Obituaries
George Neufeld
Oct 11, 2010
Graveside Service: 10:00 A.M. October 16, 2010 at Mountain Lake Cemetery George F. Neufeld was born to Frank and Anna (Krahn) Neufeld on June 25, 1927 at Stanley, ND where he lived until 1936 when the family moved to Mountain Lake, MN. He attended several country schools, along with Mountain Lake Public School. On May 20, 1945, he was...
Delores Kruger
Oct 11, 2010
Delores Minnie Martha Sandhoefner Kruger was born on Aug. 14, 1920, in New Ulm, Minn., to Joseph and Frieda (Beyer) Sandhoefner. Delores moved to Sleepy Eye with her family when she was in the sixth grade. She attended St. John's Lutheran School and graduated from Sleepy Eye High School in 1939. In high school, she was involved in Drama...
Agnes Tauer
Oct 11, 2010
Agnes Ann Tauer was born on November 18, 1919 in Stark Township, MN, the daughter of Frank Theresa (Seidl) Schroepfer. She attended school in Stark Township and St. Mary's in Sleepy Eye. Agnes married Edwin Tauer on June 5, 1939 at St. Mary's Catholic Church. After their marriage they moved to a farm in Mulligan Township where they raised...
Gerald Groebner
Oct 9, 2010
Gerald Walter Groebner was born on August 29, 1945 in Sleepy Eye, MN, the son of Walter Louise (Mathiowetz) Groebner. He grew up and graduated from high school in Sleepy Eye. Gerald served in the US Army from 1965 until 1967 as a power plant operator. He farmed near Sleepy Eye his entire life. Gerald was a member of...
Alice Riessen
Oct 6, 2010
Alice Louise Riessen, age 86, of Sleepy Eye, MN died on Oct. 6, 2010 at the Sleepy Eye Care Center. Private services for immediate family only where held at the home of her daughter and son in law. Pastor Keith Ainsley from Trinity Lutheran Church in Sleepy Eye, MN officiating. Interment Walcott Cemetery in Wallcott, IA at a later...
Raymond Beerman
Oct 6, 2010
Raymond Beerman, age 82, of St. James died on Wednesday, October 6, 2010, at Pleasant View Good Samaritan Center in St. James. Raymond Eugene Beerman, known by his friends as Bud, was born November 15, 1927, in Jackson County, MN, the son of Reinhard and Emma (Mischke) Beerman. Bud grew up on a farm near Brewster. He attended Brewster...
Lyle Ibeling
Oct 6, 2010
Graveside Service: 2:00pm, Monday, October 11, 2010 at St. John's Lutheran Cemetery in Darfur, MN Lyle Terrence Ibeling, son of Elsie Uhlhorn Ibeling and John Ibeling, was born on November 20, 1937, in Comfrey, Minnesota. He was baptized on November 30, 1937, and confirmed on April 15, 1951. He graduated from Comfrey High School in 1955, and from the...
James Crawford
Oct 4, 2010
James Philip Crawford was born on August 3, 1920 in Beaver Creek, MN, the son of James Seth Bessie Elizabeth (Schenck) Crawford. He graduated from Mankato Teachers College and the University of MN. He married Shirley Mathel Schultz on June 17, 1944 in Laguna Beach, CA. James was a Captain in the US Marine Corps and served overseas as...
Lavon Waterman
Oct 1, 2010
LaVon Ellen Waterman was born in Sanborn, MN on March 13, 1918 to George and Elva (Leopold) Hensch. LaVon was baptized and confirmed at Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church in Sanborn, MN. She graduated from Sanborn High School and received her Teachers Certificate from Mankato Teachers College in 1937. LaVon taught Elementary School for 3 years. On June 27, 1940...
Ruth Johnson
Sep 30, 2010
Ruth Mary Johnson was born on January 14, 1916 in Sleepy Eye, MN, the daughter of Andrew Margaret (Tierney) Johnson. Ruth attended dance schools with sister, Myrtle in Minneapolis and Mankato. They started the Johnson Sisters School of Dance, conducting classes in tap, ballet, acrobatic and ballroom dancing in Sleepy Eye, New Ulm and Springfield. Their students performed annually...
