Obituaries
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....
Otto Rosenau
Nov 7, 2014
Otto Henry Rosenau was born on February 13, 1930, in Springfield, MN, the son of Henry and Elsie (Trebesch) Rosenau. He attended several country schools and Sanborn Parochial School. He served in the Korean War and was honorably discharged on June 14, 1954. He was united in marriage to Gertrude Laura Baur on September 1, 1954, at St. Paul...
Marian Short
Nov 7, 2014
Marian Short was born on December 12, 1932, in Portland, OR, the daughter of Lloyd and Francis (Devlin) Chappell. She graduated high school and was united in marriage to Joseph Short on March 7, 1951 in Washington state. The couple lived most of their life in Oregon and Montana, but moved to Springfield in 1990. Marion enjoyed crocheting baby...
Illa Downs
Nov 6, 2014
Illa Mae Sigurdson was born July 26, 1926, at Minneota, MN, the daughter of Olivar Hilda (Kaas) Sigurdson. She grew up in the Watertown, South Dakota area where she graduated from high school. She moved to California and worked for the Hearst Newspaper organization for a couple years before returning to South Dakota. She worked for the Midland Life...
Andrew Wendler
Nov 5, 2014
Andrew Edwin Wendler was born to Emil and Hedwig (Mueller) Wendler on January 23, 1929 at home in Burnstown Township during a snowstorm. When he was 7 years old the family moved to a farm 1 mile south of Springfield on the airport road. Andy attended District 55 country school until the age of 12, then attended Springfield Public...
Eugene Estum
Nov 5, 2014
Eugene Ervin Estum was born on June 6, 1930 in Lamberton Township, Redwood County, the son of Frank and Helen (Eichten) Estum. He attended and graduated from Lamberton High School. Eugene helped on the family farm in Lamberton Township until 1953, when he moved to Minneapolis and later St. Paul where he worked at several business in accounting. He...
Lowell Blick
Nov 3, 2014
Lowell Blick was born on July 25, 1941, in Springfield, MN the son of Edner and Julia (Olson) Blick. He attended country school and graduated from Springfield Public High School. He went on to further his education in agriculture at the St. Paul campus. He was united in marriage to Nancy Sandmann on March 3, 1962, in Evan, MN....
Sylvia Augustin
Nov 1, 2014
Sylvia Katherine Augustin was born on November 13, 1922 in Leavenworth Township, MN to Henry and Bertha (Haala) Helget. She attended country school and St. Mary's Catholic School. She worked at home until she married Donald J. Augustin on June 5, 1945 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Sleepy Eye. She was a member of the Church of the...
Celine Bortnichak
Nov 1, 2014
Celine Amelia Bortnichak, age 80, of Glendale, AZ died on November 1, 2014. Graveside services will be held on Saturday, June 6th at 1pm at the St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery in Sleepy Eye. Officiating will be Msgr. Eugene Lozinski Email condolences may be left at www.sturmfh.com Arrangements with Sturm Funeral Home in Sleepy Eye. Celine Amelia Bortnichak was born...
Lucille Mathiowetz
Nov 1, 2014
Lucille Marion Mathiowetz, age 92, was born September 23, 1922 to John and Martha (Meyer) Ludewig in Leavenworth Township. She attended country school in rural Leavenworth. Lucille was united in marriage to Leo Mathiowetz on November 5th 1941. They had four sons. She and Leo spent their married life in Sleepy Eye and Springfield. In 1948, the couple moved...
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