Obituaries
Hilda Fritz
Apr 9, 2007
Hilda Elizabeth (Hoffmann) Fritz was born on July 20, 1914 in Sioux County, IA the daughter of Eugene Elizabeth (Bover) Hoffmann. She married Lawrence J. Fritz on June 9, 1936 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Sleepy Eye, MN. The couple lived and farmed near Sleepy Eye for many years. After Lawrence preceded her in death in 1963, Hilda...
William Stern
Apr 7, 2007
William August Stern was born on October 30, 1917 in Northstar Township, Brown County, the son of August and Emma (Krueger) Stern. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Springfield. Bill attended Brown County School Dist # 77 and worked on his parent's farm. On June 18, 1947 he was united in marriage to Marian...
John Doyle
Apr 2, 2007
Jack was born on September 27, 1926 to J. Mart and Marie C. (Kipp) Doyle on the Doyle homestead farm, Walnut Lake Township, Easton, MN. Jack graduated from Wells High School in 1944. He was active for 17 years with the Easton Boxing Team in the Golden Gloves program. A combat veteran of WWII, he served in the Atlantic,...
Roland Polkow
Mar 31, 2007
Roland John Polkow was born February 24, 1928, on the family farm in Burnstown Township, the son of John and Louise (Stark) Polkow. He was united in marriage to Inez Bergum on June 25, 1948, at the Albion Lutheran Church. A lifetime resident of the Springfield area, the couple farmed the family farm until moving into Springfield in 1997....
Theodore Hiebert
Mar 31, 2007
Theodore F. Hiebert, 'Ted', went to bed March 30, 2007 and sometime in the night his heart stopped beating on this earth and he was called to his eternal home. Ted was at Texas Terrace, TCU, in St. Loius Park MN, preparing to return to Hopkins #270 where he worked full time nights. He had recently entered Texas Terrace...
Myrtle Schroepfer
Mar 30, 2007
Myrtle was born August 7, 1917 in Sleepy Eye, MN, the daughter of Andrew and Margaret (Tierney) Johnson. She graduated from Sleepy Eye Public High School in 1935 and was united in marriage to Albert Schroepfer on October 26, 1940. Myrtle attended dancing school with her sister - Ruth in Minneapolis and Mankato. They were the originators of the...
Elsie Shebetka
Mar 29, 2007
Elsie Elizabeth Shebetka was born October 3, 1908 in El Paso, Illinois, the daughter of Ida Albert Blackmore. She married Anton Shebetka February 14, 1933 in Kankakee, Illinois and settled in rural Sleepy Eye. Survivors include her three children: Jerry (Florence) of Elk River, MN, Marlene Kraus of New Ulm, MN, Judy Seago of St. Louis, MO, six grandchildren:...
Gordon Thoms
Mar 24, 2007
Gordon was born on June 20, 1915 in Eden Valley, MN to parents, Mae (Boggs) and Edwin L. Thoms. He was united in marriage to Agnes VanVickle in 1940. Gordon retired from Del Monte Foods in 1978. On retirement he raised apples and vegetables and sold them to the public. He was a veteran of World War II and...
Elizabeth Krueger
Mar 24, 2007
Elizabeth R. (Hager) Krueger was born on May 27, 1915 in Tuttle, North Dakota, the daughter of Fred and Amalia Hager. She was baptized on November 19, 1916. As a child, her family moved to Sleepy Eye, MN. She was united in marriage to Robert J. Krueger in 1934. Their 72nd wedding anniversary was celebrated on May 7, 2006....
Elsie Klassen
Mar 21, 2007
Elsie Elizabeth Loewen, the daughter of John F. and Elizabeth (Dick) Loewen was born on November 26, 1918, at Mountain Lake, MN. Elsie received her education in Mountain Lake Public Schools and graduated from the Mountain Lake High School. On May 16, 1937, Elsie was baptized upon confession of her faith at the First Mennonite Church in Mountain Lake,...
