Obituaries
Claire Seibert
Aug 27, 2014
Claire Russell Seibert, son of Charles and Pearl Seibert, was born June 10, 1917 in Kanawha, Iowa. In 1919 the Seibert family moved to Madelia. He graduated from high school in Madelia, and had one year of accounting at Mankato Commercial College. He worked for Lockheed in Burbank, CA, before enlisting in the Air Corps on Aug. 13, 1942....
Olga Fast
Aug 27, 2014
Olga Anna Sawatzky Fast, age 95, was born on November 7, 1918 in St. James, MN to Cornelius Susan A. (Enns) Sawatzky. Olga and her husband Alvin served as missionaries in Cuba for 15 years, in Venezuela for 25 years and finally in Hialeah, FL for 15 years in church planting and prison ministry. They retired in 2001 to...
Dorothea Tomschin
Aug 25, 2014
Dorothea DeJean Tomschin was born May 25, 1927, in St. Paul, MN, the daughter of John and Ruby (Morrau) Miller. She graduated from Humboldt High School and then attended nursing school at Mounds Park and Midway Hospital. Dorthea received her Registered Nurses degree in 1948. On September 25, 1948 she was united in marriage to Clarence Tomschin in St....
Irene Seifert
Aug 23, 2014
Irene Bertha Seifert was born on March 8th, 1922 in Sleepy Eye, MN the daughter of John and Philemina (Heller) Sellner. She attended St. Mary's School in Sleepy Eye. Irene married Sylvester Seifert on October 28, 1947 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Sleepy Eye. They made their home on a farm East of Evan of 48 years, moving...
Angeline Pankratz
Aug 22, 2014
Angeline Pankratz was born August 24, 1927, to Hubert and Teresa (Windschitl) Kotten in Brookville Township, Redwood County, MN. She graduated from St. Raphael Catholic School and Springfield High School. She was employed as a reporter and bookkeeper at the Advance Press prior to her marriage to Henry Pankratz on February 14, 1950. They celebrated their golden anniversary in...
Jesus Vidales-Ramirez
Aug 22, 2014
Service Information 12:00 pm Saturday, August 30, 2014 Sturm Funeral Home, St. James Chapel 906 - 10th Ave. S. St. James, Minnesota, United States 56081
Celestine Sieve 'Sally' Maiers
Aug 19, 2014
Sally (Celestine) Sieve Maiers was born on November 23, 1917 in Iona, MN to Mathias Theresa (Wermerskirchen) Entinger. She grew up on a farm in Iona Township. After graduating from St. Columbia High School in 1936, she attended Brady Rogers Beauty College in Minneapolis; where she worked for a time. On June 23, 1941 she married Paul Sieve in...
Linus Krzmarzick
Aug 18, 2014
Linus G. Krzmarzick, 93, of Sleepy Eye died peacefully surrounded by family on Monday, August 18, 2014 at Divine Providence Community Home in Sleepy Eye. Linus George Krzmarzick was born May 11, 1921 in Prairieville Township to Joseph and Emma (Hartneck) Krzmarzick. He attended school District #36 and St. Mary's school in Sleepy Eye. On October 21, 1942, Linus...
Doris Helleloid
Aug 17, 2014
Doris May (McCracken) Helleloid was born on July 24, 1921, in Hibbing, MN. During elementary school she lived in North Carolina when her father was a professor at Guilford College. They later moved to Minneapolis where she graduated from Washburn High School and earned a bachelor's degree in Home Economics from the University of Minnesota. She took a teaching...
Althier Heller
Aug 15, 2014
Althier Elaine Heller was born May 9, 1927, near Darfur, the daughter of Herman Adella (King) Heller. She grew up in the Darfur area attending school in Butterfield, moving to St. James when she was 16 years old. She was Baptized at St. John's Lutheran in Darfur and Confirmed at St. Matthew's Lutheran Church in Butterfield and later joining...
