Obituaries
Evelyn Myrtle Birkemeyer
Feb 2, 2021
Evelyn M. Birkemeyer was born in Redwood Falls, MN on April 7, 1935 to Harold F. & Lillian (Hammond) Jones. She attended Sleepy Eye Public School. Evelyn married William Birkemeyer on August 5, 1954 at the Methodist Church in Sleepy Eye. She followed Bill's Air Force career until 1971 when he retired. They spent a good share of their...
Perry Julian Thompson
Feb 2, 2021
Perry Thompson (89) ,of Madelia passed peacefully to Heaven on Tuesday, February 2nd at his home in the warm embrace of his family. Perry Julian Thompson was born March 22nd, 1931 to Pearl (Pederson) Thompson and Earl Thompson on the family farm in rural Hanska where he would live for the next 87 years. He attended country school in...
Viola Oliver
Feb 1, 2021
Viola Oliver, age 78, of St. James passed away on Monday, February 01, 2021 at Good Samaritan Society Pleasant View in St. James. Memorial services will be 11am, Saturday, February 6, 2021 at First Presbyterian Church in St. James with Linda Becken officiating. Burial will follow at Mt. Hope Cemetery in St. James. Viola Lucille Dougherty was born December...
Debra Renae Defiel
Feb 1, 2021
Debra Defiel age 61, of Sleepy Eye, Minnesota died on February 1, 2021 at her home in Sleepy Eye. Interment will be at the New Ulm City Cemetery in New, Minnesota at a later date. Arrangements are with the Sturm Funeral Home in Sleepy Eye, Minnesota. Online condolences may be left for the family at www.sturmfh.com. Debra Renae Defiel...
Bernard J. Kunz
Feb 1, 2021
Bernard J. Kunz age 85, of Madelia, MN died on February 1, 2021, at his home. A funeral will be held at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Madelia, on Saturday, February 6, 2021 at 10:30 am. COVID 19 guidelines will be followed, including the use of masks and social distancing. The clergy will be Fr. Timothy Hall. Interment will be...
Kaethe Morgan
Jan 31, 2021
Kaethe Morgan died at the age of 96 at Pleasant View in St. James, MN on January 31, 2021. She was born in Kolberg, Germany in 1924 to August and Berta Wolter. She had two sisters. After completing high school and business school, she worked as a teletype operator for two years. The Russians approaching from the east necessitated...
Victoria 'Vicky' Janzen
Jan 31, 2021
Victoria Janzen, age 76, of St. James passed away on Sunday, January 31, 2021 at Season's Health Care in Trimont. Memorial services will be 2pm, Wednesday, February 3, 2021 at Sturm Funeral Home in St. James. Visitation will be one hour before services on Wednesday. Burial will be at a later date at East Sveadahl Lutheran Cemetery rural St....
Mary Jean Krueger
Jan 28, 2021
Mary Jean Krueger age 91, of Mountain Lake, Minnesota died on January 28, 2021, at Good Samaritan Society-The Village, in Mountain Lake, Minnesota. Service will be held at a later date. Arrangements are with the Sturm Funeral Home in Mtn. Lake, Minnesota. Online condolences may be left for the family at www.sturmfh.com. Mary Jean Smith was born on December...
John Gluth
Jan 26, 2021
Visitation will be on Saturday, February 6, 2021, from 9:00 am to 11:00 am at the St. Paul Lutheran Church in Springfield, MN. Due to Covid 19, visitation will be a "walk through" visitation to avoid congregating or gathering inside the building. All who attend are asked to wear masks and maintain social distancing guidelines. Service will be held...
Urban Salonek
Jan 25, 2021
Visitation will be on Friday, January 29, 2021 from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm at the St. Raphael Catholic Church in Springfield, MN. Due to Covid 19, visitation will be a "walk through" visitation to avoid congregating or gathering inside the building. All who attend are asked to wear masks and maintain social distancing guidelines. Mass of Christian Burial...
