Obituaries
George Hacker
Jun 5, 2013
George Frank Hacker was born on April 7, 1929, in Templeton, IA, the son of George and Esther Hacker. He moved to Morgan as a small child where he attended Country School District #74 for 3 years and then St. Michael's Catholic School in Morgan, and was valedictorian of his class at Morgan High School in 1947. He farmed...
John Rusten
Jun 5, 2013
John Gilbert Rusten, the son of Gilbert 'Gib' and Helen (Ellingsberg) Rusten was born on June 20, 1939 in Madelia, MN. John graduated from Madelia High School and continued his education at Dunwoody Institute. He was united in marriage to Karen Dorothy on July 28, 1961 in Madelia, MN. Their marriage was blessed with two sons, William and Robert....
Patricia Anderson
Jun 5, 2013
Patricia Ann (Ross) Anderson was born December 15, 1946 at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C. She took her last breath and soared to Heaven on the wings of angels June 5, 2013 in St. James. She was the second eldest of 5 children born to William Ross Sr. and Agnes Eldora (Johnson) Ross. During Pat''s childhood, the Ross...
William Vogel
Jun 5, 2013
William 'Bill' John Vogel was born November 19, 1934 in Stately Township, Brown County to William and Minnie (Matzke) Vogel. Bill served with the U.S. Army from 1957-59. He was united in marriage to Eileen Groebner on September 28, 1963 at St. Thomas Catholic Church in Sanborn. Bill worked for Mathiowetz Construction for 5 years before farming his entire...
Michael Ecker
Jun 5, 2013
Michael was born on December 4, 1950 in St. Paul, MN the son of Richard E. and Mercedes E. (Liebman) Ecker. He lived in West St. Paul until he graduated from the College of St. Thomas. Michael then attended Creighton Medical School in Omaha, NE. He completed his Family Practice Residency at Creighton Medical Center. Michael married Charlene M....
Kaylie Hogue
Jun 5, 2013
Kaylie Hogue, age 24, of Sleepy Eye, died of an Epileptic Seizure on Wednesday, June 5, 2013. Kaylie was born on July 16, 1988 in New Ulm, MN. She graduated from Sleepy Eye Public High School in 2006 and from Minnesota State University, Mankato with a Bachelors in Education. She was currently teaching at Martin County West High School....
Lavarre Hollingsworth
Jun 4, 2013
LaVarre Hollingsworth was born in Minneapolis on November 29, 1917 to Roy and Ida (Moeschler) Norris. She married Donald S. Hollingsworth on May 27, 1938 in South Minneapolis. She worked most of her life for Gustafson Plumbing as an Office Manager. It was in her mid-forties that she was given the opportunity to do what she was passionate about...
Leroy Seely
May 30, 2013
LeRoy Durland Seely died peacefully Thursday, May 30, 2013, after a short illness. Roy was born in Westbrook, MN, on April 6, 1917, and lived in St. James, Sioux Falls, Worthington and England during WWII. He was proud of his military service with the Army Air Corps and often told of singing Coming in on a Wing and Prayer...
Thelma Vollmer
May 29, 2013
Thelma Margareta Brosnan was born on March 11, 1921 the daughter of Patrick Lila (Schmidt) Brosnan. She graduated from Sleepy Eye High School in 1939. She married Armin Vollmer on April 26, 1942 in Ringstad, IA. The couple was blessed with one son, Armin. Thelma enjoyed gardening and loved to work with flowers. She enjoyed dancing, listening to music,...
Doris Savage
May 28, 2013
Doris Savage, age 88, was called into the loving arms of the Lord on Tuesday, May 28, 2013. She died peacefully surrounded by family at St. John Lutheran Home in Springfield. Doris was born December 11, 1924 in Springfield to Otto and Marion (Edmundson) Weinberger. She was raised in Springfield and was united in marriage to Joseph F. Savage...
Joseph Mathiowetz
May 25, 2013
Joseph Charles Mathiowetz was born November 18, 1921, on the family farm north of Sleepy Eye, the son of Joseph Mary (Gewerth) Mathiowetz. He attended country school, District #35, through the 8th grade. He farmed until he was drafted into the Army Air Corps, serving from 1942 to 1946. He returned to Sleepy Eye where he continued to farm...
Doris Novotny
May 24, 2013
Doris J. Novotny, age 84, passed away at Oak Lawn Care Center in Mankato on Friday, May 24, 2013. Doris was born on February 3, 1929, in International Falls, MN to Ray and Lillian Snyder. She graduated from International Falls High School in 1947 and from the University of Minnesota in 1951 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in...
Donald Anderson
May 23, 2013
Donald Eugene Anderson was born September 18, 1932 at Estherville, Iowa, the son of Everett and Inga (Baarson) Anderson. He attended school in St. James. Andy joined the Army in 1950 serving 20 years. In 1951, he married Muriel Goodwin. During his military career he was stationed in Vietnam, Japan and Germany. Upon his return to St. James area,...
Ruby Shellum
May 22, 2013
Ruby Emma Shellum, the daughter of Carl and Tillie (Schwartz) Ekstrom was born on September 3, 1924 in Butterfield, MN. Ruby was united in marriage to Irwin Shellum on October 23, 1949. This marriage was blessed with one son, Robert. Ruby and Irwin made their home on a farm near Godahl. Ruby was a volunteer at Luther Memorial Nursing...
Albert Reiner
May 22, 2013
Albert Joseph Reiner was born on December 4, 1922, in Bashaw Township, Brown County, the son of Frank and Ernestine (Sturm) Reiner. He was united in marriage to Elaine Prokosch on April 8, 1947, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Sleepy Eye. The couple farmed north of Sanborn for many years. Albert took great pride and loved being a...
Angela Rasmus
May 21, 2013
Angela Marie Rasmus was born on April 17, 1978. She joined her adopted family when she was two years old. She lived in Paynesville, MN for several years with her brother - Jamey and her parents Jim and Mary. She was baptized at Nordland Lutheran Church of rural Paynesville. In 1990 she moved to Sleepy Eye with her mother,...
Erna Wellnitz
May 20, 2013
Erna Sophia Wellnitz was born on January 31, 1928 in Redwood Township, MN to Henry and Minnie (Hidenmann) Mammenga. She married Albert Wellnitz on February 4, 1950. As a farmer's wife north of Sleepy Eye she worked side by side with her husband on the family farm until they retired and moved to Sleepy Eye. She was also appreciated...
Norman Little
May 20, 2013
Norman Woodruff Little was born on March 14, 1927 to David and Mabel (Stone) Little in Codington County, South Dakota. He was baptized and confirmed in April, 1943 at the First United Methodist Church in Watertown, South Dakota. He was a graduate of Watertown High School in 1945 after which he attended South Dakota State University. Norm joined the...
Rita Weisner
May 19, 2013
Rita Marie Weisner was born July 1, 1927 in Lamberton, MN to Michael and Katherine (Diedrich) Schultz. A lifetime resident of Lamberton, Rita graduated from Lamberton High School in 1945 then attended Mankato State University for her Teacher's Degree. She was united in marriage to Ervin Weisner in 1949 in Mankato. Rita taught at Good Thunder, Revere, and Highwater...
Lucille Dalsgaard
May 18, 2013
Lucille O. Dalsgaard was born December 16, 1915, in North Star Township, Brown County, Minnesota, the daughter of John and Ella (Weber) Trapp. She attended school in North Star Township, and Sanborn Parochial and High School. Lucille was united in marriage to Willard Dalsgaard on March 10, 1951, at Zion Lutheran Church in Sanborn. The couple made their home...
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