Obituaries
Arlene Liesenfeld
Jul 31, 2007
Arlene Evelyn Liesenfeld was born May 25, 1932, in rural Comfrey, the daughter of George and Amelia 'Molly' (Heffele) Elsing. She grew up in the Comfrey area and was united in marriage to Darrell Rex Liesenfeld on November 15, 1949. The couple farmed around Comfrey from 1949-1988, then moved to Springfield. Arlene and Darrell owned 5th-wheel campers and loved...
Verna Grausam
Jul 31, 2007
Verna Toddy Amanda Grausam was born March 21, 1917 in Sanborn Township, Redwood County, the daughter of Ebert and Mollie (Trapp) Albertson. Toddy married Vince P. Grausam on October, 14, 1937 at St. Raphael's Catholic Church in Springfield, MN. She worked for the Springfield Veterinarian Clinic for 29 years as a receptionist and bookkeeper. Toddy was a very active...
Bertha 'Berdy Goltz
Jul 30, 2007
Bertha 'Berdy' Goltz, age 90 of Comfrey, died Monday, July 30, 2007, at the Mountain Lake Good Samaritan Village. Bertha Goltz was born November 28, 1916, in Mountain Lake, MN, the daughter of Gottfried and Katherine (Stienly) Feil. She was baptized on January 7, 1917, and confirmed on June 19, 1932, at Trinity Lutheran Church of Mountain Lake. Berdy...
Lloyd Olfert
Jul 30, 2007
Lloyd Olfert, the son of Jake and Nettie (Schmidt) Olfert was born on March 30, 1922, at Bethel Hospital in Mountain Lake, MN. As a 1940 graduate of the Mountain Lake High School Lloyd was active in sports, including being a member of the State Track team, a member of the 1939 State Champion Boys Basketball team and the...
Adeline Lange
Jul 28, 2007
Adeline Anna (Orth) Lange, 91, formerly of Sleepy Eye died on Saturday, July 28, 2007 at Lakeview Health Care Center in Fairmont, MN Visitation will be at Sturm Funeral Home on Friday from 5:00 to 7:00 PM and on Saturday from 9:30 to 10:30 AM at the church. Service will be held at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church on...
Marjorie Mathistad
Jul 28, 2007
Marjorie Jane Bever, the daughter of Roy and Cora (Cornell) Bever was born on April, 30, 1915, at Carlisle, IA. On September 28, 1936, Marjorie was united in marriage to Palmer H. Mathistad at Omaha, NE. Following their marriage Marjorie was baptized and confirmed at St. Olaf Lutheran Church in rural Odin, MN, where she remained a member until...
Ruth Reiff
Jul 26, 2007
Ruth was born on July 24, 1915 on a farm near Fairfax, Minnesota. She was married in 1938 to Arthur Reiff in Kent, Minnesota. A daughter, Sheila Mae was born in 1941. Twin sons, David Arthur and Ronald Paul were born in 1943. In 1947 another son, Francis Henry was born. In 1952, the family moved to Colorado Springs,...
Alberta Ostwald
Jul 24, 2007
Alberta Marie Ostwald, the daughter of Otto and Hazel (Van Dam) Ostwald was born on May 29, 1934, at Okabena, MN. She attended grade school in Okabena, and she graduated from high school in Pine City, MN. While living in Crystal, MN, Bert worked in production at Telex and Technical Ordnance in the Minneapolis, MN area. Bert and Leola...
Dale Read
Jul 24, 2007
Dale Charles Read was born April 19, 1917, in Clear Lake, IA, the son of Russell and Lilla Mae (Hayes) Read. The family moved to Fort Dodge, IA where Dale graduated from Fort Dodge High School. He was united in marriage to Vergie Blaine on November 9, 1939. Dale enlisted in the U.S. Navy in February of 1942 and...
Lois Clark
Jul 23, 2007
Lois Lucille Diffenderffer was born on January 27, 1923, in Fandon, IL to Chester Arthur and Elizabeth Hazel (Chapin) Diffenderffer. She grew up on a farm, where she loved to help her dad with the field work and her mom with household chores. Lois graduated from high school in Colchester, IL. Her love for rollerskating drew the attention of...
