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...
Delmar Tiedeman
May 10, 2013
Delmar William Tiedeman was born July 28, 1940 to William and Nellie (Dickman) Tiedeman on a farm north of Boyden, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church of rural Hull, Iowa while growing up on a farm northwest of Hull. He attended country school and then graduated from high school in Hull in 1958. He worked...
Louis Gene Kruse
May 7, 2013
LOUIS GENE KRUSE... was born on April 28, 1950 to Louis and Henrietta (Wolf) Kruse in Sheldon, Iowa. He was raised on the farm near Melvin, Iowa. At age four, his family moved to a farm near Little Rock, Iowa where he attended school through the eighth grade. In 1968, the family moved to the Edgerton and Leota, Minnesota area...
Carol J. Johansen
May 6, 2013
Carol Jean Johansen was born to Otto E. and Lisa (Andersen) Petersen on December 17, 1929 in Lake Benton Township, Lincoln County, Minnesota. She was baptized at Danebod Lutheran Church in Tyler, Minnesota, and later confirmed there. She attended 8 years of elementary school at District #44 country school. Following graduation from Tyler High School in 1948 she attended Mankato...
Barbara L. Carrigan
Apr 28, 2013
BARBARA LOU CARRIGAN was born to Richard and Bertha (Grein) Heath on August 30, 1928 in Albert Lea, Minnesota. As an infant, Barb’s father died when she was six weeks old as a result of appendicitis. She and her mom relocated to Lakefield, Minnesota where they lived with her mother’s parents. Barb was raised in Lakefield and received her education,...
Thomas Hum
Apr 27, 2013
Thomas Ray Hum was born on October 22, 1960 to Lyle and Carol (Huber) Hum in Estherville, Iowa where he was raised and attended school. After his graduation from Estherville High School in 1979, he began working for various contractors building overhead transmission lines throughout the United States. On November 20, 1985, he married Stephanie Wierzbicki in Knoxville, Iowa. After...
Darvin Sudenga
Apr 26, 2013
DARVIN SUDENGA... was born to Robert and Juanita (Wiese) Sudenga on November 17, 1960 in Pipestone, Minnesota. He was raised in Woodstock, Minnesota, where he attended grade school through the sixth grade. He then attended school in Pipestone. After he graduated from Pipestone High School in 1979, he moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota and attended Brown Institute. Upon completion of his...
Jared S. Lingen
Apr 26, 2013
JARED SCOTT LINGEN was born on January 25, 1995 to Gregory and Bonita (Brower) Lingen at Weiner Memorial Hospital in Marshall, Minnesota. He was baptized at St. Martin Catholic Church in Woodstock, Minnesota, and raised in the family home in Ruthton, Minnesota. At age four, he moved with his family to an acreage west of Hardwick, Minnesota. Jared loved the...
Ruth Kirby
Apr 25, 2013
RUTH IRENE GABRIELSON KIRBY was born on December 26, 1925, in Luverne, Minnesota, Rock County. She was the daughter of Geta and Gabriel Gabrielson of Luverne. She attended elementary and high school in Luverne. She subsequently taught in a nearby multi-grade country school for 2 years, then went on to attend St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN, with her sister...
Bill Carson
Apr 24, 2013
WILLIAM 'BILL' MICHAEL CARSON was born August 13, 1941 at Ashton Memorial Hospital to Kenneth “Kit” and Ordy (Michael) Carson. He was raised on the Carson Family Farm, Troy Township, Pipestone, MN; baptized and confirmed at the First Presbyterian Church, Pipestone. Bill attended school at the country school one mile north and mile west of the family farm through the...
Shannon Marie Dibbern
Apr 24, 2013
SHANNON MARIE DIBBERN was born on April 5, 1981 in Las Vegas, Nevada to Harlan and Renee (Wills) Dibbern. When she was 10 years old the family moved to Luverne, Minnesota and Shannon attended Luverne High School and graduated in 1999. She furthered her education at Stewart’s School in Sioux Falls, South Dakota and later worked in collections. She then...
Francis Groeneweg
Apr 23, 2013
FRANCIS WILLARD GROENEWEG was born July 26, 1919 to John and Louise (Cox) Groeneweg in Rock Lake Township, rural Balaton, Minnesota. He grew up on the family farm and attended country school which was located on the farm property. He graduated from Balaton High School in 1937. He then returned home to help work on the farm. Francis met Esther...
Dale Huebner
Apr 23, 2013
DALE ORISS HUEBNER was born to Herbert and Genevieve (Willey) Huebner on September 24, 1932 in Pipestone, Minnesota. He attended country school and then Pipestone High School. After his graduation in 1950, he helped on the family farm. On November 20, 1952, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and served during the Korean War. When he was discharged from the...
William Davis
Apr 19, 2013
WILLIAM BENJAMIN DAVIS was born on August 3, 1984 in Port Lavaca, Texas where he lived until June, 1987 when he moved with his family to Woodstock, Minnesota. He was raised in Woodstock and attended school in Edgerton, Minnesota. He served as the senior class president. After his graduation from Edgerton Public High School in 2002, he attended Le Cordon...
Linda L. Holmgren
Apr 17, 2013
LINDA LOUISE HOLMGREN was born February 4, 1947 to Paul and Minnie (Hansen) Bendt in Luverne, Minnesota. She was baptized at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Trosky, Minnesota on October 5, 1947 and confirmed her faith on May 21, 1961 in Pipestone, Minnesota. When she was two, her family moved from Luverne to Pipestone where she spent most of her...
Bernard H. Sandbulte
Apr 16, 2013
BERNARD HENRY SANDBULTE was born October 16, 1923 to Henry and Minerva (Wesselink) Sandbulte near Carmel, IA. He attended Carmel School through the 8th grade and worked on the family farm until he was drafted into the United States Air Force in January of 1944. Bernard served his country as a waist gunner and flew 32 missions over Germany. He...
Donald J. Van Nieuwenhuizen
Apr 15, 2013
DONALD JAMES VAN NIEUWENHUIZEN was born on April 22, 1930 to Jilles and Margie (De Boer) Van Nieuwenhuizen on a farm northwest of Edgerton, Minnesota. The family moved to California and Don attended and graduated from Ripon Christian School. He returned to Leota, Minnesota and worked as a hired man for farmers and later Ted Pool Construction. He entered the...
Clara Marie Oxholm
Apr 15, 2013
Clara Marie Oxholm was born to Soren and Karen Marie (Christensen) Jensen on August 15, 1906 in Tyler, Minnesota. She was baptized and confirmed at Danebod Lutheran Church in Tyler. She attended school at Indian Grove Country School through the sixth grade. As a teenager, she cooked for her father’s road construction crew. One of the crewmembers was Arthur Nissen...
Charles Skaug
Apr 13, 2013
Charles Ludwig Herman Skaug was born March 10, 1918 to Martin and Ellen (Miller) Skaug on the family farm in Rock Lake Township, Lyon County, Minnesota. He grew up on the farm and attended District #18 country school. He was baptized and confirmed at Sillerud Lutheran Church of rural Balaton, Minnesota. On February 5, 1944 Charles married Audrey Squashingroff in...
Carl Peterson
Apr 12, 2013
CARL AUGUST PETERSON, III, was the only son of nine children born to Carl August and Hortense (Conrad) Peterson, II. He was born on December 19, 1926 on the family farm in Pipestone County, Minnesota where he was raised and attended country school in District #53. He continued his education at the high school in Pipestone. Upon completion of his...
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