Obituaries
Monica Ann Welke
Jan 8, 2016
Monica A. Welke, age 72, of Madelia, MN died on January 8, 2016, at Mayo Clinic Health System, Mankato, MN. Monica Ann (Schmiesing) Welke was born to Rudolph and Clara (Basmoen) Schmiesing in New Ulm, MN on July 17, 1943. Monica grew up in rural Hanska, MN and attended country school in the area and later, Sleepy Eye High...
Michael Charles Salem
Jan 7, 2016
Michael was born on May 29, 1961 in St. James, Minnesota to Joseph and Margaret (Wynn) Salem. They were thrilled to have a son after having had three daughters. Michael graduated from Butterfield-Odin High School in 1979. He then attended school at Willmar Vo-Tech for auto mechanics. Soon after graduation, Michael purchased and operated Salem Automotive in Butterfield from...
Janice Marie Anderson
Jan 6, 2016
Janice Marie Anderson was born on February 29, 1940, in Mountain Lake, MN, the daughter of Lewis and Rosella (Feil) Wellner. She grew up on a farm in Stately Township and graduated from Comfrey High School in 1958. Janice attended college for a short time in Mankato and then moved to the Twin Cities to work. She married M....
Alberto Gracia-Palacios
Jan 6, 2016
Alberto Gracia-Palacios was born May 31, 1996 in Mankato, MN, the son of Melchor and Sylvia Gracia. He was raised and educated in St. James. He was baptized on July 4, 1999 at the Catholic Church of San Fernando, Tamaulipas in Mexico. As a kid he always enjoyed playing xbox, Nintendo ds, and had a passion for his yu-gi-oh...
Edward John Pautzke, Jr.
Jan 6, 2016
Ed Pautzke, Jr. was born April 14, 1929 to Edward and Grace (Meierbachtol) Pautzke in Burnstown Township in Brown County, MN. He was raised and educated in Springfield. He then served in the US Army during the Korean War and returned to the family farm. On November 19, 1949, Ed was united in marriage to LaVonne Roiger in Springfield....
Nancy Jane Kroeker
Jan 4, 2016
Nancy Jane (Regehr) Kroeker, of Mission, Texas, formerly of Mountain Lake, Minnesota, passed from this earthly life to eternal life, on January 4, 2016, surrounded by her entire family, after a short battle with cancer. She was born July 27, 1941, in Mountain Lake, Minnesota to Harry and Helen Regehr. She accepted Christ as her Savior as a young...
Frieda Jeanne Hanson
Jan 2, 2016
Frieda "Jeanne" Hanson was born on September 30, 1934, to Henry and Frieda (Krueger) Feeken at the Springfield Hospital. She attended school in Comfrey and graduated with the class of 1952. In 1953, Jeanne ventured to Washington, DC to work as a file clerk for the FBI. She missed her family and decided to move back to Comfrey and...
William "Bill" Watkins
Jan 1, 2016
William (Bill) Joseph Watkins was born on February 7, 1946, to Art and Viola (Kotten) Watkins in the Comfrey Hospital. He was baptized on February 17, 1946, at St. Paul's Catholic Church in Comfrey. He was brought home to the farm to join his two older sisters and later nine other brothers and sisters, and all of them knew...
Beverly Jean Huettl
Dec 31, 2015
Beverly was born March 17, 1931, in Mankato, Minnesota to Harry J. and Grace (Nelson) Currier. She graduated with honors from Mankato High School in 1949, and attended Gustavus Adolphus College and Mankato State University for one year each. She married William W. Huettl on July 14, 1951, in Mankato. St. James has been her home since 1961. Bev...
Ronald Richard 'Dick' Wellman
Dec 30, 2015
Ronald Richard "Dick" Wellman was born April 7, 1938, on the family farm in Nelson Township near St. James, MN, the son of Henry and Ida (Elsing) Wellman. Dick attended country school through the 9th grade when he quit to take over the family farm with his brother. On August 18, 1957, he was united in marriage to Delores...
