Joyce Dass
Oct 2, 2025
Joyce M. Dass, age 85, formerly of Tyler, Minnesota, passed away on Thursday, October 2, 2025 at UNC REX Hospital in Raleigh, North Carolina.
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Arlene Bendix
Oct 1, 2025
Arlene M. Bendix, age 89, of Luverne, Minnesota, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, October 1, 2025 while at the Luverne Hospice Cottage surrounded by her family.
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Marie Henriksen
Sep 29, 2025
Marie Frandsine Henriksen was born September 17,1934 to Henrik and Esther (Sorensen) Henriksen near Tyler, Minnesota. After farming various sites in Lincoln County, the family settled in Lake Stay Township. After graduating from Ivanhoe High School, Marie attended and earned a degree in Home Economics from Mankato State College. She taught school in Tracy and Belle Plaine. In 1963, she...
Donna Belle Boeder
Sep 26, 2025
Donna Belle Boeder was born to Paul A. and Loretta J. (Bendt) Schuldt on November 24, 1933 near Hardwick, Minnesota. When she was five years old, she moved with her parents to a farm in Pipestone County, Minnesota where she attended country school. After she completed 8th grade, she attended school in Pipestone and graduated from Pipestone High School in...
Lois Crooks
Sep 24, 2025
Lois Evelyn Johnson was born on August 3, 1928, to Nels and Mable Johnson on their farm in Altona Township, Pipestone County, Minnesota. Lois attended District 61 Country School for her first 8 years of schooling. She graduated from Verdi High School in 1946. After high school, Lois went to Beauty School in Mankato, Minnesota. While she was there, she...
Paul Kuhlman
Sep 22, 2025
Paul John Kuhlman, age 27, of Pueblo, Colorado, formerly of Tyler, Minnesota, passed away peacefully on Monday, September 22, 2025, at his home in Pueblo.
Arrangements have been entrusted to the Hartquist Funeral Home. Please return as Paul's life history will be placed here as soon as it is available.
Verone "Boots" Merrill
Sep 21, 2025
Verone "Boots" Merrill was born third of six children to Harvey and Leola (Duncan) Schliinz on April 8, 1932 in Flandreau, South Dakota. She was raised on the farm near Flandreau and traveled to country school on horseback with her siblings. Later in life, her kids enjoyed hearing her talk about being an “outside” kid, doing chores with her brothers...
Caroline Krapf
Sep 21, 2025
Caroline Martena Krapf was born on June 26, 1933 to Elmer and Genevieve (Nicloy) Pedersen in Murray County, MN. At the age of six months, Caroline survived double pneumonia. She attended country school in Murray County until second grade. The family then moved to a farm north of Pipestone, MN and she continued country school in District 62 until eighth...
Betty Vos
Sep 18, 2025
Betty Joyce Vos was born on November 12, 1937, to Albert and Valborg (Christensen) Olsen at the family home in Aetna Township, Pipestone County. The family farm was located near Ruthton, Minnesota, where Betty graduated from the Ruthton High School in 1955. While growing up, Betty was baptized on December 12, 1937, at the Hope Lutheran Church in Ruthton, where...
Brenda Zinnel
Sep 14, 2025
Brenda Elizabeth Zinnel was born on October 5, 1956, in Sibley, Iowa, to Ralph and Josie Wiertsema. She grew up on a farm eight miles from Sibley and four miles from Little Rock, where the family raised chickens, cows, and pigs. That location gave her two beloved communities: she attended school in Sibley and went to church in Little Rock. Her...
Marvin Heidebrink
Sep 14, 2025
Marvin Reamt Heidebrink was born on May 11, 1928, to Garret and Edith (Ackerman) Heidebrink at Rushmore Hospital in Rushmore, Minnesota. He was baptized April 1, 1935, in Rushmore and received his education at various country schools. He did custom baling with his brother, Mitch, and worked for farmers in the area. On September 18, 1949, Marvin was united in marriage...
Charles "Chuck" Nelson
Sep 11, 2025
Charles Harold Nelson was born on February 7, 1939 to Roy and Ruth (Barclay) Nelson in Cazenovia, Minnesota. Chuck grew up in Pipestone, Minnesota. He enlisted in the United States Navy, and while enlisted he earned his GED. Chuck was blessed with two children, Debra and Mark. Chuck passed away on Thursday, September 11, 2025 at Riverview Healthcare Center in...
Matt Haraldson
Sep 10, 2025
Matthew "Matt" Neil Haraldson was born on May 14, 1993, to Dean Haraldson and Patti (Weatherly) Haraldson in Sioux Falls, SD. He was baptized on June 25, 1993 at Rose Dell Lutheran Church in Jasper, MN, and grew up on the family farm near Jasper. Matt attended Pipestone Area High School in Pipestone, MN where he excelled in athletics. He...
Jennie Anderson
Sep 9, 2025
Jennie Anderson was born on April 4, 1928 to Edward and Martha (Kallemeyn) Tinklenberg in Leota, Minnesota, where she was raised. She attended Leota Christian School through the eighth grade. On May 2, 1952, Jennie was united in marriage to Raymond Anderson at the Ebenezer Christian Reformed Church in Leota. The couple made their home in Luverne, Minnesota, first living in...
James "Jim" Waite
Sep 7, 2025
James "Jim" Leon Waite was born on June 26, 1938, in Pipestone, Minnesota to Jim and Magdeline (Arend) Waite. He was the fourth generation to be raised on the Waite Homestead. He began his education in a country school where his mother taught and later graduated from Jasper High School in 1954 in Jasper, Minnesota. On July 23, 1960, he...
Barbara "Bobbie" Jones
Sep 6, 2025
Barbara Beth “Bobbie” Jones was born in Rutland, South Dakota, to George and Dahlia Graff on March 24, 1930. She was the baby of the family and loved to roller skate and go to dances. Bobbie and her sister Jo were close in age and were lifelong best friends; in grade school, their mother often dressed them alike. Big sister...
Delbert Schlapkohl
Sep 5, 2025
Delbert Vernon Schlapkohl of Crookston, MN passed away on September 5th, 2025. He was born August 16th, 1947 in Luverne, MN to Vernon and Eunice (Brockberg) Schlapkohl the oldest of six siblings. He was baptized at Trosky Lutheran Church. Delbert grew up on the family farm and helped with the livestock, dairy cows and tending the crops. He also worked...
Arvid Thoreson
Sep 1, 2025
Arvid Ivan Thoreson, beloved father, grandfather, great-grandfather, great-great-grandfather, and veteran, passed away peacefully on September 1, 2025 at the Minnesota Veterans Home in Luverne, Minnesota at the age of 93.
He was born on November 7, 1931, in Nunda, South Dakota, to Melvin and Eva (Alfson) Thoreson.
Arvid proudly served in the United States Air Force, a career that shaped much of...
Debra "Deb" Gerdes
Aug 28, 2025
Debra “Deb” Kay Gerdes, age 69, was born on April 2, 1956, to John and Margaret (VanDyke) DeRuyter in Valley Springs, South Dakota. She was raised with her siblings on their family farm in Holland, Minnesota. As the oldest child, she learned how to put in a hard day’s work from an early age. She was no stranger to bailing...
Michael Peterson
Aug 25, 2025
Michael LeRoy Peterson was born April 11, 1952 to LeRoy Elmer and Helen Loretta (Tschacher) Peterson on a kitchen table; during a snowstorm, in a cozy little house on a farm outside Gary, South Dakota. He had an idyllic childhood; both on the farm, having many wonderful adventures with his sister Linda, and later in town when they moved across...
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