Mary Ellen Polge
Jun 25, 2013
MARY ELLEN POLGE was born Mary Eleanor Landingham on June 20, 1923 to Charles Wesley and Rilla Belle (d’Happert) Landingham in Centerville, Iowa. It was in Centerville she was raised and received her education. After her graduation from Centerville High School in 1940, she moved to Kansas City, Kansas and became employed as a chocolate dipper for Russell Stover Candy....
Robert Schulze
Jun 23, 2013
ROBERT LEE SCHULZE was born to Alfred and Alice (Meyer) Schulze on November 9, 1934 in Pipestone, Minnesota. On December 2, 1934, he was baptized at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Pipestone and confirmed on March 21, 1948 at St. James Lutheran Church in Holland, Minnesota. He lived with his family in Fulda, Minnesota where he attended school until grade...
Verdean Tiedeman
Jun 21, 2013
VERDEAN W. TIEDEMAN was born on July 20, 1940 to parents August and Minnie (Meyer) Tiedeman on a farm near Rock Rapids, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran Faith. In 1947, Verdean and his family moved to Woodstock, Minnesota. He attended school at Woodstock until the 8th grade and graduated with the Pipestone Area High School Class...
Verlyn G. Slieter
Jun 20, 2013
VERLYN GENE SLIETER was born on December 8, 1934 to Emil and Helga (Jacobson) Slieter in Luverne, Minnesota. He was baptized and confirmed at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Hills, Minnesota. Verlyn grew up in Hills, Minnesota on the farm and graduated from Hills High School with the class of 1952. Following high school, he farmed with his Dad and joined...
Esther M. Israel
Jun 14, 2013
ESTHER MARIE ISRAEL, age 97, of Pipestone, Minnesota died peacefully on Friday, June 14, 2013 at the Good Samaritan Communities of Pipestone. Funeral services will be held at a later date with interment in Memory Gardens Cemetery in Arlington Heights, Illinois.
Paul A. Jackson
Jun 12, 2013
PAUL AUGUSTUS JACKSON was born to Douglas Elva and Mary Christine (Tappan) Jackson on August 6, 1915 in Belle Plaine, Iowa. When he was a small child, he moved with his parents to a farm northwest of Pipestone, Minnesota where he was raised and received his education. After his graduation from Pipestone High School, he worked for the first golf...
Louise Mortland
Jun 12, 2013
Louise Elsie Mortland was born to William M. and Hazel (Minor) Nihart, on December 24, 1922 in Verdi, Lincoln County, Minnesota. Later the family moved near Lake Benton, Minnesota to a farm, where she was raised and attended school. She later met and then married Neal Mortland on November 13, 1939. Neal was from Slayton, Minnesota. The couple lived in...
Myrna Van Voorst
Jun 6, 2013
MYRNA HAZEL VAN VOORST was born June 16, 1947 at home on the Riffle Place in rural Platte, South Dakota to Ralph and Hazel (Fish) Crosby. They lived at the Riffle Place until 1951. Her family resided in rural Platte throughout her childhood. They moved to the Schoenrock Place until 1952, and then the Weekly Place from 1953-1955, Novak Place...
Cheri L. Roemeling
Jun 5, 2013
CHERI L. ROEMELING was born on December 30, 1975 to Jack and Lynnette Roemeling at the Luverne Community Hospital in Luverne, Minnesota. Most of her childhood years were spent on the family’s acreage near Kanaranzi, Minnesota. She then moved to Pipestone, Minnesota and later lived in Windom, Minnesota where she resided at a group home through Habilitative Services, Inc. She...
Rick A. Jauert
Jun 2, 2013
RICK A. JAUERT died peacefully on Sunday, June 2, 2013 at Tuff Memorial Home in Hills, Minnesota, from complications related to Multiple System Atrophy, a degenerative neurological disease. Rick was born on March 18, 1954 to Russell and Norma (Olson) Jauert in Luverne, Minnesota. The fourth of seven children, he was raised on a dairy farm outside of Luverne. He...
