Obituaries
Cathryn Batalden
Dec 4, 2014
Cathryn Jean Batalden was born to Duncan Ed and Catherine (Malloy) Sinclair on June 2, 1916 in Wabasso, MN. She was baptized at Knox Presbyterian Church in Wabasso. She graduated from Wabasso High School and Mankato Teacher's College. She then taught for five years at McCloud County and three years in Clements. While she was teaching in Clements she...
Rene Martinez
Dec 4, 2014
Please check back for an obituary notice. Service Information 3:00 pm Friday, December 12, 2014 St. James Catholic Church, St. James 623 4th Street S. Saint James, Minnesota, United States 56081
Wayne Schenk
Dec 2, 2014
Wayne Schenk was born September 26, 1922 at the family farm in Stately Township to Emil and Hulda (Essig) Schenk. He attended country school #62 and farmed all of his life. Wayne loved working on machinery and invented the first skid loader. He was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Springfield. Wayne Schenk died Tuesday, December 2,...
Ronald Petterson
Dec 1, 2014
Ronald "Bud" Miller Petterson was born October 11, 1933 at La Salle, MN, the son of Leslie and Hazel (Miller) Petterson. Bud grew up in the La Salle/ St. James area where he attended and graduated high school. He was united in marriage to Ardis Johnson on August 28, 1955 in Truman. The couple made their home and farmed...
Vernon 'Bing' Tordsen
Nov 30, 2014
Vernon 'Bing' Edward Tordsen was born November 25, 1944 in Comfrey, MN to Arthur and Martha (Stern) Tordsen. He graduated from Springfield High School in 1962 and began working for Och's Brick and Tile. Bing served with the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War from 1965 to 1967. He was an expert marksman and received the Vietnam Campaign Medal,...
Marlene Bachmann
Nov 28, 2014
Marlene Gertrude Bachmann was born on April 12, 1934, the daughter of Harvey and Rose (Allemann) Bachmann. Marlene was born and raised in Madelia, MN. She lived at home until the early 1980's before moving to REM-Madelia. She lived there with many new friends. In 1991, she moved into her new home with three roommates and where Community Options...
Elin Johnson
Nov 27, 2014
Elin was born January 27, 1927 in rural St. James to Otto and Alfrida Nelson. She passed on peacefully on November 27, 2014 surrounded by her children. Elin was baptized and confirmed at East Sveadahl Lutheran Church. She attended Becks Country School, Armstrong Elementary and St. James High School. She was united in marriage to Harold Johnson on July...
Robert Zangel
Nov 25, 2014
Robert Frank Zangel was born on December 16, 1935 in New Ulm, MN the son of Aloysius Dave and Helen (Postel) Zangel. He grew up and attended high school in New Ulm. He served in the US Navy from 1954 until his discharge in 1958. He was united in marriage to Pauline Suess on June 11, 1960 at the...
Leona Platz
Nov 24, 2014
Leona A. Platz was born on July 17, 1926, the daughter of Edward J. and Matilda (Seidl) Sellner. She attended country school #33 and St. Mary's Catholic School in Sleepy Eye. She worked for several families as a housekeeper and for Pietrus for 3 years. She was united in marriage to Vernon Platz on November 29, 1945, at St....
Jack Remker
Nov 24, 2014
Jack Dean Remker, a life-long resident of St. James, MN, died in his home on November 24, 2014, at the age of 60. Jack was born in Trimont, Minnesota, on June 1, 1954, to Eugene (Jack) and Jeanette (Dougherty) Remker. He was baptized and confirmed at the First Presbyterian Church in St. James and he graduated from St. James...
Leonard Schultz
Nov 23, 2014
Leonard D. Schultz was born on April 16, 1927 in Mountain Lake, MN the son of David and Sarah (Flemming) Schultz. He attended country school through the 8th grade. In his later school years, he placed his faith in Jesus Christ as his savior at Summer VBS. Leonard went to 1 W Camp, PA. He worked at a nursing...
Alice Bloomquist
Nov 23, 2014
Alice Eldora (Knudson) Bloomquist was born on July 19, 1925, to Jalmer and Bertha (Berndt) Knudson on her family farm in South Branch Township, rural Watonwan County. She was baptized and confirmed into the Lutheran faith at Long Lake and Butterfield Lutheran churches. She was educated at South Branch School District #14. She went to work at Priest's Produce...
Bryce Harris
Nov 21, 2014
Bryce Oakley Harris was born March 25, 1924 in Jamestown, ND and was the youngest son of Ernest and Pearl (Posey) Harris. The family later moved to Brainard, MN, where, after a brief stint in the army, Bryce met Audrey Damm. They were married in January of 1949. They had five daughters and spent the next several years raising...
Genevieve Murdock
Nov 19, 2014
Genevieve Louanna Murdock, 97, passed away on November 19, 2014, at Perham Living Nursing Home, Perham, Minnesota. Genevieve was born on June 15, 1917 in Ellendale, Minnesota to Martin and Mathilda Miller. Gen grew up in Ellendale where she graduated from high school in 1934. After high school Gen worked for a dentist in Owatonna, Minnesota. She married Wallace...
Thomas Trapp
Nov 17, 2014
Thomas Henry Trapp was born on July 19, 1945 in Springfield, MN to Ernest and Alvina Trapp. He graduated from Sanborn High School in 1963. While in high school, Thomas joined the Navy Reserve and was in active duty with the U.S. Navy from 1963-1965. Returning from the navy he worked in St Paul at the airport as a...
Henrietta Hulzebos
Nov 16, 2014
Henrietta Gerdena Menken was born on the family farm, near Mt. Lake, on November 26, 1922, the daughter of Louie Hattie (Elsing) Menken. She grew up in the Mt. Lake area where she attended rural country school. She worked as a housekeeper for a couple years before getting married. She married Menno Hulzebos on November 19, 1942 in Mt....
Mabel Isaacson
Nov 15, 2014
Mabel Emma Minnie Isaacson was born on February 12, 1911 in Lamberton Township to Carl and Hulda (Holznagel) Wog. She was baptized and confirmed at Zion Lutheran Church in Lamberton. Mabel graduated from Lamberton High School in 1928, then attended Normal Training School in Lamberton for 1 year. She taught in rural schools in Redwood County for 13 years....
James Michel
Nov 10, 2014
James Ivan Michel was born September 19, 1947 in Minneapolis, MN to William and Margaret (Herbst) Michel. The family moved to Jeffers in 1948 where Jim graduated from Jeffers High School. He then attended Nettleton College in Sioux Falls, SD where he studied accounting. Jim was united in marriage to Ruth Christensen on December 23, 1967 in Sioux Falls....
Mridusha Allen
Nov 10, 2014
Mridusha Shrestha was born on Friday, January 28, 1984 in her parents' home in Kirtipur, Nepal to Mr. Mahesh Shrestha and Mrs. Yesuda Shrestha. She was their second daughter, her older sister being Manisha Shrestha (b. February 16, 1983). After the age of 5 years she lived in Sonada, West Bengal, India with her maternal grandparents and her older...
Ronald Boomgarden
Nov 10, 2014
Ronald Claus Boomgarden, age 76, of Madelia, MN died on Monday, November 10, 2014 at Luther Memorial Home in Madelia. Ronald was born in Rock Rapids, IA on October 9, 1938. At the age of two, he moved with his parents to Madelia where he grew up on a farm east of town and graduated from Madelia high school....
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