Obituaries

Carrie Schenk

Carrie Schenk

Jun 15, 2008

Carrie Schenk, age 90 of Delavan, MN formerly of Sleepy Eye died on Sunday, June 15th, 2008 at Parker Oaks Nursing Home in Winnebago, MN. Carrie O. Christiansen was born on September 19, 1917 near Evan, MN in Prairieville Township the daughter of Martin Marie (Peterson) Christiansen. She grew up and attended country school in Prairieville Township and was...

Ernest Trapp

Ernest Trapp

Jun 8, 2008

Ernest Frank Trapp, Sr. was born April 4, 1912 in Charleston Township, Redwood Co., the son of William and Augusta (Holznagel) Trapp. He attended country school and graduated from Sanborn High School in 1931. Ernest attended Dunwoody Institute for Mechanics and drove truck. On March 5, 1938 Ernest married Alvina Dewitz on the family farm in Charleston Township. In...

Vincent Eykyn

Vincent Eykyn

Jun 7, 2008

Vincent Everett Eykyn was born July 6, 1914, in Lamberton, MN, the son of Percy and Elizabeth (Johnson) Eykyn. A lifelong resident of Lamberton, Vincent graduated from Lamberton High School. He joined the CCC for a few years and was united in marriage to Mildred Schwanke on February 14, 1942, at St. Joseph's Catholic Church. Vincent drove bulk oil...

Verena Bruckbauer

Verena Bruckbauer

Jun 6, 2008

There will be a Parish prayer service at 5:30pm and a Christian Mothers Rosary at 7pm, both Wednesday at the funeral home. Verena H. Renie Bruckbauer was born on January 22, 1916, the daughter of Herman Gertrude Mary (Joanning) Lammers near Lismore, MN. She attended parochial school in Lismore and Polo, SD and later attended school in Orient, SD...

Elvera Schumacher

Elvera Schumacher

May 31, 2008

There will be a Parish Prayer Service Wednesday at 7:30 PM at the funeral home and a CCW Rosary at 10:00 a.m. Thursday at the church. Elvera Schumacher, age 95 of Springfield, died Saturday, May 31, 2008, at her home. Elvera Marie Schumacher was born July 3, 1912, in Stately Township, the daughter of Andrew and Gertrude (Eickholt) Schunk....

Genevieve Gregg

Genevieve Gregg

May 30, 2008

Genevieve Helen Dysart Gregg was born to Joseph and Francis Sominski (Lorbetski) on August 31, l918 in Greenbush, MN. Gen died on Friday, May 30th, 2008 at Immanuel St Joseph's Medical Center in Mankato, MN following a stroke just prior to hospitalization, just short of her 90th birthday. Genevieve Helen Dysart Gregg was born to Joseph and Francis Sominski...

John Nickel

John Nickel

May 29, 2008

The family is designating memorials to the Bethel Mennonite Church in Mountain Lake, and the Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary in Elkhart, IN. John W Nickel, the son of William T and Maria (Friesen) Nickel was born on August 10, 1921 in Carson Township, Cottonwood County, MN. He received his education at a country school near his home and the...

Hertha Berg

Hertha Berg

May 29, 2008

Hertha Delphine Del Berg, 79, of Sleepy Eye, MN died on Thursday, May 29, 2008 at St. John Lutheran Home in Springfield, MN Hertha Delphine Del Berg was born November 23, 1928 to Gustav and Clara (Brudelie) Bjornberg in Hanska, MN. She graduated from Hanska High School in 1946 and married Robert Bob H. Berg at Zion Luthern Church...

Alvin Sellner

Alvin Sellner

May 29, 2008

There will be a parish prayer service at 7pm Monday at the funeral home. Alvin William Sellner, 83, of Sleepy Eye, MN died on Thursday, May 29, 2008 at Sleepy Eye Medical Center. Alvin William Sellner was born on January 10, 1925 in Sleepy Eye, MN, the son of John Philomena (Heller) Sellner. He served in the U.S. Army...

Sharon Dick

Sharon Dick

May 28, 2008

Sharon Diane Falk was born to Theodore and Luetta (Freitag) Falk on March 29, 1949, at the Bethel Hospital in Mountain Lake, MN. She received her education in public schools in Darfur and Butterfield, MN. Sharon was baptized at St. Matthews Lutheran Church in Butterfield, confirmed in her Christian faith at Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church in Darfur, and she...

