Obituaries

Kenneth Randby

Kenneth Randby

Feb 17, 2010

There will be a Masonic Service at 4PM Sunday at the funeral home. Kenneth D. Randby, age 81, of St. James, died on Wednesday, February 17, 2010 at the Pleasant View Good Samaritan Center in St. James. Kenneth Delane Randby was born on the family farm near Butterfield, the son of Oscar and Blanche (Erickson) Randby. Ken attended rural...

Mary Schubbe

Mary Schubbe

Feb 14, 2010

Mary Lou Schubbe was born on May 20, 1929 in Northstar Township, Brown County, MN, the daughter of Herman August and Marie Louise (Haseleu) Voge. Mary Lou was baptized and confirmed in the Christian faith at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Springfield. She graduated from Springfield High School. She married Elwin H. Schubbe of Mapleton, MN on September 9,...

Elva Meyer

Elva Meyer

Feb 12, 2010

Elva Frieda Meyer was born November 16, 1914, in Brookville Township, Redwood County, the daughter of Edward and Frieda (Pfeil) Stahn. She was the 4th of 10 children and attended School District #13. Elva graduated from High School in 1966 and received her B.S. Degree in Home Economics at Mankato State University in 1971. While a student at MSU,...

Carl Eichstadt

Carl Eichstadt

Feb 12, 2010

Carl W. Eichstadt was born on October 4, 1920 in Redwood County, the son of Emil and Martha (Krahn) Eichestadt. He served in the United State Army and after his honorable discharge he returned to the family farm near Sanborn. Carl was united in marriage to Catherine O'Neil in 1952 at the Little Brown Church. Carl farmed and worked...

Marcella King

Marcella King

Feb 12, 2010

Marcella was born on December 5, 1923 in Antrim Township to parents Ferdinand and Josephine (Westman) Jablinski. On December 23rd she was baptized by Pastor H.R. Wrede. The family later moved to farm near St. James. She was confirmed at St. Paul's Lutheran Church by Pastor E.C. Birkholz. She was united in marriage to Chester King at St. Paul's...

Jeannette Ericksen

Jeannette Ericksen

Feb 12, 2010

Jeannette L. Ericksen, age 83, of Comfrey, MN died Friday, February 12, 2010 at the New Ulm Medical Center. Jeannette La Voris Ericksen was born on December 12, 1926 in Comfrey to Arthur Lillian (Fredin) Quarnstrom. She married Roland Butch James Ericksen on February 21, 1949. She worked most of her life at Butterfield Foods until her retirement and...

Evelyn Kastner

Evelyn Kastner

Feb 12, 2010

Evelyn M. Kastner, age 86 of Sanborn died on Friday, February 12, 2010 at the St. John Lutheran Home in Springfield, Mn. There will be a Parish Prayer Service on Monday at 5:30 PM at the Sturm Funeral Home in Springfield, MN. Evelyn Magdalena Kastner was born July 16, 1923, to William and Mary Anna (Roiger) Wersal. She attended...

Michael Savage

Michael Savage

Feb 12, 2010

Michael Savage age 68 of Spring Park, MN died on Friday, February 12, 2010 at his home. Michael Gary Savage was born on July 12, 1941 in Delton Township, Cottonwood County, the son of Joseph Francis and Beulah Ann (Tuttle) Savage. He attended St. Paul Catholic School and graduated from Comfrey High School in 1959. Michael earned a degree...

Marcella Fahrion

Marcella Fahrion

Feb 9, 2010

Marcella (Sally) Agnes Fahrion was born on August 23, 1912 in Sleepy Eye, MN, the daughter of Peter and Katherine (Kuelbs) Bertrand. She was raised in Sleepy Eye and moved to St. Paul where she resided until 1937 and moved to California. She was united in marriage to Wallace Fahrion on September 30, 1950. Sally worked as a nurse...

Scott Makarrall

Scott Makarrall

Feb 9, 2010

A prayer service will be 7:30pm on Tuesday evening at the funeral home. Scott Allan MaKarrall was born July 20, 1968, to Dave and Bev (Halvorson) MaKarrall in Redwood Falls, MN. He attended Walnut Grove Public School. Scott worked a short time for Diamond Surface Road Construction when he was involved in an auto accident in which he suffered...

