Obituaries
George Newman
Apr 23, 2013
George Jr. was born on November 7, 1929 in Omaha, Nebraska to George and Gretchen (Reimers) Newman, Sr. For many years he owned and operated a sanitation business. As a Jack-of-all-trades, George loved mechanics and serviced his fleet of trucks himself. After retiring from his business, he worked as a shuttle transporter from a hotel to the airport. He...
Richard Miller
Apr 22, 2013
Richard Neil Miller was born June 6, 1952 to parents Donald Easton and Joyce Louise (Tyrrell) Miller. He lived with his family in Dunnell, MN, and Granada, MN, attended schools in Granada and Fairmont graduating from the latter. After his parents retired in 1980, they moved to Truman. In 1983 Rick was accepted into the REM home where he...
Irvin Benge
Apr 22, 2013
Irvin Benge, 91, husband, father, farmer, veteran, was a lifelong resident of Waverly and Galena Townships in Martin County. He died April 22 at a VA-affiliated hospital in Grantsburg, WI, three weeks after a wonderful Easter Sunday with his family. Services will be held 11 a.m. Monday, April 29, 2013 at Waverly Lutheran Church of rural Trimont with a...
Wilma Becker
Apr 21, 2013
On February 14, 1923, Wilma Violet was born in Milford, Nebraska to Lloyd and Emma (Kennel) Troyer. As a young woman, she worked as an aide in a hospital. On November 28, 1948 she married Paul Arthur Becker in Wellman, Iowa. They moved to Mountain Lake and were blessed with five children. Wilma was employed for many years at...
John Tierney
Apr 21, 2013
John Tierney, age 61, of Springfield, MN died on Sunday, April 21st, 2013 at his home. John James Tierney, the son of Joseph and Audrey (Archard) Tierney was born March 20th, 1952. John grew up in Madelia where he graduated from Madelia High School in 1970. John was united in marriage to Doris Anderson on Feb 13th, 1971 and...
Mary Dettman
Apr 21, 2013
Mary Lee (Brown) Dettman was born to Charles Edward Brown and Luvenia Brown on October 10, 1924 on a farm in North Carolina. She graduated from Sunbury High School and attended City College of Norfolk, Virginia. While attending college in Norfolk and working at the military PX, Mary met a sailor, Harold Dettman, and the two married on March...
Ralph Bielen
Apr 20, 2013
Ralph Cashmere Bielen was born to Joseph and Frieda (Wagner) Bielen on August 22, 1929 in Springfield, MN. He was raised in Springfield and graduated from Springfield High School in 1948. On September 16, 1950 he was married to Avona (Richert). Ralph began working part-time at Vigorena Feeds in 1947 and became the accountant and office manager. He retired...
Richard Melheim
Apr 20, 2013
Richard Allen Melheim was born in St. James, MN, to parents Joseph "Smokey" and Ella (Panzer) Melheim on July 1st, 1952. He went to St. James High School and graduated in 1971. He then resided, worked, and raised his family in St. James. Richard took up hobbies that included gardening, wood shop, carpentry, and cooking for his family and...
Randall Wenisch
Apr 19, 2013
Randall Leonard Wenisch was born on November 23, 1964, the son of Richard and Kay (Hotzler) Wenisch. He graduated from Morgan High School in 1983 and attended vocational training for auto mechanics. He worked for Jensen Motors and most recently for Atlas Cold Storage in New Ulm. He was united in marriage to Diane in December of 1997. Randy...
Barbara Wolner
Apr 19, 2013
Barbara Agnes Wolner, "Barb", was born in Minneapolis, MN on January 25th, 1931. After 82 years of living life on earth, while surrounded by the love of her family, she peacefully entered heaven's gate on April 19th, 2013. Barb was born in Minneapolis on January 25th, 1931 and graduated from Minneapolis South High School. After high school she went...
Ronald Engel
Apr 18, 2013
Ronald William Engel was born March 29, 1948 at New Ulm, MN, the son of William and Vera (Behrmann) Engel. Ron attended school in Judson, Madelia and graduated from St. James High School. He also attended Jackson Vo-Tech for auto mechanics. He served in the Army (1968-1970) and was a Vietnam Vet. Ron married Betty Anderson, they later divorced....
Cyrilla Turbes
Apr 18, 2013
Cyrilla Ann Turbes was born on July 24, 1925 to Theodore and Ann (Lang) Fischer and resided on a farm in Bashaw Township, Brown County. She attended country school districts 59 and 65 and St. Raphael's Catholic School. On November 12, 1960 she married James Turbes at St. Raphael's Catholic Church. She was a member of St. Raphael's Church...
Kevin Weedman
Apr 17, 2013
Kevin Lowell Weedman was born July 16, 1952 in Springfield, MN to Lowell and Lorna (Weckwerth) Weedman. He was baptized at Sundown Lutheran Church and confirmed at Bethlehem Lutheran Church. Kevin graduated from Springfield High School in 1970, then attended Jackson Vo-Tech for one year. He returned to Clements and worked with his father in the family business Weedman...
Marie Paulson
Apr 15, 2013
Marie was born October 17, 1917 in Alton, Iowa, the eighth of nine children of Paul and Margaret (Arens) Neyers. In 1921, the family moved to a farm site in the Evan area. Marie graduated from St. Mary's High School in Sleepy Eye in 1936 and attended one year of Normal Teacher's Training in Mankato. For four years she...
Robert Redmond
Apr 14, 2013
Robert Dean Redmond was born September 9, 1939, in St. James, Minnesota to parents Lee and Lorene (Conley) Redmond. He grew up and attended school in St. James. He joined the Army serving from May 1957 to April 1959. He returned to St. James following his military service. Bob worked at Tony Down and later at Crysteel. He loved...
Nathaniel Knaak
Apr 13, 2013
Nathaniel Gordon Knaak was born on January 7th 1985 to Tim and Julie Knaak. He grew up on the family farm in rural St. James where he attended school and graduated in 2003. He went on to attend College and MN West in Pipestone and graduated in 2005. After graduating from college he moved to Marshall, later moving to...
Warren Nelson
Apr 13, 2013
Warren C. Nelson was born on March 12, 1929, in Butternut Valley Township, the son of Carl and Palma (Stordahl) Nelson. He attended and graduated from the Madelia High School in 1947. He worked as an Insurance Underwriter for Farmers Home Mutual Insurance Company in Madelia from 1947 to 1950. He served as a Staff Sergeant in the United...
Angelica Kostoff
Apr 13, 2013
Angelica Marie (Hemming) Kostoff, age 32, gave herself over to the Lord after battling heart problems and other health issues. She left us in the early morning of April 13, 2013. Angel was born on January 2, 1981 in Mankato, MN to Danny L. and Debra R. (Harms) Hemming. She attended St. John's Lutheran School in Sleepy Eye. Angel...
Clara Schultz
Apr 12, 2013
Memorials are preferred to The Gideons International. Clara Carol Loewen was born on September 14, 1915 to Frank F. and Katharina (Wiebe) Loewen on the farm in Carson Township. Early in her life, Clara gave her heart to the Lord and was baptized in Gospel Mennonite Church. She graduated from Mountain Lake High School in 1934. Clara had one...
Theresa Knudtson
Apr 8, 2013
Theresa Ann Mosser, the daughter of Robert and Kathleen (Tierney) Mosser, was born December 8, 1944, in Madelia. She grew up and graduated from high school in Madelia. On April 20, 1963, she was united in marriage to LeVene Knudtson. The couple made their home and raised their family in Madelia. Theresa worked fulltime as a wife and mother...
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