Leroy Olson
Dec 25, 2012
LEROY ARNOLD OLSON… was born the seventh of nine children to Olaf and Julia (Knudtson) Olson on March 15, 1914 in Martin Township, Rock County near Hills, Minnesota. He was baptized on April 12, 1914 and confirmed July 15, 1928 at Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hills, Minnesota. He spent his childhood on the farm and attended country school through...
Nellie M. Moen
Dec 24, 2012
NELLIE MAE MOEN was born the youngest of 13 children to Andrew and Nellie (Kenyon) Burch on April 26, 1927 in Pipestone, Minnesota where she was raised and received her education. At a young age she cleaned homes for various families and later worked at Fecker’s Produce. In April of 1951, Nellie was united in marriage to Harlan Moen. Nellie...
Margaret Gelderman
Dec 24, 2012
MARGARET GELDERMAN… age 88, died Christmas Eve, December 24, 2012, at her home in Pipestone, Minnesota, surrounded by her loving family. She was born to Henry and Anna (Brandt) Haper on March 15, 1924 in Altona Township of Pipestone County, Minnesota. She was raised on farms around the Ward and Elkton, South Dakota area before the family moved to the...
Lanita J. Usher
Dec 21, 2012
LaNita Jean Usher was born June 13, 1945 to Donald and Ardis (Reinholdt) Goltz at the community hospital in Tyler, Minnesota. She spent her childhood years in Balaton, Minnesota where she attended school and graduated from Balaton High School with the class of 1963. Following graduation, she moved to the Twin Cities area where she attended the College of Medical...
Josephine Arens
Dec 21, 2012
JOSEPHINE ELIZABETH ARENS was born to Peter and Anna (Gengler) Koch on February 2, 1910 in Kenneth, Minnesota. She was reared at Dumont, Minnesota, and was a graduate of the 1928 Class of Wheaton High School in Wheaton, Minnesota. In 1931, she graduated from the Ancker Hospital at St. Paul, Minnesota, as a registered nurse. At that time, she moved...
Nicholas Wieme
Dec 13, 2012
NICHOLAS ANDREW WIEME was born to Bernard and Kathleen (Wise) Wieme on January 28, 1989 at Pipestone County Medical Center in Pipestone, Minnesota. He was baptized and confirmed at Peace United Methodist Church in Pipestone. He attended Pipestone Area Schools where from elementary through his senior year the arts were his love and passion. He and his theatre (One Act...
Rosa Johnson
Dec 8, 2012
A. ROSA JOHNSON was born on February 28, 1926 to Reinert and Tilda (Akersmyr) Tofteland in Luverne, Minnesota. She was raised on the family farm near Kanaranzi, Minnesota. Her family spoke Norwegian at home and she had no English skills when she started attending the nearby one-room school. She graduated from Luverne High School in 1943 and then furthered her...
Wayne Ekdom
Dec 6, 2012
WAYNE RICHARD EKDOM was born to John and Hattie (Visser) Ekdom on March 21, 1935 in Hawarden, Iowa. In 1936, he moved to Ireton, Iowa. After graduating from Western Hull Christian High in Hull, Iowa in 1953, he attended Northwestern College in Orange City, Iowa for two years. In 1957, he graduated from Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. On...
Elvina Viola Wentzel
Dec 5, 2012
ELVINA VIOLA WENTZEL was born to Edward and Reka (Lammers) Wiese on June 29, 1920 in Pipestone, Minnesota. She was raised in Ruthton, Minnesota where she also attended school. Upon completion of her education, she worked in a caf in Ruthton. When she was 16 years, she moved to Pipestone and worked at Armor’s Produce. On July 30, 1946, she...
Marlo Sankey
Dec 4, 2012
MARLO ANGELINE SANKEY was born to Darriel and Blanche Brouillet on November 30, 1943 in Astoria, Oregon. The following year, she moved with her family to Slayton, Minnesota. A short time later, they moved to Pipestone, Minnesota where she was raised and attended school. After her graduation from Pipestone High School in 1961, she continued her education at Mankato State...
