Obituaries
Amy Eastman
Oct 30, 2010
Amy Marie was born November 7, 1972 at the Loretto Hospital, New Ulm to Bill Maggie (Neudecker) Wintheiser. She grew up in Sleepy Eye and attended St. Mary's Catholic School graduating in 1991. She attended Iowa State University in Ames with a scholarship from the USAF, but elected to change services and pay her own way in order to...
Ivar Olson
Oct 30, 2010
Ivar Olson, age 101, of St. James died on Saturday, October 30, 2010, at the St. James Medical Center in St. James. Ivar lived a long life and we were all blessed to have him in our lives. As a young man he worked hard to support his siblings and parents, and continued that strong work ethic all his...
Reuben Dallmann
Oct 29, 2010
Reuben Albert Henry Dallmann was born April 27, 1923, to Albert and Marie (Netzke) Dallmann on the family farm near Lamberton. He attended Lamberton High School. He farmed with his dad. Reuben was united in marriage to Eva Yackel on November 28, 1943. The couple farmed the family farm until 1978 when they moved to Verndale, MN. The couple...
Francis Wallert
Oct 28, 2010
Francis Edward Wallert, age 68, of Butterfield, MN, died Thursday, October 28, 2010, at Good Samaritan Village in Mountain Lake, MN. Funeral services will be Tuesday, November 2, 2010, at 3:00 PM at Sturm Funeral Home Chapel in Mountain Lake with burial at a later date. Pastor Robert Gardner is officiating. Visitation will be Tuesday, November 2, 2010 from...
Virgil Wellner
Oct 23, 2010
Virgil 'Butch' William Wellner was born December 1, 1918, on the family farm in Stately Township, Brown County the son of Otto and Mary (Prull) Wellner. He attended School District 66 and graduated from Comfrey High School in 1935. Virgil farmed with his father until 1939, then with brother Lewis until 1946. He was a World War II veteran...
Lois Klassen
Oct 18, 2010
Lois Elaine Klassen, the daughter of Roy Eugene and Mamie (St. John) McDonald was born on November 16, 1930, in Kimball Township, Jackson County, MN. She graduated from the Mountain lake High School in 1948. On August 11, 1948 Lois was united in marriage to Melvin Klassen at the Evangelical Mennonite Church in Mountain Lake. They made their home...
Colleen Hubert
Oct 18, 2010
Colleen was born on October 16, 1929, to Charles and Kathryn (Otto) Idso in Isle, MN. When she was 3 she moved to Clare City, SD where she attended country school thru 7th grade. She attended school in Sisseton, SD until 10th grade and then moved to Lamberton where she graduated from Lamberton High School. After graduation she was...
Floyd Johnson
Oct 18, 2010
Floyd Julius Johnson was born on March 25, 1931 in Prairieville Township, Brown County, the son of August A.J. and Florence (Prosch) Johnson. He attended and graduated from Sleepy Eye Public High School. He farmed his entire life on the home farm in Prairieville Township. Floyd was a member of St. Matthew Lutheran Church in Evan where he was...
Brent Braun
Oct 14, 2010
Brent Michael Braun was born in Sleepy Eye Minnesota on September 12, 1965 to Alvin and Audrey (Hengel) Braun. He attended St. Mary's Catholic School and graduated in 1984. After high school he attended Southwest State University before joining the United States Air Force in February 1985. On June 22nd 1985, he married Elizabeth Ann Rasmussen of Clarkfield Minnesota....
Ruth Larson
Oct 11, 2010
Ruth Larson died on Monday, October 11, 2010 at the Pleasant View Good Samaritan Center in St. James Ruth (Coleman) Larson, daughter of Delbert and Anna May (Jacobson) Coleman, was born on May 21, 1917 in rural St. James, MN. Ruth attended St. James High School and was married to Sam Larson, owner of Sam's Electric, on June 27,...
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...
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