Obituaries
Leslie Pettersen
Sep 21, 2012
Leslie Tubby Pettersen, age 59, died Friday, September 21, 2012 at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, MN. Funeral Services will be 10:30 AM, Wednesday, September 26, 2012 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Madelia with Pastor Bringle officiating. Interment is at Riverside Cemetery in Madelia. Visitation is from 4-8 PM, Tuesday at Trinity Lutheran Church and one hour prior to...
Dorothy Sodeman
Sep 21, 2012
Dorothy Francis Sodeman, 88 of St. James died Friday, September 21, 2012 at Pleasant View Good Samaritan Center in St. James, Minnesota. Funeral service will be at St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church-St. James at 10:30 am Saturday, September 29, 2012 with Rev Martin Lopahs officiating. Interment will be at Mt. Hope Cemetery in St. James. Visitation will be held...
Shirley Foster
Sep 19, 2012
Shirley Ann Foster was born July 23, 1928, near Morgan, MN, on the farm of her parents, Elmer and Hattie (Axland) George. She was valedictorian of the Morgan High School class of 1945 and was graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Augsburg College in 1949. She taught high school at Butterfield, Hector and Two Harbors...
Peter Vanderwerf
Sep 17, 2012
Peter Vanderwerf was born on August 23, 1925 in Leavenworth Township, Brown County, the son of William and Dena Vanderwerf. He attended country school and helped on the family farm. On September 8, 1948 he was united in marriage to Elizabeth Krueger at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Springfield. Peter''s passion was farming. He farmed his entire life on...
Michael Hillesheim
Sep 16, 2012
Michael Arnold Hillesheim was born December 13, 1954, in Ramsey County, Minnesota. Mike was adopted by Arnold and Marie Hillesheim and graduated from Springfield High School in 1974. He then attended Willmar Vo-Tech for 2 years before working at Sanborn Manufacturing Company for 13 years. Mike then worked at AUI, now Bic, in Sleepy Eye for over 20 years....
Arthur Ellertson
Sep 15, 2012
Arthur Truman Ellertson was born on April 10, 1917 to Thormod and Anna (Ulvestad) Ellertson in Watonwan County (Madelia). Art graduated from Madelia Public School in 1935. He attended 2 years of college and then came home to farm. Art was united in marriage on May 26, 1945 to Mildred Vehling. This marriage was blessed with three children: Elaine,...
Tamara Brand
Sep 11, 2012
Tamara Tammy Sue Brand, age 46, died Tuesday, September 11, 2012 at her home in Madelia, MN. Funeral Service will be 2 PM, Friday, September 21, 2012 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Madelia, with Pastor Bruce Bringle officiating. Burial will be at the Riverside Cemetery in Madelia. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church....
Paul Sawatzky
Sep 9, 2012
Paul C. Sawatzky, age 89, of St. James, died on Sunday, September 9, 2013, at the New Ulm Medical Center in New Ulm. Funeral services will be 10:30am, Friday, September 14, 2012 at St. Paul's Ev. Lutheran Church in St. James with Rev. Martin Lopahs officiating. Burial will follow at Mt. Hope Cemetery in St. James. Visitation will be...
Rosemary Prahl
Sep 6, 2012
Rosemary A. Prahl, age 67, died, September 6, 2012 at the Madelia Community Hospital. Rosemary was born June 23, 1945 to Albert and Tillie (Reihs) Prahl in Watonwan County, MN. She grew up in Madelia where she received her education and she continued her education at Mankato Commercial College. Rosemary worked, for several years, at Corporate Graphics in N....
Baby Eusebio Escobedo
Sep 5, 2012
Visitation 3:00 pm - 7:00 pm Friday, September 14, 2012 Sturm Funeral Home, Pilgrim Chapel 303 E. Main St. Madelia, Minnesota, United States 56062 Service Information 10:30 am Saturday, September 15, 2012 St. Mary's Catholic Church-Madelia 19 Crosby Ave. NE Madelia, Minnesota, United States 56062 Interment Information Calvary Cemetery-Madelia East Main Madelia, Minnesota, United States 56062
John Steffl
Sep 4, 2012
John L. Jack Steffl was born on September 29, 1932 in Sleepy Eye, MN, the son of John A. Alma (Hartneck) Steffl. He grew up and attended St. Mary's Catholic School in Sleepy Eye and graduated with the class of 1951. After graduation he entered the US Army serving from 1953-1955. Jack married Sylvia Marso on February 10, 1962...
