Michael L. Kelley
Jan 16, 2019
MICHAEL LEE KELLEY was born on February 24, 1944 to Paul and Viola (Zimmer) Kelley at the hospital in Tyler, Minnesota. He grew up on a farm north of Tyler and graduated from Tyler High School in 1962. Mike worked for the Tyler Elevator and Tyler Concrete Products Inc. where he drove ready-mix trucks. He also worked for Mel Bornhoft...
Stephen "Steve" P. Hicks
Jan 15, 2019
STEPHEN PALMER HICKS was born to Tracy and Helen (Glotfelter) Hicks on October 23, 1924 in Tracy, MN. Steve passed away at the Good Samaritan Village at the age of 94 years 2 months and 17 days. While an infant, Steve’s family moved to Pipestone, Minnesota where he lived most of his life. Steve attended Pipestone schools where he participated...
Lorraine E. Johnson
Jan 15, 2019
*** The visitation for Lorraine will continue as scheduled today, Friday, January 18. The family asks that you use your best judgement in whether to attend this evening and, if necessary, for friends or family to simply attend the funeral tomorrow morning. *** Lorraine Elene Elenior (Foss) Johnson was born to Elmer J. and Laura (Ellert) Foss on March 15,...
David A. Trigg
Jan 14, 2019
DAVID AARON TRIGG was born to Ray and Jean (Sandberg) Trigg at Hendricks Community Hospital on September 14, 1978. He was raised on the family farm in rural Verdi, Minnesota and he was the “Verdi Centennial Baby”. David was baptized and confirmed at the Methodist Church in Verdi and attended school in Lake Benton, Minnesota. Prior to his graduation from...
Earl Gruis
Jan 14, 2019
Earl Dean Gruis was born on August 7, 1951 to Paul and Myrtle (Petersen) Gruis in Pipestone, Minnesota. He attended Pipestone High School, and graduated in 1969. He then moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota where he attended Dunwoody Institute of Technology for welding. While living in Minneapolis, he met Lynda Sue Hugtveit and the two were married on December 14, 1974....
Glenn A. Hawes
Jan 14, 2019
GLENN ARTHUR HAWES, age 89, of Jasper, Minnesota, died on January 14, 2019 in Lebanon, Oregon. Glenn was born in Rose Dell Township of Rock County, Minnesota, on March 20, 1929, to Floyd and Nina Hawes. He attended the District 45 School until he began working full-time on the family farm. In 1949, Glenn married Joyce Kleine in Pipestone, Minnesota,...
Gary W. Paulsen
Jan 10, 2019
GARY WILLIAM PAULSEN was born on October 8, 1946 to Robert and Rita (Wathen) Paulsen in Pipestone, MN. He was raised on the family farm north of Pipestone, attended country school, and graduated from Pipestone High School in 1964. Throughout his youth, he was active in 4-H and FFA along with helping on the family farm. He attended college in...
Mildred Terhark Garbers
Jan 10, 2019
MILDRED IDA (JOHNSON) TERHARK GARBERS was born on October 17, 1929 to Earl and Pearl (Dyslin) Johnson on the family farm in Murray County, Minnesota. Growing up, Millie attended country school before moving to the Balaton Public School in Balaton, Minnesota. Millie graduated from Balaton in 1947 and moved with her family to a farm by Rock Lake. On January...
Pearl Nellie Schomacker
Jan 7, 2019
PEARL NELLIE SCHOMACKER was born to William and Hattie Boeve on June 19, 1929 on the family farm in Rock Rapids, Iowa. She was raised here and attended country school near Rock Rapids through the fifth grade. Her family then moved to a farm near Larchwood, Iowa, where she completed her schooling at Klondike country school. After her schooling, she...
Eldy Eugene Dahl
Jan 6, 2019
ELDEN EUGENE DAHL… better known as “Eldy”, “Big E”, or Little Man”... Passed away on Sunday, January 6, 2019 at the age of 85 at the Hospice Cottage in Luverne, Minnesota. He was born to Regina (Price) and William Dahl on July 30, 1933. He was raised with his four siblings in Pipestone, Minnesota and attended Pipestone High School. After...
