Obituaries
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...
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,...
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