Dorothy Knutson
Sep 2, 2012
Dorothy Marie Hubert Knutson, age 93, of North Mankato and formerly of Lamberton died on Sunday, September 2, 2012 at her home in North Mankato. She was born on July 18, 1919 on a farm south of Lamberton, the daughter of Ernest and Lillian Hubert. She grew up on several farms near Lamberton. In 1937 she graduated from Lamberton...
Floyd Imker
Aug 30, 2012
Floyd and his twin brother were born to Otto and Ruth Imker on May 2, 1919 in Redfield, SD. He attended country school in Spink County while living on a farm with his family in South Dakota until 1931. When the family moved to a farm south of Lamberton, he attended district 37 country school until 8th grade. He...
Elizabeth Lilla
Aug 30, 2012
Elizabeth Caroline Lilla, age 100, of Sacramento, CA died August 30, 2012 at Saylor Lane Healthcare in Sacramento. Elizabeth was born September 18, 1911 to Edward and Clara Lilla in Comfrey, MN. Her parents both passed away within days of one another in the 1918 influenza epidemic. She was raised from that point by her grandparents, Peter and Caroline...
Vernon Jurgemeyer
Aug 30, 2012
Vernon Jurgemeyer, age 67, of St. James, died on Thursday, August 30, 2012, at Mayo Clinic Health System- St. James. Funeral services will be 10:30am, Wednesday, September 5, 2012, at First Lutheran Church in St. James with Rev.'s Christian Johnson Ken Bowman officiating. Visitation will be Tuesday from 4pm to 8pm at Sturm Funeral Home in St. James and...
Jeanette Oskerson
Aug 27, 2012
Jeanette Oskerson, age 64, of St. James, died on Monday, August 27, 2012, at Mayo Clinic Health System - St. James. Memorial services will be 5:00pm, Thursday, August 30, 2012, at Sturm Funeral Home in St. James with Pastor Jim Sprague officiating. Visitation will be Thursday at the funeral home beginning at 3:00pm. Jeanette Marie Mausling was born May...
Minnie Stockstead
Aug 25, 2012
Minnie Stockstead was born on August 25, 1913 near Hanska, MN, the daughter of Peder Tilda (Vaagen) Paulson. Minnie married Marvin Stockstead on December 24, 1931 in Minneapolis. She was a member of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Sleepy Eye. Minnie Stockstead, age 99, passed away peacefully on August 25, 2012 at the Sleepy Eye Care Center. She...
Ramona Peterson
Aug 24, 2012
Ramona Augusta Marie was born on November 11, 1918 in Sanborn, MN the daughter of Albert Malinda (Heise) Radtke. After her schooling she married Elton Peterson on January 28, 1941 in Sanborn. The couple lived and farmed in Brookville Township until moving to Sleepy Eye in 1985. Elton preceded her in death in 1988. Ramona later moved to Countryside...
Melroy Penner
Aug 21, 2012
Melroy Penner, age 82, of Mountain Lake died on Tuesday, August 21, 2012, at the Good Samaritan Village in Mt. Lake. Visitation is 4-7 PM Friday, August 24, 2012 at Sturm Funeral Home in Mt. Lake and resumes at church, one hour before the funeral. The funeral will be 10:00 AM Saturday, August 25, 2012 at First Mennonite Church...
Todd Salonek
Aug 20, 2012
Todd 'Chief' Salonek was born March 23, 1958, in Waconia, MN to Urban and Rose (Peter) Salonek. He graduated from Springfield High School in 1976 and then attended Alexandria Technical School where he studied for Parts Management. Chief worked for Englin Construction during and after high school which later became Salonek Construction. He was united in marriage to Debra...
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