Obituaries
Judy Sabin
Jan 9, 2011
Judy was born January 20, 1950, in Blue Earth, the daughter of Edwin and Aileen (Anderson) Schaper. She was raised and educated in the Blue Earth and Bricelyn areas where she was a 1968 graduate of Bricelyn High School. She attended the University of Iowa and then Mankato State University where she earned a degree in Journalism in 1973. She...
Patricia Gresser
Jan 6, 2011
Patricia was the daughter of Max and Mary (Lussenhop) Gresser of Blue Earth. She was born on October 8, 1953 in Blue Earth where she was raised. She was a 1972 graduate of Blue Earth High School. She moved to Indiana where she was married and raised two children; Jessica Rae and son, Kyle Anthony. She returned to Minnesota in...
Hollie Leagjeld
Jan 3, 2011
Hollie Cletus Leagjeld was the Builder of Families, Communities and Homes. Hollie was born the second of 13 children on November 3rd, 1921 in Long Prairie, Minnesota. After serving as a Chief Petty Officer in World War II, he and his wife, Margaret, came home to Amboy, Minnesota where they raised their four children, where Margaret taught school and where...
Opal Gartzke
Jan 1, 2011
Opal was born October 16, 1911, at Verona Township, MN, the daughter of Ervin and Emma (King) Gartzke.She was raised and educated in Verona Township and Blue Earth where she was a 1930 graduate of Blue Earth High School. She earned her RN degree from Ancker Hospital in St. Paul in 1933 and began working at Gillette Children''s Hospital in...
George W. Myers
Dec 26, 2010
George W. "Bill" Myers was born September 21, 1928 in Blue Earth, the son of George H. and Mildred Catherine (Murphy) Myers. He was raised and educated in the Blue Earth area, where he was a 1946 graduate of Blue Earth High School. He was married to Audrey M. Schobert on January 21, 1952. Bill was a lifelong Blue Earth...
Dorothy Silrum
Dec 20, 2010
Dorothy was born February 25, 1923 in Frost, MN the daughter of Charles and Amolia (Olson) Udstuen. She was raised and educated in the Bricelyn and Blue Earth areas where she attended schools. She had worked and lived with local families and worked at a grocery store until her marriage to Roy M. Hanson on August 8, 1943 in Oklahoma....
Caretha Reynolds
Dec 20, 2010
Caretha was born, July 23, 1916, in Blue Earth Minnesota the daughter of Carl and Esther (Willmert) Hagger. She was raised in Blue Earth, graduating from Blue Earth High School in 1934. She received a degree in elementary education at Mankato State College in 1938. Caretha taught elementary school at Morgan, MN for one year before getting married. She married...
Forest Johnson
Dec 17, 2010
Forest Johnson was born October 07, 1929, in Aurora, Illinois, the son of Charles and Hazel (Johnson) Johnson. He was raised in Helmar, Illinois and went to Newark, Illinois High School. He was married to Ruby Marlene Evans on September 8, 1955 in Plano, Illinois. Forest loved any farm related work and had deliver fertilizer, feed and LP Gas for...
Elmer G. Knudsen
Dec 13, 2010
Elmer G. Knudsen was born on November 25, 1913, in Marietta, MN to Magnus Knudsen and Margaret Dahle Knudsen. He was the oldest of five children. As a child, he worked alongside his father in this father''s blacksmith shop. As a teenager he learned the skills of meat cutting while working in a local meat market. Perhaps these experiences were...
Cleighton R. Johnson
Dec 10, 2010
Cleighton Reed Johnson was born on January 25, 1919 at Winnebago, MN the son of Emery Lloyd and Reseda (Held) Johnson. Cleighton''s family lived near Aitkin, MN and Faribault before settling near Huntley where he graduated from Huntley High School. On September 15, 1945 Cleighton married Agnes Pauline Olson in Blue Earth. The two resided with their children in rural...
Doris M. Kennedy-Paul
Dec 9, 2010
Doris was born in Prescott township, MN on December 15, 1926 the daughter of Ira J. and Marie (Willette) Trembley. She attended rural school district #32, Delavan High School and graduated from Blue Earth High School in 1944. She worked for First National Bank of Blue Earth from 1944 to 1981. She then worked for Faribault Co. in the office...
Phillip Monson
Dec 6, 2010
Phillip was born August 12, 1924, at Brush Creek, MN, the son of Edward and Marie (Amundson) Monson. He attended rural Monson School and graduated from Frost High School in 1942. Following high school he briefly farmed before entering the U.S. Army during WW II. He served with the 508th Military Police Battalion and was proud to have helped liberate...
Linda L. Whitney
Dec 5, 2010
Delavan resident Linda Whitney, age 61, died Sunday, December 5, 2010 at Blue Earth United Hospital from a heart attack. She was born October 6, 1949 in Springfield, MN the youngest child of Erwin and Carrie (Christiansen) Schenk. She lived on the family farm until the age of eleven when her father died and her mother and the two youngest...
Gordon J. Enger
Nov 22, 2010
Gordon, the son of Michael and Sena (Johnson) Enger,was born March 24, 1916 in Blue Earth. He was raised and educated in Blue Earth where he was a 1935 graduate of Blue Earth High School. While in high school he was an outstanding athlete. Gordy was named captain of his basketball and football teams his junior and senior years. Following...
Mary C. Buyarski
Nov 21, 2010
Mary was born on August 7, 1933 to the late John &Mary Przewrocki. She lived in Menominee, MI untilher recent move to Minnesota to be closer to family.She married Theodore (Ted) Buyarski on September20, 1952 and worked at several different jobs prior toraising her family. Mary was known for her "greenthunb," flower arranging skills, yeast baking and dillpickle making. She...
John M. Patton
Nov 12, 2010
John Patton was born in Huron, South Dakota on March 22, 1928 the son of Blake F. and Myrle J. (Bratsburg) Patton. He attended school in Huron, Mason City, Iowa and Waseca, graduating from Waseca High School in 1945. He attended Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri where he earned his degree in psychology in 1949. He was married to...
Michael Schonborn
Nov 8, 2010
He was born October 11, 1945, in Albert Lea, the son of Ernest and Esther (Sabin) Schonborn. He was raised and educated in the rural Frost & Bricelyn areas where he graduated from Frost High School in 1964. He was married to Nancy Skaden on December 5, 1970 in Blue Earth. Mike lived his entire life on his family farm,...
Alyce J. Larsen
Nov 7, 2010
Alyce was born May 8, 1914, at Pilot grove Township, MN, the daughter of Nels and Lena (Brekke) Hanevik. She was raised and educated in Elmore where she attended schools. She was married to Kenneth R. Larsen on September 13, 1936 in St. Paul, MN. The couple lived in Elmore where Alyce was a homemaker and was a longtime member...
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