Obituaries
Lavonne Roberts
Jan 24, 2011
La Vonne was born on September 21, 1927 in Sleepy Eye, MN the daughter of Walter Mate (Raverty) Schumann. She grew up and graduated from Sleepy Eye Public High School. After her schooling La Vonne worked for Pietrus Produce and Berdan Wells as a bookkeeper before going to work for Palace Clothing where she worked for over 50 years....
Edna Theneman
Jan 24, 2011
Edna was born at home April 2, 1918 to William Ida (Martwick) Lickfett in Winthrop, MN. She was baptized April 21st in the Zion Lutheran Church in Winthrop. She attended school in Winthrop and was confirmed at Zion Lutheran Church. Edna married Ervin J. Theneman on December 8, 1940. They lived in Winthrop, MN and Vallejo, CA and moved...
Ernest Moravetz
Jan 23, 2011
Ernest Moravetz was born to Louis and Eva (Olsen) Moravetz on May 1, 1921 in Hansonville Township, Hendricks, MN. He attended and graduated from Hendricks High School. He served his country in World War II. Ernest married Gladys Cleveland in Canby, MN on April 7, 1947. The couple resided in Ivanhoe, MN, then Springfield from 1954-1993, they then moved...
Louise Seely
Jan 19, 2011
Louise Seely, age 91, of St. James, died on Wednesday, January 19, 2011, at Pleasant View Good Samaritan Center in St. James. Louise Anthonia (Hansen) Seely was born October 13, 1919 at rural Coleridge, Nebraska to parents John H. and Mary (Buchholz) Hansen. Louise attended District #95 North Cedar County country school, Pearl Creek middle school and graduated from...
Denis Mathiowetz
Jan 18, 2011
Denis J. Mathiowetz, age 72, of New Ulm, formerly of Sleepy Eye, MN died Tuesday, January 18, 2011 at Immanuel St. Joseph's Hospital in Mankato. Denis was born March 21, 1938 to Thomas Mary (Billmeier) Mathiowetz. Denis grew up on the family farm north of Sleepy Eye. He served in the US Army Reserve and married Rosemary Fischer in...
Angeline Krzmarzick
Jan 17, 2011
Angeline was born on August 1, 1923 in Sigel Township to Otto Anna (Braulick) Kral. She attended District 69 in Sigel Township and Holy Trinity School in New Ulm. Angie married Linus G. Krzmarzick on October 21, 1942 at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in New Ulm. She and Linus lived on the Krzmarzick family farm in Prairieville Township for...
Brian Kastner
Jan 15, 2011
Brian Kenneth Kastner was born to Kenneth and Donna (Senst) Kastner on July 26, 1954, in Springfield, MN. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith. Brian graduated from Lamberton High School in 1972, then attended St. Cloud State University for 2 years. He then attended and graduated from Jackson Vocational College as an electrician. Brian worked for...
Mathilda Dick
Jan 15, 2011
Mathilda Tillie Dick, age 94, of Jackson formerly of Butterfield, died on Saturday, January 15, 2011, at the Jackson Good Samaritan Center in Jackson, MN. Tillie (Harder) Dick was born on November 19, 1916 in Lostwood, ND. In the spring of 1941 she met the love of her life, Pete Dick. On September 7, 1941, they married at the...
Edwin Tauer
Jan 13, 2011
Edwin Andrew Tauer was born on April 28, 1917 in Mulligan Township, MN, the son of Michael and Margaret (Reiniger) Tauer. Edwin married Agnes Schroepfer on June 5, 1939 at St. Mary's Catholic Church. After their marriage they moved to a farm in Mulligan Township where they raised cattle, hogs and chickens until they retired in 1982. They moved...
Marie Olsen
Jan 13, 2011
Marie Otilja Olsen was born August 12, 1914, in Verona, ND the daughter of Charles and Mary (Petersen) Raatz. She graduated from Verona High School in 1931, and then attended Valley City Teachers College in Valley City, ND. Marie taught in North Dakota and Texas and was united in marriage to Lloyd Olsen on December 28, 1941. The couple...
