Obituaries

Lucille G. Pirsig

Lucille G. Pirsig

Jan 9, 2007

Lou was born February 22, 1927, in Blue Earth, the daughter of Fred and Mabel (Groth) Henke.She was a lifetime resident of Blue Earth, graduating from Blue Earth High School in 1945. She was married to Marvin H. Pirsig on August 25, 1945 in Blue Earth. Lou was a homemaker and had done home daycare for a few years. She...

Roger Olson

Roger Olson

Jan 8, 2007

He was born November 11, 1934, on a farm northeast of Frost, the son of Curtis A. and Selma T. (Thompson) Olson. Roger was raised in Frost where he attended country school and graduated from Frost High School in 1952. Following school he began driving a truck for Brekke & Quamm Trucking in Frost. He served in the U.S. Army...

Anna B. Smith

Anna B. Smith

Jan 7, 2007

Ann was born November 26, 1934 in Martin County, MN the daughter of Martin and Agnes (Rybakowski) Shumski. She attended district #6 school in Silver Lake Township and later graduated from East Chain High School in 1952. She attended Mankato Business College and then began working in the office of the Bob Wallace Mercantile Company and later at Fairmont National...

Winnie Fairchild

Winnie Fairchild

Jan 5, 2007

Winnie Lee Fairchild was born May 29, 1917 in Strong City, Oklahoma. She married Hiram W. Fairchild on August 23, 1938 in Garber, Oklahoma and lived in several communities before moving to Blue Earth, MN in 1953 where they lived for many years. In their later years they spent winters in Mesa, AZ, and following Hiram?s death in February, 1988...

Mina Johnson-Lowman

Mina Johnson-Lowman

Jan 3, 2007

Mina was born May 21, 1919, at Bancroft, Iowa, the daughter of Ole and Gearadine (Boeckholt) Gerdis.She was raised and educated in the Bancroft and Ledyard, Iowa areas. She did housework and cleaning for area families before her marriage to Carl Johnson in 1939. Mina lived in several communities in the Amboy & Blue Earth areas over the years. She...

Shirley J. Perrizo

Shirley J. Perrizo

Dec 31, 2006

She was born July 5, 1933, at Delavan, MN, the daughter of Erwin and Sylvia (Mau) Buegler.She was raised and educated in the Delavan area where she was a 1951 graduate of Delavan High School. She earned her degree from Mankato Business College and worked at Clements Auto in Mankato before her marriage to Alan Joe Perrizo on December 9,...

Opal Trasmer

Opal Trasmer

Dec 29, 2006

She was born September 14, 1913, at Ledyard, IA, the daughter of Theodore & Alida (Owens) Kleindl. She was raised and educated in the Elmore & Pilot Grove areas. She was married to Sute C. Sunken on March 11, 1936 in Blue Earth. The couple lived in Frost for a few years before coming to Blue Earth in the 1942....

Alice M. Golay

Alice M. Golay

Dec 28, 2006

Alice was born July 5, 1921, at Blue Earth, MN, the daughter of Ernest & Clara (Zierke) Kienitz.She was raised and educated in Blue Earth and attended Blue Earth Schools. She was married to Curtis L. Larson on February 14, 1940 at Emerald Township, Mn. Alice worked at St. Luke''s Lutheran Care Center and took her nurses training in the...

(Clara) Mable Root

(Clara) Mable Root

Dec 27, 2006

Mable was born February 2, 1913, at Winnebago, MN the daughter of Charles J. and Anna M. (Bill) Grant.She was raised and educated in Winnebago where she graduated from Winnebago High School in 1931.She was married to Glenn Root on November 30, 1937 in Mason City, Iowa. Mable was a homemaker and was an over 50 year member of the...

Clement W. Murphy

Clement W. Murphy

Dec 26, 2006

Clement was born March 6, 1921, at Faribault Co., MN, the son of William & Isabelle (Willette) Murphy.He was raised and educated in Guckeen and was a 1939 graduate of Blue Earth High School. He served in the U.S. AirForce during WW II where he was an Airplane Mechanic, serving from 1942 to 1946. For many years Clement farmed west...

