Obituaries
Sandra McMahon
Dec 16, 2010
Sandra Francis (Jahn) McMahon was born on October 15, 1940 in Montevideo, MN to parents Fredrick and Doris (Allpress) Jahn.. She attended and graduated from Appleton High Schools with the class of 1958. Robert William McMahon was born August 8, 1938 in Grant County in South Dakota to parents Robert and Laura (Otto) McMahon. He attended Vernon #8 country school....
Norman Clark
Dec 15, 2010
Norman Kenneth Clark was born on July 8, 1951 in Graceville, MN to parents Roy and Vivian (Kellner) Clark. Norman was baptized at the Methodist Church in Beardsley. He attended school in Graceville, MN, graduating with the high school class of 1969. After high school, Norman was a member of the United States Air Force for three years where he...
Dorothy Wendland
Dec 11, 2010
Funeral services for Dorothy Wendland will be held on Tuesday, December 14, 2010 at 2:00 PM at Central United Methodist Church in Milbank, SD. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the church on Tuesday. Pastor DeVern Schwenn will be officiating. Burial will be in the Milbank City Cemetery. Dorothy May Benshoof was born in a...
Elizabeth Swezey
Nov 30, 2010
Elizabeth Ann Sanders was born on March 5, 1928 on the homestead farm near Clinton, MN to parents William and Alice (Hickson) Sanders. She grew up in the Clinton/Ortonville area. Elizabeth attended schools in Clinton and the West Central School of Agriculture in Morris, MN. She graduated in 1946. Elizabeth was united in marriage to Edgar E. Swezey on October...
Emery Shea
Nov 28, 2010
Emery Francis Shea was born on September 22, 1924 to parents Raphael “Emmit” and Mary (Hogan) Shea on a farm by Fulda, MN. Emery went to his first year of school at the convent and from second grade on attended District #59 school in Murray County, graduating with the class of 1938. He worked on the farm growing up and...
Roland Judish
Nov 27, 2010
Roland A. Judish the son of Alfred and Elsie (Yost) Judish was born February 14, 1925 in Sisseton, South Dakota. Roland grew up in Roberts County on his family’s farm. He was baptized February 17, 1925 at Zion Lutheran Church in Browns Valley, MN and confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church in Wendom Township in Roberts County. He attended school in...
Marlyn Harms
Nov 22, 2010
Funeral services for Marlyn Dale Harms will be 11 A.M. Friday, November 26, 2010 at Emanuel Lutheran Church in Milbank with Rev Keith Bicknase officiating. Burial will be in the Corona Baptist Cemetery. Visitation from 9:30 - 11 A.M. at the Church. Marlyn Dale Harms the son of Ibeling and Mary (Wiese) Harms was born January 6, 1932 in Garfield...
Wilford Wallace
Nov 16, 2010
Wilford Henry Wallace the son of Henry and Grace (Merriman) Wallace was born November 21, 1924 at home on the farm SW of Britton, South Dakota. Wilford was raised in the Britton area where he attended school, graduating from the Britton High School in 1942. Wilford went into the Merchant Marines in 1943, serving until 1945; in 1946, Wilford joined...
Loyd Sanders
Nov 7, 2010
Loyd William Sanders, son of William, and Betty Jean (Holmblad) Sanders, was born February 15, 1951 in Ortonville, MN. He was baptized and confirmed at the Clinton Methodist Church. Despite the fact that his parents moved to Ortonville, Loyd wanted to graduate with his friends, so he drove to Clinton everyday during the terrible winter and graduated from Clinton High...
Donna Zenk
Nov 6, 2010
Donna Ann Zenk, the daughter of Norbert and Helen (Christensen) Zenk was born April 18, 1952 In Springfield, MN. She lived with her family in Springfield on a farm until they moved 5 miles east of Clinton in March of 1953. Then in March of 1963 they moved 1 mile south of Clinton. She was baptized in Springfield, MN and...