Fred Junker
Aug 15, 2014
Fred Ben Junker was born August 19, 1931, the son of Ben Fred Junker and Margaret Korfe Junker. He attended school in District 181 in Comfrey, MN. When Fred was 12 years old, he accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as his personal Savior at the Fall Gospel Tabernacle in Delton Township and he dedicated his life to serving the...
Melvin Rose
Aug 14, 2014
Melvin A. Rose was born on June 20, 1927, in Sleepy Eye, MN, the son of Arthur and Lillian (Janisch) Rose. He served in the U. S. Army from October 12, 1945 until his honorable discharge on February 15, 1947. Melvin was united in marriage to Josephine Tauer on June 16, 1956 in Sleepy Eye. He has lived in...
Avis Boston
Aug 14, 2014
Avis Darlene Miller was born on June 28, 1923, at Lake Benton, MN, the daughter of James Grace (Sandage) Miller. Avis grew up in Lake Benton where she graduated from Lake Benton High School in 1941. She continued her education for one year at Normal Teacher training at Ivanhoe and became a country school teacher. Avis had a passion...
Norma Beyer
Aug 12, 2014
Norma Rae Callahan-Beyer was born January 3, 1928, in Freeborn Township, MN to Thomas and Hulda (Knaack) Callahan. She attended country school District #63 and later graduated from Freeborn High School in 1946. Norma was united in marriage to Harold Beyer on December 11, 1947. The couple moved to a farm near New Richland where they raised their family....
Lois Bloemke
Aug 7, 2014
Lois Vianna Jones was born December 19, 1931, at Redwood Falls, MN, the daughter of Harold Lillian (Hammond) Jones. Lois grew up in the Sleepy Eye area where she attended school through the eighth grade. She worked as a waitress before getting married. On September 2, 1952, she was united in marriage to Eugene Bloemke in Fairfax, MN. The...
Mary Wensauer
Aug 5, 2014
Mary Jane was born on November 17, 1958 in Brown County, MN the daughter of Marvin J. Dorothy (Deinken) Sellner. She grew up and graduated from Sleepy Eye public High School. She married Michael Wensauer on August 25, 1979, they were later divorced. Mary worked at Bic Graphics in Sleepy Eye for over three decades. She was a member...
Patricia Seifert
Aug 4, 2014
Patricia Louise Seifert, 83, Sleepy Eye, died Monday, Aug. 4, 2014, surrounded by her whole family, at the Sleepy Eye Medical Center. Patricia "Patt" was born April 26, 1931, at the family farm in Easton, to Charles and Louise (Stencil) O'Rourke. She grew up in Sleepy Eye and was a member of the St. Mary's class of 1949. On...
Amelia Streich
Aug 4, 2014
Amelia Theresa Streich was born April 12, 1919 in Brown County, MN to Andrew and Theresa (Groebner) Prokosch. She was confirmed and later united in marriage to Edwin Streich on November 16, 1939 at Salem Lutheran in Comfrey. The couple shared their love of old time music and attended many dances. Amelia enjoyed gardening, raising flowers, baking, sewing, reading,...
Lola Robertson
Aug 2, 2014
Lola Virginia (Hansen) Robertson passed away on Saturday, August 2, 2014 at the Sleepy Eye Care Center. Lola was born in Prairieville Township, Brown County, MN on September 20, 1919 to Laura (Christensen) and Robert C. Hansen. Lola was married to Ronald (Red) Robertson on April 12, 1941. They lived in Springfield, MN, in their early marriage, and then...
Leonard Lowinske
Aug 2, 2014
Leonard Emil was born on February 9, 1925 in Sleepy Eye the son of Fred Minnie (Seidl) Lowinske. He grew up and attended school in Sleepy Eye. Leonard enlisted in the US army on March 30, 1945 and served until his honorable discharge in December of 1946. Leonard worked for the Sasse family farm and also drove truck for...
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