Obituaries
Donna Freeman
Feb 19, 2011
Donna Freeman, age 87, of St. James, died on Saturday, February 19, 2011, at Hillcrest Health Care Center in Mankato. Donna Mae Hoffman daughter of Fred and Clara (Lorenz) Wiley and later adopted by Ray aand Edith (Smith) Hoffman was born October 28, 1923 in Buck Grove Iowa. Donna was raised and attended school in St. James. Her marriage...
David Nickel
Feb 19, 2011
David W Nickel was born at home on November 14, 1919, to Wilhelm T and Maria (Friesen) Nickel. The Nickel farm was located north of Mountain Lake in Carson Township, Cottonwood County, Minnesota. David attended District #69 Crossroads School in section 11 of Carson Township from 1927 until his graduation from eighth grade on July 12, 1934. David then...
Elaine Seidl
Feb 16, 2011
Elaine M. (Johnson) Seidl was born on November 4, 1929 to August Gunhild (Meld) Johnson in the Twin Cities. She attended District 35 Country School through 8th grade and then Walnut Grove Public High School graduating in 1947. She married Linus Seidl on November 25, 1950 at St. Mary's Parsonage. They lived in Walnut Grove, Marshall, Tampa, Fl, Kansas...
Edwin Ricke
Feb 16, 2011
Edwin James Ricke was born on August 27, 1926 in Redwood County. Edwin was baptized and confirmed at St. John Lutheran Church in Morgan, MN. He attended country School District 109, known as Drusch School, and graduated from Morgan High School in 1944. On January 25, 1945 he entered the Navy and was discharged in January of 1946. Ed...
Helen Sawatzky
Feb 12, 2011
Helen Sawatzky, age 102, of Mt. Lake died on Saturday, February 12, 2011, at the Good Samaritan Village in Mt. Lake. Helen Quiring was born on June 8, 1908, in Carson Township, Cottonwood County, Minnesota, to parents Henry and Anna (Schultz) Quiring. Helen grew up and spent her entire life in the Mt. Lake area. She was united in...
Ferdina Schade
Feb 12, 2011
Ferdina Florence Schade was born January 24, 1919, on her parent's farm in Sundown Township, Redwood County to John and Lena (Kettner) Thompson. She was a lifetime resident of the Springfield area, moving into Springfield after her marriage to Jasper C. Schade on April 25, 1940. Ferdina enjoyed baby-sitting, gardening, playing cards, knitting, crocheting, raising flowers, and collecting plates....
Pearl Berkner
Feb 11, 2011
Pearl Lillian (Guldager) Berkner was born October 16, 1928 in Sleepy Eye to Nels Peter Johanna (Hanson) Guldager. She graduated from Sleepy Eye Public High School in 1946. After graduating from high school, she worked at her parents grocery store in Sleepy Eye and then as a bookkeeper for the State of MN Income Tax Dept. in St. Paul....
Clarence Meyers
Feb 10, 2011
Clarence Alvin Meyers, son of Ernest and Jankan (Loof) Meyers, was born at Mountain Lake, MN on March 4, 1914. He received his education at District 47 country school through the 8th grade. Clarence was baptized at the Christian Reformed Church near Mt. Lake. He was united in marriage to Thelma Giese on October 5, 1940 at the Christian...
Arnold Guhlke
Feb 9, 2011
Arnold was born on his grandfather's farm in Prairieville Township on February 8, 1929, the son of Leonard Elmer Beula Evelyn (Hansen) Guhlke. He attended District #22 Country School and then graduated in 1951 from Sleepy Eye High School. Arnold married Lulu Kessler on August 25, 1951 and lived in Sleepy Eye where he worked for Remmele Co. and...
Kenneth Platz
Feb 6, 2011
Kenneth Benno Platz was born November 28, 1939 the son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Schunk) in Springfield, MN. He graduated from Springfield High School in 1957. During his high school years he participated in baseball as well as the township league. After high school he worked for the Comfrey Feed Store and later bought his own milk truck and...
