Obituaries
Peter Fast
May 24, 2007
Peter Fast, the son of John J. and Agnes (Vogt) Fast was born on June 23, 1914, on the family farm near Bingham Lake, MN. He received his education in Cottonwood County District #16 Country School. Peter was baptized upon confession of his faith at the Bergfelder Church at Mountain Lake, MN. He was a charter member of the...
Elaine Reiner
May 19, 2007
Elaine Kathryn Reiner was born May 26, 1929, to John and Rose (Hillesheim) Prokosch at their home in Stark Township in Brown County. She attended Iberia School District. On April 8, 1947, Elaine married Albert Reiner at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Sleepy Eye, MN. They farmed north of Sanborn for many years. Elaine enjoyed cooking, sewing, tending to...
Lorraine Potter
May 19, 2007
Lorraine Vera Potter was born to Arthur and Marietta Jensen on September 21, 1930 on their farm near Evan, MN. She attended a one room country school and then Morgan High School. After graduation she attended beauty school in Minneapolis. Lorraine married Robert Potter on February 9, 1951 at St. Mathews Church in Evan. Lorraine and Robert lived and...
Alyce Lamfers
May 18, 2007
Alyce Marie Lamfers was born December 16, 1924, in Madelia, MN, the daughter of Joseph and Theresa (Lenertz) Gisch. She was united in marriage to Daniel Lamfers on February 26, 1946, at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Comfrey. The couple lived in Selma Township from 1947 until Daniel's death in 2003. Alyce then moved to Hanska to be closer...
Jacob Derksen
May 18, 2007
Jacob Walter Derksen, the son of Jacob J. and Anna (Steinle) Derksen was born in Watonwan County, near Butterfield, MN on April 18, 1921. He recieved his education at District #53 Country School near his home. On June 1, 1941, Jacob was baptized upon confession of his faith at the First Mennonite Church in Mountain Lake, MN. From September...
James Wells
May 9, 2007
James Wells, age 65 of Springfield, died Thursday, May 10, 2007, at his home. Mass of Christian Burial will be Monday, May 14, 2007, at 10:30 a.m. at St. Raphael's Catholic Church in Springfield with burial in the church cemetery. Visitation will be Sunday, May 13 from 4:00-8:00 p.m. and Monday, May 14 from 7:30-8:30 a.m. at Sturm Funeral...
Evenlyn Sonnenberg
May 8, 2007
Evelyn Sylvia Sonnenberg, youngest child of Edward and Mary (Timm) Krueger was born in North Star Township in Brown County, MN on November 2, 1908. She attended rural schools and graduated from Springfield High School in 1927. Evelyn attended business college in Minneapolis and also worked there and in Mankato, Winnebago and Forest City, Iowa where she met Clifford...
Marlin Odegard
May 7, 2007
Marlin Dean Odegard was born July 1, 1954 at Madelia, MN to parents Orrie and Betty (Beckius) Odegard. Marlin grew up on the family farm near Godahl where he attended Rural Brown County School. The family moved to St. James in 1967 and Marlin graduated from St. James High School in 1972. He then attended auto body repair school...
Constance Deree
May 4, 2007
Constance Connie Mary (Ellis) Deree was born on September 19, 1926 in Bridgewater, MA, the daughter of Albert and Edith (Knight) Ellis. She grew up and attended school in Bridgewater, MA. Connie married Linwood Francis Deree on June 25, 1943 in Rockland, MA with a double ceremony with her brother, Richard Ellis. She worked at Regal Shoe Factory and...
Signe Quarnstrom
May 1, 2007
Signe E. Quarnstrom, the daughter of Frank and Hilda (Paulson) Nelson, was born October 7, 1922 in rural Annandale, MN. She attended country school 5 miles east of her family farm. Signe was baptized, confirmed and married at Mt. Hermon Lutheran Church in rural Annandale. She was united in marriage to David Quarnstrom on May 28, 1949. David and...
Harold Vatndal
May 1, 2007
Harold Melvin Vatndal, the eldest son of Askild and Alma (Keil) Vatndal was born on February 18, 1927 in rural Butterfield, MN. Harold attended school in Butterfield and then began farming at a young age to help support his family because of his father's illness. Harold joined the Navy in his late teens and served his country on several...
Ura Kissner
Apr 28, 2007
Ura Kissner was born on the family farm on November 19, 1916, in Honnor Township, Redwood County, the daughter of Henry and Mary (Lipp) Simondet. She attended elementary school in North Redwood and graduated from Redwood Falls High School in 1934. Ura then attended Mankato Teachers College and graduated in 1936. She taught for 5 years in Renville and...
Kenneth Christman
Apr 28, 2007
Kenneth Dean Christman, Jr. was born October 26, 1956 at Mt. Lake, MN to parents Kenneth and Joanne (Alkire) Christman. The family moved from Mt. Lake to Windom when Ken was 6 years old and to St. James two years later. Kenneth was Baptized in Mt. Lake and later Confirmed in St. James. Ken attended school in St. James...
Arlene Lupke
Apr 23, 2007
She was born on March 31, 1939 to Paul and Edna (Duffy) Larsen of rural St. James. She attended country school in Rosendale Township and later attended high school in St. James and graduated in 1957. She was very active in 4-H as a young girl and also liked playing softball. After graduation, Arlene began work in the fall...
Irene Siekmann
Apr 15, 2007
Irene E. Siekmann was born on July 29, 1920 in New Avon Township, Redwood County, the daughter of Earl and Alma (Raddatz) Kalk. She attended country School District #97 in New Avon Township. Irene married Earl E. Siekmann on October 23, 1942 in Redwood Falls, MN. The couple farmed near Wabasso before moving to rural Lamberton. In 1977 they...
Susan Nickel
Apr 15, 2007
Susan Franz, the daughter of Henry H. and Elizabeth (Siemens Kroeker) Franz was born on September 30, 1914 near Joplin, MT. She received her education at Cottonwood County Country School Distrct #16 in Delft, MN, and the German Bible School in Mountain Lake. On May 15, 1932, Susan was baptized upon her confesson of faith in Jesus Christ at...
Laurene Rogotzke
Apr 14, 2007
Laurene Bernice Larson was born March 5, 1913, to Gissur and Sina (Bredvold) Larson in Redwood County. She was baptized and confirmed at St. John Lutheran Church in Springfield. Laurene graduated from Sanborn High School in 1930, and later graduated as a Registered Nurse from the Swedish Hospital School of Nursing in 1934. She worked as a private duty...
Constance Miller
Apr 10, 2007
Connie Ann Larsen was born on July 23, 1943 to Julius Dolores (Kopischke) Larsen in Redwood Falls, MN. She attended Morgan Public Schools until 8th grade and then attended Maplewood Academy in Hutchinson where she graduated. She worked for First National Bank in St. Paul for two years and then transferred to First National Bank in Denver, CO. Connie...
Waylon Decker
Apr 10, 2007
Tuesday at 2:54 pm our beloved son and brother Waylon, went home to his Heavenly Father at the age of 21. Thank you dear Waylon for the special way you've touched our lives. Dear Jesus, what have we ever done to deserve the special blessing Waylon's been to us? For several days already Waylon's been anxiously waiting for Jesus...
Mabel Friesen
Apr 10, 2007
Mabel Kate Sawatzky, the daughter of Peter J. and Susan (Nickels) Sawatzky was born on March 12, 1914, at St. James, MN. She received her education at a local country school, the Mountain Lake Bible School, and she graduated from Butterfield High School. Mabel was baptized upon confession of her faith and became a member of the First Mennonite...
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