Elva Moll
Jul 18, 2007
Elva V. Moll was born on February 10, 1920 at home in Stark Township, Brown County, MN, the daughter of Arthur Rosela (Jungers) Bellig. She grew up and attended school in Iberia. Elva married Eldred Moll on September 7, 1939 in Sleepy Eye, MN. The couple made their home just East of Sleepy Eye where they have lived and...
Charles Martinson
Jul 18, 2007
Charles Edward Martinson was born February 6, 1948, in St. Paul, MN, to Vernon and Adella (Williamson) Martinson. Later that year the family moved to the family farm outside of Lamberton, MN. He graduated from Lamberton High School in 1966. In September of 1966, Chuck enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. He was in the 3rd Battalion 5th...
Marsha Petersen
Jul 17, 2007
Marsha Mary Petersen was born September 7, 1943, in Springfield, MN, the daughter of Anthony and Esther (Haas) Wog. She graduated from Sanborn High School and was united in marriage to William Petersen on August 18, 1962, at St. Thomas Catholic Church in Sanborn. Marsha had worked as an Express Club Hostess at Jackpot Junction for 10 years before...
Jean Pipes
Jul 14, 2007
Jean Lorella Pipes was born December 6, 1934 in Gibbon, MN, the daughter of Herbert and Irene (Fahrencamp) Wandersee. She attended school in Gibbon before the family moved to Sleepy Eye and then attended at St. John Lutheran School and Sleepy Eye High School. Jean was united in marriage to James Starrett on April 30, 1954. The couple lived...
Eugene Dougherty
Jul 8, 2007
Gene was born June 26, 1964 in St. James to parents Arthur and Engold (Diel) Dougherty. He attended kindergarten in Trimont, grades 1-8 and was Baptized and Confirmed at St. John's Willow Creek. He attended Amboy Good Thunder and graduated from Sandborn in 1983. He married Dawn Mathistad and later divorced.. He enjoyed working on demo cars, fishing, hunting,...
Kenneth Krinke
Jul 7, 2007
Kenneth Warren Krinke was born on February 11, 1913 in Charleston Township, Redwood County, MN the son of John E. Ella (Werner) Krinke. He grew up and attended school in Lamberton, MN. Kenneth married Rosetta Coulter on September 3, 1936 in Lamberton. The couple lived and farmed near Lamberton for many years. They moved into Lamberton in 1987. Kenneth...
Robert Carruthers
Jul 7, 2007
Robert Thomas Carruthers was born September 27, 1925, in Madison, SD, the son of Thomas and Olga (Hagen) Carruthers. He graduated from Chester High School and served with the U.S. Navy from 1943-46. During that period, Bob spent two years in the South Pacific where he participated in the invasion of the Leyte Gulf and Lingayen Gulf in the...
Edith Asendorf
Jul 6, 2007
Edith was raised on the farm where she loved working outdoors with her parents and sisters. Edith was third born of four girls, Lizzie, Ella, and Hazel, and attended Country School District #63 through eighth grade. The girls walked to school in the summer - in winter their dad would take them across the fields in a bobsled under...
Delorna Bechtel
Jul 5, 2007
DeLorna was born on November 30, 1927 in Sherburn, Minnesota to Simon and Minnie (Salzwedel) Krogh. She was baptized on Christmas Day in 1927 at home and was confirmed in the Lutheran Faith at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Lakefield, Minnesota in April, 1941. She graduated from Lakefield High School in 1946. On March 11, 1951, Dee was married to...
James Wendland
Jul 3, 2007
James was born June 5, 1940 in New Ulm, MN to Eugene Elvia (Kassuelke) Wendland. Jim graduated from Gaylord High School in 1958. Jim married Janice Doerre in May of 1961. She preceded him in death in October of 1988. Jim married Carol (Mathiowetz) Wurtzberger on June 30, 1990. He worked for Soil Conservation Service for 3 years and...
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