Dennis Charles Sellner
Jan 25, 2021
Dennis Charles Sellner was born on November 29, 1937 in Sleepy Eye, MN to George & Julia (Hillesheim) Sellner. He attended District #11 Country School and graduated from St. Mary's High School in Sleepy Eye. He married Mary Seidl on June 2, 1960 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Sleepy Eye. Dennis farmed his entire life and was a...
Joyce Iverson
Jan 23, 2021
Joyce Mathiason Iverson, age 97, of Cloquet, Minnesota passed away January 23, 2021 at Evergreen Knoll with family by her side, after enduring a battle with Bullous Pemphigoid. She was born September 9, 1923 in Highwater Township, Minnesota to Alfred and Effie Mathiason. Joyce was baptized October 7, 1923 at Old Westbrook Lutheran Church, where she still maintains a...
Patricia Ann Hippert
Jan 21, 2021
Patricia Ann Zins Hippert, a long time resident of St.James, Minnesota passed peacefully on January 21,2021 after a quick but courageous battle with cancer. Patricia (Pat) is survived by her sisters Mary Engen, Carol Jean Odenbrat, and Julie Kuehl, and her brothers Donald and Thomas Zins and their children and Grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her parents...
Donald Steffen
Jan 17, 2021
Donald Raymond Steffen was born on September 30, 1937 to Arnold and Elaine (Juhnke) Steffen in Springfield, MN. He graduated from Sanborn High School. Don spent his lifetime dairy farming on his Charlestown Township farm. On December 11, 1987, Don was united in marriage to Judith Juhnke in Sanborn. He was a lifetime member of Zion Lutheran Church where...
Keith Hanson
Jan 16, 2021
Keith A. Hanson passed away peacefully, surrounded by his loved ones, on January 16, 2021. Keith was born in St. James, Minnesota on August 27, 1944 to John and Alice (Brekke) Hanson. He was baptized at Albion Lutheran Church, where he was also later confirmed. His mother had been a country schoolteacher and encouraged Keith's love of learning. He...
Maxine Gertrude Frederickson
Jan 15, 2021
In Loving Memory of Maxine Gertrude Frederickson Maxine Gertrude Frederickson of Madelia, MN died on January 15, 2021 at Hillcrest Rehabilitation Center in Mankato, MN. Maxine had just celebrated her 83rd birthday. Maxine was born in Madelia, MN on January 11, 1938 to George and Gertrude (Schlack) Schwanke. Maxine grew up in Madelia where she attended Madelia High School...
Larry Kramer
Jan 12, 2021
Larry Kramer, age 71, of the Godahl area, passed away at his home on Tuesday, January 12, 2012. Graveside services will be 1pm, Wednesday, January 20, 2021 at Albion Lutheran Cemetery with Rev. Robert Springer officiating. Larry Edward Kramer was born on September 16, 1949 in St. James. Larry grew up in the Sleepy Eye area where he attended...
Lenore Krueger
Jan 10, 2021
Lenore F. Krueger, age 94, of Springfield, MN died on January 10, 2021, at St. John Lutheran Home in Springfield, MN. Visitation will be on Saturday, January 16, 2021 from 9:00 am to 10:30 am at the St. Paul Lutheran Church, Springfield, MN. Service will be held at the church on Saturday at 10:30 am. Please use the south...
Walter Evers
Jan 10, 2021
Visitation will be on Saturday, January 16, 2021 from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm at the St. Paul's Catholic Church in Comfrey, MN. Due to Covid 19, visitation will be a "walk through" visitation to avoid congregating or gathering inside the building. All who attend are asked to wear masks and maintain social distancing guidelines. Service will be held...
Dennis Peters
Jan 9, 2021
There will be a memorial visitation on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021 from 9:00 am to 11:00 am at New Hope Lutheran Church in Comfrey. A memorial service will be on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021 at 11:00 am at the New Hope Lutheran Church. Dennis Marvin Peters was born May 2, 1937 to John R and Marie (Pankratz) Peters in...
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