Obituaries
Bernice Kispert
Sep 4, 2013
Bernice Grace Kyllo was born Dodge County, MN, on March 5, 1928, the daughter of Joseph and Clara (Danielson) Kyllo. She attended District 79 school until the 8th grade and graduated from Kenyon High School. On August 8, 1948, Bernice was united in marriage to Wayne Kispert at Nerstrand, MN. She worked various jobs including 18 years at State...
John Aden
Sep 3, 2013
John Albert Aden, Jr. was born February 18, 1933 near Godahl, MN, the son of John Fredrika Margaret (Menssen) Aden. The family moved to St. James when John was 3 years old. He attended St. Paul's Ev. Lutheran Parochial School and St. James High School graduating in 1951. He worked at St. James Bottling Co. from 1951 to 1953....
Mary Grausam
Sep 2, 2013
Mary Louise Grausam was born October 31, 1930 in Blue Earth County to Oscar and Virginia (Palmer) Griebel. She attended Mankato State University where she received her Lifetime Teacher Degree. Mary taught in Comfrey until her marriage to Gerald Grausam on August 26, 1952 at St. John's Catholic Church in Searles. She joined Gerald in farming and raising her...
Donald Johnson
Sep 2, 2013
Don was born in Madelia, MN on August 3, 1936. He grew up in Madelia and Linn Grove and upon graduating high school, he completed lab and x-ray training and then received a BA from Metropolitan State University in St. Paul, MN. In 1957, while working at Spencer Municipal Hospital, he married Annette Kriens. In 1967, they moved to...
Marilyn Arndt
Sep 1, 2013
Marilyn Ann (Hendricks) Arndt of Lamberton, Minnesota died September 1, 2013, peacefully at home surrounded by her family. There will be a private Mass of Christian Burial at St. Joseph's Catholic Church of Lamberton. Born September 17, 1937 to Albert J. and Anna M. (Curran) Hendricks, Marilyn resided in Barry and Graceville, Minnesota throughout her childhood. She graduated Class...
Louise Garner
Aug 30, 2013
Louise Annette (Minnie) Garner was born January 4, 1939 in beautiful Sombra, Ontario. When she was 6 six years old, Louise, her mother and brother moved from her grandfather Maurice C. Minnie's home in Canada to Sanborn, MN. She attended Sanborn High School and Dr Martin Luther High school in New Ulm. On September 29, 1956, she married Elverne...
Duane Firchau
Aug 30, 2013
Duane Arthur Firchau was born February 20, 1934, in St. James, the son of Albert and Hulda (Johnson) Firchau. Duane attended school in St. James. He worked as a truck driver with Tony Downs Foods out of Butterfield prior to his retirement. Duane enjoyed fishing with family and friends, watching NASCAR racing and old western movies. Duane is survived...
Mary Walters
Aug 30, 2013
Mary Walters was born in Munich, ND on June 18, 1926 to Walter and Hilda (Hall) Schmitt. She moved to Comfrey as a small child and attended school in Comfrey. On September 14, 1943 she married Donald Walters of Mt. Lake, MN. They farmed in the Comfrey area until 1956. They then moved to Osakis, MN and farmed there...
Donald Richert
Aug 29, 2013
Donald George Richert was born in Springfield, the fourth of five children to Robert and Rose (Riebel) Richert, in 1936 and died on his farm on Thursday, August 29th, 2013. Donald graduated in 1953 from Springfield High School. On May 26, 1956 he was united in marriage to Joan Sellner of Sleepy Eye at St. Mary's Catholic Church. Their...
Germaine Baumann
Aug 27, 2013
Germaine Christina Baumann, age 86, died on Tuesday evening at Oak Lawn Health Care Center in Mankato, MN, the last surviving child of John and Christina (Engelen) Solyntjes. She was born on July 18, 1927 in Springfield, MN. She married Vince (Pete) Baumann on September 19, 1950, in Springfield. Germaine worked as a secretary for several insurance agencies, before...
