Obituaries
Loren Baker
Feb 27, 2008
Loren was born at the Mitchell, South Dakota hospital on September 29, 1930. His parents, Avery & Eva (Burns) Baker lived on a farm near White Lake, South Dakota at the time. His family later moved to Nebraska to farm, where Loren attended grade school. In 1941 they moved to a farm in the Rushmore, MN area where Loren attended...
Donald Wiese
Feb 27, 2008
Donald was born December 5, 1915, on a farm near Manson, Iowa, the son of William and Martha (Onken) Wiese.He attended country school near the place of his birth and was baptized at the Lutheran Church in Manson, Iowa on December 9, 1915. He was later confirmed there on April 13, 1930. Don helped his family on their family farm....
James Larson
Feb 20, 2008
James was born September 12, 1928, at Blue Earth, MN, the son of Oscar Larson and Pearl Layton.Jim was a truck driver for Loveall Construction Co. in Winnebago for 26 years until retiring in 1992. He enjoyed visiting with friends over a meal or cup of coffee at the Country Kitchen, as well as socializing with friends at the American...
Carol J. Malwitz
Feb 19, 2008
Carol was born November 9, 1932, at Howard, SD, the daughter of Clarence Stock and Edna Rasmussen.Carol attended school at Howard, SD. On Feb. 17, 1952, she married Leonard A. Malwitz at Howard, SD. She was a homemaker for her family and worked at St. Luke''s in laundry and housekeeping. Carol was known for her bread making and trying new...
Betty L. Meyer
Feb 16, 2008
Betty was born July 10, 1939, in Winnebago, MN, the daughter of Jerry and Cecile (Goodrich) Barnes.She was raised in the Blue Earth area where she attended Blue Earth High School. She had worked at various area businesses following school before becoming a self employed, over the road, truck driver. She drove for several years before starting to work for...
Dale A. Snyder
Feb 14, 2008
Dale was born January 11, 1933, in Elmore, MN, the son Lyle and Lillian (Swanson) Snyder.He graduated from Elmore High School in 1952. He farmed with his father and helped other farmers, especially th Naumann''s, until 1969. He worked at Telex Inc. in Blue Earth until 1992. He was married to Ruth Schlomer in 1996. He put his retirement years...
Ellen A. Risk
Feb 12, 2008
She was born June 26, 1918, at Hudson, South Dakota, the daughter of Gust and Anna (Odegaard) Ring.She was raised & educated in Hudson, SD where she was baptized and confirmed at the Lands Lutheran Church.In 1940 she was married to Alvin Bloomquist. She was later married to Merle Risk in 1970. She had worked as a nurses assistant at...
Marvin Westby
Feb 9, 2008
Marvin was born October 27, 1917 in Renville, Minnesota the son of Cornelius and Sophie (Nelson) Westby. Marvin graduated from Renville High School in 1938. He served in the U.S. Army from January 6, 1941 to October 11, 1945, serving in Kodiak, Alaska and the European Theater of action. Marvin married Ruth Eleanor Schwen in Blue Earth, MN on February...
Omer K. Murray
Feb 6, 2008
He was born June 11, 1912, at Dixon, Illinois, the son Frank Murray and Winifred Wadsworth. He then moved to Marna and attended a one room school and graduated from Blue Earth High School in 1929. Omer began working for the Standard Oil Co. in 1933. On December. 28, 1938 he married Una Clara Petersen in Clarks Grove, Mn. In...
Terrance W. Breitenfeld
Feb 3, 2008
Terry was born May 14, 1939, in Elmore, the son of Arnold E. and Lillian E. (Thompson) Breitenfeld.He was raised and educated in Elmore where he was a 1958 graduate of Elmore High School. Following school he mowed lawns in Elmore before becoming a resident of the MN State Hospital. He also live in Faribault and Minneapolis for several years...
Solveig Lee
Jan 30, 2008
She was born May 6, 1921, at Haugesand, Norway, the daughter of Svend and Marie (Mikkleson) Bjornson.She came from Norway in 1923 where she was raised and educated in East Chain and Joice, Iowa. She worked as a nurses aide at Park Hospital in Mason City, Iowa before her marriage to Clifford Lee on November 8, 1942 in Joice, Iowa....
Larry O. Cassens
Jan 29, 2008
He was born September 21, 1945, in Blue Earth, the son of Onnen B. and Ann M. (Pudwell) Cassens.Larry was raised in the Huntley area where he was a 1964 graduate of Huntley High School. Following graduation he farmed on his family farm and was later married to Susan R. ?Sue? True on April 22, 1966 at the East Chain...
Rose P. Swingdoff
Jan 27, 2008
She was born March 30, 1909, at Martin Co., MN, the daughter of Nelson and Annie (Kinney) Roberts.She was raised and educated in the Granada and Guckeen areas where she attended country schools. Rose was married to Richard F. Swingdoff on June 24, 1930 at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Blue Earth. The couple lived all there adult lives in...
Audrey E. Olson
Jan 26, 2008
She was born June 30, 1922, at Bricelyn, MN, the daughter of Art & Marie Lindeman and was baptized at Bricelyn Lutheran Church. She was raised and educated in Bricelyn where she was a 1940 graduate of Bricelyn High School. She attended Mankato State and the Minnesota School of Business before going to Washington DC to be a secretary during...
Evalyn J. Hansen
Jan 22, 2008
Evalyn was born June 17, 1919, at Hayfield, MN, the daughter of John and Margaret (Maricle) Knapp.She graduated from Austin, MN High School in the mid 1930''s and late taught school briefly before her marriage to Herbert A. Hansen on February 5, 1939 in Chariton, Iowa. The couple farmed in the Albert Lea area before moving to Hayward in 1946,...
Bertha Beem
Jan 22, 2008
Bertha was born June 17, 1908, at Jordan, Minnesota, the daughter of Peter and Bertha (Janz) Wieben.She was raised in the Jordan area and was married to William F. Gerres on February 22, 1930. The couple farmed in the Lydia, Minnesota area and later in the New Prague and Henderson areas. Bertha was later married to W. Murl Beem on...
Alene Graue
Jan 19, 2008
Alene was born August 8, 1928, at Dell, Minnesota, the daughter of Alfred and Glennie(Amundson)Graue. As a young girl she moved to Frost. Alene was baptized and confirmed at the Dell Lutheran Church and was a member of the United Lutheran Church in Frost. She did housework, baby sitting, and wrote a newspaper article for the Frost news. Alene loved...
Vernon Smith
Jan 16, 2008
He was born September 20, 1922, in Vevay, Indiana, the son of Henry and Lucy (Aldridge) Smith. He was preceded in death by his parents and four siblings, Minnie B. Lane, Pauline Jacobs, Martha Reed and his baby brother, Jay Smith. A World War II Veteran, he served as a ball-turret gunner with the 449th Heavy Bomb Group (the Flying...
Wayne Whitney
Jan 15, 2008
Wayne was born October 3, 1925, at Delavan, MN, the son of William & Nellie (Wallace) Whitney, Sr.He was a nearly lifelong resident of Delavan, graduating from Delavan High School in 1943. Following school he worked on his family farm. He was married to Helen M. Langworthy on November 11, 1945 at the Delavan United Methodist Church. The couple farmed...
Mildred C. Cherland
Jan 6, 2008
Mildred was born July 19, 1913, in rural Faribault County, MN, the daughter of Andrew and Anna (Johnson) Kallestad.She was raised and educated in the Blue Earth area where she was a 1932 graduate of Blue Earth High School. After high school she took her teachers training in Blue Earth and then taught country school near Frost. She was married...
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