Obituaries
Frank Harder
Jul 17, 2008
Frank Raymond Harder was born October 14, 1918 at Lostwood, North Dakota to parents David P. Harder and Anna (Derksen) Harder. He was raised in Butterfield and was baptized at the 1st Mennonite Church of Mt. Lake. Frank graduated from Butterfield High School. He served in the Army Air Force from Feb. 1942 until October 1945 serving in the...
Erwin Pelzel
Jul 12, 2008
Erwin George Pelzel was born on December 31, 1909 to Clement and Augusta (Engel) Pelzel at the family farm in Stark Township, Brown County, MN. He attended country school in Stark Township and farmed with his father and brothers. Erwin stayed on the original farm until moving into Sleepy Eye after he retired from farming in 1958. He enjoyed...
James Berkner
Jul 12, 2008
There will be a Masonic Service scheduled for 7:00pm, Wednesday at the funeral home. James Daniel Berkner was born June 7, 1920 to parents Daniel and Harriet (James) Berkner in Sleepy Eye, MN. Jim grew up in Sleepy Eye wher he graduated from Sleepy Eye High School in 1938. He was drafted into the Army in 1942. On October...
Warner Kading
Jul 7, 2008
Warner W. Kading, age 74, of St. James died on Monday, July 7, 2008 at the St. James Medical Center in St. James. In lieu of flowers please make a donation to Augustana Lutheran Church or the American Cancer Society. Warner William Kading was born June 21, 1934 at St. James, MN, to parents William Aurora (Warner) Kading. Warner...
Carol Hinderman
Jul 1, 2008
Carol (Mrs. Kenneth) Hinderman, 64, of Sleepy Eye, MN died on Tuesday, July 1, 2008 at her home in rural Sleepy Eye. Carol was born November 18th, 1943 at the Sleepy Eye Hospital to Vernon and Glayd (Sampson) Marti. She grew up 3 miles southeast of Sleepy Eye where she attended District 30 country school and then graduated from...
Louis Hansel
Jun 30, 2008
Louis Louie F. Hansel, 93 ,of Sleepy Eye, formerly of Glencoe, MN died on Monday, June 30, 2008 at Divine Providence Community Home in Sleepy Eye, MN.
Howard Coyour
Jun 29, 2008
Howard Orlyn Coyour, age 80, of Springfield, died Sunday, June 29, 2008 at the Springfield Medical Center. Howard was born September 7, 1927 in Hornick, IA to Leo and Lillian (Hvan) Coyour. The family later moved to Hartley, IA and Fairmont, MN, where Howard attended school. Following graduation from Fairmont High School in 1946, he enlisted in the US...
Leo Holley
Jun 27, 2008
Holley, Leo M., Age 85, of St. James, MN passed away peacefully on June 27, 2008 after battling complications of a stroke. Leo was a WWII US Army veteran and long-time resident of St. James where he and his wife Bertie operated a successful furniture restoration and upholstery business until their retirement. Leo was preceded in death by his...
Helen Wright
Jun 25, 2008
Helen Wright, age 98 of Sleepy Eye, died Wednesday, June 25, 2008, at Prairie Senior Cottage in New Ulm. Helen Wilhelmina Wright was born on December 5, 1909 in Home Township, MN, the daughter of Frank Wilhelmina Minnie (Miller) Romberg. She graduated from Sleepy Eye Public High School and attended Minneapolis Business College. Helen married David James Wright on...
Mark Jensen
Jun 24, 2008
74 year old Mark Jensen of rural Sleepy Eye, MN died at the New Ulm Medical Hospice Unit in New Ulm, MN. Mark P. Jensen was born August 14, 1933 in New Ulm to Marcus P. Lilac M. (Zellmer) Jensen. Mark grew up in Sleepy Eye and was a 1951 graduate of Sleepy Eye Public School. After graduation he...
Brian Koch
Jun 23, 2008
Brian Koch was born on June 27, 1958 to Lowell RoseAdelle Koch in Mankato, Minnesota. He graduated from St. James High School in 1976. He was a very handy man and put his skills to use at various jobs in St. James and Rapid City including Koch Construction, Swift Eckrich and Toro. On December 1, 1990 he married Keri...
Wanda Burden
Jun 22, 2008
Wanda Burden was born September 14, 1949 in Pacific, Washington, the daughter of Warren Louise (Bauch) Henrichs. Wanda moved back to the Sleepy Eye area when she was a young child. Wanda married Edward Davis and later divorced. She also married John Burden Sr. and later divorced. Wanda died on Tuesday, July 22, 2008 at the Immanuel St. Joseph's...
Steven Fritz
Jun 21, 2008
Steven James Fritz, 61, of West Lafayette, Indiana, died at 9:10 a.m. Saturday, June 21, 2008, in St. Elizabeth Medical Center, after battling cancer. Born May 9, 1947, in Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, he was the son of the late Bonnie and Leo Fritz. Steve graduated from St. Mary's High School in 1965. He went on to receive his bachelor's...
Joseph Stern
Jun 20, 2008
Joseph Eugene Stern was born August 18, 1956, in Starbuck, MN, the son of Wilbert and Doris (Schnobrich) Stern. He attended country school in Hanska, elementary school in Comfrey, and Springfield High School. Joe worked at Och's Brick Yard following school and then enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps where he was stationed at Camp Pendleton. Following his honorable...
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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