Obituaries
Willis Kuhlman
Apr 3, 2013
Willis George Kuhlman was born February 5, 1925, in Madelia the son of Fred and Erma (Seller) Kuhlman. Willis married Sussie Phipps on August 25, 1946 in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Until recent years, he lived on the family farm in Fieldon Township. He was a lifelong member of Zion Lutheran Church where he served in many capacities; on boards, committees...
Gladys Giese
Apr 2, 2013
Gladys June Giese was born June 11, 1927 in Mountain Lake, MN to Edward and Alice (Ridenauer) Johnson. She was baptized at the Jeffers United Methodist Church and graduated from Jeffers High School. Gladys was united in marriage to Gerald "Jerry" Giese on June 22, 1946 in Windom. Together they farmed in the Jeffers, Storden, Lamberton, and Pennock areas...
Marian Fredin
Apr 1, 2013
Marian was born September 16, 1930 to William and Selma (Wallin) Anacker in Mountain Lake. She grew up in Darfur, where she attended elementary school at Independent School District 40. She graduated from Comfrey High School in 1948. Marian and James "Jim" Fredin were married on October 20, 1949 in Darfur. James and Marian raised their three sons-Brian, Todd,...
David Carrison
Mar 31, 2013
David A. Carrison, age 51, died Sunday, March 31st at South Shore Care Center in Worthington, after a long battle with MS. David Arnold Carrison was born on February 26, 1962 in Minneapolis. He was adopted shortly after his birth by Arnold and Ardyth (Thompson) Carrison of Windom. David received much of his education in the Windom Area Schools....
Nellie Peterson
Mar 30, 2013
Nellie Victoria Marie Peterson was born to Earl and Marie (Konz) Lyons on the Krieser farm (now the Dale Elsing farm) north of Darfur in Adrian Township, Watonwan County, MN on December 16, 1927. Nellie was baptized at St. Paul's Catholic Church in Comfrey. In 1946, she was confirmed and joined St. John's Lutheran Church in Darfur. Nellie married...
Theresa Rooney
Mar 29, 2013
On September 24, 1944, Theresa Colette was born to Joseph Raymond and Marjorie Eva (nee Wallace) Eustice in Albert Lea. In 1962, she graduated from Waldorf High School and on October 6th, Theresa married Raymond Pete Rooney at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Waldorf. They lived in California for 7 years, returning to Minnesota in 1971. Besides caring for...
Mary Anne Tauer
Mar 28, 2013
Mary Anne Tauer, age 79, of Chicago, IL and formerly of Sleepy Eye, MN died on Thursday, March 28, 2013 at the Weiss Hospital Hospice in Chicago. Mary Anne was born on June 9, 1933, in Home Township, Brown County, MN, the daughter of Raymond and Mathilda (Domeier) Tauer. She attended St. Mary's Elementary School and graduated from St....
Kenneth Paul
Mar 25, 2013
Kenneth Allen Paul was born April 12, 1950 at St. James, MN, the son of Leslie and Genevieve (Wolner) Paul. At age 3, Kenny contracted scarlet fever leaving him disabled. He, however, did not let that diminish his determination to be independent and to enjoy life. When he was 20 years old he moved to his own place where...
Lenus Schewe
Mar 23, 2013
Lenus C. Schewe was born June 25, 1935 in Brown County, Minnesota, the son of Charles and Viola Schewe. Lenus worked on the farm with his parents until 1970. He was united in marriage to Kathleen Larson on April 25, 1970. The couple moved to Springfield where they raised their 5 children together. Lenus moved to Walnut Grove in...
Katherine Hansen
Mar 21, 2013
Katherine Mary Fischer was born on May 11, 1928 in Sleepy Eye, MN to Joseph and Hannah (Raverty) Fischer. She graduated from Sleepy Eye Public High School in 1946. Katherine married Richard "Dick" Hansen on May 29, 1948 at St. Mary's Rectory. She retired from the University of Minnesota/Brown County Extension Service on September 1, 1989 after 30 years...
