Obituaries
Aloysius Mathiowetz
Feb 21, 2015
Aloysius "Aloy" Henry Mathiowetz was born on December 21, 1921 on the family farm in Eden Township, Brown County, MN the son of John D. and Agnes (Kainx) Mathiowetz. He attended country school, District 79 and then St. Mary's Catholic School in Sleepy Eye. After his schooling he farmed with his father. Aloy married Leona Rose Schweiss on May...
Larry Sandmeyer
Feb 20, 2015
Larry J. Sandmeyer, son of Leo and Lenora (Hanson) Sandmeyer, was born in Butterfield Township in Watonwan County, Minnesota on September 17, 1938. He died Friday, February 20, 2015 at St. Mary's Hospital, Rochester, Minnesota. Larry attended District 45 School in St. James Township through 8th Grade. He graduated from District 840 High School in St. James in 1956....
Marvin Kral
Feb 18, 2015
Marvin F. Kral was born on August 10, 1939 in New Ulm, MN, the son of Raymond O. and Loretta (Haala) Kral. He married Eileen Hillesheim on June 12, 1962 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Sleepy Eye. Marv farmed south of Sleepy Eye his entire life. He drove for Pork Stork part-time for 16 years. He was a...
Anthony 'Butch' Guza
Feb 15, 2015
Anthony William Guza otherwise known as "Butch", age 78, of Sleepy Eye peacefully was called home on Sunday February 15, 2015 with his family at his side. Butch was born on April 18, 1936 at the Wanda hospital in Wanda Minnesota to Alice (Garrow) and Anthony Guza Sr. Butch married his wife, Beverly Ann Webskowski on October 21, 1955....
Charles Sanns
Feb 14, 2015
Charles Chuck Wayne Sanns, son of Raymond and Nora (Merchant) Sanns was born in St. James, MN on March 23, 1940. He attended school in St James and then joined the Army in 1963. After returning from the service he married his wife, Betty Olson. Chuck worked for ST Industries for his whole career until retiring at the age...
Adeline Penner
Feb 13, 2015
Adeline was born to Herbert and Katrina (Worms) Sawatzky on June 21, 1931 at the Mountain Lake Hospital. She was baptized at the North Mennonite Church North of Butterfield. She attended country school through grade 7. Adeline married Walter B Penner on November 2, 1950. They were blessed with 4 children, Bonnie, Darlene, Larry, and Judy. Together they farmed...
Earl Dexheimer
Feb 13, 2015
Earl Victor Dexheimer, son of Oscar and Selma (Abel) Dexheimer was born in St. James, MN on November 25, 1918. He attended District 8 Country School. In 1938 he married Evelyn Christenson. They had one son, Charles. Evelyn died in 1943. On August 23, 1950, Earl was married to Leota Scholl who had two daughters, Sharon and Diane. Earl...
Marie Albertson
Feb 11, 2015
Marie Albertson was born on May 23, 1918 to Camille and Augusta (Van Hecke) Buyck in North Hero Township, Redwood County. She attended Walnut Grove Public School. On November 28, 1939 she was united in marriage to Orland Bob Albertson at St. Paul Catholic Church in Walnut Grove. The couple farmed in the Walnut Grove area for 4 years...
John Etter
Feb 11, 2015
John was born in Madelia on January 26, 1951 to Clem and Edythe (Thompson) Etter. He attended Madelia Schools graduating in 1969. He attended Minnesota State University Mankato and graduated in 1974. On August 26, 1972 he married Patricia Roberts of Madelia at the United Methodist Church. He worked at Etter's Grocery Store and Ryter Corporation during and following...
John Bishop
Feb 9, 2015
John Henry Bishop was born on June 13, 1951, in St. James, MN, the son of Shannon Norma (Wassman) Bishop. John grew up in St. James graduating from St. James High School. He worked at Tony Downs for many years before going to work at Swift Eckrich. In 2007, John's health forced him to retire, he then moved to...
