Obituaries
Hilda Friesen
May 25, 2010
Hilda Friesen was born April 20, 1915, in Carson Township, Cottonwood County, the daughter of Henry B. and Elizabeth (Fast) Wiebe. She attended Sixteenth Central Country School in Bingham Lake. Hilda was active in 4-H and her Guernsey calf took Grand Champion at the Cottonwood County Fair in 1931. She was baptized at the Bergfelder Church near Mountain lake...
Esther Gatzlaff
May 25, 2010
Esther Hedwig Minnie Maas was born January 17, 1916, on the family farm in Johnsonville Township, northeast of Walnut Grove, the second of five children born to Clara (Engelmeier) and August Maas. She attended rural school through eighth grade at District 113 in Johnsonville Township, then boarded in Walnut Grove for high school, and graduated second in her class...
Marlene Nelson
May 22, 2010
Marlene Nelson, age 63, of LaSalle, died on Saturday, May 22, 2010 at Pathstone Living Center in Mankato. Marlene Ione Nelson was born July 21, 1946 in St. James, MN, the daughter of Harland and Evelyn (Blackstad) Nelson. She was a 1964 graduate of St. James High School. After high school, Marlene attended Mankato State and graduated in 1968...
Lester Schmidt
May 21, 2010
Lester was born on November 10, 1928, in Easton, Minnesota, the son of John and Theresa (Tennis) Schmidt. Lester was a graduate of the Shakopee High School and graduated from the University of Minnesota with a Bachelor's of Science in Agronomy. He served in the United States Army during the Korean War and was a lifetime member of the...
Rosella Quiring
May 18, 2010
Rosella Quiring, age 88, of Grogan died on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 at Pleasant View Good Samaritan Center in St. James. Rose was born in Cottonwood County on December 31, 1921 to George and Katherine (Enns) Willems. In August of 1936, she was baptized and confirmed at the Mennonite Church in Delft, MN. She received her education in Delft...
Dorothy Bittler
May 18, 2010
Dorothy Luella Bittler was born February 11, 1916, in New Avon Township, Redwood County, the daughter of Albert and Bertha (Beckman) Hoffmann. She was baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church in Willow Lake Township. Following her mother's death, Dorothy lived with her godparents Ted and Lena Hoffmann. She moved to Sanborn after her father's marriage to Elsie Heise and graduated...
Minnie Miller
May 18, 2010
Minnie Miller, age 91, of St. James died on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 at the Luther Memorial Home in Madelia. Minnie Bertha Alvina Kueker was born on July 6, 1918 in Cottonwood County to William and Bertha (Blankenburg) Kueker. Minnie was baptized on July 28, 1918 at St. Matthew's Lutheran Church in Butterfield and also confirmed there on January...
Doris Ayres
May 18, 2010
Doris Ayres, age 77, of St. James, died on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 at Pleasant View Good Samaritan Center in St. James. Doris Mae Sandmeyer was born July 29, 1932, on the family farm in Comfrey the second of eight children, to parents Herman and Marie (Hanson) Sandmeyer. She grew up in Comfrey and moved to St. James in...
Justina Ebeling
May 16, 2010
Justina Anna Ebeling, age 89, of St. James, MN died Sunday, May 16, 2010, at her home in St. James. A private family service was held at the graveside in the Mt. Lake Cemetery Friday morning. Family and friends are invited to gather with her family at her home at 908 9th Street South in St. James on Friday,...
Glenice Blum
May 14, 2010
Glenice Elaine Blum was born January 16, 1939, to Wesley and Hilda (Kjobstad) Dick in Mountain Lake, MN. Glenice attended Springfield Public School. She was married to Richard H. Blum on July 6, 1963, at St. John Lutheran Church in Springfield. They made their home in Minneapolis and were long-time members of Incarnation Catholic Church. Glenice loved flower gardening,...
Donald Prechel
May 9, 2010
Donald Wilbert Prechel was born on October 24, 1927 in Brown County near Springfield, MN, the son of Louis and Lydia (Wendt) Prechel. He attended rural school. In 1936 his family moved to Comfrey and he worked with his father in the feed mill. In February of 1946 until August of 1947 he was in the Army; following his...
Betty Becker
May 7, 2010
Betty Jean Sorensen was born March 6, 1925, to Carl and Anna (Olson) Sorenson, in Comfrey, MN. She was baptized and confirmed at the First Congregational Church in Comfrey. Betty attended Comfrey Public School and graduated in 1944. She was married to Kenneth John Becker on April 21, 1944. They built their own home in Sanborn, MN where they...
William Panzer
May 6, 2010
William Ervin Panzer was born May 2, 1935 in South Branch the son of William Augusta (Mueller) Panzer. He was baptized in South Branch on May 19, 1935 by Rev. Rolf. Bill attended rural school in South Branch and graduated from St. James High School in 1953. He served in the Navy for 2 years and National Guard 7...
Dennis Thompson
May 5, 2010
Dennis Arthur Thompson, age 60, of Grogan, Minnesota, passed away suddenly Wednesday, May 5, 2010 from an apparent heart attack. Dennis was born on June 11, 1949 to Arthur C. and Helen (Nelson) Thompson in St. James, Minnesota. He attended the country school in Grogan, and graduated from St. James High School. He was united in marriage to Carol...
Richard Gisch
May 1, 2010
Richard Joseph Gisch was born on February 4, 1927 in Madelia, MN, the son of Josef and Teresa (Lenertz) Gisch. He lived in Madelia and Milroy as a child and moved to a farm north of Mountain Lake in 1939. Richard was united in marriage to Noritta on May 5, 1962 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Tracy. In...
Douglas Rathman
Apr 29, 2010
A rosary will be held at 4pm at the funeral home on Monday. Douglas Rathman, age 65, of St. James died at his home in St. James on Thursday, April 29, 2010. Douglas, son of Sylvester and Marjorie (Schiller) Rathman was born on February 6, 1945, in Comfrey, MN. He was baptized on March 4, 1945 and confirmed on...
Ella Knutson
Apr 28, 2010
Ella Marie Rosella (Krebs) Knutson was born on July 30, 1915, on the farm place at Cobden, the daughter of Herman and Ida (Smerling) Krebs. She was baptized, confirmed, and united in marriage to Harold Knutson at the Christ Lutheran Church in Cobden. Ella taught school for more than 30 years, mostly at country schools within 12 miles of...
Susan Windschitl
Apr 28, 2010
Susan M. Windschitl was born on December 6, 1957 in Redwood Falls, MN to John Ann (Petersen) Salewske. She grew up in Redwood Falls and graduated from Redwood High School. Sue graduated from Mankato State University with a degree in Special Education and also received her Master's Degree. She taught for 7 years at Lester Prairie in LD/Special Education...
Richard Sater
Apr 24, 2010
Richard Warren 'Dick' Sater, Sr. was born September 30, 1933, in Springfield to John and Selma (Nygaard) Sater. At the young age of 6, he started his first job selling newspapers on the street corner in Springfield. Soon after, he worked as a pin setter at the Springfield Bowling Alley. In his teenage years, with wooden blocks on the...
Tony Hauger
Apr 23, 2010
Anthony 'Tony' Joseph Hauger was born September 16, 1911, in Cincinnati, OH, the son of Charles and Magnalena (Rademaker) Hauger. Tony moved to Springfield at the age of 2 and attended country school and St. Raphael's Elementary School. Tony farmed his entire life in Burnstown and North Star Townships until his retirement. He was united in marriage to DeMaris...
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