Obituaries
Diane Schwanke
Sep 19, 2010
Diane Schwanke was born August 6, 1938, the daughter of Emil and Margaret (Naylor) Smith in Windom, MN. She attended and graduated from Windom High School. Merlin and Diane met at the Mileage Cafe in Windom where Diane was working and were united in marriage on December 12, 1959. In 1962, the couple moved to a farm near Sanborn...
Kenneth Mays
Sep 18, 2010
Kenneth Mays, 89, of St. James, died on Saturday, September 18, 2010, at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester. Kenneth Ray Mays was born in Trumbull, NE, on June 24, 1921, the son of Claude and Anna (Burnham) Mays. At age seven, Ken moved with his family to St. James where he attended rural school and graduated from St. James...
Patricia Wendtland
Sep 16, 2010
Graveside Service: 1:00pm, Tuesday, September 28, 2010 at Mt. Hope Cemetery in St. James Patricia Wendtland, age 83, of St. James died on Thursday, September 16, 2010, at the Luther Memorial Home in Madelia. Patricia Kathleen Wendtland was born September 19, 1926, in St. James, MN, the daughter of Carl and Cecelia (Stenberg) Wendtland. She grew up in St....
Marland Braaten
Sep 15, 2010
Marland Braaten died Wednesday, September 15, 2010, at Immanuel-St. Joseph Hospital in Mankato. Marland Sveinung Braaten was born in rural Butterfield, MN, on March 31, 1929 to parents Sveinung Sam and Mabel (Iverson) Braaten. He completed the eighth grade at Butterfield Public School and later earned his GED while in the Army. Marland served from 1947 until 1950 and...
Roger Johnson
Sep 15, 2010
Funeral services for Rodger Carl Johnson, 85, Lawrence will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, September 20, 2010 at Trinity Lutheran Church. Burial will be in Mt. Hope Cemetery in St. James, Minnesota. He died September 15, 2010 at his home. He was born January 11, 1925 in Duluth, Minnesota the son of Oscar and Adele (Youngquist) Johnson....
Clifford Askeland
Sep 14, 2010
Clifford Harold Askeland was born February 15, 1924, on the family farm in Riverdale Township, Watonwan County, Minnesota, to parents Christian and Minnie (Thuestad) Askeland. Clifford was Baptized and Confirmed at LaSalle Lutheran Church. He attended District 36 rural school and was active in 4-H, church choir, later serving in several church leadership positions and was president of the...
John Nasman
Sep 13, 2010
John Nasman died at his farm on Monday, September 13, 2010. John James Nasman was born December 2, 1927, on the family farm in Riverdale Township, Watonwan County, Minnesota, to parents George Esther (Peterson) Nasman. John was Baptized and Confirmed at East Sveadahl Lutheran Church. He attended District 16 rural school through the eighth grade. He served in the...
Lyle Coleman
Sep 5, 2010
Lyle Coleman, age 80, of St. James died on Sunday, September 5, 2010, at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester. Lyle Wesley Coleman was born June 18, 1930, to Daniel and Della (Larson) Coleman of South Branch township, Watonwan County, MN. He received his education in rural school. On August 25, 1955, he was united in marriage to Gertrude Besel...
Marie Vollmer
Sep 3, 2010
Marie Ann Vollmer was born on July 3, 1919 in Douglas, ND, the daughter of Oran and Mary (Scheibel) Frasch. She attended and graduated from Trinity Catholic School in New Ulm. She was united in marriage to Roger E. Vollmer on October 30, 1946 in New Ulm, MN. Marie worked as a telephone operator for 10 years for New...
Aganetha Harder
Sep 3, 2010
Aganetha S. Harder was born May 30, 1911, in Mountain Lake Township the daughter of Peter P. and Margaretha (Sawatzky) Harder. She was baptized December 2, 1928, by Rev. John C. Kauffman. Aganetha was united in marriage to Henry M. Harder on June 19, 1930, in Lostwood, ND. She was active at First Mennonite Church in Mountain Lake where...