Mary Lux
Feb 9, 2015
Mary Stephanie Lux was born on December 19, 1924 in Sleepy Eye, MN, the daughter of Joseph and Stephanie (Schuelgl) Scherer. She married George J. Lux on September 17, 1946 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Sleepy Eye. The couple lived north of Sleepy Eye on a farm until they retired in Sleepy Eye. Mary worked many years at...
Joanne Groebner
Feb 9, 2015
Joanne B. Groebner was born on March 5, 1947 in Sleepy Eye, MN the daughter of Florian and Leona (Rothmeier) Helget. After graduating from high school she married Richard Groebner on November 23, 1966 in Springfield, MN. She worked on the family farm while she was married. Joanne worked part-time at Schutz Family Foods and Randy's Family Drug. Joanne...
Marvin Hoffman
Feb 6, 2015
Marvin V. Hoffman was born on October 18, 1929 in rural Watonwan County near St. James to Alfred and Emma (Nibbe) Hoffman. He was baptized at home by the pastor of St. Paul's Lutheran Church and confirmed at Galena Lutheran Church. He received his education in District 32 through eighth grade and graduated from Trimont High School in 1947....
Scott Maas
Feb 6, 2015
Scott B. Maas, born September 22, 1961 to William and Janice (Schneider) Maas in New Ulm, MN (Brown County), passed away Friday, February 6, 2015 at the age of 53. Most recently a resident of Hudson, WI, he attended grade school in Owatonna, MN and later in Fairmont, MN. He graduated from Fairmont High School in 1980. A dedicated...
Lowell & Sharon Asplund
Feb 6, 2015
Lowell Asplund was born in Minneapolis on November 4, 1941 to Carl and Ellen (Evenson) Asplund. Lowell grew up in Minneapolis and began working in his father's grocery store at an early age. He worked his way through college, obtaining a Bachelor's Degree in History/Religion from Augsburg College in 1965. He also worked at Fairview Hospital as an orderly...
Ronald Olsen
Feb 5, 2015
Ronald 'Sparky' Allen Olsen was born March 24, 1946 in St. James, MN to Tinus and Yvonne (Herrlie) Olsen. He attended St. James High School and graduated in 1964. Ron enlisted in the U.S. Army where he served his country for 13 years. During this time, Ron served in Korea for 10 months and in Vietnam for 12 months...
Harold Peterson
Feb 4, 2015
Harold Peterson was born on June 14, 1940, in Comfrey, MN, the son of Leslie and Ida (Seigman) Peterson. He grew up around Comfrey and Springfield and helped the family with farm work. In August of 1997 Harold moved to New Ulm and worked part time for Holm Industries. He enjoyed listening to music, preferably Rap, watching football and...
Ralph Schunk
Feb 1, 2015
Ralph John Schunk was born March 2, 1921 on the family farm in Bashaw Township to John and Lucy (Hickel) Schunk. Ralph farmed all of his life in Bashaw Township where he also raised a small herd of cattle. He retired in 1987 and moved to an apartment in Springfield. Ralph later moved to Gil Mor Haven, then to...
John Stoesz
Jan 31, 2015
John Arthur Stoesz was born in Mt. Lake, MN, on December 18, 1923, the son of John C. Aganetha (Quiring) Stoesz. John grew up in Mt. Lake and country school. He married Evelyn Loewens on June 20, 1946 in Mt. Lake. John worked at Balzer MFG and later became a partner with his uncle, Abe Balzer, in the business....
Arnold Duerksen
Jan 29, 2015
Arnie was born to John and Tina (Krause) Duerksen on May 22, 1953 at the Mountain Lake Hospital. He was baptized in 1968 at the Gospel Mennonite Church in Mountain Lake. In 1971 he graduated from Mountain Lake High School and then proceeded onto Mankato Votech where he got a degree in baking. In 1975 he was joined in...
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