Hazel Maker
Mar 20, 2013
Hazel Maker was born April 11, 1920 to William and Sophie (Witt) Prokasky in Walnut Grove. In 1938 she was united in marriage to Chauncey Okins. After Chauncey's death she married LeRoy Hickey in 1962. After LeRoy's death, she was then united in marriage to Lester Maker in 1991. She was a member of the Lamberton United Methodist Church...
Dustin 'Dusty' Fedder
Mar 20, 2013
Dustin Ross Fedder was born May 20th, 1985, son of John Fedder and Christine (Rathman) Grove. He graduated from Martin County West High School in 2003. After graduation Dusty worked for Nuway, then GCC where he has been employed since 2007. He was currently manager at the Jackson plant. Dustin bought a home in Ormsby where he lived with...
Wallace 'Wally' Rand
Mar 19, 2013
Wally was born March 13, 1923, in Jeffers, MN to John and Alvina (Halter) Rand. He graduated from Jeffers High School and was drafted into the Army for WWII, being honorably discharged after 29 months. After returning from the war, he was united in marriage to his sweetheart Phyllis(Quade) in Jeffers on August 29, 1947. Wally worked for the...
Virginia 'Jeanne' Hansen
Mar 19, 2013
Jeanne was born in Sisseton, S.D. on November 9, 1929 to Charles and Edna (Ellis) Picker. She is the youngest of six girls. She moved to Mayer, MN and graduated from Waconia high school in 1947 and then went on to doing secretarial work for Cargill. She married H. Hooch Hansen at the St. Stephen's Catholic Church in Minneapolis,...
Carol Andreasen
Mar 17, 2013
Carol Jean Andreasen was born April 16, 1922 in Crookston, MN to August and Matilda (Ziebeck) Woelk. She enlisted with the U.S. Marine Corps in 1943 and was honorably discharged in 1945 as a Staff Sargeant. Carol obtained a BA Degree from the Minnesota College of Music, then was united in marriage to John 'Jack' Andreasen on September 1,...
Barbara Kunz
Mar 15, 2013
Barbara Lea Kunz was born to Maynard and Donna (Harris) Firchau on May 21, 1945 in Madelia. She attended and graduated from Madelia High School. On February 1, 1964, Barb was united in marriage to Bernard Kunz in Madelia. The couple was blessed with three children - Tammy, Amy and BJ. Barb was a night cook at The Triangle...
Robert Denn
Mar 13, 2013
Robert was born November 28, 1933 in Madelia to Jacob and Martha (Ganzel) Denn. He completed the first 8 grades at Oliver Country School just a mile and half from his home. He claimed to have graduated from there as the second smartest kid in his class. There were only two. He graduated from Garden City high School in...
Victor Mausling
Mar 10, 2013
Victor was born November 3, 1930 to Carl and Mathilda (Rathke) Mausling Sr. on the farm in South Branch. He helped his father on the farm before joining the US Army. After his honorable discharge on April 27, 1962, he became a master plumber. He worked for Latimer James Plumbing Co. in St. James for some time. In the...
Viola 'Vickie' Selland
Mar 9, 2013
Memorials may be made to: Mayo Clinic for Alzheimer's disease research. Vickie was born in Philadelphia, PA to Austrian immigrants Joseph and Theresa (Lackner) Steiner. Her birthday was on January 13th (in 1920, although she'd have liked no one to know). Seven of her siblings remained in Philly however, Vickie chose a different path and joined the Navy as...
Fern Larson
Mar 8, 2013
Fern was known as Grandma to many. Fern worked as a cook for the Butterfield-Odin School District in the 1960''s and 1980''s. She also worked at the Butterfield Cafe in Butterfield and at Tony Downs Foods in St. James. Fern enjoyed reading, watching television, and making needle art crafts and sharing them with many. She was a fantastic cookie...
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