Obituaries
Noel Vincent Conrad
Aug 28, 2018
Noel Vincent Conrad was born November 20, 1928, in Highwater Township, Cottonwood County, MN to Walter and Laura (Flage) Conrad. He went to country school for 8 years then helped his father with farming. Noel enlisted with the U.S. Army on February 16, 1951, and was honorably discharged on February 12, 1953. On October 23, 1954, he was united...
Clifford Paul Netsch
Aug 26, 2018
Clifford Paul Netsch was born November 29, 1925, in Harrison County, IA on the farm to Ernest and Hilda (Mether) Netsch. He was baptized and confirmed in the Magnolia, IA Lutheran Church. Clifford graduated from Superior, IA High School in which he was in 4-H and loved playing center on his basketball team. After high school he farmed with...
Trudell Peterson
Aug 26, 2018
Trudell (Oren) Peterson was born on December 3, 1929 in St. James, MN to Tilmer and Iona Oren. Trudell grew up in rural LaSalle and graduated in 1947 from St. James High School. She studied at the Mankato Commercial College and was employed for clerical work in several businesses in the Mankato area. Trudell married James Peterson at Trinity...
Richard Earl 'Dick' Sargent
Aug 24, 2018
Richard Earl "Dick" Sargent was born on December 19, 1935 in Mankato, MN to Lloyd and Ruth (Peters) Sargent. He attended Garden City Public Schools and Lake Crystal country school and was a graduate of Garden City High School. In 1954, Dick enlisted in the United States Army and served for 2 years before returning to the Garden City...
Clarence Niemeier
Aug 22, 2018
Clarence Niemeier passed away on Wednesday, August 22, 2018 at Pleasant View Good Samaritan Society in St. James. Clarence William Walter Niemeier was born on the family farm in the South Branch area on November 3, 1930, the son of Alfred and Emma (Mathias) Niemeier. Clarence attended South Branch Parochial School through the eighth grade and graduated in 1948...
Ellwood Johnson
Aug 19, 2018
Ellwood Johnson passed away on Sunday, August 19, 2018 at Pleasant View Good Samaritan Society in St. James. Ellwood LeRoy Johnson was born November 1, 1930 in Madelia to parents Roy and Eda (Weymouth) Johnson. Ellwood attended country school and Bloomington schools. He returned to St. James in 1947 to farm with his father and brother Clayton. On September...
Bennett Clarence Tauer
Aug 19, 2018
Bennett Clarence Tauer was born on March 2, 1936 in Sleepy Eye, MN to Raymond J. and Mathilda (Domeier) Tauer. He grew up in Sleepy Eye and attended St. Mary's School. After high school he helped on the farm before serving in the U.S. Army from1955 to1957. He returned to Sleepy Eye and drove taxi in New Ulm and...
Daniel Thomas Hacker
Aug 19, 2018
Daniel Thomas Hacker, 65, of rural Sleepy Eye passed away on August 19th from complications from ALS, Lou Gehrig's Disease, after a 12-year battle. He died at home surrounded by his wife and children. He is now home with his Heavenly Father. Dan was born in Sleepy Eye to George and Helen Hacker on November 1st, 1952. He is...
Berdine Rose Neeb
Aug 18, 2018
Berdine Schotzko was born in Redwood Falls, MN to Leo and Marie Schotzko, and grew up in the Sleepy Eye/Sanborn/Springfield area with her 9 siblings. She received her nursing degree from the College of St. Teresa in Winona and had a 37-year nursing career where she was a department head nurse at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, taught nursing...
Howard George Schmidtke
Aug 18, 2018
Howard Schmidtke passed away on Saturday, August 18, 2018 at Pleasant View Good Samaritan Society in St. James. Howard G. Schmidtke was born on a farm August 2nd, 1924 to Laura and George Schmidtke. He was the third of five children. He went to a country school until the 6th grade and then attended the public school in Morgan,...
