Obituaries
Shirley Kaehler
Aug 2, 2014
Shirley Louise Gladis was born May 23, 1940, near Ivanhoe, MN, the daughter of John and Clara (Wilking) Gladis. Shirley grew up on the family farm near Ivanhoe and later in Marshall where she attended school. On June 23, 1962, Shirley was united in marriage to Sherwood Kaehler in Marshall. The couple made their home in Petaluma, CA, and...
Vernard 'Vern' Hooge
Aug 1, 2014
Vernard John Hooge was born at the Windom Hospital on October 22, 1929. He was the son of Abraham and Helen (Duerksen) Hooge. He grew up on a farm in Dale Township and graduated from Mt. Lake High School. His life was filled with family, friends, church, singing, hard work and play. Vern loved to sing. He was a...
Roland Joblinske
Jul 31, 2014
Roland Bernell Joblinske, known to many as Tiny, was born July 24, 1926, in Truman, MN, the son of William Rose (Westman) Joblinske. Tiny grew up in the Madelia and St. James areas. He attended St. James High School before joining the Army in 1944. He served in the Pacific, earned a Bronze Star and was honorably discharged in...
Edward Savage
Jul 29, 2014
Edward Leo Savage was born August 28, 1933 to Jerome and Grace (Tuttle) Savage on the family farm in Cottonwood County, MN. He moved to California with his family in 1942 and attended school in Richmond, CA. His family moved back to Comfrey in 1949 and Ed attended Comfrey Public School. He worked for several area farmers until he...
Kim Knutson
Jul 29, 2014
Kim John Knutson was born on May 7, 1964, in Mankato, MN, the son of James and Darla (Reed) Knutson. He graduated from Nicollet High School. Following his education, Kim farmed with his father and a few years ago moved to Springfield where he continued his passion in farming for area farmers. Kim enjoyed fishing, hunting, gardening, his 2004...
Father Leonard Jenniges
Jul 28, 2014
Father Leonard John Jenniges was born on March 1, 1923, in Waterbury Township, Redwood County, the son of John J. and Caroline (Aufterheide) Jenniges. He attended grade school in Wanda and 3 years at Lamberton High School. He went on to Nazareth Hall Seminary and St. Paul Seminary and was ordained on June 5, 1948, at St. Paul Cathedral....
Ruby Gieseke
Jul 28, 2014
Ruby Gieseke was born on May 29th, 1930 in Rutland Township Martin County, the daughter of John Gieseke and Bertha Plenge. Ruby moved to her apartment at REM Heartland on June 26th 1991. She worked at the Enterprise in Madelia for 24 years and was currently involved in the leisure program. You'll know Ruby for her flair for fashion....
Donna Mae Johnson
Jul 24, 2014
Donna Mae Frances Manderfeld was born January 2, 1927 in Comfrey MN to the parents of John and Viola (Laux) Manderfeld. She attended school in Comfrey and graduated High School in 1944. During high school and until 1947 she worked at People State Bank of Comfrey. On December 28, 1946 she married Dale Giese. Dale and Donna Mae lived...
Evelyn Schardt
Jul 24, 2014
Evelyn (Evie) Louise Schardt was born on March 8th 1920 in Tracy, MN the daughter of Arthur and Tilda Kendall. Evelyn worked at the Enterprise in Madelia for 24 years and was currently involved in the leisure program attending half days. Evelyn was known to many as "grandma". As an adopted grandma, she had a lot of responsibilities. One...
Kevin Loewen
Jul 23, 2014
Kevin Jon Loewen, age 45, of Minneapolis, formerly of Mountain Lake, MN passed away peacefully at the Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis on July 23, 2014. Kevin was born on October 10, 1968 the son of Jon L. and Diane R. (Decker) Loewen. As a child growing up Kevin had many challenges to face due to physical limitations...
Dallas Seibert
Jul 22, 2014
Dallas was born July 12,1923 in Maddock, North Dakota to Carl and Lena Person. Dallas mother died when she was two years old. She was adopted by James and Inga Cleveland and grew up in Maddock. In 1940 she graduated from high school at Maddock. She then went on to Concordia College in Moorhead, MN and graduated in 1944...
Elida Hunstad
Jul 21, 2014
Elida Alma Thorson was born October 8, 1911, on the family farm in rural Odin, the daughter of Anton Clara (Kolden) Thorson. She was a life long member of St. Olaf Church where she was baptized and confirmed. She attended rural school at District 93 in Martin County. She attended Odin High School for a short time before going...
John Buller
Jul 20, 2014
John Buller was born in Mountain Lake, Minnesota on May 22, 1923 to Dietrich and Margaret (Peters) Buller. He was the oldest of three children. He was baptized at Bethel Mennonite Church on June 13, 1943. He attended Mountain Lake Public School through 8th grade and was a lifelong member of Bethel Mennonite Church. John was united in marriage...
Mavis Pfarr
Jul 19, 2014
Mavis Dawn Pfarr was born on January 17, 1941, the daughter of Edward and Margaret (Kerns) Richmond in LaCrosse, WI. On July 24th, 1971, Mavis was united in marriage to Willard Bill Pfarr at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Lamberton. She worked at Valley View Manor in Lamberton for 24 years. She was a member of the Lamberton American...
Marie Cullen
Jul 19, 2014
Marie (Taylor) Cullen was born July 9, 1911 to Karl and Fannie ( Herr) Taylor in Perry, Iowa. The family moved to Minnesota when Marie was eight years old. She attended school in Comfrey, MN and graduated in 1928. She attended teacher's college at Mankato and taught for four years. On June 23, 1933, Marie married Bernard Cullen and...
Victor Helget
Jul 18, 2014
Victor Bernard Helget was born September 30, 1922 on a farm in Stark Township, Brown County to Otto and Clara (Haala) Helget. He attended country school District 45 until the 8th grade and then began farming with his father. He lived on the family farm for 25 years then moved to a farm south of Cobden. Victor was united...
Kenneth Bast
Jul 18, 2014
Kenneth James Bast was born on November 21, 1945 in Springfield, Minnesota, the son of Arlene (Schwartz) and Richard Bast. Ken grew up in Springfield and after high school drove cattle truck for his uncle, Melvin Krueger. He served in the Army from 1966-1968, and is a Vietnam War Veteran, and has passed on his love of country to...
Roger Quick
Jul 16, 2014
Roger James Quick was born on the family farm in rural St. James on September 1, 1930, the son of William and Frieda (Froehling) Quick. Roger grew up in St. James and graduated from St. James High School. He worked as a heavy equipment operator for several construction companies over the years. He enjoyed operating front end loaders and...
Richard Zuhlsdorf
Jul 14, 2014
Richard Albert Zuhlsdorf was born in Sleepy Eye, Minnesota on July 15th, 1941 to the late William and Frances (Riebel) Zuhlsdorf. Richie was the youngest of his family, seven sisters and five brothers. Richie attended school at St. Mary's in Sleepy Eye. After attending school Richie worked at Pietrus, Woodridge Construction, and sheering sheep. He married Cheryl Hammerschmidt on...
Elizabeth Davis
Jul 14, 2014
Elizabeth Joan Davis was born on October 2, 1944, at Manson, IA, the daughter of Walter J. and Beulah J. (Hall) Eigsti. She was raised on the family farm, attending area grade school and graduated from high school in 1961. Elizabeth was baptized and confirmed at St. Pauls American Lutheran Church in Manson, IA where she was united in...
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