Obituaries
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...
Doris Turbes
Nov 20, 2005
Doris A. Turbes was born on November 18, 1928 in Springfield, the daughter of Anton and Bertha (Bauer) Macht. After graduating from Springfield High School, Doris attended and graduated from Mankato Commercial College and worked for various businesses in the Minneapolis area. She married Victor Turbes on August 21, 1954 at St. Raphael's Catholic Church in Springfield. The couple...
Esther Schiller
Nov 18, 2005
Esther Rose Wolle, the daughter of Henry and Evelyne (Urban) Wolle was born on February 16, 1919, at Truman, MN. She was baptized on March 21, 1919 at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Truman. On June 18, 1933, Esther was confirmed at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in St. James, MN, and this is where she remained a member. She...
Joseph Wright
Nov 17, 2005
Joseph Eric Wright was born on Thursday, November 17, 2005, to Eric and Barrie (Peaslee) Wright at the Sioux Valley Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. He was baptized by Deacon Howard Pardue shortly after his birth. Joseph died Thursday evening, November 17, 2005, at the Sioux Valley Hospital. Joseph is survived by his parents, Eric and Barrie Wright...
Kathryn Hanson
Nov 17, 2005
Kathryn M. Hanson was born October 9, 1911, in Sleepy Eye, MN, the daughter of Joseph and Anna (Sellner) Zwaschka. She graduated from Sleepy Eye High School and then attended Normal School. Kathryn taught at District #48 School in Johnsonville Township before her marriage to Fred Hanson on June 16, 1937, at the Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church...
Lloyd Sletta
Nov 15, 2005
Lloyd Pete G. Sletta was born October 7, 1917 in Riverdale Township, the son of Alfred and Marie (Larson) Sletta. He attended and graduated from St. James High School and helped his family at the Sletta Store in LaSalle. Pete entered the U.S. Army and served in Siapan as a Cook and was honorably discharged in 1945. He worked...
Irene Weber
Nov 15, 2005
Irene A. Schnurrer was born on May 9, 1913 in Pierz, MN the daughter of Math Mary (Otremba) Schnurrer. She grew up and attended school in Pierz. After her schooling, Irene married William Ludwig Weber on September 18, 1934 in Pierz. The couple moved to Sleepy Eye where Irene was a homemaker and also worked as a waitress and...
Lavonne Heimann
Nov 13, 2005
LaVonne L. Heimann was born October 24, 1921, in Sherman Township, Redwood County to Harvey R. and Anne (Cain) Lussenhop. She graduated from Redwood Falls High School and Mankato State University. LaVonne enlisted in the Navy WAVES during World War II in June of 1943 and was honorably discharged in February of 1946. She was united in marriage to...
Laverna Halvorson
Nov 13, 2005
LaVerna Emma Halvorson was born on August 5, 1914 in Mankato, MN, the daughter of Albert H. Bertha (Schroeder) Fahrenkamp. She married Orlan Halvorson on June 14, 1931 in Gibbon. LaVerna worked at Martinka Hardware, Hardware Hank and Schwab Dairy Store. She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Sleepy Eye and the Ladies Aid. She enjoyed flower...
Virginia Yetter
Nov 11, 2005
Virginia L. Yetter was born March 27, 1918, in Monongahela, PA, the daughter of Luke and Bertha (Woodward) Leeper. She graduated from Monongahela High School in 1936 and attended Nurses Training School at Passavant Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA. Virginia enlisted in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps in December of 1942 and served in the European Theater until her honorable...
Beulah Rempel
Nov 11, 2005
Beulah Ruth McDonald, the daughter of Roy Eugene and Mamie (St. John) McDonald was born on March 17, 1926, in Kimball Township, Jackson County, MN. She graduated from the Mountain Lake High School in 1944. On August 19, 1950, Beulah was united in marriage to Dietrich Duke Rempel. They made their home in Mountain Lake, where Beulah worked for...
Marianne Muller
Nov 11, 2005
Marianne Muller was born September 25, 1922 in Sleepy Eye, MN to Clement Augusta Pelzel. Marianne was married to Roderic Gent in 1943 in Phoenix, AZ until his death in 1960. Marianne worked at Anthony's Dept. store in Sleepy Eye for many years and later worked at the Tropicana Supper Club in New Ulm. Frank Marianne were married December...
Brittany Bradford
Nov 10, 2005
Brittany Elizabeth Bradford, the daughter of Kenneth and Jessica (Egge) Bradford and Margaret Drummond, was born on November 4, 1988, at Winona Community Memorial Hospital in Winona, MN. She moved with her family to Mountain Lake, MN in July ,2004. Prior to that she lived with her family in Lewiston, MN. She was baptized, confirmed and received as a...
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