Obituaries
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....
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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...
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