Obituaries
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...
Catherine Reed
Jan 17, 2016
Catherine Marie Reed was born on August 10, 1954 in Madelia, Minnesota; she was the daughter of Meril and Gladys (Moeller) Reed. Catherine loved animals. She was a proud member of the ASPCA. She enjoyed cross stitch, and spending time with her grandson Ayden. She had made her home in Colorado, Oregon, Tennessee and Minnesota. She was a big...
Ralph Jon Zwaschka
Jan 16, 2016
Ralph Jon Zwaschka was born on January 11, 1949 in Comfrey, MN to Alfred & Evone (Anderson) Zwaschka. He attended St. Paul's Catholic School and graduated from Comfrey Public School in 1967. Ralph believed in higher education and was a Southwest State-Marshall, MN graduate and received a degree in Health/Phy.Ed in 1972. He continued his studies at Mankato State...
Dennis W. Braun
Jan 14, 2016
Dennis W. Braun was born April, 19th, 1934 in Stark township to Aloys and Loretta (Hoffmann) Braun. He was one of six children. He grew up on the family farm and attended school until the 9th grade. He had a passion for flying and he managed to get his pilot's license with the help of his mother at the...
Evangeline May 'Vangie' Harder
Jan 12, 2016
Evangeline 'Vangie' Harder was born June 10, 1922, in Mountain Lake Township, Cottonwood County to Eilert, Sr. and Gerdena (Siefkes) Strenge. She was united in marriage to Diedrich Harder on October 26, 1943, at Bethel Mennonite Church in Mountain Lake. The couple lived in Butterfield where they did corn shelling and trucking. They then moved to a farm in...
Phyllis Jane Sellner
Jan 10, 2016
Phyllis "Jane" Sellner was born on July 2, 1936 the daughter of Harold and Lucille (Krier) Christensen in Tyler, MN. She grew up in Tyler and graduated from high school. Jane was united in marriage to Herman Sellner on November 26, 1955 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Sleepy Eye. She worked as a nurses aid at the Sleepy...
Willis 'Bill' Hannifin
Jan 9, 2016
Willis "Bill" Hannifin, age 82, of Greenville, South Carolina, formerly of Madelia, Minnesota died on January 9, 2016 at the Cascades Verdae in Greenville, South Carolina. Bill Hannifin was born in Madelia, MN, he was the son of the late Francis and Irene G. Pauley Hannifin. Mr. Hannifin served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War. He...
Theodore 'Ted' Mason
Jan 9, 2016
Ted Mason was born on March 26, 1954 the son of Walter and Cecelia (Boegemann) in South St. Paul. He graduated from Park Rapids High School and then later technical school for carpentry. He served in the National Guard for 4 years. Ted and Susan (Crook) were joined together through marriage on October 23, 1976 in Park Rapids. He...
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