Lucille Eischen
Feb 5, 2011
Lucille Frances Eischen was born on October 2, 1919 at their home in rural Morgan, MN. She was the fourth of eleven children. Lucille attended country school for 5 years and St. Michael's Catholic School for 3 years. After graduating from 8th grade Lucille helped neighbor ladies with their housework and children. She was employed at Morgan Grocery and...
Myra Hockel
Feb 5, 2011
Myra Hockel, age 92, of Odin, MN, died on Saturday, February 5, 2011, at the Renville County Hospital in Olivia. Mrya Geske was born August 22, 1918, to Albert and Hattie (Rieke) Geske at their farm home in Brown County, Minnesota. She was baptized October 1, 1918. She attended country school at Dist. 14, rural New Ulm, through the...
Herbert Engdahl
Feb 3, 2011
Herbert Stub Engdahl, age 95, of St. James, died on Thursday, February 3, 2011, at Pleasant View Good Samaritan Center in St. James. Stub was born and raised on a farm near Sveadahl, MN. Stub was united in marriage to Roselyn Nelson on February 27, 1939, at West Sveadahl Lutheran Church. In 1938 Stub started his own trucking business...
Hazel Lowinske
Feb 3, 2011
Hazel Adelle Lowinske, daughter of William Hulda (Utecht) Grundmeyer was born on August 24, 1911 in Leavenworth Township, Brown County, MN. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith. Hazel was raised in a rural home of her parents, and attended country school there and later attended Parochial Schools in Sleepy Eye. She moved to Sleepy Eye with...
Melvin Claassen
Feb 2, 2011
Our wonderful husband, dad, grandpa and great-grandpa Melvin Claassen passed into the arms of his loving Heavenly Father on Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011 at the Good Samaritan Village in Mountain Lake, MN. We will miss him greatly, but are so thankful he is with his God and Savior whom he loved and served so faithfully. Dad was born September...
Louis Klassen
Feb 1, 2011
Louis Klassen was born September 28, 1920 in Mountain Lake, MN to Abram and Elizabeth (Janzen) Klassen. He received his education in District 12, the country school south of Mountain Lake. After completing the 8th grade, he attended the Bible School in Mountain Lake for one winter. As a teenager, he was baptized and joined the Evangelical Mennonite Brethren...
Rosella Jansen
Jan 31, 2011
Rosella Margaret Dick was born September 11, 1916 in a farm house near Eagle Lake to Isaac and Katharina (Balzer) Dick. In her early years she lived with her family on a farm 3 miles west of Mountain Lake. In 1936, Rosella graduated from Mountain Lake High School. She then enrolled in Bible Schule (School) for one year during...
Selma Werner
Jan 27, 2011
Selma Sadie Werner was born April 10, 1908, in Germantown Township, Cottonwood County the daughter of August and Louise (Pankonin) Nickel. She attended District #53 country school in Germantown Township. Following school, Selma babysat and helped with the housekeeping for her brother-in-law until her marriage to Walter Gerth at the family home. The couple farmed in Germantown Township. Selma...
Helen Schmid
Jan 26, 2011
Helen Amanda Marie Schmid was born June 18, 1911, in Ottertail County, Minnesota the daughter of Henry A.E. and Martha A.A. (Boese) Stover. Due to the death of her father, she moved to Springfield with her mother and brother to live with relatives in 1926. She graduated from Springfield High School in 1929. Helen worked at Tholes Sweet Shop...
Donna Kielty
Jan 26, 2011
Donna Lee Kielty was born May 1, 1931 in Windom, MN the daughter of Kenneth and Lucille (Tscherter) Maher. She attended school in Windom. On February 10, 1948 she married Victor Kielty in Comfrey, MN. The couple lived in the Comfrey area until moving to St. Peter, MN. Donna worked at the Oak Lawn Nursing Home in Mankato and...
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