Obituaries

Wayne Olson

Wayne Olson

Mar 14, 2012

Wayne Olson, age 84, of St. James, died on Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at Methodist Hospital in St. Louis Park, MN. Funeral services will be 10:30am, Monday, March 19, 2012 at First Lutheran Church in St. James with Rev. Ken Bowman officiating. Burial will be at Mt. Hope Cemetery with military honors provided by the St. James Veterans Honor...

Charles Palmquist

Charles Palmquist

Mar 13, 2012

Charles Palmquist, age 59, of St. James, died on March 13, 2012, at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, MN. Funeral services will be 10:30am, Saturday, March 17, 2012, at Augustana Lutheran Church in St. James with Rev. Kathleen Ulland-Klinkner officiating. Burial will be at Mt. Hope Cemetery in St. James. Visitation will be 4pm to 8pm on Friday, March...

Elmo Aspelund

Elmo Aspelund

Mar 13, 2012

Elmo Harold was born on March 3, 1921 in St James to Seth and Julie (Shellum) Aspelund. He was baptized on March 28, 1921and confirmed on June 9, 1935 at Albion Lutheran Church and attended country school. From 1942 to 1946, Elmo served in the US Army. He was wounded in German and received the Purple Heart. Upon returning...

Cary Romsdahl

Cary Romsdahl

Mar 12, 2012

Cary Romsdahl, age 50, of St. James died on Monday, March 12, 2012 in Oklahoma as a result of a motor vehicle accident. Funeral services will be 10:30am, Tuesday, March 20, 2012 at First Lutheran Church in St. James with Rev. Ken Bowman officiating. Burial will be at Kansas Lake Lutheran Cemetery, St. James. Visitation will be Monday from...

Jean Schwab

Jean Schwab

Mar 12, 2012

Jean Marie Schwab was born on April 10, 1952 in New Ulm, MN, the daughter of Dennis F. Delores (Suess) Guldan. She attended St. Mary's Grade School and High School graduating in 1970. Jean married Shelley J. Schwab on November 12, 1971 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Sleepy Eye. She enjoyed working at Rivervine in New Ulm and...

Edwin Windschitl

Edwin Windschitl

Mar 11, 2012

Edwin Frank Windschitl was born on March 1, 1929, in Mulligan Township, the son of Edmund and Martha (Schroepfer) Windschitl. He attended country school district #42 through the 8th grade and graduated from Comfrey High School in 1947. Edwin was united in marriage to Ivona Helget on June 18, 1951 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Sleepy Eye. They...

Malinda Holland

Malinda Holland

Mar 10, 2012

Linda Holland, age 90, of Mason City, IA, formerly of St. James, died on Saturday, March 10, 2012, at the Muse-Norris Hospice Unit in Mason City, Iowa. Funeral services will be 11am, Thursday, March 15, 2012, at Zion Lutheran Church in Odin with Rev. Carla Reierson officiating. Burial will be at Zion Lutheran Cemetery in Odin. Visitation will be...

Ben Ludewig

Ben Ludewig

Mar 9, 2012

Benjamin Charles Ludewig was born August 18, 1920, in Leavenworth Township, Brown County the son of Ray and Gertrude (Schumacher) Ludewig. Ben served with the U.S. Army from 1942-45 with tours in Africa, Italy, France and Germany. He was united in marriage to Alvina Treml on April 27, 1948, in Leavenworth. Ben farmed, owned Ben's Standard station, worked for...

Grace Bachmann

Grace Bachmann

Mar 9, 2012

Grace Bachmann, age 78, of Madelia, died on Friday, March 9, 2012, at Mayo Clinic Health System-St. James. Funeral services will be 10:30am, Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at Zion Lutheran Church in Lewisville with Rev. Brian Thorson officiating. Visitation will be Monday, March 12, 2012, from 5pm to 8pm at Sturm Funeral Home, Pilgrim Chapel in Madelia and will...

Clark Lunz

Clark Lunz

Mar 9, 2012

Clark Lunz, age 71, of St. James, died on Friday, March 9, 2012 at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester. Funeral services will be 4:00pm, Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at Sturm Funeral Home in St. James with Pastor Judy Stillwell officiating. Visitation will be one hour before the services at the funeral home on Tuesday. Burial will be at Mt....

