Obituaries

Ruth Gilland

Ruth Gilland

May 25, 2006

The daughter of George Gilland and Anna Margaret Knudsen Gilland, she was born September 25, 1906, in Brookville Township, Redwood County, Minn. She was raised on the family farm and attended rural school, Dist. 34. In 1922 she moved with her family to Sleepy Eye, Minn. After High School at Sleepy Eye, she attended Normal Training for one year...

Linda Stadtlander

Linda Stadtlander

May 22, 2006

Linda Marie Goossen, the daughter of John and Maria (Neufeld) Goossen was born on October 12, 1914, in Mountain Lake, MN. She received her education in the Mountain Lake Public School. Linda was baptized and joined the Bergfelder Church (now Lakeview Gospel Church) in Mountain Lake. On March 19, 1936, Linda was married to Arthur Stadtlander, and they were...

Erwin Linscheid

Erwin Linscheid

May 20, 2006

Erwin John Linscheid, the son of Rudolph and Eugenia (Rupp) Linscheid, was born November 27, 1900 on their farm northwest of Butterfield, MN. He received his education in a country school and the Mountain Lake German Bible School where he met Anna H. Neufeld. He accepted Jesus as his Savior and was baptized upon confession of his faith in...

Ramona Jones

Ramona Jones

May 20, 2006

Ramona was born on October 12th, 1945 in Sleepy Eye, MN the daughter of Roland Ruth (Christensen) Domke. She grew up and attended school in Sleepy Eye. After she completed her schooling, she married William Jones on April 2, 1966 at the St. John's Ev. Lutheran Church in Sleepy Eye. They made their home in Sleepy Eye where Ramona...

Norma Chapman

Norma Chapman

May 19, 2006

Norma Louise Wilkening, the daughter of William C. and Bertha (Alt) Wilkening was born on May 6, 1933, at Cissna Park, IL. She was baptized on June 7, 1933 in Cissna Park, and on June 8, 1947, she was confirmed in her Christian faith at St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church in St. James, MN, where she remained a member....

Catherine Knaak

Catherine Knaak

May 19, 2006

Catherine Mae Regier, the daughter of Arnold and Elaine (Waltner) Regier was born on October 10, 1956, in Mountain Lake, MN. She received her education in Mountain Lake, graduating from the Mountain Lake High School in 1975. She continued her education at Mankato State University and graduated with a degree in accounting. She was a skilled accountand and worked...

Esther Anderson

Esther Anderson

May 16, 2006

Esther B. Anderson was born November 29, 1916, in Highwater Township, Cottonwood County, the daughter of Henry and Minnie (Nordmann) Bierman. She graduated from Lamberton High School and Mankato Commercial Club. Esther worked in the State Bank of Jeffers and the Farmers Merchants State Bank in Lamberton before her marriage to Ralph Anderson on April 11, 1943, in Walnut...

Jerome Schimschock

Jerome Schimschock

May 15, 2006

Jerome Vincent Schimschock was born on May 14, 1930 in Milford Township, MN the son of John and Mary (Weiss) Schimschock. He grew up and attended school in Sleepy Eye, graduating from Public High School in 1948. Jerome married Joan Thul on May 4, 1964 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Sleepy Eye. The couple lived and farmed in...

Esther Fast

Esther Fast

May 12, 2006

Esther Anna Kliewer, the daughter of Peter G. and Anna (Lohrenz) Kliewer was born on September 25, 1916, in Mountain Lake, MN. She received her education at District #62 Country School near Mountain Lake. On May 28, 1933, Esther was baptized uponc onfession of her faith and recieved as a member of Bethel Mennonite Church in Mounatin Lake, where...

Delrose Braun

Delrose Braun

May 10, 2006

Delrose G. Berberich was born on February 19, 1926 near Leavenworth, MN the daughter of Edwin Mary (Ludwig) Berberich. She grew up and attended country school in Leavenworth. Delrose married Wendelin Braun on May 20, 1946 at the Church of the Japanese Martyrs in Leavenworth. The couple made their home on a farm in Brookville Township, Redwood County, MN....