Mary Fenger
Jan 11, 2011
Mary Roberta Fenger was born on January 20, 1950 in Springfield, MN, the daughter of Robert and Verna (Siedschlag) Wille. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Matthew's Lutheran Church in Wabasso. She attended and graduated from Wabasso Public High School in 1968. Mary worked for Honey Well in Minneapolis before marriage. On January 26, 1969 Mary was united...
Art Granheim
Jan 10, 2011
Art Granheim, age 82, of St. James died on Monday, January 10, 2011, at Pleasant View Good Samaritan Center in St. James. Arthur Reuben Granheim was born April 4, 1928, on the family farm, in Long Lake Township, Watonwan County and baptized in Long Lake Lutheran Church. As a child, with his younger sisters, June and Arlene, he lived...
Sue Nelson
Jan 10, 2011
Sue Smith Nelson was born September 11, 1935, in Madisonville, KY the daughter of William Hobart and Willie Florence (Bennett) Smith. Sue graduated from high school and attended Sheriff's training before becoming the first female Deputy Sheriff of Warren County in Kentucky. She later served as Deputy Sheriff in Broward County, FL. Sue then became a journalist for several...
Marie Wiens
Jan 10, 2011
Marie Wiens, age 100 of Mountain Lake, MN, died Monday, January 10, 2011, at Boutwell Assisted Living Center in Stillwater. In lieu of flowers, donations to Cornerstone Bible Church are preferred. Please send to 1019 Prince Street, Mountain Lake, MN 56159. Marie Martha Wall Wiens was born in Henderson, Nebraska in 1910 to Abraham C. Wall and Margaretha (Wiens)...
Cora Hovden
Jan 7, 2011
Cora Grace Nichtern was born on December 17, 1908 to John H. and Marguerite Ann (McFarland) Nichtern at Renwick, Iowa. She graduated from Graettinger High School at the age of 16. After graduation she attended Normal Training in Windom, MN which was required to teach in a country school. She married Arthur Hovden on March 15, 1931 and together...
Lynn Balbach
Jan 7, 2011
Lynn Bud George Balbach was born on April 9, 1918 on the family farm in Stately Township, the son of George W. and Lillie (Potter) Balbach. Bud attended Dotson country school and graduated from Springfield High School. He entered the U.S. Army in June of 1941 and served in New Guinea, the Philippines, and then Korea. He was discharged...
Wayne Holmquist
Jan 5, 2011
Wayne Holmquist, age 70, of St. James, died on Wednesday, January 5, 2011, at the Luther Memorial Home in Madelia. Wayne Dennis Holmquist was born to Ted and Erin (Gustafson) Holmquist on December 25, 1940. He attended County School District 36, and graduated from St. James High School in 1958. After graduation he enlisted in the National Guard and...
Lois Gentz
Jan 2, 2011
Lois Rowene Gentz was born on October 4, 1922 in Stately Township, the daughter of Henry and Jennie ( Landis) Veenstra. She graduated from Springfield High School in 1940 and attended Minneapolis School of Business. Lois was united in marriage to Victor Gentz on March 1, 1949 at the Mankato Methodist Church. She was involved with the 4-H, Cub...
Lloyd Strong
Jan 1, 2011
Lloyd Elmer Peanuts Strong was born on June 5th 1933, the son of Roy and Anna (Weiss) Strong in Sleepy Eye MN. He grew up in Home Township near Golden Gate. He served in the Army from 1952 to 1954 stationed mainly in Germany. He married Eleanor Zuhlsdorf on May 9th 1956. Lloyd drove truck for Moorman's Feed Company...
Minnie Franz
Dec 30, 2010
Minnie Franz was born on May 18, 1913 to Henry and Elizabeth (Seimen) Franz. She grew up on a farm near Delft, MN and went to German school in Mountain Lake, MN. Minnie married Ervin Goertzen on February 22, 1936. They farmed west of Mountain Lake, MN and later moved to town where Ervin was employed at Land O'Lakes...
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