Julie Ann Bouw
Feb 11, 2012
JULIE BOUW was born to Keith and Mona (Martensen) Thompson on August 4, 1959 in Slayton, Minnesota. She lived with her family on a farm near Lake Wilson, Minnesota. She was baptized and confirmed at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Lake Wilson. She attended school in Lake Wilson and Chandler, Minnesota, graduating from Chandler-Lake Wilson High School in 1977. She...
Anna Albers
Feb 11, 2012
ANNA ALBERS was born January 28, 1912 to William and Emma (Ahrendt) Boldt. She was baptized on March 17, 1912 and confirmed May 25, 1924, both at St. John Lutheran Church in Luverne, Minnesota. She grew up the youngest of five children on a farm seven miles northwest of Luverne in Mound Township, Rock County. She attended country school and...
Irene Shelton
Feb 9, 2012
IRENE SHELTON was born August 31, 1922 in Rural Lyon County, Iowa to John and Greta (Vos) Hommes. She was baptized at Rock Rapids First Reformed Church in Rock Rapids, Iowa. She spent her childhood years in Lyon County where she attended country school through the eighth grade. A few years later she moved to Denver, Colorado where she took...
Phil Bruns
Feb 8, 2012
PHIL BRUNS, one of the premier American character actors of stage, film and television was born on a farm near Pipestone, Minnesota on May 2, 1931. He is the youngest of three children born to German-Irish parents Henry Phillip Bruns and Margie Trigg Bruns. He had a wonderful childhood growing up with two older sisters, Mildred and Dorothy. The great...
Henry Weets
Feb 5, 2012
HENRY WEETS was one of twelve children born to Henry and Katherine (Jansen) Weets on February 28, 1936 in Avoca, Minnesota. At a young age, he moved with his family to a farm near Harris, Iowa where he attended school. Upon completion of his education, he helped his father on the farm. He also drove truck, hauling gravel as part...
Robert Merkley
Feb 5, 2012
Robert Merkley was born to Erwin and Leona (Onan) Merkley on November 5, 1949 in Pipestone, Minnesota. Following his birth, he became a resident at Western Children’s Home. When he was two years old, he moved to the Sauk Center Home for Children. At the age of six, he lived in Lake Owasso Children’s Home for one year and then...
Andrew Gabrielson
Feb 4, 2012
ANDREW ALLEN GABRIELSON came into the world on February 19, 1987 and left this world on February 4, 2012. In between those dates, Andy lived life to the fullest and touched so many lives! He grew up on the family farm south of Luverne, Minnesota with his parents, Greg and Joanne (Scharnberg) Gabrielson. Andy attended public school in Luverne until...
Dwayne E. Kruger
Feb 3, 2012
DWAYNE EDWARD KRUGER was born to John and Gertrude (Schilling) Kruger on October 12, 1948 in Sibley, Iowa where he was raised on the family farm near Little Rock, Iowa and attended country school. He continued his education at Little Rock High School. After his graduation in 1966, he was employed in curb and gutter construction in Iowa. On December...
Pearl Pike
Jan 30, 2012
PEARL PIKE was born weighing only three lbs. on April 28, 1920 to Arthur L. and Alma P. (Eikmeier) Van Doren on her maternal grandparents’ homestead in western Pipestone County, Minnesota. She attended a country school and Pipestone High School. After graduating, she worked as a telephone operator. On July 9, 1942, she married Merle M. Pike of Ruthton, Minnesota....
Esther Johnson
Jan 30, 2012
Esther Isabelle Johnson was born to Odin and Marie (Skaar) Myrvik on August 24, 1917 in rural Minneota, Minnesota. She attended country school near Minneota and graduated from Minneota High School. She met her husband, Kenneth Johnson, at a house party that the teenagers attended to play games and visit. As the story goes she and Ken were involved in...
