Obituaries
Diana Pidde
Feb 24, 2012
Diana Jo was born on June 20, 1950 in Comfrey, MN, the daughter of Ike LaDonna (Fredin) Ericksen. She graduated from Comfrey High School in 1968 and was united in marriage to Roger Pidde on April 26, 1969. They were blessed with three children, Mike, Amy and Jeremy. In September 2000, Diana moved to the Ochre Street Apartments. She...
Merwyn Nordby
Feb 24, 2012
Merwyn Nordby, age 79, of St. James died on Friday, February 24, 2012, at the Luther Memorial Home in Madelia. Funeral services will be 11:00am, Thursday, march 1, 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 Guard....
Helen Nachtman
Feb 23, 2012
Helen Ella Nachtman was born on March 24, 1920 in Wanda, MN, the daughter of John and Metha (Tesch) Koch. She was united in marriage to Arthur Nachtman on June 6, 1939 in Wanda. Helen was baptized, confirmed and married by Rev. William Langholz. The couple farmed near Lamberton. Following their retirement, they moved to Sanborn where she resided...
Wesley Olson
Feb 21, 2012
Wesley Olson, age 69, of Madelia, died on Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at the Madelia Community Hospital in Madelia. Funeral services will be 10:30am, Saturday, February 25, 2012 at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Darfur with Rev. Lowell Asplund officiating. Burial will be at the church cemetery. Visitation will be Friday, February 24, 2012, from 4pm until 8pm at the...
Evelyn Pooch
Feb 21, 2012
Evelyn Dorothy (Halter) Pooch was born on May 4, 1916 in Highwater Township, Cottonwood County, MN to William and Mina (Everson) Halter. She passed away on February 21, 2012 at the age of 95. She was baptized and later confirmed at the Sharon Lutheran Church in Lamberton, MN. She attended school at District 3 until 8th grade. On Oct....
Lorraine Crouse
Feb 21, 2012
Lorraine Bernice Crouse was born September 24, 1917, in Marshall, MN the daughter of Ole and Minnie (Sanders) Ellingson. She was baptized at Holy Redeemer Catholic Church in Marshall on May 19, 1918. Lorraine was united in marriage to Fred Crouse on February 28, 1940, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Walnut Grove. During the couple's first year of marriage...
Inez Coulter
Feb 20, 2012
Inez was born on the family farm in Reading, Minnesota on July 13, 1930. She attended country school in Reading until moving to live with her sister Loretta in Tracy for her Junior and Senior years in High School. She graduated from Tracy High School in 1948 and then moved to Sleepy Eye and started working in the office...
Genevieve Hillesheim
Feb 19, 2012
Genevieve A. Hillesheim was born on July 20, 1922 in rural Leavenworth, MN the daughter of Joseph Leona (Ludewig) Huiras. She grew up and attended country school near Leavenworth and worked at Pietrus Produce for a few years prior to marriage. Genevieve married Alfred Hillesheim at the Church of the Japanese Martyrs in Leavenworth on February 4, 1947. They...
Brett Vanmeveren
Feb 17, 2012
Brett Alan VanMeveren was born on June 21, 1969 in Redwood Falls, MN, the son of Ted Dale and Vernida (Wanke) VanMeveren. He attended Wabasso Public School and worked summers at the family business of Jonver, Inc.; graduating from Wabasso High School in 1987. Brett attended Alexandria Tech and received his degree in Law Enforcement, taking a position with...
William Miest
Feb 17, 2012
William Miest, age 84, of St. James, died on Friday, February 17, 2012, at the Mayo Clinic Health System-St. James. Funeral services will be 10:30am, Thursday, February 23, 2012, at St. Paul's Ev. Lutheran Church in St. James. Burial will be at Mt. Hope Cemetery. Visitation will be Wednesday, February 22, 2012, at Sturm Funeral Home in St. James...
