Obituaries
Lorraine Hopman
Mar 26, 2012
Lorraine Hopman, age 83, of Madelia, died peacefully on Monday, March 26, 2012 at the Luther Memorial Home in Madelia Funeral Services will be 11:00 AM, Saturday, March 31, 2012 at Faith Lutheran Church in Madelia with Rev. William Russell officiating. Burial will be at Riverside Cemetery in Madelia. Visitation will be from 5 PM to 7 PM, Friday,...
Bessie Harder
Mar 25, 2012
Bessie Harder, age 86, died of cancer on Sunday, March 25, 2012, at the Sanford hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, surrounded by family members. Bessie Mae Zimmerly was born July 10, 1925 to Edwin P. and Mary Bixler Zimmerly at their farm home in Wayne County, Ohio, the third in a family of five boys and five girls....
Mary Sawatzky
Mar 22, 2012
Mary Sawatzky, age 82, of St. James died on Thursday, March 22, 2012, at Mayo Clinic Health Services- St. James. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 AM, Monday, March 26, 2012, at St. James Catholic Church in St. James with Fr. Thien Nguyen as celebrant. Burial will be at Calvary Cemetery in St. James. Visitation will be Sunday,...
Sharry Rambo
Mar 22, 2012
Sharry Kay Rambo, age 52, of Vernon Center, went to meet her Lord on Thursday, March 22, 2012. Sharry was born on June 20, 1959, the daughter of Melvin and Elizabeth Betty (Rooney) Miller. She was baptized July 20, 1959 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Madelia, and confirmed at Salem Lutheran Church on April 30, 1972, where she...
James Shellum
Mar 22, 2012
James Shellum, age 79, of Truman formerly of St. James, died on Thursday, March 22, 2012 at the Truman Senior Assisted Living in Truman. Funeral services will be 10:30 AM, Wednesday, March 28, 2012 at St. Olaf Lutheran Church in Odin with Rev. Carla Reierson officiating. Burial will be at St. Olaf Lutheran Cemetery in Odin. Visitation will be...
Raymond Kunz
Mar 21, 2012
Raymond Kunz, age 97, of Madelia, died on Wednesday, March 21, 2012 at the Luther Memorial Home in Madelia. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30am, Saturday, March 24, 2012 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Madelia with Fr. Thien Nguyen, Fr. James Kunz Fr. John Kunz concelebrating. Burial will be at Calvary Cemetery in Madelia. Visitation will be...
Eleanora Davis
Mar 17, 2012
Eleanora Davis, age 92, of St. James, died on Saturday, march 18, 2012, at Mayo Clinic Health System- St. James. Funeral services will be 10:30am, Wednesday, March 21, 2012, at First Lutheran Church in St. James with Rev. Ken Bowman officiating. Burial will be at Riverside Cemetery in Madelia. Visitation will be one hour before services at the church...
Charles Hoffman
Mar 17, 2012
Charles "Chuck" Hoffman, 78, died peacefully surrounded by loving family on Saturday, March 17th at St. John Lutheran Home in Springfield, MN. Chuck was born January 12, 1934 in Denison, Iowa. He graduated from Storm Lake High School in 1952 and from Buena Vista College in Storm Lake, IA in 1958. He served with the US Army, stationed in...
James Schmitz
Mar 16, 2012
JAMES N. JIM SCHMITZ OF WAITE PARK, MINNESOTA FORMERLY OF SLEEPY EYE, DIED PEACEFULLY AT COUNTRY MANOR IN SARTELL, MN ON MARCH 16, 2012. JIM WAS BORN ON JAN. 2, 1922 TO JOHN AND AGNES (MERTH) SCHMITZ. HE MARRIED MALINDA DOMEIER ON NOV. 28, 1945 AT HOLY TRINITY CATHOLIC CHURCH, NEW ULM, MN. JIM WAS A GRADUATE OF ST....
Marvin Gerdes
Mar 14, 2012
Marvin Lee Gerdes was born on October 13, 1941 in Mountain Lake, MN to Otto and Nettie (Beier) Gerdes. He accepted Christ as his personal Savior at an early age. He was a graduate of the 1959 class of Mountain Lake High School where he sang in the choir, was active in FFA, where he was selected to sing...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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....
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