Obituaries
Harold White
Feb 9, 2006
Funeral services for Harold White, age 93, former vocational agriculture teacher in Milbank will be held on Saturday, February 11, 2006 at 10:30 a.m., at the American Lutheran Church with the Reverend Janine Werling, officiating. Music will be provided by organist Linda Stengel and vocalist Leslie Stusiak. Interment in the Milbank Cemetery. Mr. White died on Thursday, February 09, 2006...
Margaret Hanson
Feb 8, 2006
Margaret Dorothy Hanson was born November 20, 1911, to parents Jens and Amelia (Blessing) Jensen is Stillwater, MN. She grew up in the Clinton area and attended the Clinton High School. On October 31, 1933, Margaret married Bernard Nelson in Watertown, SD. To this union two children were born, Norman and Carol. Sadly, Bernard passed away on August 17, 1959....
Phyllis Evjen
Feb 1, 2006
Funeral services Mrs. Phyllis Schultz Evjen, age 80, of Stockholm, SD, will begin at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, February 4, 2006, at the Elim Evangelical Covenant Church in Stockholm, SD. Pastor Mark Chapman will officiate. Phyllis died on Wednesday, February 1, 2006, at Prairie Lakes Hospital in Watertown, SD. Family members are asked to meet in the church basement by...
Louise Winter
Jan 30, 2006
Louise was born on November 19th, 1915 to William and Anna (Norenberg) Andrews in Flaxton, ND, and was baptized on December 16th, 1915. On November 8th, 1940 she was united in marriage to Ervin Winter in Leonardsville Township, MN. They enjoyed 56 years of marriage together before Ervin's death in 1997. Louise?s one other love was gardening, she loved to...
Ruth Forman
Jan 22, 2006
Funeral services for former Milbank, SD, resident, Mrs. Ruth (Lupinek) Forman, age 83, of Ft. Pierre, SD, will begin at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, January 27, 2006, at the American Lutheran Church in Milbank. The Reverend Janine Rew-Werling will officiate. Ruth died on Sunday, January 22, 2006, at her daughter's home in Safford, AZ. Family members are asked to meet...
Quentin Rethke
Jan 14, 2006
Memorial services for Quentin S. Rethke, age 85, of Milbank, will begin at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, January 21, 2006, at the Central United Methodist Church in Milbank. The Reverend Dr. John Katter and the Reverend Mark Phillips will officiate. Quentin died on Saturday, January 14, 2006, at his home. Family members are asked to meet in the church parlor/library...
Elizabeth Piechowski
Jan 12, 2006
Elizabeth (Haanen) Piechowski was born on October 8, 1907, on the family farm in Traverse County, MN, to parents, Henry and Mary (Schwagel) Haanen. As a young girl, she was baptized and confirmed in to the Catholic Faith at the St. Mary's Catholic Church in Beardsley, MN. She attended country school in Traverse County, but her true passion was the...
Colby Simonson
Jan 9, 2006
Colby was born on April 23rd, 1987 in Wheaton, MN to parents Gary and Rebecca (Weick) Simonson. He was a 2005 graduate of Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley High School and was currently attending Minnesota West Community and Technical College in Granite Falls, MN. Colby was working for Gilsdorf Farms in Graceville while attending college in Granite Falls full-time. While not working or in...
Esther Hanson
Jan 7, 2006
Esther Josephine (Johnson) Hanson was born on May 13, 1909, on a farm near Ortonville, MN, to parents, Hans Peter and Arvida Bernhardina (Paulson) Johnson. Esther was baptized into the Lutheran faith on November 29, 1909 in Ortonville, and was later confirmed on August 3, 1924, by Pastor Arnold Nelson in the Zion Lutheran Church in Ortonville, MN. As a...
Eleanor Monson
Jan 1, 2006
Eleanor M. (Gustafson) Monson was born on June 7, 1913, to parents, Eddie and Anna (Stokke) Gustafson in rural Big Stone County. As a young girl she attended country school and graduated from Ortonville High School. Following school, Eleanor began working for Sager Grocery for many years, and later worked as a night operator with Northwestern Bell Telephone until she...
