Obituaries
Leonard Halvorson
Dec 16, 2012
Leonard Earl Halvorson passed away on December 16, 2012, at Valley View Manor in Lamberton at the age of 82 years. He was born to Adolf and Mabel (Fester) Halvorson on July 7, 1930. Leonard attended school in Lamberton. After school, he entered the Marine Corps and was stationed in San Diego, CA and later finished serving in Hawaii....
Douglas Wall
Dec 15, 2012
Douglas William Wall was born on February 1, 1927 to William and Mabel (Elgh) Wall at Comfrey, MN. He attended Comfrey High School until he was drafted into the Army at the age of 17 years. He was stationed in Berlin, Germany with the 252nd Combat Engineering Division, until his discharge in October 1946. On May 16, 1959, Doug...
Inez Skjervold
Dec 15, 2012
Inez Skjervold, age 95, of St. James, died on Saturday, December 15, 2012 at Pleasant View Good Samaritan Center in St. James. Funeral services will be 11:00am, Friday, December 21, 2012, at First Lutheran Church in St. James with Rev's Ken Bowman and Christian Johnson officiating. Burial will be at Mt. Hope Cemetery in St. James. Visitation will begin...
Harriet Swanson
Dec 14, 2012
Harriet Lucille Swanson was born May 5, 1923, in Adrian Township, Watonwan County, the daughter of Joseph and Hattie (Warner) Johnson. She was baptized May 27, 1923 and confirmed June 28, 1936. Harriett attended School District #61. She was united in marriage to Wilbur 'Scib' Wallin on September 3, 1946, who died May 26, 1971, and later to Clifford...
Wayne Gohr
Dec 11, 2012
Wayne H. Gohr, age 47, of rural Mountain Lake died on Tuesday, December 11, 2012, at his home. Visitation is 4-8 PM Thursday, December 13, 2012 at Sturm Funeral Home in Mt. Lake and resumes at church, one hour before the funeral. The funeral will be 2:00 PM Friday, December 14, 2012 at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Kimball Township,...
Frank Kujawa
Dec 10, 2012
Frank Vincent Kujawa was born January 22, 1928, in St. Cloud, MN the son of Vincent and Mary (Gapinski) Kujawa. He attended St. John Cantius Grade School and St. Cloud Tech High School, and served in the U.S. Navy from 1946 to 1948. Frank graduated from St. Cloud State University and taught school at Willow River High School for...
Rosemary Kral
Dec 9, 2012
Rose Mary Bertrand was born August 22, 1917 in New Ulm, MN to Paul Elizabeth (Madory) Bertrand. She moved with her family to Home Township when she was three years old and attended St. Mary's School in Sleepy Eye. She married Leo J. Hoffmann on October 28, 1935. They farmed for two years near Evan then moved to a...
Ruth Kersten
Dec 9, 2012
Ruth Arlene Kersten, the daughter of Herman and Amanda Wendt, was born on June 28, 1909, in Lamberton, MN. She received her education in the consolidated public school at Wanda for the first 10 years and graduated from the Lamberton Public School in 1928. She graduated from Lamberton Teachers Training Department and taught in rural schools in Redwood and...
Rosella Hillesheim
Dec 4, 2012
Rosella Theresa Hillesheim was born on September 20, 1922 in Brown County, the daughter of Frank and Theresa (Seidl) Schroepfer. She was united in marriage to Edmund Hillesheim on June 8, 1942 at St. Mary''s Catholic Church in Sleepy Eye. Following his death, she married James Hillesheim on November 21, 1950 at the Church of the Japanese Martyrs in...
Virginia Hillesheim
Dec 3, 2012
Virginia Kay Hillesheim passed away at the age of 62 from unknown causes on December 3rd, 2012. She was born in Springfield, MN in 1950 to Albert and Madonna (Nachreiner) Hillesheim. The third oldest of eleven children, she grew up in Clements, MN and moved to the Twin Cities after graduating from Springfield High School in 1968. Her favorite...
