Obituaries
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...
Frieda Sellner
Mar 8, 2013
Frieda C. Sellner was born on April 23, 1912 in Sleepy Eye, MN, the daughter of John and Minnie (Seidl) Haala. She grew up and attended school in Sleepy Eye. Frieda married Roman Sellner on June 7, 1932 at St. Mary''s Catholic Church in Sleepy Eye. From the age of 9 years old to her retirement at the age...
Lucy Hennies
Mar 6, 2013
Lucy was born on April 22, 1937 to Louis Sr. and Frances Kokesh. She was raised in Minnetonka and later attended college at Mankato State, with a degree in Education. She student taught in Madelia and later became a teacher. During this time she met her husband, Kenneth Hennies and they were united in marriage on July 9, 1959....
Margie Nelson
Mar 5, 2013
Margie Ann Stolze was born July 23, 1933 in St. James, MN, the daughter of Elmer and Louise Stolze. Margie grew up on the family farm just outside of St. James. She attended rural school. On April 7, 1951, she was united in marriage to Dale W. Nelson at Camp Rucker, AL, where they lived while Dale was in...
Leo Ludewig
Mar 4, 2013
Leo was born May 29, 1931, in Sleepy Eye, the son of Vitalis and Emma (Treml) Ludewig. He attended school in Mulligan Township. He served in the Army during the Korean Conflict and was stationed in Ulm, Germany, for 18 months. He married Bernice Hillesheim on Nov. 16, 1954, at St. Mary''s Catholic Church in Sleepy Eye. He was...
Lorraine Roiger
Mar 4, 2013
Lorraine Angeline Roiger was born on August 28, 1927 in Mulligan Township, Brown County, MN, the daughter of John R. and Anna M. (Sellner) Windschitl. Lorraine married Arnold Joseph Roiger on August 28, 1958 at the Church of the Japanese Martyrs in Leavenworth. They lived and farmed in Albin Township from 1960 to 1992 when Arnold passed away. Lorraine...
Joseph Hacker
Mar 3, 2013
Joe died on Sunday, March 3, 2013 at the Sleepy Eye Medical Center at the age of 54 years. Joseph Clement Hacker was born on July 24, 1958 in Sleepy Eye, MN to Clement and Lucille (Wersal) Hacker. Joe attended St. Michael''s Elementary School and Cedar Mountain High School, before attending Willmar Area Vocational School for Auto Mechanics. He...
Henry Baerg
Feb 28, 2013
Our wonderful husband, brother, and friend, passed into the arms of his loving heavenly Father on Thursday February 28, 2013 at the Good Samaritan Village in Mountain Lake, MN. He had attained the age of 88 years, 7 months, and 12 days. Henry was born July 16, 1924 to Jacob J. and Maria (Penner) Baerg of Butterfield, MN. He...
Victor Christensen
Feb 23, 2013
Victor Walter Christensen, age 94, passed away at the Veteran''s Hospital in Minneapolis on February 23, 2013 as the result of complications from a fractured hip. He was born November 18, 1918 in rural Sleepy Eye to Christian and Emily (Petersen) Christensen. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Matthew''s Church in Evan. He attended country schools in the...
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