Obituaries
Gerald Knutson
Sep 23, 2005
Gerald T. Knutson, age 83, of Shakopee, formerly of Frost, died Friday, September 23, 2005, at his daughter?s home in Shakopee. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, September. 27, 2005, at 2:00 p.m. at the United Lutheran Church in Frost, with Rev. Ed Nieman officiating. Burial with full Military Honors will be in United Lutheran Cemetery, Frost. Visitation time...
Opal Viesselman
Sep 23, 2005
Opal was born on December 13, 1911 in a very humble home on the South Dakota prairie near Ipswich. She was the fifth child born to Jesse and Ollie Belle (known to the family as Sally) Scearcy. This was "dust bowl" area and her mother always said that they survived on hot air and rabbit tracks. After the tragic death...
Loren Slette
Sep 12, 2005
Loren was born January 11, 1958, at Albert Lea, MN, the son of Orville P. and Irene P. (Ausen) Slette.He was raised in the Walters and Kiester areas where he graduated from Kiester High School in 1976. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1976 to 1980. Loren returned from the service and attended Mankato Vocational College where he studied...
Alice Mae Ehrich
Sep 11, 2005
She was born April 19, 1922, at Blue Earth Mn., the daughter of Fred and Xenia (Thews) Quaday.She was raised and educated in Blue Earth under the care of the Neuhalfen & Quaday families, where she was a 1939 graduate of Blue Earth High School. She was married to Glendon G. Ehrich on September 26, 1943 at St. John''s Lutheran...
Elwood C. Alfson
Aug 30, 2005
Elwood C. "Lefty" Alfson, age 77, of Winnebago, died Tuesday, August 30, 2005, at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Minneapolis. Funeral services will be held on Friday, September 2, 2005, at 11:00 AM, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Blue Earth, with Rev. Stephen Bohling officiating. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery, Blue Earth. Visitation time will be from 4:00 to...
Thomas Jesse Kimball
Aug 19, 2005
Thomas Jesse Kimball was born May 5, 1928, in Canton, Minnesota. He went to Elliota elementary country school. When he was a 9th grader he went to Canton High School and graduated in 1946. He served his country in the Air Force for 4 years. On March 22, 1958 he married Kayla Marjorie Glover at the Little Brown Church in...
Gertrude Thompson
Aug 19, 2005
Gertrude was born October 12, 1918, in Pilot Grove Township, MN the daughter of John and Marcella (Simser) Simmons.Gertrude was raised and educated in Lakota, Iowa area where she graduate from Lakota High School in 1936. She was married to Earl H. Thompson on June 30, 1937 in Hebron Township, Iowa. The couple farmed in North Central Iowa, near Ledyard...
M. Carmen Springer
Aug 17, 2005
M.CARMEN SPRINGER, age 80, of Winnebago, died Tuesday, August 16, 2005 at the United Hospital in Blue Earth. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, August 20, 2005, at 10:30 AM at the First United Methodist Church in Winnebago, with Rev. Wane Souhrada officiating. Burial will be in Rice Lake Cemetery, Delavan. Visitation time will be from 4-8 PM Friday...
Lee Roy Franke
Aug 13, 2005
Lee Roy was born May 10, 1940, at Blue Earth Mn., the son of Orice & Alice (Oelke) Franke.He was raised and educated in Blue Earth where he graduated from Blue Earth High School. He later graduated from Mankato State University. He lived in Calfornia where he worked for the K-Mart corporation for many years. He returned to Blue Earth...
Gerda Anderson
Aug 9, 2005
Gerda was born September 18, 1910, at Blue Earth, the daughter of Ole and Annie (Erickson) Anderson.She was raised and educated in Blue Earth where she graduated from Blue Earth High School in 1928. She worked at the Blue Earth telephone office from 1927 to 1972, where she was an operator and later the office manager. She was a lifetime...
