Obituaries
Marian Giesler
Dec 30, 2005
Marian Iona Giesler was born August 10, 1919, on the family farm in Johnsonville Township, Redwood County, the daughter of Frank and Estella (Dorman) Bittner. She worked at Snow's Hatchery in Sleepy Eye until her marriage to Raymond Giesler in 1944. The couple farmed in Johnsonville Township until retiring in 1961 and moving to Lamberton. Following Ray's death in...
Raymond Rettke
Dec 29, 2005
Raymond F. Rettke was born November 11, 1917 in Truman, MN, the son of Henry and Elsie (Sanders) Rettke. He attended Country School in Martin County. Raymond was baptized on December 2, 1917 at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Truman and was confirmed on June 12, 1932 at St. Paul Ev. Lutheran Church in St. James. He was united...
Audrey Veenstra
Dec 29, 2005
Audrey Ann Veenstra was born July 16, 1939, in Springfield, the daughter of Vincent and Verna 'Toddy' Grausam. She graduated from Springfield High School in 1957 and then attended Vocational School in Mankato. Audrey worked at a bank in Mankato until her marriage to Milo Veenstra on November 5, 1960, at St. Raphael's Catholic Church. Following marriage, the couple...
Anton Sonnabend
Dec 29, 2005
Anton Arthur Sonnabend was born on March 23, 1927, in South Branch to Herman and Bertha (Trebesch) Sonnabend. He was baptized on May 8, 1927, at St. John's Lutheran Church in South Branch, and on March 13, 1947, he was confirmed in his Christian faith at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in St. James. He enlisted in the United States...
Jerome Renner
Dec 26, 2005
Jerome Arvid Renner was born on December 27, 1934 in Springfield, MN to Arthur and Amy (Hummel) Renner. He graduated from New Ulm High School in 1953. On June 14, 1957, he married Rehlda Sievert at the Methodist parsonage in New Ulm. Following graduation Jerry began working for his father at the elevator in Cobden, MN. He purchased the...
Angeline Roiger
Dec 25, 2005
Angie was born October 10, 1939 to Florentine and Helen (Hornick) Mathiowetz. She attended country school and helped on the family farm. On October 24, 1959 she became the bride of Gerald O. Roiger at the Church of the Japanese Marytrs in Leavenworth, MN. Angie was a homemaker and helped Gerald maintain the family farm. In 1989, they moved...
James Schwartz
Dec 24, 2005
Jim was born on July 22, 1926 in Leavenworth Township, the son of Frank and Hertha (Petermann) Schwartz. He graduated from Sleepy Eye High School in 1943, served in the U.S. Navy in World War II from 1944 until his honorable discharge in 1946. He then began his lifetime career of farming. Jim married Irene Mohr at the Cathedral...
Lucille Bertrand
Dec 18, 2005
Lucille M. Lowinski was born on September 26, 1918 in Home Township, MN the daughter of Rudolph Meta (Rolloff) Lowinski. She married Richard Bertrand August 26, 1940. After marriage the couple farmed north of Sleepy Eye, MN until 1958. They then purchased and operated Richs' Bar in Evan, MN until 1972. Lucy moved to Sleepy Eye, MN and over...
Robert Meisinger
Dec 17, 2005
Graveside Service: 10:30 AM, Monday, December 26, 2005 at St. Raphael's Catholic Cemetery in Springfield Robert George Meisinger was born November 9, 1954, in Springfield, MN, the son of George and Lucille (Groebner) Meisinger. He attended St. Raphael's Catholic School through the sixth grade and graduated from Springfield High School in 1973. Broadway Bob spent many happy years playing...
Rita Turbes
Dec 16, 2005
Rita Marie Turbes was born June 9, 1937 in Springfield, the daughter of John and Mathilda (Hornick) Turbes. She attended St. Raphael's Catholic School in Springfield and St. Anne's Catholic School in Wabasso. In 1946 Rita moved with her family to a farm near Wabasso. She later lived at REM in Marshall and in the late 1970's she moved...
