Obituaries
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...
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...
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