Vernon Anderson

Vernon Anderson

Feb 8, 2010

Vernon Franklin Anderson was born July 6, 1919, in Bashaw Township, the son of Clarence and Prudence (Elg) Anderson. He attended Comfrey Public Schools and was a 1938 graduate of Comfrey High School. After graduation he worked for Tri-County Co-op in Darfur as a bookkeeper. Vernon was united in marriage to Margaret Berlin on October 10, 1944, at East...

William Gluth

William Gluth

Feb 5, 2010

63 year old William "Bill" Gluth of Morgan died on Friday, February 5, 2010 at the New Ulm Medical Center. William (Bill) Clayton Gluth was born October 26, 1946 at the Sleepy Eye Hospital to Clayton and Dorothy (Dittbenner) Gluth. He grew up on the family farm east of Morgan. He attended country school for 4 years and graduated...

Anna Gnekow

Anna Gnekow

Feb 5, 2010

Weather related service date time change. Anna was born December 19, 1908 to Conrad Steege and Mary (Meyer) Steege. She attended school through 8th grade and left to help her father on their farm. On January 22, 1942 she married Clifton Gnekow. They raised turkeys together on their farm southeast of St. James unitl her husband died in 1965....

Evelyn Wandersee

Evelyn Wandersee

Feb 4, 2010

Memorials preferred to ELCA World Hunger Appeal, or Bremwood Lutheran Children's Home, Box 848, Waverly, IA 50677-0848. Born April 17, 1925, on a farm up in the hills near Strawberry Point, Iowa, to Fred and Helena (Baumgartner) Hock, Evelyn graduated from Strawberry Point High School in 1943. After completing a business course at Wartburg College, Waverly, IA, she worked...

Daryl Mohlenbrock

Daryl Mohlenbrock

Jan 31, 2010

Daryl Eugene Mohlenbrock, the son of Henry and Joan (Lade) Mohlenbrock was born on December 7, 1956 in Mountain Lake, MN. He was baptized at Immanuel Lutheran Church at Alpha, MN and later confirmed in his Faith at the Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in Mountain Lake, where he remained a faithful member. Daryl received his education at Mountain Lake...

J. Ganske

J. Ganske

Jan 26, 2010

There will be a Parish Prayer Service at 7:00 p.m, Thursday at the funeral home. J. Tom Ganske was born December 14, 1939, in Home Township, Brown County, the son of John and Ann (Kachelmeier) Ganske. A lifetime resident of Sleepy Eye, Tom farmed the family farm before becoming owner/operator of Ganske Trucking Company. He was united in marriage...

Nicholas Hauser

Nicholas Hauser

Jan 26, 2010

There will be a prayer service at the funeral home at 7pm on Friday. A luncheon will be held at the Orchid Inn in Sleepy Eye, no outside food donations will be accepted. Nick was born on April 23, 1919 in Brown County, MN to Frank Angela (Breigenzer) Hauser. On May 6, 1941 he was united in marriage to...

Luella Carlblom

Luella Carlblom

Jan 23, 2010

Memorials are preferred to The Gideons International. Luella Susan Carlblom, age 81, of Mountain Lake, Minnesota, died peacefully Saturday, January 23, 2010, at Eden Adult Care Center in Mesa, Arizona, as the result of brain cancer diagnosed in October, 2009. Luella Susan Carlblom, age 81, of Mountain Lake, Minnesota, died peacefully Saturday, January 23, 2010, at Eden Adult Care...

Meril Reed

Meril Reed

Jan 23, 2010

Meril Eugene Reed was born on October 2, 1930 in Winnebago, MN the son of Lester Wallace Margaret (Koenig) Reed. He grew up and attended school in Lake Hanska Township, Brown County, MN. Meril entered the US Army in 1948 and was discharged in 1949 at which time he entered the Army Reserves where he served for eleven years....

Delores Keubler

Delores Keubler

Jan 23, 2010

Delores Jean Kuebler, age 74, of Saint James, MN, died Saturday, January 23, 2010, at St. James Medical Center. Delores Jean Vollmer was born on July 1, 1935 in Cottonwood County, MN the daughter of Albin Rose (Siegmann) Vollmer. She grew up and attended school in Sleepy Eye, MN. Delores married John Kuebler on October 6, 1952 in Brookings,...