Obituaries
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...
Marilyn Baarts
Jul 13, 2014
Marilyn Lucille Jaster was born July 22, 1931, in Ormsby, MN, the daughter of Herbert Margaret (Wacker) Jaster. Marilyn grew up on the family farm near St. James where she attended school. She graduated from St. James High School. She worked as a bookkeeper at Citizen Bank for several years before moving to St. Paul where she worked various...
Peter Tierney
Jul 11, 2014
Peter was born July 21, 1955 in Madelia, MN. He grew up in Madelia and attended St. Mary Catholic School and graduated from Madelia High School in 1973. He Married Valerie Pitts on July 28, 1973. On October 12,1974 they had a daughter Lauren. He married Nancy Bleckestad on October 4,1980. On November 31,1983 they had a son Mitch....
Leona Zimmerman
Jul 10, 2014
Leona Zimmerman was born June 25, 1922 in Stately Township, Brown County, Minnesota to Herman and Louise (Essig) Brown. She was united in marriage to Herb Zimmerman on June 16, 1943 at Zion Lutheran Church in Sanborn. Leona was a member of Zion Lutheran Church and the Ladies Aid and enjoyed gardening, raising roses, and playing Pinochle. She crocheted...
Ada Boutwell
Jul 10, 2014
Ada was born August 19, 1935 in Madelia, MN to Ralph and Edna (Lewis) Misner. She grew up in Madelia and graduated from Madelia High School, after which she attended Beauty School. Ada and Jim Boutwell were married in 1954 and lived in New Ulm. They then made their home in Linden Township and lived there for 32 years...
Henry Motes
Jul 6, 2014
Henry was born October 25, 1916 in Plant City, Flordia to Edward and Laura (Meadows) Motes. He grew up in Plant City and graduated from Orlando High School. Before entering the Miliary he worked for the Department of Agriculture in Washington. He enlisted into the Army in 1941 and served until honorable discharge in 1945. Prior to retirement he...
Gerhardt Roiger
Jul 4, 2014
Gerhardt Henry Roiger was born on December 9, 1918, to John and Anna (Saffert) Roiger. He attended St. Raphael Catholic School. On April 25, 1944, he married Deloris Wersal and they started farming south of Cobden. The couple moved to a farm southwest of Springfield in 1947 and raised corn, oats, soy beans and hay; and also milked cows....
David Haycraft
Jul 3, 2014
David John Haycraft, 68, passed away at the VA Hospital in Minneapolis on Thursday, July 3, 2014, after a brief battle with lung cancer. David was born February 10, 1946 in St. James to Gordon and Mary (Madden) Haycraft. He grew up in Lewisville and graduated from Madelia High School in 1965. He attended Saint John's University in Collegeville....
Elaine Ryan
Jul 2, 2014
Elaine Hope Ryan was born on December 27, 1936 to Henry and Ella (Nickel) Karow in Germantown Township in rural Sanborn, MN. She would have celebrated her 60 year reunion of the class of 1954 from Sanborn High School this July. Elaine worked as a switchboard operator in Tracy and New Ulm. On April 7, 1956, she was united...
Wayne Hutchinson
Jun 29, 2014
Wayne C. Hutchinson was born June 10, 1941 in Estherville, IA to Fred and Blanche (Voigt) Hutchinson. His family moved to Revere, MN in 1949 where Wayne graduated from Walnut Grove High School. He served with the U.S. Air Force for 4 years. Wayne was involved in farming all of his life, first as a partner with his father...
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