Obituaries
Wayne Gersch
Sep 19, 2021
Wayne Carl Gersch, age 82, passed away on Sunday, September 19, 2021, at the Good Samarian Society in Mountain Lake surrounded by family. Visitation will be on Friday, September 24, 2021 from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm at the First Lutheran Church, St. James and will continue on Saturday from 9:30 am until 10:30 am at the church. Service...
Gary Lee Viland
Sep 17, 2021
Gary Lee Viland, age 60, of Saint James, MN, died on September 17, 2021, at his home. A graveside service will be held at the LaSalle Lutheran Cemetery on Friday, October 1, 2021 at 2:00 pm. Military honors will be provided by the St. James Veterans Honor Guard. Arrangements are with the Sturm Funeral Home in St. James, Minnesota....
Melvin Hooge
Sep 15, 2021
Melvin Roy Hooge, of Mountain Lake, MN entered into the presence of his Savior and Lord on September 15, 2021. He was 94 years old. He was a resident of Oak Terrace in Mankato, MN. Melvin was born on May 31, 1927, at a farm near Windom, MN, the eldest son of Abraham and Helen (Derksen) Hooge. He was...
Lavern Pearson
Sep 11, 2021
LaVern Pearson, age 91, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Sept. 11, 2021 at Good Samaritan Lodge in Mountain Lake. Service will be held at the Hosanna Free Lutheran Church, 176 11th St. S, St. James, on Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 11:00 am. Visitation one hour prior to the service at the church. The...
Heidi Ruth 'Jordy' Nelson
Sep 8, 2021
Heidi Ruth Nelson was born on January 12, 1971 to Melvin Arnold and Judith Mattson in Fridley, MN. She grew up in Blaine, downtown Anoka was her stomping grounds in the late 80's to 90's. She lived in Las Vegas and left a piece of her heart in the desert. She loved music and being alive. She always had...
Dianne Kay Firchau
Sep 7, 2021
Dianne Kay Firchau, age 77, of Lewisville, MN, died on September 7, 2021, at Madelia Health. A graveside service will be held at Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Madelia, on Monday, September 13, 2021 at 1:00 pm. The clergy will be Pastor John Bennett. Arrangements are with the Sturm Funeral Home, Pilgrim Chapel in Madelia. Dianne Kay (Larson) Firchau was born...
Charles Baechler
Sep 3, 2021
Charles "Chuck" Edward Baechler age 86, of St. Louis Park, MN and formerly of Sleepy Eye, MN died on September 3rd, 2021 at his home with his niece Janel and nephew Jeff by his side. He is a survived by his brother, Robert Baechler, his nieces ReNae Wintheiser (Randy) and Janel Schliemann (Mark) and nephew Jeffrey Baechler (Michelle). He...
Glen Berndt
Sep 2, 2021
Glen Berndt, age 91, of St. James, died on Thursday, September 2, 2021, at Oak Hills Living Center in New Ulm. Memorial services will be 11:30am, Saturday, September 11, 2021, at Sturm Funeral Home in St. James with Father Timothy Hall officiating. Burial will follow at Calvary Cemetery in St. James with military honors provided by the St. James...
Shirley R. Braulick
Sep 2, 2021
Shirley Rose Guggisberg was born December 10, 1935 in New Ulm, Mn to Elmer and Priska (Klossner) Guggisberg. She attended country school in Milford township and Cathedral High School in New Ulm. On September 20, 1955 Shirley married the love of her life, Benjamin Otto Braulick at the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in New Ulm. Together they raised...
Loren Pankratz
Sep 1, 2021
Loren Paul Pankratz went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, September 1, 2021, after falling ill with COVID-19. He was 73 years old and lived in Larkspur, Colorado. Loren was born on February 16, 1948, in Mountain Lake, Minnesota, to Peter and Anna (Derksen) Pankratz. He grew up on the family farm outside of town along with two...