Melvin Wolle

Melvin Wolle

May 9, 2006

Melvin Carl Wolle was born December 31, 1922 on the Boynton Ranch west of Truman to parents Henry and Eva (Urban) Wolle. Melvin was Baptized and confirmed into the W.E.L. Faith. He attended parochial school at St. Paul's in St. James. On December 19, 1953 he was united in marriage to Ilah Koenig at Sioux Falls, SD. Melvin farmed...

Kenneth Netzke

Kenneth Netzke

May 3, 2006

Kenneth Carl Netzke was born on January 16, 1937 at the Tracy Hospital, the son of Alfred and Marcella (Anton) Netzke. He attended country school in Waterbury Township until the 3rd grade then attended Lamberton Public School where he graduated from in 1954. After graduation Ken farmed and in 1957 entered the U.S. Navy. He was stationed in California...

Ladonna Bishir

Ladonna Bishir

May 3, 2006

LaDonna Mae Bishir was born June 8, 1934, in Highwater Township, Cottonwood County, the daughter of Edward and Mae (Klunder) Pauling. She was united in marriage to Dale Bishir on September 9, 1951, at the Zion Lutheran Church in Lamberton. The couple lived in Lamberton, Sioux Falls and Minneapolis before returning to Lamberton in 1989. They then moved to...

Angeline Ibberson

Angeline Ibberson

May 3, 2006

Angeline Mary Ibberson was born on July 18, 1929 in Brown County, MN, the daughter of Ignatius L. Elenora (Kral) Hoffmann. She attended District #39 and St. Mary's Schools in Sleepy Eye and graduated from St. Mary's High School in 1948. Angeline married Leslie A. Hillesheim on September 1, 1948. The couple was later divorced. On June 7, 1982...

Margaret Zender

Margaret Zender

May 2, 2006

Margaret Gail Wedge was born March 10, 1943 at St. James, MN to parents Charles and Alice (Hintgen) Wedge. She grew up in St. James and graduated from St. James High School. She was united in marriage to Michael P. Zender on June 15, 1963 in St. James. The couple made their home in St. James before moving to...

Marjorie Ridgeway

Marjorie Ridgeway

Apr 29, 2006

Born August 5, 1958 in Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, Marjorie had been a resident of Texas since the mid 1980's and had lived in Santa Fe for 7 years, previously of La Marque. A graduate of St. Mary's High School in Sleepy Eye and Galveston Community College, she had worked at UTMB for 16 years, most recently as a Special...

Lena Ayres

Lena Ayres

Apr 25, 2006

Lena Emma Ayres was born on October 10, 1916 in Lamberton, the daughter of Julius and Helena (Gade) Pfarr. She attended country school near Lamberton. On April 3, 1941 she married Joseph Ayres in Wanda. While Joseph was in the Army, Lena lived and worked in California. The couple returned to a farm near Sanborn and later moved to...

Menno Schroeder

Menno Schroeder

Apr 23, 2006

Menno David Schroeder, the son of David H. and Helena (Peters) Schroeder was born on February 6, 1918, in Carson Township, Cottonwood County, MN. He received his education at Crossroads country school, District 69, near his home, and having always wished for more education, Menno worked crossword puzzles and read daily newspapers. On May 16, 1937, Menno was baptized...

Walter Freitag

Walter Freitag

Apr 19, 2006

Walter J. Mike Freitag, the son of August and Louise (Tschetter) Freitag was bon on May 26, 1929, in Mountain Lake, MN. He grew up on a farm south of Mountain Lake, where he attended country school. He loved being a farm boy, catching gophers, hunting and working hard. He married Edna Mae Menken on July 20th, 1949. To...

Henry Churchill

Henry Churchill

Apr 16, 2006

Henry 'Dutch' Harrison Churchill was born February 17, 1925, in Revere, MN, the son of Henry and Anna (Kronback) Churchill. He graduated from Lamberton High School and enlisted in the U.S. Army on May 15, 1945. Following his honorable discharge on October 18, 1946, Dutch returned to Lamberton and worked at the Creamery. He then owned a co-op station...