John Birk
Aug 2, 2005
John was born November 29, 1915, at Escanaba, Michigan, the son of Fred & Mabel (Chilson) Birk.John attended school in Escanaba, Michigan and Blue Earth, Minnesota. He moved to Blue Earth in 1925. John married Leone Schimmel on June 1, 1940 at St. Peter & Paul''s Catholic Church in Blue Earth. He worked at L & M Motors for 40...
Leo Maland
Jul 22, 2005
Leo M. Maland was born January 7, 1911, at Frost, Mn. the son of Joseph and Bertha (Mikkelson) Maland.He was born and raised in Frost. He graduated from Bricelyn High School and attended Waldorf College in Forest City, Iowa and later graduated from St Olaf College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1932. Following his education he became the...
Lorraine Henke
Jul 17, 2005
Lorraine was born November 22, 1916, at Hudson, Wisconsin, the daughter of William and Rose (Alvy) Cook.She was married to Reuben "Bud" Henke February 8, 1964 and was a lifelong resident of Blue Earth. Lorraine worked for United Hospital and 220 Club as a cook.Lorraine is survived by her, stepdaughter, Gayle Eng & husband Lyle of Minneapolis, sister, Dorothy Luhring...
Herbert Schaal, Jr.
Jul 15, 2005
Herbert "Bud" Schaal, Jr. was born January 11, 1932, in Blue Earth, Minnesota, the son of Herbert H. and Margaret (Andrews) Schaal Sr..He was a graduate of Blue Earth High School in 1949. On June 24, 1951 he married Marlene Ogilvie at Blue Earth. They farmed southwest of Blue Earth until retiring in 1981. Mrs. Schaal preceded him in death...
Lyla Krosch
Jul 9, 2005
She was born February 5, 1915, at Grygla, Minnesota, the daughter of Ole and Clara (Hoyum) Quam.She was raised and educated in the Grygla and Goodrich, MN areas in Pennington County and as a teenager came to work in the Blue Earth area. She was later married to Willard K. Krosch on February 26, 1936 and the couple began farming...
Dorothy LaMont
Jul 6, 2005
She was born September 14, 1918, at Delavan Mn., the daughter of Frank & Mary (Marsten) Hardy.She was raised and educated in Delavan, graduating from Delavan High School in 1936. Later that year she was married to Ted LaMont on October 15, 1936 in Blue Earth. Following their marriage the couple moved to Blue Earth where Dorothy did housekeeping at...
George Stensland
Jun 28, 2005
George E. Stensland, son of Gustav and Emma (Espe) Stensland was born April 7, 1926 near Radcliffe, Iowa. George died June 28, 2005 in Chandler, Arizona. He moved with his parents to a farm near Winnebago, MN, then to a farm in Pilot Grove in 1936. He attended country school and graduated from Blue Earth High School in 1944. He...
Winnie M. Nichols
Jun 27, 2005
Winnie was born May 30, 1906, at Clara City, Mn. the daughter of Ike & Lena (Hemmen) Kray. They later moved to Webster City, Iowa, where they lived for 10 years, then moved to a farm north of Blue Earth.She graduated from Blue Earth High School and was later married to Paul A. Nichols of Winnebago, Mn. on June 25,...
LeRoy Sanders
Jun 19, 2005
Leroy (Corky) Sanders, age 75 of Blue Earth, passed away Sunday evening, June 19, 2005 near his life-long home while riding his all-terrain vehicle.LeRoy was born September. 7, 1929 to Frank and Marie (Gudal) Sanders. He grew up in Prescott township, Faribault Co. As a young man he was active in Luther League at Trinity Lutheran Church, in Faribault County...
Matthew Moellenhoff
Jun 17, 2005
He was born July 8, 1917, at Roberts County, SD, the son of Casper and Margaret (Burskin) Moellenhoff.Matthew entered the Army on March 25, 1941, during WWII, where he served in the Pacific Theater. During his service he earned the Philippine Liberation Service Medal with one bronze star, four overseas service bars, good conduct medal with bronze arrowhead and a...
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