Obituaries

Evonne Fuhrmann

Evonne Fuhrmann

Nov 1, 2014

Evonne Eloweese Fuhrmann was born October 8, 1926 to Harald and Eva (Helland) Andresen on the family farm east of Ruthton, Minnesota. She was baptized and later confirmed at Ellsborough Lutheran Church near Ruthton. She graduated from Ruthton High School in 1944. On October 29, 1947 Evonne married Edward Fuhrmann at Ellsborough Lutheran Church. Their union was blessed with three...

Woodrow G. Faber

Woodrow G. Faber

Nov 1, 2014

WOODROW 'WOODY' FABER was born June 5, 1918 on a farm east of Lake Benton to Thorvald and Sophie Faber. Woody grew up in the Lake Benton area, attending country school and graduating from Lake Benton High School. He was a World War II veteran, serving two years in the Marines. He was a corporal in a machine gun platoon...

Anna Wipf

Anna Wipf

Oct 31, 2014

ANNA Z WIPF was born on December 21, 1936 to Zack and Kathrina Waldner at the Bon Homme Colony in Manitoba, Canada. They moved to Glendale Colony, South Dakota in 1949. On July 5, 1959 she married Dave Wipf at the Plainview Colony in Ipswich, South Dakota. They were married 49 years and 11 months until death took her husband...

Audrey Bose

Audrey Bose

Oct 29, 2014

AUDREY FAYE (VANDER LEE) BOSE was born on February 9, 1930 in Boyden, Iowa to Simon and Irene (Harmon) Vander Lee. She lived in Boyden with her family until she moved at the age of 4 to a farm north of Lake Wilson, Minnesota. She attended Lake Wilson High School, graduating with the class of 1947. On March 31, 1948,...

Carl A. Bates

Carl A. Bates

Oct 29, 2014

CARLETON ARTHUR BATES was born on December 17, 1949 to William and Sharon (Stewart) Bates in Vermillion, South Dakota. During his childhood, Carl and his family moved to Sac City, Iowa and Mitchell, South Dakota before settling in Sioux City, Iowa, where he was raised and received his education. In 1968, he graduated from East High School in Sioux City....

Harriet Van Peursem

Harriet Van Peursem

Oct 26, 2014

HARRIET VAN PEURSEM... was born to Pete and Nina (Schelhaas) Mulder on October 12, 1930 in Edgerton, Minnesota. As a young child, she went to Edgerton Christian grade school. Upon completion of her education, she worked at Jolinks Bakery and Hans Vander Pol’s Red Owl Store. On October 12, 1949, she was united in marriage to Elmer Van Peursem at...

Mattie E. Petersen

Mattie E. Petersen

Oct 25, 2014

MATTIE ELDORA PETERSEN was born on July 18, 1917 to John and Della (Lewis) Ellefson on the family farm northwest of Hardwick, Minnesota in Rock County. She was baptized on August 5, 1917 at Rosedell Lutheran Church near Jasper, Minnesota and confirmed on October 11, 1931 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Luverne, Minnesota. She attended school through the eighth grade...

Joyce C. Matthiesen

Joyce C. Matthiesen

Oct 23, 2014

JOYCE CATHLEEN MATTHIESEN was born to Christian and Julia (Haugen) Estergaard on May 26, 1932 in Moody County, South Dakota. She attended and graduated from Flandreau High School in Flandreau, South Dakota. Following her education she worked as a telephone operator for Northwestern Bell. On March 17, 1953 Joyce was united in marriage to Arlo Matthiesen in Flandreau. Following their...

Vesta Mitchell

Vesta Mitchell

Oct 21, 2014

Vesta Karen Mitchell was born October 25, 1925 to Einar and Hilda (Andersen) Christensen in Hope Township, Lincoln County, Minnesota. She was baptized at Danebod Lutheran Church in Tyler on December 15, 1925, and confirmed there on May 26, 1940. She attended country school through the 9th grade, and then was a nanny for various families in Tyler. On December...

Alice M. Luneburg

Alice M. Luneburg

Oct 19, 2014

ALICE MAE LUNEBURG was born March 16, 1933 to Alex and Helen (French) Kepple in Olivia, Minnesota. She attended school in Olivia and Danube, Minnesota until her family moved to Magnolia, Minnesota where she then attended Magnolia High School and graduated in 1951. Following graduation Alice lived and worked during the week in Luverne, Minnesota at Tri-State Insurance. On May...