James Christensen

James Christensen

Mar 8, 2012

James Freeman Christensen was the 8th child born to Carl and Clara (Hansen) Christensen. He was born 9-26-23 in Redwood County, Sundown Township, Minnesota. Both of his parents died when James was very young and he lived with various family members in southern MN. At the age of 15 he moved to Wyoming where he briefly attended High School....

Ellen Miller

Ellen Miller

Mar 7, 2012

Ellen Miller, age 87, of St. James, died on Wednesday, March 7, 2012, at Pleasant View Good Samaritan Center in St. James. Funeral services will be 10:30am, Saturday, March 10, 2012, at First Lutheran Church in St. James with Rev. Ken Bowman officiating. Burial will be at Mt. Hope Cemetery in St. James. Visitation will be Friday, March 9,...

Robert Sucker

Robert Sucker

Mar 5, 2012

Robert Charles Sucker was born on July 16, 1924 in Sleepy Eye, MN, the son of Benjamin and Mayme (Wolf) Sucker. He was baptized on July 25, 1924, confirmed on April 10, 1938, both at St. John's Lutheran Church in Sleepy Eye. He graduated from Sleepy Eye Public School in 1943. He served in the U.S. Army during WWII...

Sachiko 'Diane' Knudson

Sachiko 'Diane' Knudson

Mar 5, 2012

Sachiko "Diane" Knudson "How lucky we are to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard." Sachiko "Diane" Knudson passed away peacefully March 5, 2012, in Abilene, Texas, surrounded by her children and those she loved. She was born in Nagoya, Japan May 27, 1932 and first came to the United States in 1958 as a military wife and...

Herman Sieving

Herman Sieving

Mar 4, 2012

Herman Sieving, age 98, of St. James, died on Sunday, March 04, 2012, at Luther Memorial Home in Madelia, MN. Funeral service will be on Wednesday, March 7, 2012 at 10:30 AM at St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church in St. James, MN with Rev. Martin Lopahs officiating. Visitation will be on Tuesday, March 6, 2012 from 4:00 PM to...

Adeline Kubly

Adeline Kubly

Mar 4, 2012

Adeline Kubly, age 85, of St. James, died on Sunday, March 4, 2012, at Pleasant View Good Samaritan Center in St. James. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30am, Thursday, March 8, 2012, at St. James Catholic Church in St. James with Father Thien Nguyen as celebrant. Burial will be at Calvary Cemetery in St. James. Visitation will be...

Harold Schottle

Harold Schottle

Feb 29, 2012

Harold 'Bucky' Frank Schottle was born November 10, 1928, in Bashaw Township, Brown County the son of Frank and Vera (Swanson) Schottle. He was baptized and confirmed at Faith Lutheran Church in Comfrey. Bucky graduated from Comfrey High School in 1946, and was united in marriage to Idelle Hultgren on September 8, 1948. Church was very important to Bucky...

Lavonne 'Bonnie' Prins

Lavonne 'Bonnie' Prins

Feb 27, 2012

LaVonne "Bonnie" Darlene Prins was born on August 29, 1927 in Remson, IA, the daughter of George and Anna (Raveling) Johnson. She attended elementary school in Iowa until the family moved to the farm in Lamberton in 1936, where she attended country school. Bonnie was united in marriage on December 14, 1945 to Clyde Prins. The couple lived in...

Raymond Bielen

Raymond Bielen

Feb 26, 2012

Raymond Richard Bielen was born August 22, 1929 to Joseph and Frieda (Wagner) Bielen in Springfield, MN. He lived his entire life in Springfield attending St. Raphael's Catholic School and graduating from Springfield High School. He served in the US Army from February of 1951 to February of 1953. On September 20, 1952, Ray was united in marriage to...

Deloras Kearin

Deloras Kearin

Feb 25, 2012

Deloras Kearin, age 91, of Fairmont formerly of Madelia, died on Saturday, February 25, 2012, at the Lakeview Methodist Care Center in Fairmont. Memorial services will be 11:00am, Saturday, March 10, 2012, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Madelia with Father Thien Nguyen officiating. Burial will be at Calvary Cemetery in Madelia. She is survived by her daughters; Diane...