Patricia "Patti" L. Swenson
Apr 8, 2023
Patricia “Patti” LaVon Swenson was born on June 1, 1956 in Luverne, Minnesota to Arnold and Jessie (Ellefson) Wenzel. She grew up on a small family farm near Hardwick, Minnesota and attended Luverne Public School. She was baptized and confirmed at the Zion Lutheran Church in Hardwick. She graduated from Luverne High School then moved to Worthington, Minnesota and on...
Julie Wieme
Apr 6, 2023
To view a livestream of Julie's Memorial Service please click the following link. The link will bring you to Victory Church's youtube channel to watch. https://youtube.com/live/tDR622ilCRY?feature=share
Julie Kay Wieme, was born on May 2, 1956, to Lester and Shirley Anderson (Edwards) in Tracy, MN. While growing up in the Tracy and Balaton area, Julie enjoyed singing with the...
Donald Wayne Schouwenburg
Apr 6, 2023
Donald Wayne Schouwenburg was born June 20, 1934 in a farm house near Valley Springs, South Dakota. He spent his childhood living with his family on farms in southwest Minnesota. Don attended country school until the 4th grade, then he attended Hills High School, graduating in 1952. Don was always very busy and worked several jobs throughout his life as...
David R. Prosch
Apr 5, 2023
David Roland Prosch was born on August 9, 1948 to Donald Edward and Leona Louise (Kohler) Prosch in Tyler, Minnesota. He grew up in Lake Benton, Minnesota, and graduated from Lake Benton Public School in 1966. David served in the United States Navy from 1966 to 1969. He was a "Tin Can Sailor" and served aboard the destroyer USS Sproston...
Darlene M. Bosch
Apr 2, 2023
Darlene Margaret (Rozeboom) Bosch was born on September 29, 1931 to Charles and Margaret (De Noble) Rozeboom in Luverne, Minnesota. She was raised on various farms near Steen, Minnesota and attended the local country school. She graduated from Luverne High School in 1949 and started working at JCPenney in Rock Rapids, Iowa. On February 23, 1950, Darlene married the love...
Dorothy L. Loger
Apr 2, 2023
Dorothy L. Loger was born on November 6, 1933 to Fred and Laura (Foley) Wollmuth on a farm in Pipestone, Minnesota. She was the youngest child in a family of 14 children. Life was hard in those days, but it taught her discipline and how to do every day chores like hauling water from the stream to the house, how...
Gary A. Nielsen
Mar 28, 2023
Gary Allen Nielsen was born to Niels "Kiar" and Corlene (Johnson) Nielsen on March 11, 1953 in Tyler, MN. Gary was confirmed on June 2, 1968 at Danebod Lutheran Church. He attended and graduated from Tyler High School in 1971. He furthered his education at Southwest State University in Marshall, MN and received his Bachelor of Arts degree,...
Bea Lammers
Mar 26, 2023
Bea Jones Lammers passed on Sunday, March 26, 2023 of pulmonary complications. She was preceded in death by her son, Steven and her husband, Len. Bea was raised in Pipestone, Minnesota and along with her grandparents William and Beatrice Burns, spent many a summer performing as Minnehaha in the Hiawatha pageant. She went on to Macalister in Minneapolis to...
Ronald E. Thooft
Mar 25, 2023
Ronald Edward Thooft was born on June 27, 1962 to Ernest and Victoria (DeBaere) Thooft in Tyler, Minnesota where he was raised. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Dionysius Catholic Church in Tyler. Ron attended school in Russell, Minnesota and graduated from Russell High School in 1980. Following his education, he began farming. While farming, he also started working...
Rosmary Ellen Hartson
Mar 25, 2023
Rosmary Ellen Hartson was born on March 30, 1935 to John and Ethel (Thompson) Reese at her parent’s home in Russell, Minnesota where she was raised. She attended school in Russell through the eleventh grade and later completed her high school education earning a diploma in 1954. On March 23, 1952 was united in marriage to Donald Hartson at the Lutheran...
