Obituaries

Michael Matter

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Marie Grothaus-Falk

Marie Grothaus-Falk

Nov 11, 2006

Marie Grothaus-Falk, daughter of Peter and Marie (Hackbarth) Schoen was born in Farwell, MN on May 11, 1908. She was baptized as an infant at the German Lutheran Church in Maple Lake, MN. Her father was a depot agent for the Sioux Line Railroad. In 1913 she moved with her parents to a farm located 3 miles north of...

Joann Sodeman

Joann Sodeman

Nov 10, 2006

JoAnn Margaret Fuller was born August 26, 1940 at St. James to parents Paul and Alma (Munsterman) Fuller. She grew up in St James, graduating from St.James High School. She has been a lifelong resident of Watonwan County. On September 30, 1961 she was united in marriage to Darwin Sodeman. JoAnn was a member of St. Paul's Evening Guild....

Raymond Lang

Raymond Lang

Nov 10, 2006

Ray was born to Joseph Theresa (Liebl) Lang in Sleepy Eye, MN on January 26, 1921. He grew up and attended school in Sleepy Eye. Ray served in the United States Army from 1942 until 1946 during WWII. He served with the Medic Unit in Normandy and was a survivor of the D-Day invasion. Ray returned to Sleepy Eye...

Emeline Elg

Emeline Elg

Nov 10, 2006

Emeline Elizabeth Elg was born December 8, 1913, in Comfrey, MN, the daughter of Hugo and Ellen (Johnson) Wollin. After her mother died when Emeline was very young, she was raised by a devoted step-mother, Lola. Emeline was a graduate of Comfrey High School and was united in marriage to Burton Elg on June 11, 1935, in Comfrey. She...

Vera Rossbach

Vera Rossbach

Nov 9, 2006

Vera Mae Kintzi was born in St. James on February 24, 1930 to parents Albert and Marie (Knudson) Kintzi. She grew up in St. James and graduated from St. James High School. She then received her teaching degree from Mankato Teachers College and taught for six years at LaSalle school. She was united in marriage to Harold Rossbach on...

Estella Franz

Estella Franz

Nov 8, 2006

Estella Cynthia Cook, the daughter of Ernst J. and Isabella (Irving) Cook was born on July 28, 1912, in rural West Point, MN. She received her elementery education at a country school at Grove Lake, MN, and she graduated from the Morris, MN High School. Estella continued her education at West Central School of Agriculture, University of Minnesota, graduating...

Kenneth Weedman

Kenneth Weedman

Nov 8, 2006

Kenneth Loren Weedman was born February 1, 1917, in Revere, MN, the son of Loran and Hattie (Schumacher) Weedman. He was united in marriage to Gertrude Rosenau on November 6, 1942, at the Zion Lutheran Parsonage in Sanborn. Kenneth was inducted into the U.S. Army-Air Force in May of 1942 and served with the 64th Fighter Squadron in the...

Margaret Kuehl

Margaret Kuehl

Nov 7, 2006

Margaret Dorothy Sturm was born January 21, 1925 at St. James to parents Max and Kate (Riesenberg) Sturm. She lived on the family farm until the death of her father when the family moved into St. James. She attended rural school at Country School District 65 through the 8th grade and graduated from St. James High School. On June...

Marion Anderson

Marion Anderson

Oct 30, 2006

Marion Arlene (Sandberg) Anderson was born on November 5, 1934 in Butterfield. She died on Sunday, October 30, 2006 at Immanuel St. Josephs Hospital in Mankato at the age of 71. Marion was raised in rural Butterfield and graduated from Butterfield High School. She was married to Raynold Anderson on March 28, 1955, they couple moved to rural Watonwan...

Jeffrey Cook

Jeffrey Cook

Oct 30, 2006

Jeffrey Ross Cook was born on April 2, 1958 in Sleepy Eye, MN, the son of Wilfred Marie (Mathiowetz) Cook. He grew up in Sleepy Eye and graduated from St. Mary's High School in 1976. He attended the Univ. of Wisconsin in Madison and received an Associate Degree from Iowa Western Community College in Council Bluffs were he led...