Douglas Braun

Douglas Braun

May 26, 2008

Douglas Paul Braun, 50, of Pipestone, MN died on Monday, May 26, 2008 at his home. Douglas Paul Braun was born on August 20, 1957 in Sleepy Eye, Mn the son of Linus Lois (Pelzel) Braun. He grew up in Sleepy Eye and graduated from Public High School in 1975. Doug enlisted in the U.S. Air Force and served...

Norman Small

Norman Small

May 26, 2008

Norman Alton Small, the son of William R and Mary L (MacIver) Small was born on December 11, 1922 at St. Mary's Hospital in Duluth, MN. Following his graduation from Detroit Area Schools he began his career in the shipping industry. On December 1,1945, Norman enlisted in the U.S. Army, and he served with the Military Police in Germany...

Conrad Mattson

Conrad Mattson

May 26, 2008

Conrad L. Mattson, 91 ,of Sleepy Eye, MN died on Monday, May 26, 2008 at his home in Sleepy Eye, MN. Conrad was born on August 19, 1916 in Aledo, IL to Rev. Joseph C.and Minnie Mattson. As a boy he also lived in Alvarado, MN, Bemidji, MN, and graduated from high school in Bemidji. He attended Lutheran Bible...

Charles Eckstein

Charles Eckstein

May 24, 2008

Charles A. Eckstein, 67 ,of Sleepy Eye, MN died on Saturday, May 24, 2008 at Sleepy Eye Medical Center. Charles Arthur Eckstein was born on November 17, 1940 the son of Albert Evelyn (Zuhlsdorf) Eckstein. He grew up and attended school in Sleepy Eye. Charles married Carol Cordes on February 18, 1960 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Sleepy...

Timothy Brennan

Timothy Brennan

May 23, 2008

Timothy James Brennan, age 57, of Sleepy Eye, MN died on Friday, May 23, 2008 at his home. Timothy James Brennan was born on November 12, 1950 in Minneapolis, MN the son of Harold Bud Faith (Mory) Brennan. He grew up and attended school in Richfield, MN. After graduating he worked as an auto mechanic for a few years,...

Elizabeth Fischer

Elizabeth Fischer

May 22, 2008

There will be a Parish Prayer Service on Monday at 6:00 p.m. at the nursing home. Elizabeth Marie Fischer was born September 7, 1917, in Mulligan Township, Brown County. She was the second oldest of nine children of Joseph and Theresa (Schumacher) Fischer. Elizabeth grew up on the family farm and attended school district #42. She worked for relatives...

Wesley Werner

Wesley Werner

May 20, 2008

Wesley Werner was born September 2, 1909, in Germantown Township, Cottonwood County, the son of Charles and Alma (Krueger) Werner. He was united in marriage to Fannie Junker on June 3, 1931, in Cottonwood County. Wesley and Fannie farmed almost their entire lives in Germantown Township until moving to Lamberton in 1993. He became a resident of Valley View...

Maxine Heinitz

Maxine Heinitz

May 18, 2008

Maxine Louisa Heinitz was a scientist and a woman of faith. Born February 8, 1939 in Mt. Lake, Minnesota to the late Peter and Hilda (Bohn) Falk, the second of six children, she demonstrated an early tenacity for mastering whatever she put her mind to. First it was the piano. Mastering the organ followed and during High School she...

Harold Rees

Harold Rees

May 17, 2008

Harold Edwin Rees was born on September 26, 1913, in his parental home in Elgin, Township, Plymouth County, near Seney, IA. He was the third child of Gwyllium William and Emma Mathilda (Detloff) Rees. He attended country school in Seney, and was baptized in the Seney United Methodist Church as a child, and worked for his grandmother, Fredericka Willhemina...

Esther Wiens

Esther Wiens

May 15, 2008

Esther Edna Derksen, the daughter of Peter F. and Helena (Dick) Derksen was born on April 22, 1920, at the Bethel Hospital in Mountain Lake, MN. Esther grew up in the Mountain Lake area, received her education at a country school near her home, and she was baptized upon confession of her faith at the Mennonite Brethren Church in...