Mary Hintgen
Feb 16, 2012
Mary Hintgen, age 95, of St. James, died on Thursday, February 16, 2012, at Mayo Clinic Health System-St. James. Visitation will be one hour before services at the church on Monday. Memorial services will be 2:00pm, Monday, February 20, 2012, at First Lutheran Church in St. James with Rev. Ken Bowman officiating. Burial will be at Calvary Cemetery in...
Elvira Meyer
Feb 15, 2012
Elvira Meyer was born on October 7, 1914 in Alexandria, MN, the daughter of William and Ella (Seidl) Rambow. The family moved to Springfield when Elvira was 5 years old. She was a member of St. PaulLutheran Church in Springfield and attended the German Lutheran School. She was united in marriage on October 8, 1940 to Ernest Meyer at...
Robert Graff
Feb 15, 2012
Robert Gerald Graff was born on September 24, 1932 to Robert A. and Ethel (Erickson) Graff in Highwater Township, Cottonwood County, MN. He grew up and attended country school in Highwater Township and then attended and graduated from Lamberton High School in 1950. On September 6, 1952 he was united in marriage to Joyce Bittner in Wanda. He worked...
Mae Finstad
Feb 12, 2012
Mae Finstad, age 89, of Springfield, died on Sunday, February 12, 2012, at Vista Ridge in Springfield. Funeral services will be 10:30am, Monday, February 20, 2012, at Albion Lutheran Church in rural St. James with Rev. Robert Springer officiating. Burial will be at the Albion Cemetery. Visitation will be 5pm to 7pm, Sunday, February 19, 2012, at Sturm Funeral...
Gerald Fox
Feb 12, 2012
Longtime resident Gerald "Jerry" D. Fox age 80 of Mountain Lake, died Sunday, February 12, 2012 at the Windom Area Hospital. A Memorial Service was held at 11:00 AM Saturday, February 18, 2012 at First Presbyterian Church in Mountain Lake. Pastor Sarah Butler officiated and Pam Logue was the organist. Visitation was 4-6 PM Friday at Sturm Funeral Home...
Benjamin Blom
Feb 9, 2012
Benjamin Robert Blom, stillborn son of Robert "Bob" Lyle Jessica Marie (nee Niss) Blom of Mountain Lake was delivered into rest on February 9, 2012 at 8:35 A.M. at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. He weighed 3 pounds and 5 ounces and was 16" long. Funeral Service are private. Benjamin Robert Blom is survived by his...
Laurie Buesing
Feb 9, 2012
Laurie (Panzer) Buesing, age 55, of North Mankato formerly of St. James, died on Thursday, February 9, 2012 at Hillcrest Health Care Center in Mankato. Funeral services will be 11:00am, Monday, February 13, 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...
Evelyn Larsen
Feb 8, 2012
Funeral services for Evelyn Larsen, age 83, of St. James will be 11:00am, Saturday, February 11, 2012 at St. Olaf Lutheran Church in Odin with Rev. Carla Reierson officiating. Burial will be at the St. Olaf Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5pm to 7pm on Friday, February 10, 2102 at Sturm Funeral Home in St. James and will continue...
Esther Dick
Feb 5, 2012
Esther Dick was born on 8/25/1915 in Cottonwood County, the daughter of Henry and Anna (Schultz) Quiring. She was baptized on 5/24/1931 by Rev. D.P. Eitzen in the Bergfelder Mennonite Church in Mt. Lake. She graduated from Mt. Lake Bible School in the spring of 1932 and Mt. Lake High School in 1937. It was during her high school...
Frances Hackett
Feb 4, 2012
Frances Hackett, age 93, of St. James died on Saturday, February 4, 2012, at Pleasant View Good Samaritan Center in St. James. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30am, Wednesday, February 8, 2012, at St. James Catholic Church. Burial will follow at Calvary Cemetery in St. James. Visitation will be Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at Sturm Funeral Home in...
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