Denis Nachreiner
Mar 19, 2007
Denis Milton Nachreiner was born March 11, 1930, to Hugo and Loretta (Weber) Nachreiner in Burnstown Township, Brown County and raised by Hugo and Theresa (Mathiowetz) Nachreiner on their family farm in Burnstown Township. Denis attended rural school in Burnstown Township and St. Raphael's Catholic School. He married Dorothy Blankenhagen on June 2, 1953 in Sanborn. After their marriage,...
Klaas Kroeker
Mar 18, 2007
Klaas Kroeker, the son of Bernard and Katharena (Friesen) Kroeker was born on April 11, 1916, at Jansen, NE. He was raised in Jansen until leaving to attend Moody Bible Institute in 1940, and then to St. Paul Bible Institute (now Crown College), where he graduated in 1943. On June 12, 1941, Nick was united in marriage to Esther...
Robert Frericks
Mar 17, 2007
Bob Frericks was born May 6, 1928, in Remsen, Iowa, the son of Frank and Bernadette (Holdgrafer) Frericks. The family moved to Wabasso, Minnesota. On September 12, 1953 he was united in marriage to Delores Ann Plaetz. Bob worked 10 years for the Wabasso elevator then left to farm. In 1969, Bob and Deloris moved into Wanda and owned...
Judith Taylor
Mar 16, 2007
Judy Smith was born on April 27, 1944 at Quincy, IL to parents Samuel and Florence (Hayden) Smith. She grew up in the Quincy area and married Donald Thomas. Don was in the Navy and the couple made their home in many different military communities accross the country. Judy has lived in St. James for the past 10 years....
Donald Schultz
Mar 15, 2007
Donald Clarence Schultz was born September 8, 1929, in Springfield, MN, the son of Clarence and Louise (Spieker) Schultz. He graduated from Springfield High School in 1947 and then attended Junior College in Tracy. Don moved to Minneapolis and worked at Northwest National Bank. He was united in marriage to Dorothy Blehm in 1956 and returned to Springfield to...
Irene Richert
Mar 14, 2007
Mrs. Richert was born in Sleepy Eye, MN on November 28, 1929, daughter of the late Norbert Agnes (Rubey) Schroepfer. She lived most of her life in Minnesota, moving to Cheshire, CT in 1967 where she and her husband raised their family. Irene and her husband lived in Mountainview, CA from 1985 to 1990. Upon the passing of her...
Dennis Schumacher
Mar 14, 2007
Dennis J. Schumacher was born on April 18, 1927 in Springfield, MN, the son of Mathias Theresa (Prokosch) Schumacher. He grew up and attended school in Leavenworth Township. Dennis served in the U.S. Army from 1950-1952 as a Corporal. Dennis married Marlys Vonderharr on August 6, 1966 in Madison, MN. The couple made their home and farmed near Springfield....
Della Iverson
Mar 13, 2007
Della Corinne Iverson was born April 16, 1917, on Eureka Farm, the daughter of Iver and Martha (Hofstad) Iverson. After graduating from high school, Corinne found employment as a house maid in Minneapolis. In addition to her household duties, there were musical evenings where Corinne accompanied at the piano, with duets such as Mozart's La u clarem la mano...
Peggy Firme
Mar 13, 2007
Peggy Lee McKibbon, the daughter of Harvey and Mabel (Sutton) McKibbon was born on April 9, 1932, in Lincoln, NE. She graduated from high school in 1950, at Kearney, NE. On October 5, 1952, Peggy was united in marriage to LaVerne Firme at Kearney. They made their home in Kearney until 1956, when they moved to Dickinson, ND, Albert...
Valentine Albertson
Mar 11, 2007
Valentine Herman Albertson was born February 14, 1917 on a farm near Lamberton, MN, the son of Charles and Minnie (Hydlauff) Albertson. He was baptized May 13, 1917, and confirmed June 7, 1931, at Sharon Lutheran Church. After graduating from Lamberton High School in 1935, he completed teachers training and taught at rural schools in Murray, Courtland and Brown...
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