Robert Wennblom
Nov 6, 2010
Robert Manford Wennblom was born on January 3, 1930 to parents Manford and Ida (Jacobson) Wennblom in Clinton, MN. Robert was baptized in March of 1930 at the Methodist church in Clinton, MN. Bob grew up on a farm six miles west of Clinton. Bob attended school in Clinton where he graduated with the class of 1947. On September 8,...
Quentin Reisdorph
Nov 5, 2010
Quentin Theodore Reisdorph was born on May 3, 1924 to parents Delbert and Mabel (Billings) Reisdorph in Windom, MN. He was baptized on May 16, 1937 at the Methodist Episcopal Church in Windom, MN by Rev. Fred M. Smith. Quentin attended school in Windom and Ortonville, graduating from Ortonville High School. In 1944, Quentin was drafted into the military where...
Herman Schmierbach
Nov 4, 2010
Herman Carl Schmierbach was born on October 15, 1909 in St. Louis, Missouri to parents Henry and Martha (Fuhrman) Schmierbach. Herman grew up in the Clinton area where he attended District #9 Country School in rural Clinton until the 8th grade. On September 25, 1940, he was united in marriage to Martha Zahn; to this marriage, they were blessed with...
Vernice Schultz
Oct 22, 2010
Funeral Services for Vernice Schultz will be held on October 26, 2010 at 2:00 PM at Elim Covenant Church in Stockholm, SD. Visitation will be held on Monday, October 25, 2010 from 4-7:00 PM and the Emanuel Patterson Funeral Home in Milbank and will continue one hour prior to the services at the church on Tuesday. Burial will be in...
Ordella Bladow
Oct 20, 2010
Ordella Ione Chilson was born on January 26, 1923 to parents Joseph and Effie (Rein) Chilson at their family home in Veblen, SD. Ordella was baptized on April 1, 1923 by Pastor Martin Lien. She was confirmed on September 26, 1937 by Rev. James Kalk at Branvold Lutheran Church in Victor, South Dakota. Ordella grew up in the Veblen and...
Bernice Watkins
Oct 12, 2010
Bernice Watkins, the daughter of Michael and Katherine (Ahlers) Steffes, was born September 20, 1925 at Sleepy Eye, MN. Her family moved to Arthur, N.D. where she grew up on the farm and attended and graduated from Arthur High School. She then went on to Dakota Business School for 2 years. Bernice was united in marriage to John H. Watkins...
Edward Bergseth
Oct 11, 2010
Edward Mauris Bergseth was born on November 15, 1926 in Odessa, MN to parents Lars and Elizabeth (Johnson) Bergseth. Edward was baptized and confirmed at Eids Lutheran Church where he was a member until the dissolution of the church in 1962 when he became a member of First English Lutheran Church in Ortonville, MN. Edward attended Country School until the...
Robert Pflueger
Oct 8, 2010
Pflueger, Robert R. of Ortonville, Minnesota passed away peacefully October 8, 2010 at Sanford Medical Center, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Born in Ortonville, Minnesota on November 26, 1922, Bob was proud to be a lifetime resident of Ortonville. Survivors are his wife Lois Pflueger, daughter Ann and husband Jon Kemske, Grandson Nickolas Kemske and wife Abigail, sister Marguerite and husband...
Orvin Vaage
Oct 5, 2010
Orvin Cleveland was born on April 28, 1920 to parents Gust and Nettie (Hanson) Vagge in Appleton Village, Swift County, Minnesota. He was raised on the family farm where he helped his father with the farming. Orvin attended country school until the eighth grade. After his schooling, he continued to farm with his father. On April 10th, 1981, after many...
Herman Ragsdale
Oct 2, 2010
Herman Charles Ragsdale the son of William and Edna (Moses) Ragsdale, was born October 6, 1924 in Grant, Oklahoma. He attended the Jones Academy that was established in 1891 in the Indian Territory, by the Choctaw Nation. He graduated from Chilocoo Indian School. . Herman enlisted in the Air Force after graduating. He served both WWII and Korean Wars. He...
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