Hazel Bundy
Dec 3, 2012
Hazel Marietta (Bennett) Bundy was born October 17, 1919 in Arlington, SD to Harry and Pearl Elizabeth (Jones) Bennett. She was baptized at the Church of Christ in Arlington, SD and a member of the Congregational Church in Garvin, MN. She worked at Douglas Air Craft in Chicago, IL during WWII. She moved to Sioux Falls, SD in 1943 and...
Howard "Howie" Eugene Iveland
Dec 3, 2012
HOWARD 'HOWIE' IVELAND (CHEEZER) was born on September 12, 1948 to Howard “Red” and Elizabeth “Betty” (Meyer) Iveland in Luverne, Minnesota, where he was raised. He received his education and graduated from Luverne High School in 1966. He then furthered his education by attending Winona State University in Winona, Minnesota. Howie enlisted into the United States Navy in 1968 and...
Agneta Rasmussen
Dec 3, 2012
Agneta Evelyn Rasmussen was born August 19, 1926 to Ejnert and Edel (Ollegaard) Nielsen in Tyler, Minnesota. She was baptized and confirmed at Danebod Lutheran Church in Tyler. Following her education she worked as a nurse’s aide at the Tyler Hospital from 1945-1947, and ten years at Tyler Fairway grocery store. On February 28, 1947 Agneta married Robert Rasmussen at...
Thomas James Lange
Dec 3, 2012
THOMAS JAMES LANGE was born to Norman “Jack” and Colleen (Girard) Lange on June 11, 1957 in Pipestone, Minnesota. He was raised and worked on the family farm near Ward, South Dakota and received his education in Verdi, Minnesota. During his high school years he met the love of his life Deb Wolff. On February 10, 1979, they were united...
Doris Margaret Wulf Wollmuth
Nov 30, 2012
Doris Margaret Wulf Wollmuth… was born on August 20, 1925 to Chris and Crystal (Lund) Cornelson in Tyler, Minnesota. She was raised in rural Lake Benton and attended country school where she received her education through the eleventh grade when her family moved too far from the school for her to continue to attend. Following her education she was united...
Rev. Burton F. Blair
Nov 24, 2012
REV. BURTON FRANK BLAIR was born on June 24, 1921, in Delavan Township, Faribault County, MN to Frank Willard and Emmabelle (Cook) Blair. He attended rural elementary school in Delavan Township and graduated from the Winnebago High School in 1939. He and his brother operated the family farm while they were in high school as their father died at an...
Marjorie C. Schmidt
Nov 23, 2012
MARJORIE CHARLEEN SCHMIDT was born March 15, 1934 to Thorvald and Olivia (Jensen) Rasmusen in Tyler, Minnesota. She was baptized at Danebod Lutheran Church in Tyler, and confirmed at Bethania Lutheran Church in Solvang, California in 1947. She grew up in Tyler, but the family had moved to Solvang for a short time before returning to Tyler, where she graduated...
Hester Jennings
Nov 21, 2012
HESTER ANN JENNINGS was born to Hessel and Charlotte (VandenBerg) Houtman on September 29, 1941 in Volga, South Dakota. She was raised on the family farm northwest of Bruce, South Dakota (currently known as the Oakwood State Park). In 1946, she moved with her parents to Riverdale Farm which was located between Brookings and Volga, South Dakota. She began her...
Clara Jean Forde
Nov 20, 2012
CLARA JEAN FORDE was born to Raymond and Lydia (Zingelman) Park on October 19, 1939 in Pipestone, Minnesota and grew up on several farms in the Pipestone area and attended school. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Pipestone. After her graduation from Pipestone High School, she attended nursing school in Mitchell, South Dakota for nurse’s...
Ronald B. Johnson
Nov 19, 2012
RONALD BERNARD JOHNSON was born to Enoch John and Olive Angeline (Griffin) Johnson on September 13, 1932 in Lake Benton, Minnesota. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Genevieve Catholic Church in Lake Benton. Ron and his family lived on a farm three-and-one-half miles southeast of Lake Benton. He started school in District 2, and in 1940 the family moved...
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