12, 1939 to George and Frieda (Haas) Wersal in Springfield, MN. He served in the Army and was honorably discharged in 1968. On May 31, 1969, he was united in marriage to Donna Kieper in Springfield. Clem started as a farmer and then worked various jobs as an Oak Grove Milkman, Vigorena Feeds,...

Steven Wooldrik

Steven Wooldrik

Jun 21, 2015

Wooldrik, Steven J., Lakeville, MN, age 61, passed away at home with his wife by his side on Sunday, June 21, 2015. He was preceded in death by his parents, George and Helen and his brother-in-law, Darrel Kelly. He is survived by his wife Mary, brothers John (Carole) and James, sister Diane Kelly Peterson, nephews Joshua (Gina), Daniel (Lorraine)...

Irene Dahl

Irene Dahl

Jun 18, 2015

Irene Marie Dahl was born on April 2, 1937 to Halvor and Verna (Johnson) Groff. She grew up and attended school in Sleepy Eye, MN where she spent much of her time looking after her younger siblings. Irene was the oldest of eight children. Irene was 19 years old when she married Dalles Dahl. The couple was united in...

Arlan Beyer

Arlan Beyer

Jun 18, 2015

Child of God Arlan Ray Beyer went to be with his Heavenly Father for all eternity on the morning of June 18th, 2015, in the loving presence of his wife, Ann. Arlan was born on March 29th, 1939 to Raymond and Ruth (Wichmann) Beyer in Springfield, Minnesota, and was raised with his sisters on the family farm near Sanborn,...

Donna Arndt

Donna Arndt

Jun 16, 2015

Donna (Moritz) Arndt was born March 2, 1932 in Redwood Falls, MN to Frank and Minnie (Schmidt) Moritz. She was baptized on April 3, 1932 and confirmed in May 1945 at St. John's Lutheran Church in Redwood Falls. Donna attended District 53 and graduated from Redwood Falls High School. She married Eugene A. Arndt on August 16, 1953, and...

John Hovden

John Hovden

Jun 15, 2015

John Hovden, age 78 of St. James, died June 15, 2015 on his family farm where he lived his entire life. John was born September 19, 1936 to George and Loretta (Zender) Hovden in St. James, Minnesota. He graduated from St. James High School in 1954 and began farming with his father. In 1958, John joined the National Guard...

Mie Bottem

Mie Bottem

Jun 14, 2015

Mie "Mieko" Bottem was born in Niigata, Japan on June 1, 1922, the daughter of Tetsutaro and Nada Nishikawa. Mieko grew up in Niigata where she attended primary school. She was interested and pursued art following her primary education. The area where they lived received heavy snow in the winter and she told the story of skiing from her...