Obituaries
Mildred Schmidt
Dec 18, 2006
Mildred Mae Cook, the daughter of George Herbert and Isis (Turnbull) Cook was born on July 24, 1915, at Menahga, MN. Mildred began her education in the Menahga School, and she graduated as the salutatorian of her Jeffers High School class in 1934. She was ill with a heart condition following high school, and continued her education in 1936...
Lois Ewert
Dec 17, 2006
Lois Kathryn Miller was born August 29, 1928 at Butterfield to parents Robert and Amelia (Bartz) Miller. She grew up on the family farm near Butterfield. She graduated from high school in Butterfield and worked at the Watonwan Cafe before getting married. On June 8, 1952, she was united in marriage to James Ewert. The couple made their home...
Vivian Olson
Dec 16, 2006
Vivian Lois Wolle was born in St. James on November 4, 1940 to parents Julius and Ruth (Swenson) Wolle. She grew up in St. James graduating from St. James High School in 1959. She married Vincent Olson on September 19, 1970. Vivian loved to cook, she worked at several restaurants in the area including running Viv's Place in St....
Esther Schoepfer
Dec 15, 2006
Esther Ann Gulden was born to Emil and Emma on December 27, 1925 in Nicollet County. She grew up and attended country school. She married Emil Schroepfer on September 18, 1944 at the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in New Ulm. The couple made their home south of Sleepy Eye where they lived and farmed until retiring and moving...
Harold Portner
Dec 15, 2006
Harold Edward Portner was born October 6, 1918 in Lafayette Township, Nicollet County, MN, the son of Andrew J. and Frances (Ries) Portner. He graduated from Holy Trinity High School in New Ulm, MN in 1936. He married Dolores Kachelmeier November 12, 1941 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Sleepy Eye. Dolores died of Cancer February 22, 1961 giving...
Peter Rahn
Dec 14, 2006
Peter P. Rahn, the son of Peter G. and Gertrude (Pankratz) Rahn was born on December 28, 1906, near Butterfield, MN. He received his education in Mountain Lake schools, and Peter was baptized upon confession of his faith at the Bethel Mennonite Church in Mountain Lake, MN. On March 5, 1935, Peter was united in marriage to Helen M....
Lowell Steffl
Dec 13, 2006
Lowell Joseph Steffl, Sr. was born June 28, 1927 in Northstar Township, Brown County, the son of Sylvester and Philomena (Matter) Steffl. Lowell attended country school near Clements and at the age of 15 took over the family farm. On October 27, 1949 Lowell married Angeline Weiss at St. Raphael's Catholic Church in Springfield, MN. The couple farmed north...
Deloris Harder
Dec 8, 2006
DeLoris Ann (Niessen) Harder was born on January 21, 1930, to John J. and Anna (Dick) Niessen at the Bethel Hospital in Mountain Lake, MN. She grew up on the family farm south of Mountain Lake and attended District #12 and #32 country schools, as well as the Mountain Lake Public Schools. DeLoris was baptized upon confession of faith...
Donald Utz
Dec 7, 2006
Donald J. Utz, Sr. ,'Drake', was born August 6, 1933, in New Ulm, the son of Philip and Clara (Kraus) Utz. He served with the U.S. Army from 1956-58 and was stationed in Weisbaden, Germany. Drake was united in marriage to Joyce Pieske in February of 1963, in Springfield. They later divorced. Drake was a 44 year employee of...
Martha Bartsch
Dec 7, 2006
Martha Enns was born on January 4, 1909, to John and Katharina (Dick) Enns in Carson Township, Cottonwood County, MN. She was born in a Christian home and accepted Christ as her Savior and Lord in her teen years and was baptized. The family moved to Montana when she was a child, and she grew up there. She met...
Michael Matter
Dec 6, 2006
Michael John Matter was born on February 8, 1951 in Springfield the son of Ervin and Martha (Pfarr) Matter. Michael was a member of St. Raphael's Catholic Church and attended St. Raphael's Catholic School in Springfield. Michael worked at Ochs Brick yard, lived on a farm north of Sanborn where he raised pigs, and enjoyed working with scrap metal....
Donald Conrad
Dec 6, 2006
Donald Eugene Conrad was born June 26, 1939 at Morris, MN, to parents Maynard and Irene Conrad. Don grew up in Morris and Chokio, MN, Portland, OR and Wilmot, SD. On July 16, 1960 he was united in marriage to Arla J. Griese in rural Johnson, MN. The couple made their home in Minneapolis and Blaine, MN, Rapid City,...
Leo Wenisch
Dec 4, 2006
Leo Frank Wenisch was born April 15, 1919, in Brookville Township, Redwood County, to Frank and Anna (Marz) Wenisch. Leo attended schools in Springfield and worked part-time at Fecker's Grocery Store and Schilling's Hardware. On July 30, 1940, he married Irene Willms at St. Raphael's Catholic Church in Springfield. Leo enlisted in the US Army in 1942, and served...
Neta Scholer
Dec 1, 2006
Neta was born on May 5, 1928, to Abraham J. and Helena (Dueck) Friesen in Mountain Lake, MN. She was baptized upon confession of her faith on May 24, 1942, at the Bethel Mennonite Church in Mountain Lake. In 1999, Neta wrote the following about her life: I attended Mt. Lake Bible School 'til 6th grade, then public school...
Ruth Schultz
Nov 29, 2006
Ruth Helen Ensz, the daughter of Gerhard Bernhard and Barbara (Jantzen) Ensz was born on September 4, 1925, at Plymouth, NE. She received her education at a country school near her home. On April 6, 1956, Ruth was united in marriage to Leonard D. Schultz in Beatrice, NE. They made their home in Mountain Lake, MN, where Ruth and...
Josephine Heppner
Nov 28, 2006
Josephine Elanor Schaffer was born July 19, 1911 at Heron Lake, MN, on the family farm, to parents Julius and Stephanna (Hager) Schaffer. She grew up in the Heron Lake area was baptized in the Catholic Church. In 1930 she married Art Sutherland. The couple made their home in the Butterfield where Art worked for various farmers. The couple...
Carolyn Schultz
Nov 28, 2006
Carolyn Gene Etheridge was born on June 1, 1938 at Corpus Christi, TX to parents George and Eugina (Harmon) Etheridge. She grew up in Texas graduating from Amarillo High School at Amarillo, Texas. She was united in marriage to Richard Schultz on September 25, 1956 at Amarillo, TX. The couple made their home in several places while Richard completed...
Alvin Rambow
Nov 18, 2006
Alvin Edwin Rambow was born on December 27, 1923 in Springfield, MN, the son of William H. and Ella (Seidle) Rambow. He attended grade school in Springfield. Al and his twin brother Art played for the Springfield Tigers Baseball Team where they made the headlines in the Minneapolis Tribune. He entered the US Army and was stationed in the...
Geraldine Chrystler
Nov 17, 2006
Geraldine (Besse) Chrystler was born January 7, 1945, in Caledonia, MN, the daughter of George and Deloris Besse. She was united in marriage to Jerry Kretsch in 1962. Of Geraldine's many accomplishments, one she was most proud of was to be the first woman to solo pilot out of the Springfield Airport. She moved to Michigan in 1977 and...
Leona Gregg
Nov 16, 2006
Leona H. Gregg was born on September 19, 1915 in Wabasso, MN, the daughter of John P. Helena (Meinert) Nelson. She moved with her family to Sleepy Eye a few years later. Leona graduated from Sleepy Eye High School and went on to Normal Training, after which she taught for a few years at District 29 country school northwest...
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