Helena M. Mulder
Jan 6, 2019
Helena M. Mulder was born to Tom and Grace (Tinklenberg) Vanden Bosch on April 28, 1932 at their home in Battle Plain Township of Rock County, Minnesota. She was raised there and attended the Edgerton Christian School through the tenth grade. Helena spent her last two years of high school at Western Christian High School in Hull, Iowa, graduating in...
Eva Williamson
Jan 4, 2019
Eva Carol (Beck) Williamson was born to Christian and Ane (Madsen) Beck on June 16, 1917, on her grandparents’ farm, a little southwest of Ruthton, Minnesota. Eva’s sister, Edna, was born there two years later. They were raised in the Presbyterian faith. When Eva was six years old, the family moved to Illinois, but within a few years, the family...
Lloyd T. Vanden Bussche
Dec 31, 2018
** Private Family Service will be held. ** LLOYD "BUSH" THOMAS VANDEN BUSSCHE was born on December 9, 1957 to Walter and Loretta (Kruger) Vanden Bussche in Luverne, Minnesota. He was raised on the family farm and had a mind of his own from the age of two. During his younger years Lloyd often helped his parents on the farm...
Erich Mechling
Dec 31, 2018
ERICH "PAPA" GOTLIEB MECHLING was born to Gottlieb and Martha (Brinkman) Mechling on August 5, 1926 in Königsberg Ostpreuβen, Germany. After the loss of his parents and his four siblings as civilian casualties in WWII, Erich moved to Berlin to live with his aunt and uncle. In his mid-teens, Erich was drafted into the German Army and served as an...
Marian Lorenzen
Dec 28, 2018
MARIAN DOROTHY LORENZEN was born on February 3, 1931 to William and Lillian (Lauck) Kindt on the family farm in Rock County, Minnesota, where she was raised. She was baptized at St. John Lutheran Church in Luverne, Minnesota on March 11, 1931 and confirmed at Zion Lutheran Church in Hardwick, Minnesota on June 24, 1945. She began her education at...
Frances Jaacks
Dec 24, 2018
FRANCES DARLENE JAACKS was born to Arie and Janna (Groot) Rysdam on January 27, 1925 in Sanborn, Iowa. Three years later, the family moved to Holland, Minnesota and later to Pipestone, Minnesota. She attended Pipestone high school and graduated in 1942. On February 19, 1948, she was united in marriage to Harold Ashton Jaacks in the First Presbyterian Church in...
Wallace Schmuck
Dec 22, 2018
WALLACE ALVIN SCHMUCK was born on June 21, 1928 to Henry and Selma (Krumheuer) Schmuck on June 21, 1928 in Luverne, Minnesota. Wallace was confirmed in 1951 at Rose Dell Lutheran Church in Jasper, Minnesota. He attended school in Luverne, Minnesota. At age 15, Wallace began raising cattle, farrowing pigs, milking cows and farming the land with his 17-year-old brother,...
Laurita Shelstad
Dec 19, 2018
LAURITA CHRISTINA SHELSTAD was born to Thomas Sr. and Lorna Christina Henrietta (Reyelts) Hill on September 28, 1953 in Ft. Belvoir, Virginia. Laurita was baptized in the Trinity Lutheran in Washington, DC and was later confirmed in the Trinity Lutheran church in Mt. Lake, Minnesota, where she was active in the church’s youth groups. She attended Mt. Lake High School...
Margaret A. Emery
Dec 17, 2018
MARGARET AGNES EMERY was born to Everett and Margaret (Van Klie) Bjerke on March 24, 1938 at the family home near Hadley, Minnesota. In 1948, the family moved to a farm near Lake Wilson, Minnesota. Marge’s schooling began in Chandler, Minnesota. She then attended a country school which consolidated with Edgerton Public School. After her schooling, she worked as a...
Dolores M. Faber
Dec 11, 2018
DOLORES MINNIE FABER was born on April 20, 1925 to Paul and Minnie (Koster) Trautman on the farm in Verdi Township, west of Lake Benton, Minnesota. She was baptized that very day and was later confirmed on June 25, 1939 at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Verdi. She attended country school and graduated from Lake Benton High School in 1954. Dolores...
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