Ruth Meyer

Ruth Meyer

Oct 18, 2014

Ruth Cora Margaret (Sprink) Meyer . . . . was born to Carl Herbert and Josephine (Otto) Sprink on January 8, 1920, in Lake Benton, MN, where she was raised and attended school. After her graduation from Lake Benton High School in 1938, she babysat and did house cleaning. On July 5, 1939, she was united in marriage to Benjamin...

Rodney Lange

Rodney Lange

Oct 17, 2014

RODNEY LANGE was born on April 18, 1935 to August and Margaret (Frahm) Lange at the family’s farm place in Rock County, Minnesota, near Luverne. He spent his childhood years on the farm, attending country school and helping out his dad. His folks sold the farm when he was 16 and the family moved to Brewster, Minnesota. He worked a...

Richard Burggraaff

Richard Burggraaff

Oct 16, 2014

Richard was born on September 27, 1915, to Leonard and Marie (Van Dyke) Burggraaff in Nieuwkoop, Netherlands. At the age of 12, Richard and his family immigrated to the United States where they settled in Sioux County, Iowa. From this age on, he worked as a farmhand for farmers in the area and his life-long love of farming began. Eventually,...

Kiar Nielsen

Kiar Nielsen

Oct 9, 2014

Niels Kiar Nielsen was born June 27, 1929 to Niels and Mary (Jensen) Nielsen in Tyler, Minnesota. He was baptized on August 11, 1929 at Danebod Lutheran Church in Tyler, and confirmed there on May 2, 1943. He grew up on the family farm and attended eight years of country school. For his high school education he attended West Central...

Galen Keller

Galen Keller

Oct 9, 2014

Galen Dwight Keller… was born on November 12, 1956 to Marvin and Shirley (Lehrkamp) Keller in Pierre, South Dakota where he was raised. On January 6, 1957, he was baptized at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Harrold, South Dakota. He attended Pierre Elementary School and T.F. Riggs High School in Pierre. After his graduation in 1975, Galen traveled the States as...

Florence Elizabeth Hinz

Florence Elizabeth Hinz

Oct 8, 2014

Florence Elizabeth Hinz . . . was born to Charles Lee and Lizzie (Hrabak) Hatfield on March 10, 1914 on an acreage close to Pipestone, Minnesota. She was baptized on March 12, 1914 at First Methodist Church in Pipestone. When she was five years old, she moved with her parents to a farm a few miles south of Pipestone where...

Gary Murphy

Gary Murphy

Oct 7, 2014

GARY JOHN MURPHY was born to John E. and Dorothy (Petersen) Murphy on May 8, 1940 in Tyler, Minnesota. He spent his youth in Russell and Marshall, Minnesota and attended school at Central Catholic High School in Marshall graduating in 1958. Later that year Gary enlisted in the United States Marine Corps and was stationed in California. He attained the...

Charles Wilson

Charles Wilson

Oct 7, 2014

PASTOR CHARLES IRWIN WILSON completed his journey on earth on Tuesday evening October 7, 2014 and has been granted the promise of life everlasting. He was born to Fred and Lillian (Fagerhaug) Wilson on January 13, 1935 in Wessington Springs, South Dakota. He became a child of God through holy baptism on February 10, 1935 and was later confirmed in...

Glenn Bolkema

Glenn Bolkema

Oct 7, 2014

GLENN ALAN BOLKEMA... was born to John and Margaret (Postma) Bolkema on December 15, 1957 in Sioux Center, Iowa. He was raised on the family farm near Rock Valley, Iowa. When he was four years old, he moved with his family to a farm southeast of Jasper, Minnesota and attended school in Jasper. When he entered the fifth grade, he...

Ralph "Nick" Leroy Nicholsen

Ralph "Nick" Leroy Nicholsen

Oct 3, 2014

RALPH “NICK” LEROY NICHOLSEN was born on December 4, 1945 to Terman J. and Elizabeth K. (VanRoekel) Nicholsen in Tyler, Minnesota. He was raised on the family farm in Altona Township, Pipestone, Minnesota. He was baptized and confirmed at the Verdi Methodist Church in Verdi, Minnesota. He received his education, graduating from Verdi High school in 1963. After completing his...