Ladonna Jenkins
Sep 28, 2010
LaDonna Jenkins, 88, of St. James, Minnesota died on Tuesday, September 28, 2010 at the hospital in Mitchell, South Dakota as a result of a ruptured abdominal aneurysm. LaDonna Caroline Grunig was born on December 28, 1921 in Aurelia, Cherokee County, Iowa to Jacob and Ethel (Guether) Grunig. She moved to Minnesota as a child and graduated from Butterfield...
Raymond Zastrow
Sep 28, 2010
Raymond was born April 11, 1919, to Carl (Charlie) and Elsie (Runge) Zastrow in Rapidan Township near Good Thunder. He was baptized and confirmed at St. John Lutheran Church in Good Thunder. He attended school in Good Thunder until the eighth grade. He farmed with his family until 1941 when he joined the Army and served in North Africa...
Charles Ekstedt
Sep 27, 2010
Charles Ekstedt, age 72, of St. James died on Monday, September 27, 2010, at his home in St. James. Charles William Ekstedt was born August 13, 1938, to Clifford and Minnie (Johnson) Ekstedt in Mt. Lake, MN. He was baptized and confirmed at First Lutheran Church in St. James. He graduated from St. James High School in 1957 and...
Eleanor Beech
Sep 26, 2010
Eleanor Esther Steinke was born on March 7, 1926 in Springfield, MN the daughter of Andrew Ida (Krueger) Steinke. She grew up and graduated from high school in Springfield. Eleanor married Richard H. Dick Beech on April 3, 1944 on Whidbey Island in Washington. The couple made their home in Sleepy Eye where Eleanor was a homemaker and worked...
George Pooch
Sep 23, 2010
George Lloyd Pooch was born on April 6, 1925 in rural Lamberton, MN the son of William Amelia (Pankonin) Pooch. He grew up in rural Lamberton and attended country school and later Lamberton High School for a couple of years. George farmed most all of his life on the family Century farm near Lamberton. He served in the U.S....
James Fredin
Sep 22, 2010
Jim Fredin was born January 6, 1928 in Mountain Lake to Milton and Lena (Ibeling) Fredin. Norman, Kenneth (Joe), and Wendell were his younger brothers. He attended first grade at a one-room rural school at Section 26 of Selma Township. He graduated from Comfrey High School in 1945. He and Marian Anacker were married on October 20, 1949 in...
Dennis Flor
Sep 22, 2010
Dennis Leo Flor was born on August 7, 1944 in Springfield, the son of Alfred and Loretta (Roiger) Flor. He attended country school, St. Raphael's Catholic School, and Springfield Public High School. Following Denny's education, he helped area farmers and worked for Pat Schmitz Eggs, Star Hatchery, Springfield Elevator, Art Fecker Farms, Jim Schultz, Anderson farms, and would always...
Leona Anderson
Sep 20, 2010
Leona 'Toots' Anderson was born November 27, 1915, in Lamberton, MN, the daughter of Herman and Martha (Boelke) Dagner. She was a lifelong resident of Lamberton and was united in marriage to Elmer Anderson in 1941. Toots was a member of Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Lamberton. Leona 'Toots' Anderson died Monday, September 20, 2010, at Edgwood Vista in...
John Tekula
Sep 20, 2010
John J. Tekula was born September 6, 1942 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, the son of John Martin Tekula and Rosemary (Hrasna) Tekula. He entered the United States Army on October 26, 1959 and served in Germany. Following his honorable discharge on October 16, 1962, he worked for GAF and IFF in Middletown, NJ and moved to Florida in 1975...
Jeanette Johnson
Sep 20, 2010
Jeanette Florence Johnson, daughter of Michael and Magdaline (Becker) de Graaff was born May 10, 1921 in Delhi, MN. She attended Delhi and Redwood Falls public schools and graduated from Renville Public School. On October 15, 1940 Jeanette was united in marriage to Herbert Johnson. Following their marriage they lived in several places and finally in Mankato, MN. She...
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