Pearlie E. Heinrich

Pearlie E. Heinrich

Dec 24, 2006

She was born September 28, 1909, at Adel, Iowa, the daughter of Harve & Mary(Wright)Kinder.On December. 24, 1932 she married Henry A. Heinrich at Blue Earth. She was a housewife all of her life. Mr. Heinrich preceded her in death in 1975.She is survived by her Daughters: Florence & husband, Cecil Heyer, Titonka, IA, Daughter: Joann & husband, Dan Nichols,...

Ruth M. Smith

Ruth M. Smith

Dec 20, 2006

Ruth was born May 14, 1919, at Winnebago, the daughter of Fred and Emm (Zeims)Wood.She was raised and educated in the Blue Earth area. She was married to Everett Weber on December 24, 1942 and the couple farmed S.E of Blue Earth for many years. Everett died in 1965 and Ruth was later married to Ellis (Al) Smith on April...

Warren L. Roe

Warren L. Roe

Dec 16, 2006

He was born September 22, 1917, at Webber, Kansas, the son of Abner Ira (Abbie) and Bertha (Reed) Roe. Warren L. Roe was raised in Kansas and educated in Superior, NE. Upon graduation from the Superior High School in 1936, he attended normal training to become a teacher. He taught in a one-room country school for a few years before...

Delores Kaiser

Delores Kaiser

Dec 11, 2006

Delores was born July 7, 1911, at Waseca, Mn, the daughter of William & Augusta (Fell) Waltors. She was raised and educated in Waseca where she graduate from Waseca High School in the late 1920''s and then took her nurses training in Albert Lea, MN. She was married to Fred W. Kaiser on June 4, 1930 in Minneapolis. The couple...

Lawrence Weis

Lawrence Weis

Dec 10, 2006

He was born June 26, 1933, at Sioux City, Iowa, the son of Orville and Eileen (Ward) Weis.Jerry was raised in Sioux City where he attended Blessed Sacrament and Trinity middle schools before graduating from Sioux City Heelan High School in 1951. He attended the University of South Dakota at Vermillion before serving in the U.S. Army where he was...

Margaret Paschke

Margaret Paschke

Dec 10, 2006

Margaret was born March 1, 1923, at Amboy, MN, the daughter of Lloyd and Gladys (Hemingway) Sonnicksen. Margaret was infected with osteomylitis as a child and spent over a year recovering at Gillette Children''s Hospital, Minneapolis. At age 11, complications of the mumps left her totally deaf for the rest of her life. She graduated from the Minnesota School for...

Howard L. Hinrichsen

Howard L. Hinrichsen

Dec 9, 2006

Howard was born April 11, 1923, at Faribault County, MN, the son of Hans and Marie (Simser) Hinrichsen.Howard was raised and educated in the Blue Earth area, graduating from Blue Earth High School in the early 1940?s. He farmed on his family farm following school before his marriage to Donna E. Gaylord on January 21, 1949 in Blue Earth. The...

Marie Coxworth

Marie Coxworth

Dec 8, 2006

She was born May 1, 1920, at Sheffield, England, the daughter of Arthur and Marie (Cavanaugh) Lavery.Pat was raised and educate in Sheffield, England where she worked in a parachute manufacturing plant during WWII. She was married to Kenneth E. Coxworth on February 25, 1943 in Sheffield before immigrating to the United States. She made her way to Albert Lea...

Isabelle E. Speed

Isabelle E. Speed

Dec 8, 2006

Isabella was born May 29, 1916, at Winnebago, the daughter of Arthur and Jennie (Bell) Newcombe.She was raised and educated in Winnebago where she was a 1934 graduate of Winnebago High School. She attended Mankato State Teachers College where she earned her teaching certificate. She taught in Madelia and several country schools before her marriage to Clare K. Speed on...

Maxine Frandle

Maxine Frandle

Dec 5, 2006

Maxine was born October 26, 1930, at Ledyard, Iowa, the daughter of Max and Elsie (Lange) Nitz.She was raised and educated in Ledyard, Iowa, where she was a 1949 graduate of Ledyard High School. She was a waitress at the Central Caf?? in Blue Earth before her marriage to Orville E. Frandle on March 23, 1953 in Lakota, Iowa. The...

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