Obituaries
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...
Dale Ottum
Jun 28, 2014
Dale LeRoy Ottum was born May 11, 1931, in St. James, the son of Clarence and Louise (Buggert) Ottum. Dale grewup in the St. James area and graduated from Butterfield High School in 1949. He attended the Mankato Commercial College. On August 9, 1952, Dale was united in marriage to Ruth Joan Warnemunde in St. James. The couple made...
Fred Stenke
Jun 28, 2014
Fred was born on July 6, 1922 in Carson Township, MN to Fred and Helen (Oeltjenbruns) Stenke, Sr. He was baptized into the Christian faith on July 30, 1922. On January 24,1945, Fred married Irene Heinitz at Trinity Lutheran Church in Mountain Lake, MN. After their marriage, they farmed in the Mountain Lake area. In 1954 they moved to...
Robert Kubly
Jun 27, 2014
Robert Orville Kubly was born on June 9, 1948, at Madelia, Minnesota, the son of Orville and Adeline (Haler) Kubly. Robert grew up in the St. James area where he graduated from High School in 1970. He worked at the court house for a short time before going to work at Tony Downs Foods, he worked for Tony Downs...
Helen Rempel
Jun 27, 2014
Helena Helen Neudorf was born February 17, 1918 to Abram and Helena (Klassen) Neudorf in Osterwick, Ukraine. She immigrated to the United States on May 7, 1949 along with her parents. Reverend and Mrs. Noah Landis of Jackson, MN and the Alpha Mennonite Church in Alpha, MN were her sponsors. On April 27, 1952 Helen was married to Peter...
Henrietta Lee
Jun 20, 2014
Henrietta Lee was born on March 23, 1920, to Henry and Anna (Rassmunsen) Birkemeyer in Evan, MN. On August 28, 1941, Hank married Edward W. Lee. The couple farmed at Lake Park, MN and after 3 years moved back to the Morgan and Springfield area. In 1975, Hank and Edward moved into Springfield and retired from farming in 1987....
Demaris Hauger
Jun 17, 2014
DeMaris Marilyn (Keckstein) Hauger was born September 6, 1930, in New Ulm, Minnesota, the daughter of Leo and Frances (Meurer) Keckstein. DeMaris was a 1948 graduate of Holy Trinity High School in New Ulm. She graduated from Mankato Business College in 1950. DeMaris was united in marriage to Tony Hauger on January 29, 1951 at Holy Trinity in New...
Marvin Wall
Jun 17, 2014
Marvin Richard Wall was born on July 11, 1928 in Mt. Lake, MN, Cottonwood County, the son of William and Mabel Elgh Wall. He was baptized September 30, 1928 and confirmed April 18, 1943. Marvin attended Comfrey Public School. Marvin joined the National Guard after graduation. On October 27, 1984, Marvin married Cyrilla Stelzer at Faith Lutheran Church. They...
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