Leah Wipf
Jun 2, 2013
LEAH WIPF was born to Samuel and Susanna (Tschetter) Wipf on October 2, 1944 in Olivet, South Dakota. At the age of four, she moved with her family to the Graceville Colony in Winfred, South Dakota where she was raised and received her education. In 1978, she moved to the Rolland Colony in White, South Dakota. Following Joseph Wipf’s wife’s...
Evelyn D. Lewis
Jun 1, 2013
EVELYN DOROTHY (GILFOY) LEWIS, age 90, died peacefully on Saturday, June 1, 2013 at her home in the Oak Meadows Senior Retirement Center in Oakdale, Minnesota. Her parents James and Dora Gilfoy, her loving husband of 55 years James and two sons Daniel and Patrick, and her only sibling Catherine Willems, preceded her in death. She is survived by her...
Catherine Smith
May 31, 2013
CATHERINE LENORIA SMITH was born to Joseph and Cora (Bell) Stepanek on January 14, 1923 on the family farm near Woodstock, Minnesota where she was raised and attended school. She continued her education at Pipestone High School in Pipestone, Minnesota. After her graduation in 1940, she attended college in Mankato, Minnesota and graduated from there in 1942. She then returned...
Arnold G. Morrow
May 30, 2013
ARNOLD GLENWOOD MORROW... was born April 5, 1919 to Maurice and Junetta (Hanover) Morrow in Oriskany Falls, New York. He attended Radner High School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1942, Arnold entered the United States Army. He served during World War II and was honorably discharged in 1945. While stationed in Southern England Arnold met the love of his life, Vera...
Elsie M. Anderson
May 30, 2013
ELSIE MARIE ANDERSON was born March 5, 1928 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota to John “Jake” and Ethyl “Pearl” (McKillop) Pritchard. Her English father worked for the stockyard and her Scottish mother took care of Elsie and her six siblings. She attended school in Sioux Falls through the eighth grade. Times were hard and she grew up fast and was...
Kenneth Markl
May 27, 2013
KENNETH MARKL was born to Edward and Anna (Zingleman) Markl on September 24, 1919 in Pipestone County, Minnesota. He was raised on a farm and received his education at Rural School District 32. He worked on various farms in his early years, attended welding school in Sioux Falls, South Dakota and served our country while in the Army from 1942...
Viola D. Correll
May 27, 2013
VIOLA DOROTHEA BOWMAN CORRELL was born on November 28, 1919 to John and Elsie (Schuldt) Schlapkohl, Jr. on a farm located in Rock County, MN. She was baptized at Zion Lutheran Church in Hardwick, MN and confirmed May 31, 1936 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Jasper, MN. Viola was raised on various farms located throughout Rock and Pipestone County. She...
Mildred Fagerness
May 25, 2013
Mildred Mary Fagerness was the youngest of five children born to August and Louisa (Niebes) Studt on April 12, 1915 on the family farm in Eden Township of Pipestone County, near Jasper, Minnesota. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith. She attended rural grade school and graduated from Jasper High School in 1932. After attending Nettleton Business College...
Alice Amdahl
May 24, 2013
ALICE AMDAHL was born to Edward and Frieda (Eickstadt) Radi on November 16, 1922 in Lake Wilson, Minnesota. As a young girl, she moved with her family to Pipestone, Minnesota where she was raised and attended school. After her graduation from Pipestone High School in 1942, she moved to Kansas City, Kansas. Several years later, she returned to Pipestone and...
Pat Koets
May 23, 2013
PAT KOETS was born to Floyd and Nola (Chisum) Wheeler on April 10, 1941 in rural Coolidge, Arizona. As a young girl, she moved with her family to Norwalk, California and attended the local schools. While living in California, she met Eldon Koets, and they were married on April 6, 1959 in Pipestone, Minnesota. Following their marriage, they farmed for...
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