Peter Hedstrom
Aug 16, 2018
Peter Carl Hedstrom was born on February 18, 1950, in Madison, Minnesota, to Earl and Margaret Hedstrom. He graduated from Jordan High School in 1968 and Bemidji State University in 1972, after which he taught school and coached football in Rushford for a year. On November 24, 1973, he married D.J. (Donna Jo Peterson). They moved to Springfield June...
Carol Knaak
Aug 15, 2018
Carol Knaak, age 71, of St. James died on Wednesday, August 15, 2018 at Pleasant View Good Samaritan Society in St. James. Carol Diane Krueger was born February 2, 1947 in Mankato, MN, the daughter of Elmer and Geraldine (Kuehl) Krueger. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran Faith. On June 21, 1963 she married Dean Neuenfeldt, they...
Brian Paulson
Aug 14, 2018
Brian Joseph Paulson was born on June 14, 1979 in Sleepy Eye, MN to Bob and Judy (Klein) Paulson. He graduated from St. Mary's High School in 1997. After graduation he worked at many jobs until he found his niche, cooking! Brian's pride and joy and greatest accomplishment in life were his children, Abigail and Estin, he would do...
Betty Lou Hinrichs
Aug 13, 2018
Betty Lou Hinrichs was born on September 16, 1933 in Munich, ND to Victor and Agnes (Wicorek) Bogstie. She attended Munich, ND Public Schools and graduated from there. She married Vernon Hinrichs on July 28, 1950 in Breckenridge, MN. After they married Vernon served in the military for two years. After Vernon was discharged they moved to Sleepy Eye...
Ruby Pankratz
Aug 12, 2018
Ruby Pankratz passed away on Sunday, August 12, 2018 at the Good Samaritan Society-The Village in Mountain Lake. Ruby Amelia Ewy was born on the family farm, near Butterfield, MN, on July 9, 1921, the daughter of Edward and Elsie (Weide) Ewy. In 1942, she was united in marriage to Jacob Pankratz at the family home. Ruby always was...
Alvin Ambroz
Aug 10, 2018
Alvin A. Ambroz of Madelia, formerly of Waterville, MN passed away Friday August 10th at the Madelia Community Hospital. Alvin was born on January 18, 1934 to Louis and Bessis (Shetka) Ambroz formerly of Heidelberg, MN. Alvin was a wonderful man that was loved by many. He always had a joke or something funny to say. He served in...
Theresa Mary Reiniger
Aug 9, 2018
Theresa (Sellner) Reiniger was born Jan 9, 1929 to Otto Sr. and Theresa (Bruckbauer) on the Sellner farm south of Sleepy Eye. Theresa graduated from Sleepy Eye St. Marys High School. Following graduation, she worked on the family farm and helped her siblings by nannying for them until she was united in marriage to John Reiniger on October 15,...
Sylvester C Spaeth
Aug 5, 2018
Sylvester C. Spaeth, age 92, of Sleepy Eye, MN died peacefully on August 5, 2018, at his home in rural Sleepy Eye. Sylvester was born December 20, 1925 on the farm south of Morgan, MN to Wolfgang and Bertha (Braun) Spaeth. He attended country school and St. Michaels Catholic School through eighth grade. Sylvester remained on the farm and...
Suzann Helene Matz
Aug 5, 2018
Suzann was born August 3, 1957, in Mankato, MN. She lived with her parents, Howard Matz and Susanna (Friesen) Matz in Jackson, MN, where her father was a school teacher in the Jackson Public School. Later on that year, the family moved to DeKalb, IL, where her father was an instructor in the University School at Northern Illinois. She...
Karla Jo Wolle
Aug 4, 2018
Karla Jo Wolle, 55 of New Ulm, passed away peacefully August 4th, 2018 at her home. Karla was born September 25, 1962 in St. James, Minnesota. She graduated from St. James High School in 1981, continuing to earn an Associate Degree in Human Services from Rochester Community College. On July 31, 1982, Karla married John Nelson. This union blessed...
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