Peter Kenneth Reuter
Dec 26, 2015
Peter Kenneth Reuter was born January 24, 1921, on the family farm near Lismore, Minnesota. He was the son of Peter Kenneth Reuter, Sr. and Katherine (Schiltz) Reuter. Peter grew up on the farm and attended St. Anthony Catholic School in Lismore. Peter worked with his father on the family farm for several years. On April 2, 1945, he...
Roger A. Wolling
Dec 25, 2015
Roger Andrew Wolling was born on May 31, 1934 in Fairfax, MN to Andrew L. and Ida (Mundahl) Wolling. He grew up on the family farm in rural Fairfax and graduated from Fairfax High School in 1952. Roger served in the US Army for two years. He married Joyce Johnsen on December 3, 1966 in Sleepy Eye, MN. Roger...
Helen Ruth Wolle
Dec 22, 2015
Helen Ruth (Davis) Wolle was born April 23, 1920, to Clarence and Alma (Sosinski) Davis. She attended school in Lewisville and St. James. On February 1, 1948, Helen Ruth was united in marriage to Herbert Wolle at Zion Lutheran Church in Lewisville. They farmed in the Lewisville and Madelia areas. Helen Ruth was a member of Grace Lutheran Church...
Ronald Clark Simpson
Dec 17, 2015
Ronald Clark Simpson age 59, of Madelia, Minnesota went to be with his higher power due to heart complications on December 17, 2015, at the Mayo Clinic Health System in Mankato, Minnesota surrounded by his loving family and friends. Ronald Clark "Ron" Simpson was born to Richard "Dick" and Nylene (Jahnz) Simpson in Madelia, MN on May 20, 1956....
Harold Dean Herrig
Dec 17, 2015
Harold Dean Herrig, St. James and formerly of Mountain Lake, died on December 17, 2015. He was born on April 18, 1935 to Carl and Bena (Kies)Herrig in Storm Lake, Iowa. He did construction and masonry work most of his life. In 1966, he started Herrig's Construction in Mountain Lake. Harold continued working in the construction business until 2000....
Alfred William Scholer
Dec 14, 2015
Alfred William (Wilhelm) Scholer passed away on December 13, 2015 at the age of 94 years in Alexandria, Minnesota. A funeral service will be held at 2:00 pm on Tuesday, December 29, 2015 at the Butterfield Community Church in Butterfield, MN. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Alfred Scholer was born on March...
Margaret Louise Warling
Dec 11, 2015
Margaret Louise (Anderson) Warling, 71, of St. James, MN, passed away on December 11, 2015, at her home with her husband and children at her side. Margie loved music, reading, and playing cards with her family, especially gin rummy with her son, Darin, and cribbage with her daugher, Meegan. She loved being a wife, mother, and grandmother and found...
Clarence "Joe" J. Pankratz
Dec 8, 2015
Clarence "Joe" Joseph Pankratz was born on January 28, 1948, in Sleepy Eye, the son of Clarence and Elaine (Walter) Pankratz. He graduated from Willmar High School in 1966. He was united in marriage to Barbara King on August 26, 1967, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Willmar and later divorced. He graduated from Moorhead State University with a...
Lawrence Benjamin Peterson
Dec 8, 2015
Lawrence Benjamin Peterson was born April 2, 1933 to Mauritz Benjamin Peterson and Jessie Elliot (Lewis) Peterson. After a brief illness, Lawrence went home to be with the Lord on December 8, 2015. He was 82 years old. Lawrence leaves behind his loving wife of 61 years, Betty Marie (Bachmann) Peterson; his children: Lynn (Darrell) Hockenberry of Anita, Iowa;...
Ruth Ann Jones
Dec 7, 2015
Ruth Ann Jones was born March 29, 1930, in Kimball Township, Jackson County, MN to Leo and Mae (Kruger) Gohr. She was confirmed at the Kimball Lutheran Church in 1944, and graduated from Mountain Lake High School in 1948. Ruth then attended Mankato Beauty School and graduated in 1949. She was a Minnesota Certified Registered cosmologist and worked in...
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