Bruce Dahl
Mar 23, 2023
Bruce Charles Dahl was born on May 23, 1958 to Jerome and Barbara (Holmes) Dahl in Tyler, Minnesota. He had two brothers growing up, there was never a quiet moment. When Bruce was five they moved from Balaton, Minnesota back to Tyler to the same house they lived in before. He loved riding bike, fishing, playing sports (basketball and football)....
Evelyn Katherine Harmsen
Mar 23, 2023
Evelyn Katherine Harmsen was born on April 13, 1927 outside of Wilmont, Minnesota. She was the first born to Joseph and Josephine (Wiltgen) Voss. Later they moved north of Adrian, Minnesota until 1943 when they moved to a farm northeast of Woodstock, Minnesota when Evelyn was 16 years old. On May 9, 1944 she was united in marriage to William...
Lavonne K. Otten
Mar 23, 2023
To view the livestream of Lavonne's funeral service please click the following link. It will take you to the Luverne CRC youtube page to view.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5MYt-mk1-g
Lavonne Katherine Otten was born on September 5, 1939 to Ralph and Henrietta (Driesen) Otten in Rock Rapids, Iowa. She grew up on a farm in Iowa with her parents, older brother,...
Ruth Taylor
Mar 22, 2023
Ruth Chandler Taylor was given life by her Creator and was born on January 20, 1936 to John Bertram Frederick Chandler and Marjorie Gaythwaite in Edgware, Middlesex, United Kingdom. She received the gift of Holy Baptism and became a child of God and confessed her baptismal faith in the rite of Confirmation and was admitted to the altar to receive...
Janis Brockhouse
Mar 18, 2023
Janis Kaye Brockhouse was born on May 30, 1941 to Hubert and Ella (Oldenberg) Schrunk in Marshall, Minnesota. She grew up on the family farm and helped care for the animals and do the field work. She liked being outdoors and helping her dad. She attended school in Russell, graduating high school in 1959. She was united in marriage to...
Yuvonne Graphenteen
Mar 15, 2023
Yuvonne Vie Graphenteen was born December 19, 1931 to Jacob and Vie (Bonnett) Aanenson on the family's farm near Magnolia, Minnesota. She spent her childhood on the farm, graduating from Magnolia High School in 1949. Following her graduation, she worked in nearby Luverne at Tri-State Insurance Company. She married Robert "Bob" Kleemeier in January, 1951. The couple lived in Sioux...
Judy Janssen
Mar 15, 2023
Judith Lorraine Janssen of rural Trent, South Dakota passed away peacefully at home on March 15, 2023. Judy was born on April 20,1944 to Lawrence and Julia (Sutherland) Thies in Pipestone, Minnesota. She was the first of five children to be born in a hospital. Judy grew up in rural southeast South Dakota and graduated from Egan High School. She...
Bruner William Keesey
Mar 14, 2023
Bruner William KeeseyBruner William Keesey, 9 week old son of Zachary Keesey and Madison Zehnder passed away unexpectedly, March 14, 2023.Bruner was born January 8, 2023, at Sanford Health, Sioux Falls, SD. He joined his big sister, Kinnsley, who welcomed him with love and protection. He was the "Most Handsome Boy" and he touched many lives with his precious smile...
Victor Nielsen
Mar 11, 2023
Victor Allen Nielsen was born on May 6, 1952 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was adopted and raised in Ruthton, Minnesota by Ernest and Lillian (Andersen) Nielsen. He attended school in Ruthton through high school. After his schooling he moved to Colorado and lived there for a time with his sister, Deb. He moved around quite a bit through the years...
Ronald Rauk
Mar 10, 2023
Ronald Edward Rauk was born on March 20, 1947 to Edward and Elizabeth (Keehr) Rauk in Seaside, Oregon. They moved to Beaver Creek, Minnesota shortly after his parents were discharged from the United States Army. He was baptized at McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls at the age of nine prior to having surgery. He attended grades 1-12 in the Beaver...
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