Rose Stralen
Dec 19, 2005
Rose Marie Van Stralen was born on July 6, 1946 in Milbank, SD to parents Bernard and Gladys (Van Hout) Van Stralen. She was one of ten children in the family. She was born one day later than her twin sister, Rita. They had fun being identical twins. They even played "switch-a-roo" games!! Rose was baptized and confirmed at St....
Chad Ritter
Dec 16, 2005
Chad Ritter was born on August 19, 1971, in at the Holy Trinity Hospital in Graceville, MN, to parents, Ronald and Vicki (Selness) Ritter. As a young boy, Chad attended grade school in Graceville before moving with his family to Washington State where he finished his education. Following school, Chad began working with his uncle installing Underground Utilities. Chad enjoyed...
Karen Gustafson
Dec 14, 2005
Funeral services for Mrs. Karen Ann Gustafson, age 61, of rural Twin Brooks, SD, will begin at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, December 19, 2005, in the American Lutheran Church in Milbank. The Reverend Janine Rew-Werling will officiate. Karen died on Wednesday, December 14, 2005, in the Avera McKennan Hospital and University Health Center in Sioux Falls, SD. Family members are...
Michael Gorman
Dec 14, 2005
Michael Anthony Gorman was born on July 20, 1943, in Dearborn, Michigan, to parents, James and Winifred (Kerrican) Gorman. Michael began working for himself as a seal coater of blacktop. For a few years, he lived in Big Stone City, SD, during the summer while working. In the summer of 1990, he met Diane Plath. Later, in 1997, he made...
Charles Ramsey
Dec 12, 2005
Charles Gordon Ramsey was born on August 24, 1921, in Marvin, South Dakota, the son of Emil and Olena (Olesen) Ramsey. He attended grade school and high school in Marvin, SD. Charles was united in marriage to Elizabeth (Betty) K. Christensen on Sept. 19, 1942, in Los Angeles, CA. After their marriage, Betty returned to Marvin to establish their first...
June Spahr
Dec 9, 2005
June was born on June 3, 1923, in Kilborn Township, Grant County, South Dakota, the daughter of Newton and Mata (Fenner) Grothe. In 1929, she moved with her family to Milbank. Her mother Mata died in 1930. June then lived with her uncle and aunt, LeRoy and Alma Smith, in Milbank. She graduated from Milbank High School in 1941. In...
Gail Oberholtzer
Dec 1, 2005
Gail Oberholtzer was born on July 10, 1917, in Beardsley, MN, to parents, Oliver Tilden and Emma Ruth (Kay) Oberholtzer. He attended country school in Big Stone County before helping his father with farming. As a young man, Gail enjoyed to travel and seek new adventures. He decided to ride the freight train from Ortonville, MN, to Montana where he...
Kevyn Kramer
Dec 1, 2005
Kevyn Thomas Kramer was born on Sunday, November 20, 2005, at the Douglas County Hospital in Alexandria, MN, to parents, Travis and Kristina Kramer. Kevyn was baptized at the Alexandria Hospital on November 20, 2005, and was transferred to St. Cloud Hospital in the NICU. Kevyn passed away on Thursday, December 01, 2005, at the St. Cloud Hospital in St....
Albert Radtke, Jr
Nov 29, 2005
Albert was born on Feb. 5, 1928, in rural Twin Brooks, SD, the son of Albert and Minnie (Zick) Radtke, Sr. He attended country school through the eighth grade in Grant Center Township, Grant County, SD. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army having served his country during the Korean War from October 31, 1951, until his honorable discharge...
Hans Holme
Nov 23, 2005
Hans Paul Holme was born on June 2, 1910, in Odessa Township, MN, one of seven children of Peter and Gunhilde (Dobak) Holme. In 1914, the family moved to a farm in Akron Township. Hans was baptized and confirmed into the Lutheran faith in Eids Lutheran Church of which he was a member until its disolution in 1962. Hans then...
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