Marjorie J. Meyer
Jan 28, 2012
MARJORIE JEANETTE MEYER was born August 15, 1924 to Niels and Maren (Tambo) Nielsen in Drammen Township, Lincoln County, Minnesota. She was baptized and confirmed at Diamond Lake Lutheran Church, and grew up on the family farm. She attended country school in Drammen Township and graduated from Lake Benton High School in 1942. On June 18, 1946 Marge married Ivan...
Donald Haubrich
Jan 25, 2012
DONALD HAUBRICH was born to Lawrence and Alice (Bostic) Haubrich on November 7, 1932 in Holland, Minnesota. At a young age, he moved with his family to Woodstock, Minnesota where he attended school. Later they moved to Lake Preston, South Dakota where he attended the fourth grade. One year later after the death of his father, they moved to Pipestone,...
Joseph Clifton Dunn, Jr
Jan 23, 2012
JOSEPH C. DUNN, JR. was born May 13, 1982 at Newport Hospital in Newport, Rhode Island to Joseph and Christine (Homer) Dunn. He was raised in Newport, Rhode Island and Virginia Beach, Virginia during which he received his education. Following school, he returned to Rhode Island and took on the role of helping his paternal grandfather who was very ill....
Teresa Frances Korth
Jan 23, 2012
TERESA FRANCES KORTH was born on May 23, 1922 to Luther and Catherine (Dolly) Anderson in Norfolk, Nebraska. She spent her childhood years with her family in rural Randolph, Nebraska. During her school years Tess would live with her Grandma and Grandpa Dolly who lived much closer to her school. She later graduated from Sacred Heart High School in Norfolk...
Robert Franzen
Jan 22, 2012
Carl Robert Leonard Franzen, or Robert C. as he was known, passed away, surrounded by family, in Sioux Falls, SD, on January 22, 2012 at the age of 91 years. Services will be held Friday, January 27, at 2 pm at St Paul's Lutheran Church in Pipestone, MN, with visitation Thursday January 26, from 4-8 pm at Hartquist Funeral Home...
Carlos Giovanni Ramirez
Jan 22, 2012
CARLOS GIOVANNI RAMIREZ was born on June 8, 2005 to Juan Carlos Ramirez and Brenda Aguayo in Glendale, California. He received his baptism while living in Glendale. He and his family moved to Pipestone, Minnesota in 2010. In the fall of 2011, Carlos became a student at Brown Elementary School in Mrs. Slinger’s class. Carlos was a very active little...
Maxine Haraldson
Jan 22, 2012
MAXINE HARALDSON was born to Ole and Ida (Olson) Kopren on March 18, 1918 on a farm near Sherman, South Dakota. When she was a young child, she moved with her parents into Sherman where she attended school. On January 10, 1935, she was united in marriage to Roy Milton Haraldson in Luverne, Minnesota. Following their marriage, they farmed in...
Donald Ordway Nelson
Jan 20, 2012
DONALD ORDWAY NELSON…. was born to Peter and Hannah (Pederson) Nelson on January 30, 1917 at Tyler, Minnesota. He was a confirmed member of First English Lutheran Church in Tyler. He attended school in Tyler, graduating from Tyler High School in 1934. In 1936 he attended the Minnesota School of Business in Minneapolis. He returned to Tyler and was employed...
Ronald Pfantz
Jan 17, 2012
RONALD PFANTZ was born to Clarence and Martha (Brummer) Pfantz on July 21, 1917 on a farm one mile from State Center, Iowa. When he was two years old, he moved with his family to a farm one mile north of Cazenovia, Minnesota where he attended country school. He then attended high school in Pipestone, Minnesota. After his graduation from...
Elroy "Bud" Knutson
Jan 16, 2012
Elroy “Bud” Knutson was born June 9, 1934 to Fred and Christine (Krog) Knutson in Verdi Township, Lincoln County, Minnesota. He grew up in Diamond Lake Township, and was baptized July 1, 1934 and confirmed March 28, 1948 at Diamond Lake Lutheran Church, rural Lake Benton, Minnesota. He attended school in Lake Benton and graduated from Lake Benton High School...
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