Obituaries
Arnold Witthuhn
Sep 28, 2004
He was born April 4, 1905, at Prescott Township, MN, the son of Charles and Ellen (Fierke) Witthuhn.Arnold owned a mink farming ranch in Blue Earth, where the current Blue Earth Area High School is today, for over 25 years. He also worked in the maintenance department at Telex for 16 years. In 1930 he was married to Anna Olson,...
JoAnne Larsen
Sep 19, 2004
Pilot Grove, MNSeptember 19, 2004JoAnne LarsenJoAnne Larsen, age 56, of Pilot Grove, MN, formerly of Charles City, died Sunday, September 19, 2004, at her home. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, September 22, 2004, at 10:30 AM, at Shiloh Lutheran Church in Elmore, with Rev. Robert Roettger officiating. Burial will be in East Chain Lutheran Cemetery, East Chain. Visitation...
Lucille C. Thompson
Sep 16, 2004
She was born January 21, 1918, at Fairmont, the daughter of Aloyisus "Allie" and Laura (Anderman) Muth.She was raised and educated in Fairmont where she was a 1936 graduate of Fairmont High School. She was married to Herman M. Thompson on February 15, 1941 in Fairmont. Following their marriage the couple moved near Frost where they farmed for a few...
Donald Boettcher
Sep 14, 2004
Donald was born November 28, 1922, at rural Blue Earth Mn., the son of John L. and Mabel A. (Rajewsky) Boettcher.Donald was baptized at St. John''s Lutheran Church in Elmore and confirmed at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Blue Earth. He was married to Irene Alfson on March 2, 1948 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Blue Earth. He served in...
O. Blanche Wells
Sep 11, 2004
Blanche was born June 20, 1924, at Blue Earth, Mn. the daughter of Oswald and Sylvia (Hamre) Northwick.Blanche was a lifetime resident of Blue Earth, graduating from Blue Earth High School in 1942. She was married to Glenn Wells on September 18, 1949 in Blue Earth. She was a homemaker and had worked as a bookkeeper for the Blue Earth...
Dorothy Dobson
Aug 23, 2004
Dorothy was born January 29, 1925, at Blue Earth, Mn. the daughter of Melvin F. and Olga (Arndt) Tonn.She was raised and educated in Faribault Co, where she worked as a sales clerk at several area businesses, including the grocery stores and bakeries. Dorothy was married to Armond R. Dobson on June 6, 1945 in Blue Earth. She was a...
Bonney Patton
Aug 15, 2004
Bonney was born August 10, 1936, at Winnebago, MN. the daughter of George B. and Frances M. (McKay) Loveall.She was raised and educated in Winnebago, MN where she graduated from Winnebago High School. She attended Mankato State College and graduated from Mankato Beauty School. Bonney was married to Marvin Kienitz in May of 1956 at the Little Brown Church in...
Margaret Guerber
Aug 10, 2004
Margaret Carr Guerber was born in Derrick, ND, March 28, 1918 and moved to Blue Earth with her family as a small child. She graduated from Blue Earth High School in 1936 and received her B.A. degree from the College of St. Teresa, Winona, in 1940. She married Marcus Guerber in 1941.She spent her younger years as a farm wife...
Mary Saunders
Aug 7, 2004
Mary was born on August 28, 1934 near Thermopolis, Wyoming to Norton and Theresa Calhoun. The love of her life was to serve the Lord in her home, church and community, through home Bible Studies, teaching Sunday School, Child Evangelism classes and Christian Women?s Club. She was also very active for many years in Neighborhood Chat and Seau Club, St....
Ursula Loper
Aug 7, 2004
Ursula "Tooty" Phyllis Dundas was born on May 19, 1914, to Archie and Lauretta Dundas in Denton, Montana, where her parents were homesteading. They later returned to the Fairmont area. She was united in marriage to Roy Loper in 1932. Tooty and Roy raised their nephew, Dick Dundas. Tooty and her husband operated the Cozy Inn in Imogene for 56...
Frieda Schaefer
Jul 17, 2004
Frieda Marie Schaefer was born October 28, 1911 in Blue Earth, Minnesota to Frederick and Louise (Horstmann) Humburg. German was spoken at home, so Frieda couldn''t speak English when she started school. She graduated from Blue Earth High School in 1930. There were 13 children in her family and their farm home hospitality was enjoyed by many people including the...
James E. Johnston
Jul 9, 2004
Jim was born October 24, 1928, at Blue Earth, MN the son of James J. and Susie C. (Holcomb) Johnston.He was raised, educated and lived his entire life in the Blue Earth area. He was married to Betty Gerdis on July 21, 1951 in Blue Earth. He farmed all his life, mostly South of Guckeen. He drove a truck for...
A. James (Jim) Franklin
Jul 9, 2004
Jim was born September 9, 1914 in Blue Earth the son of Floyd and Minna Franklin of Elmore. Jim was the grandson of Dr. A. James Franklin and Lillian (Nichols) Franklin of Blue Earth and Gottlieb & Anna (Schmidt) Goettel of Thompson Corners, Iowa.He was raised and educated in Verona Township, Blue Earth and in Elmore where he graduated from...
Oscar Renkly
Jul 8, 2004
Oscar Renkly was born April 29, 1918, at Blue Earth, Minnesota, the son of Alfonse and Martha (Budach) Renkly.He was raised and educated in Blue Earth where he farmed his family farm for many years. He was married to Irene Sader on November. 3, 1938 at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Blue Earth. He farmed until the late 1960''s and also...
Dean Tesch
Jul 4, 2004
Dean Forest Tesch was born July 6, 1928, at Swea City, Iowa, the son of Herman and Eva (Arndt) Tesch.He was raised and educated in Blue Earth where he attended Blue Earth High School. After schooling he farmed on his families'' farm near Frost for several years before becoming a Truck Driver. He was a long haul truck driver for...
Everett Dybevick
Jun 27, 2004
Everett Dybevick, age 90, of Blue Earth, died Sunday, June 27, 2004, at St. Luke''s Lutheran Care Center in Blue Earth.Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, June 30, 2004, at 11:00 AM, at Patton Funeral Home in Blue Earth, with Rev. Mary Willis Mayes officiating. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery at Blue Earth. Visitation time will be from...
Lowell Hall
Jun 25, 2004
LOWELL J. HALL, age 93, of Tahlequah, formerly of Blue Earth, died Friday, June 25, 2004 at the Go Ye Village Retirement Community in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, July 1, 2004 at 11:00 AM at the River of Life Worship Center in Blue Earth, with Rev. Arlon Lee officiating. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery,...
Darwin Risk
Jun 19, 2004
Dar was born February 20, 1963. He was raised and educated in Elmore where he was a 1981 graduate of Elmore High School. He spent 2 years at Mankato Vocational & Technical College majoring in airconditioning and refrigerator repair. He later earned his degree from Devry Institute in Dallas, Texas where he made the dean''s list. Dar has worked for...
Gerald Tweden
Jun 7, 2004
Gerald was born June 16, 1940, at Watford City, N.D, the son of Orian P. and Florence J. (Alex) Tweden.He was raised and educated in Watford City, North Dakota where he attended High School. He had worked on the North Dakota oil wells before coming to Blue Earth in 1961. He was a farm equipment salesman for many years and...
Irene Johnson
Jun 6, 2004
* directions to Rene''s home for visitation time on Sunday are listed due to the road construction on old Hwy. 16 East of Blue Earth. Although Hwy 16 may yet be travelable, an alternative may be necessary. A suggested alternate route is to take Interstate 90 to exit 128 (Co. road 254), proceding North 1/2 mile to the first gravel...
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