Herbert Juenemann
Sep 1, 2010
Herbert Francis Juenemann was born December 3, 1925, in Willow Lake Township, Redwood County, the son of John and Agatha (Hillesheim) Juenemann. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Clements. Herbert attended District 67 country school and served with the U.S. Army from 1950-52 as a Corporal (T5). He farmed with his father and brothers...
Loren Feil
Aug 31, 2010
Loren A. Feil, 91, Mountain Lake, MN died Tuesday, August 31, 2010 at Good Samaritan Village, Mountain Lake. Memorial service will be held Saturday, September 25, 2010 at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Mountain Lake at 2:00 PM. Visitation will be held at the church beginning at 12:00 PM on Saturday and continue until the time of service. Interment will...
Leonard Jensen
Aug 30, 2010
Leonard Jensen died on Monday, August 30, 2010, at the St. James Medical Center in St. James. Leonard Jensen was born December 11, 1930, in Watonwan County, MN, the son of Christian and Marie (Engelbrecht) Jensen. Leonard was Baptized and Confirmed at First Lutheran Church in St. James. He attended rural School District #13 and graduated from St. James...
Deloris Roiger
Aug 28, 2010
Deloris Ann Roiger was born on June 20, 1925 and grew up southwest of Springfield, the second daughter of George and Frieda (Haas) Wersal Sr. She attended School District #62 at Dotson for eight years. Then she worked at home and helped relatives and neighbors with children care. She married Gerhardt Roiger on April 25, 1944 and they started...
Violet Schlomann
Aug 27, 2010
Vi Schlomann passed away on Friday at Pleasant View Good Samaritan Center in St. James. Violet Leone Mohlenbrock was born in Mt. Lake, MN, on February 3, 1922, one of ten children of George Louise (Marienau) Mohlenbrock. Vi grew up in rural Mt. Lake she was Baptized and Confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church in Mt. Lake. She attended rural...
Phyllis Gaffney
Aug 24, 2010
Phyllis Ann Gaffney was born March 3, 1933 to John and Irene (Wohlman) McCorquadale in Delhi Township, Redwood County. She was raised in Redwood Falls and after marriage lived in Springfield. She attended Delhi Public School through 8th grade and graduated from Redwood Falls High School. On January 9, 1952 she married George Gaffney at Middle Creek parsonage. Phyllis...
Joseph Salem
Aug 22, 2010
Joe passed away on Sunday, August 22, 2010 at Immanuel-St. Joseph Hospital in Mankato, MN. Joe was born January 29, 1929, in Lincoln, Nebraska to Emma and Michael Salem. He attended school in Ness City, Kansas. Joe married Margaret Wynn on December 27, 1952 in Tupelo, Mississippi. Shortly after they moved to Minnesota where they started their family. He...
Frances Beck
Aug 19, 2010
Frances Beck passed away on Thursday, August 19, 2010 at Pleasant View Good Samaritan Ceneter in St. James. A Rosary will be recited at 4:00pm on Monday at the funeral home. Frances Elizabeth Hoscheid was born in St. James on January 19, 1917, the daughter of John and Elizabeth (Sandmeyer) Hoscheid. She grew up and attended Catholic School in...
Judith Steffen
Aug 14, 2010
Judith Ann Steffen was born November 27, 1942, in Waverly, MN, the daughter of Meryl and Hazel (Fox) Purvis. She graduated from Lamberton High School in 1960, then began work at the Redwood County Farmer's Mutual Agency. Judith later worked at the Farmers and Merchants Bank in Lamberton, the First Security Bank in Sanborn, and then Toro in Windom....
Steven Lindell
Aug 13, 2010
Steve Lindell died on Friday, August 13, 2010 at the Luther Memorial Home in Madelia. Steven Craig Lindell was born on January 6, 1953 in Red Wing, MN to Cyrus and Lillian Lindell, Welch, MN. He was baptized on February 24, 1953 and was confirmed on May 26, 1968 in Vasa Lutheran Church. He grew up on the family...
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