Sheila K. Boulais
Apr 20, 2023
Sheila Kay Boulais was born on January 24, 1943 to Harvey and Eleanor (Arndt) Tvedt in Pipestone, Minnesota. Prior to graduating her father was in construction, so the family moved to many places including Holland, Westbrook, Wilmont, Chandler, and Marshall, Minnesota, as well as Madison and Chester South Dakota. One of the highlights of Sheila’s life was when her father...
Karen Vos
Apr 19, 2023
Karen Rae Vos was born on December 15, 1947 to Homer Wallman and Iola Lucille (Johnson) Crawford in Hammond, Indiana. A few months later, she moved with her family to Kankakee, Illinois where she was raised and attended school. When her sisters moved away and her brothers were ready to complete their education, her parents decided to move to California....
Linda Berkenpas
Apr 17, 2023
Linda Ann Berkenpas was born on September 6, 1956 to Knute and Delores (Draper) Lund in Tyler, Minnesota. She grew up on various farms until her parents bought a farm close to Lake Benton, Minnesota. She graduated from Lake Benton High School in May of 1975. During her “growing up” days, she fully enjoyed her 4-H membership with the then...
Brenda S. Loosbrock
Apr 17, 2023
Brenda Sue Loosbrock was born August 15, 1960, in Dell Rapids, South Dakota to Curtis and Lucille (George) Anderson. She was called home to be with her Lord at the age of 62 on Monday, April 17, 2023 surrounded by her family. She spent her childhood in Dell Rapids, graduating in 1979 from Dell Rapids High School. She was a...
Marcella M. Brown
Apr 15, 2023
Marcella Mae Brown was born to Lyman and Marcella (Fitzgerald) Plimpton on November 27, 1921 in Garretson, South Dakota where she was raised. She attended school in Garretson, De Smet, South Dakota and Dell Rapids, South Dakota. On November 12, 1941 Marcella was united in marriage to Earl Brown in Garretson. The couple then moved to Sioux Falls in 1943...
Bernadine Van Hoecke
Apr 9, 2023
Bernadine Angela Van Hoecke was born to Clarence Victor and Winona Marie (Horrell) Wathen on May 28, 1933 in Hatfield, Minnesota where she was raised and attended school. When she started the fourth grade, she moved with her family to Pipestone, Minnesota to continue her education and complete her high school graduation. After graduation, she was employed at J.C....
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...
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