Obituaries

Noel Vincent Conrad

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...