Inpanh Phommahaxay
Sep 1, 2021
Inpanh Phommahaxay, age 62, of Mountain Lake, died peacefully on Wednesday, September 1, 2021 at Sanford Medical Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD with his wife, son, and daughter at his bedside. Visitation will be on Tuesday, September 7, 2021 from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm. Funeral service will be Wednesday, September 8, 2021 from 12:00pm until 3:00pm at the...
Myron William Lochner
Aug 27, 2021
Myron William Lochner, age 89 and 5 days died from bone cancer on Friday, August 27 at Whispering Creek Nursing Home in Janesville, MN. Myron was born in Springfield, MN to John and Emma (Weilage) Lochner on August 22, 1932. Myron attended Cobden grade school and graduated from Sleepy Eye High School in 1950. Shortly after graduation, he was...
Dolores Berg
Aug 25, 2021
For the safety of the family and all in attendance, masks are strongly recommended for both visitation and services. Dolores Matilda Berg was born May 13, 1938 to John and Matilda (Schaust) Florek in Delano, MN. She graduated from St. Michael High School and continued her education, obtaining her LPN at the University of Minnesota. On October 4, 1958,...
Dorothy Fast
Aug 25, 2021
Dorothy Aganetha Fast was born to John B. and Aganetha (Wall) Fast on March 13, 1930 in Mountain Lake, MN. She attended rural school, District 62 through 7th grade and Mountain Lake High School until graduating in 1947. She attended Mankato State College 1949 - 1953, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Elementary Education. Dorothy was an elementary...
Deborah Robertson
Aug 23, 2021
Deborah Ann (Deb) Robertson was born on December 24, 1953, in New Ulm, MN, the daughter of Terry and Lois Lynch. She graduated from Belle Plaine High School in 1972. She was united in marriage to Douglas Robertson on August 24, 1974, at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, IA. Deb provided in home childcare services for many years...
Dorothy Frances Fischer
Aug 23, 2021
Dorothy Frances Fischer was born March 28, 1931 on the family farm in Mulligan Township, Brown County, MN to Joseph and Theresa(Schumacher) Fischer. She was the 8th of 9 children. She was baptized, received her first communion and was confirmed at the Church of Japanese Martyrs, Leavenworth, MN. Dorothy was currently a member of Cathedral of the Holy Trinity...
Terry Johnson
Aug 20, 2021
Memorial services for Terrance Johnson will be 3pm, Saturday, August 28, 2021 at Sturm Funeral Home in St. James. Visitation will be 2 hours prior to services. Burial will follow at the LaSalle Cemetery in LaSalle. Terrance Lee Johnson, "Terry", died unexpectedly at his home on Friday, August 20, 2021, at the age of 67. He was born June...
Jeffrey Mark Schmid
Aug 17, 2021
Jeffrey Mark Schmid, "Schmidy", was called home August 17, 2021 at the Sleepy Eye Care Center. He was born on March 30, 1956 in New Ulm, Minnesota to Ethelbert and Neoma (Wegner) Schmid. He grew up in Home Township, Sleepy Eye, MN. He started his education at the District 185 Brown County Elementary School, then attended St. John's Lutheran...
Eleanor Adrian
Aug 16, 2021
Eleanor Wall Hiebner Adrian, age 100, of Mountain Lake, Minnesota, died on Monday, August 16, 2021 at the Good Samaritan Society - The Lodge in Mountain Lake, Minnesota. Eleanor Wall was born on June 20, 1921 in Mountain Lake, Minnesota, the daughter of Henry and Anna (Voshage) Wall. She attended Country School Dist. 33 for 8 years and graduated...
Timothy Beech
Aug 16, 2021
Timothy Andrew Beech was born September 29, 1958, in Sleepy Eye to Richard and Eleanor (Steinke) Beech. He attended Sleepy Eye High School and went on to study music and electrical engineering at Mankato State University. He was employed with Delta Engineering, doing lighting designs under contract for 3M, traveling the globe and designing systems. Later, he and wife,...
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