Nan Ochs
Aug 26, 2013
Nan Ochs was born October 11, 1924 in Minneapolis, MN to Theodor and Rigmor (Rassmussen) Fredericksen. She was united in marriage to Lawrence J. Ochs on November 18, 1948 at St. Kevin's Catholic Church in So. Minneapolis. The couple made Springfield their home, and then moved to Shakopee in 1991. Nan later moved to Prior Lake. She was a...
Kathy Schroeder
Aug 23, 2013
Kathy Ann Schroeder was born on July 9, 1976 in Edina, MN, the daughter of Dwayne Duke and Veronica (Marso) Schroeder. She grew up in St. James, MN and graduated from St. James High School in 1994. She attended Augustana College in Sioux Falls, SD and graduated in 1998. Kathy received her Masters in Education at St. Mary's University....
Iona Retka
Aug 22, 2013
Iona Marie Fox Schmid Retka was born on March 14, 1914, in Comfrey, MN, the daughter of Leo Sr. and Kathryn (May) Fox. She had lived in Wanda, Sanborn, Redwood Falls, Dawson, Princeton, Brooklyn Center, and Cold Spring. Iona worked as a dress maker, a sales clerk, a bookkeeper, and a nurses assistant. She was a member of the...
Sanford Young
Aug 21, 2013
Sandy Young, the son of Bruce and Linda (Tuttle) Young was born on December 21, 1969 in Laredo, TX. Sandy and his family moved several times before residing in Madelia where he graduated from high school. Sandy was united in marriage to Darla Thiel on May 11, 2001 in Sioux Falls, SD. Sandy worked at Corporate Graphics in N....
Christine Hieronymus
Aug 21, 2013
Christine Elola Hieronymus, lost her battle with cancer and went home to the lord on Aug. 21 2013. She was born on Jan. 18 1950 in Fairmont MN to Naomi (Sisson) and Earl Danielson. She is formally of Morgan MN where she lived with her late husband Frank (Rooster). She is survived by her Children Dawn Case of Ellendale,...
Marian Teigum
Aug 20, 2013
Marian Teigum, the daughter of Elmer and Hannah (Jones) Imlay was born on December 3, 1928 in rural Judson, MN. She lived in Lake Crystal and attended High School there. Marian worked as a legal secretary in Mankato. She resided in Roseville, Elbow Lake and Madelia. Marian and David Ruud Teigum were united in marriage on May 31, 1952...
Fabian Maher
Aug 20, 2013
Tom Maher, age 59, of Sleepy Eye, MN, (In Tom's words He bought the farm) Tuesday, August 20, 2013 at his home surrounded by family. Fabian Tom Thomas Maher was born on August 27, 1953 in Tracy, MN, the son of Fabian Clair Tilda (Haugen) Maher. He grew up in Currie and graduated from Tracy High School in 1971....
Leonard Smith
Aug 19, 2013
Leonard William Smith was born July 15, 1924 to Frank P. and Lavina (Kappes) Smith in Madelia, MN, the third of nine children. He grew up on their farm SE of Madelia. Leonard entered the Marine Corps Jan. 30, 1943 serving until the end of WWII. After boot camp in San Diego, CA. he completed Amphibian Tractor training in...
Ewald Schuelke
Aug 17, 2013
Ewald Ludwig Schuelke, age 92, of Comfrey, MN passed away Saturday, August 17, 2013 at his home. Ewald was born on January 21, 1921 in Storm Lake, Iowa to Elsa Wilhelm and Herman Schuelke. Ewald served in the Army Air Force during World War II spending 10 months in the Asiatic Pacific Theatre of Operations with the 7th Air...
Thomas Eager
Aug 15, 2013
Thomas Lorin Eager was born on December 13, 1938 to Margret (Boor) and Loren Eager, in Madelia. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary''s Church. Tom was always so proud that his family was one of the first settlers of the Village of Madelia; he always said that Flanders started the village and Eagers helped them move in....
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