Daron Hunstad
Dec 1, 2012
Daron Hunstad, age 46, of St. James died on Saturday, December 1, 2012, at Mayo Clinic Health Systems-St. James. Funeral services will be 10:30am, Friday, December 7, 2012, at First Lutheran Church in St. James with Rev.'s K. Christian Johnson and Ken Bowman officiating. Burial will be at Mt. Hope Cemetery in St. James. Visitation will be at Sturm...
Donna Gramentz
Nov 28, 2012
Donna Mae Dorothy Gramentz was born September 1, 1935 to Henry and Mabel (Hoffman) Bloemke in Leavenworth Township in Brown County. On September 24, 1952 Donna married Gene Gramentz at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Springfield. The couple farmed for 11 years in numerous locations prior to moving back to Springfield. Donna was a stay at home mom to...
Leon Amundson
Nov 28, 2012
Leon Amundson, age 73, of LaSalle died on Wednesday, November 28, 2012 at the Madelia Community Hospital in Madelia. Memorial services will be 1:00pm, Saturday, December 8, 2012 at Sturm Funeral Home in St. James with Rev. Ken Bowman officiating. Burial will be at 3pm at the Westbrook City Cemetery in Westbrook. Visitation will be one hour before service...
Robert Tollefson
Nov 28, 2012
Robert 'Rob' Jerry Tollefson was born September 1, 1954, in Aberdeen, SD to Edward and Majory (Hoffman) Tollefson. The family lived in Neenah, WI, and Brookings, SD before moving to Owatonna where Rob graduated from high school in 1972. Rob met Jan Woker in Owatonna and the couple was married on September 10, 1977 at St. Paul Lutheran Church...
Helena Tomasovic
Nov 27, 2012
Helena F. Tomasovic died Tuesday, November 27, 2012 at St. John Lutheran Home where she had been a resident since August 18, 2008. The family will hold a Memorial Service for friends and relatives at 10:30 AM Saturday, December 1, 2012 at the St John Lutheran Home Chapel with Father Dennis Labat officiating. Visitation is one hour before the...
Jerome Schroepfer
Nov 27, 2012
Jerome Ervin Schroepfer was born December 13, 1927, in Brown County, MN to Frank X. and Theresa (Seidl) Schroepfer. He attended country school district #15 through the 6th grade. Jerome then attended St. Mary's Catholic School. He worked for his dad and his brother before enlisting in the U.S. Navy. Jerome served for 2 years at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii...
Irene Meyers
Nov 27, 2012
Irene Meyers, age 94, of St. James, died on Tuesday, November 27, 2012, at Pleasant View Good Samaritan Center in St. James. Funeral services will be 10:30am, Friday, November 30, 2012 at Zion Lutheran Church in Odin with Rev. Carla Reierson officiating. Burial will be at Zion Lutheran Cemetery in Odin. Visitation will be Thursday at Sturm Funeral Home...
Ferne Warner
Nov 24, 2012
Ferne Hardis Warner was born on April 20, 1920 to Ben and Nettie (Peterson) Backstrom in Marathon, Iowa. Ferne grew up on a farm in Iowa. She received her education through the 12th grade at the public school in Sioux Rapids, Iowa. She was baptized and confirmed in the Swedish Lutheran Church in Marathon, Iowa. After high school graduation...
Douglas Anderson
Nov 24, 2012
Douglas George Anderson, Sr. passed away peacefully on Saturday, November 24, 2012, at the Good Samaritan Village in Mountain Lake, MN, at the age of 93. Doug graciously bequeathed his earthly body to the Anatomical Bequest Program at the University of Minnesota after which he will be interred at Fort Snelling National Cemetery. The family will hold a memorial...
Kyle Kopischke
Nov 24, 2012
Kyle Richard Kopischke was born August 17, 1989, to Rory and Jean (Schulte) Kopischke. He graduated from Comfrey High School in 2007, and then attended Alexandria Technical College where he received a degree in Hotel and Restaurant Management. Kyle was currently managing Taco Bell in St. Cloud. He was a member of St. Paul Catholic Church in Comfrey and...
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