Reinhold Zihlke
Dec 13, 2005
Reinhold Albert Zihlke was born July 18, 1922, in Brookville Township, Redwood County, the son of Carl and Bertha (Schultz) Zihlke. He lived his entire life in the Springfield area and farmed until 1965. Reinie then began working at Sanborn Manufacturing where he eventually became the plant manager until his retirement in 1989. He was united in marriage to...
Neal Balfany
Dec 12, 2005
Neal Anthony Balfany was born February 24, 1940 in Waterbury Township, Redwood County, the son of Tony and Alvina (Seedfeldt) Balfany. He was baptized in Verona, North Dakota on September 30, 1940 and confirmed at Zion Lutheran Church in Lamberton on April 11, 1954. He attended school at Lamberton Public School. Neal was united in marriage to Marjorie Disque...
Helen Janzen
Dec 11, 2005
Helen Albertina Henze, the daughter of Ferdinand and Lena (Grunst) Henze was born on January 20, 1915 in Kimball Township, Jackson County, MN. She was baptized as an infant, and on June 16, 1929, Helen was confirmed in her Lutheran faith at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Darfur where she remained a life long member. Helen received her...
Martha Banks
Dec 10, 2005
Martha was born August 6th 1916 in Butterfield, MN to Peter and Amelia (Halvorson) Wettestead. Martha graduated from St. James High School in 1934. She was united in marriage to Robert Joseph Schmillen in 1935. Her husband RJ died in 1978. Martha later married Robert Banks. Martha was noted for her warm heart and smile, and her great hospitality...
Marie Albertson
Dec 6, 2005
Marie Wilhelmina Albertson was born December 20, 1920, in Sanborn, MN, the daughter of Henry and Marie (Heberling) Becker. She attended Lutheran School through grade school and graduated from Sanborn High School in 1938. Marie was united in marriage to Val Albertson on June 14, 1941, in Sanborn. The couple moved to Springfield following marriage where Val taught rural...
Marcella Baerg
Dec 6, 2005
Marcella Luella Sally Heinrichs, the daughter of Jacob and Marie (Peters) Heinrichs was born on June 12, 1932, at the Bethel Hospital in Mountain Lake, MN. She was raised three miles north of Butterfield, MN, where she attended District 53 country school. She also attended the Butterfield Public School. On June 2, 1952, Sally was baptized upon confession of...
Kenith Larsen
Dec 3, 2005
Kenith C. Larsen, the son of Peter C. and Elizabeth (Bertilsen) Larsen was born on June 27, 1915, at St. James, MN. He received his education in St. James and graduated from the St. James High School in 1933. On July 17, 1942, Kenith was united in marriage to Dorna Jean Zabroski in St. James. Kenith enlisted in the...
Genevieve Kreitinger
Dec 3, 2005
Ms Kreitinger was born in Springfield, December 1906 to Joseph and Augusta (Walk) Kreitinger. She graduated from Springfield High School and St Joseph's Hospital School of Nursing, St Paul MN as a Register Nurse in 1928. She worked in general and private duty nursing until 1935 where she joined the Theo Hamm Brewing Co. as an Industrial Nurse where...
Alice Hartman
Nov 29, 2005
Alice Amelia Hartman was born May 26, 1912 in Ewington Township, Jackson Co, the daughter of Rudy and Caroline (Hecht) Baumgard. She attended Country School in Jackson County. On January 25, 1947 she married Bernard Hartman in Hopkins, MN. Alice has lived in Brewster, Windom, and St. James. She has worked at a waitress, a telephone operator in Windom...
Harvey Sawatzky
Nov 25, 2005
Harvey E. Sawatzky was born April 19, 1927, in Watonwan County, the son of Jacob and Helen (Pankratz) Sawatzky. He graduated from Comfrey High School in 1945, followed by two years of service in the U.S. Navy aboard a tanker in the Pacific. Harvey was united in marriage to Marilyn J. Kelley on May 26, 1951, at Faith Lutheran...
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