Obituaries
Dorothy Marie Burgeson
Sep 16, 2018
Dorothy Marie Pauley was born in rural Madelia on October 28, 1917 to George and MaryAnn (Lodes) Pauley. She grew up in the Madelia area and attended country school and St. Mary's Catholic School. She married Vernon Burgeson in 1937 and the couple had a son, Meryl Burgeson. The family resided on a farm near Madelia. As a wife...
Audrey Francis Mcgrath
Sep 14, 2018
Audrey Francis McGrath was born on January 5th, 1939 in Crookston, MN the daughter of Maurice and Olga (Dahl) Oliver. She grew up and attended school in Crookston. After her schooling she married Donald McGrath in Larimore, ND. The couple lived and farmed near Fisher, ND. Audrey also worked at Pillsbury, American Crystal Sugar and the American Inn. She...
Adele A. Goblirsch
Sep 13, 2018
Adele A. (Soukup) Goblirsch, age 94, of Sleepy Eye passed away on Thursday, September 13, 2018 at Sleepy Eye Municipal Hospital after a brief illness. Adele was born on February 1, 1924 in the Soukup farmhouse in rural Sleepy Eye to Charles and Amelia (Ruffing) Soukup. She shares her birthday with her fraternal twin Cordella. Adele attended District #27...
William '"Fritz"' Lassas
Sep 12, 2018
William Joseph "Fritz" Lassas was born in Madelia, MN to William and Eva Lassas on May 7, 1934. He attended grade school at Country School 29 and then on to graduate from Madelia High School in 1952. He was united in marriage to Grace Thomas on November 14, 1959 at St. Mary's Catholic Church. Fritz started farming as soon...
Eldon Kintzi
Sep 5, 2018
Eldon Arthur Kintzi passed away Wednesday, September 5, 2018 at Mayo Health System, St. James at the age of 92. Eldon was born July 27, 1926 in Nelson Township to Albert & Marie (Knudson) Kintzi. He was baptized and confirmed at Albion Lutheran Church where he was a lifelong member. He graduated from St. James High School in 1944....
David Russell Thorson
Sep 5, 2018
David Russell Thorson, at the age of 86, of Sleepy Eye, MN (formally New London-Spicer area), died on September 5th, 2018 at the Oak Hills Living Center of New Ulm, MN surrounded by loved ones. David Thorson was born on October 11th, 1931 in Belgrade, MN to Russell and Pearl (Larson) Thorson. He attended school in New London. In...
Evelyn Aukrust
Sep 4, 2018
Evelyn Aukrust was born on October 20, 1916 in Home Township, Brown County, MN to Richard and Serelda (Cossen) Hose. She married Astor G. Aukrust on October 6, 1943 at the Lutheran Parsonage in St. James. Following marriage they moved to Sleepy Eye where Evelyn worked at the Sleepy Eye City Cafe and the Orchid Inn. Evelyn was a...
Dustin Russell Wolters
Sep 1, 2018
Dustin Wolters passed away on Saturday, September 1, 2018 at Mayo Clinic Health System-Fairmont. Dustin Russell Wolters was born on September 7th, 1989 to Rodney and Cindy Wolters. He learned quickly being the youngest of five children and the only boy that thick skin and a listening ear was the best way to tread through this journey we call...
Sarah Becker
Aug 31, 2018
Sarah Becker passed away suddenly on the morning of Friday, August 31st, 2018. A devoted mother, yaya, confidant, artist, and friend she was met in death as she is survived in life: by a collection of self-appointed family cultivated through a legacy of enormous capacity for empathy, loyalty, and unconditional love. A visitation will be held at Sturm Funeral...
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...
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