Obituaries
Mary Dietz
Aug 14, 2005
Mary Jane (Muller) Dietz was born on March 20, 1922, to parents, Michael and Ann (Kern) Muller in Minneota, MN. As a young girl, she attended country school and graduated from Graceville High School. Following graduation, Mary moved to the White Bear Lake area where she worked for a telephone company , replacing dials; and she also worked in an...
Roger Olson
Aug 14, 2005
Roger M. Olson was born on December 30, 1926, in Graceville, Big Stone County, Minnesota to parents, Edward and Frieda (Oberg) Olson. Roger was baptized and confirmed in the Elim Lutheran Church in Clinton, MN. He grew up and attended Country School District # 58 near Graceville, MN. Following a few years of farming south of Graceville with his dad...
Evelyn Marihart
Aug 11, 2005
Evelyn Rose Rausch was born on January 26, 1919, at her family's farm home in Belgrade, Stearns County, Minnesota, to parents Mathias and Anna. Evelyn and her family moved to Plummer, MN. Over the years they lived on three different farms near Plummer. When Evelyn was 11, she lived with her family five miles from Plummer. While living there she...
LaVonne Layman
Aug 4, 2005
LaVonne Mae was born on March 18, 1933 in Westbrook, MN to parents Ewald and Agnes (Ankrum) Ewy. LaVonne was baptized on May 28, 1933 in Westbrook, MN. She attended school in Westbrook through the eighth grade. LaVonne lived on the family farm until 27 years old when she married and moved to Amiert, MN. On October 29, 1960 LaVonne...
Helen Shuckhart
Jul 28, 2005
Helen Theresa Vanderwal was born on April 16, 1928, to parents Leonard and Catherine Vanderwal in Graceville, MN, and grew up on a farm outside of Dumont, MN. She attended school in a one-room school house through the 8th grade and graduated from Graceville High School on May 31, 1945. While in the 7th grade, Helen was the Traverse County...
Scott Anderson
Jul 24, 2005
Scott Anderson was born on June 19, 1986 in Ortonville, MN to parents Richard and Sharon (Nitz) Anderson. He was welcomed home by his two brothers Rick & Jeff, and one sister Billie Jo. Scott attended Ortonville Schools and graduated from Ortonville High School with the class of 2004. Following graduation, Scott enlisted with the Minnesota Army National Guard to...
Matthew Nelson
Jul 24, 2005
Matthew Jon Nelson was born on October 05, 1987 to parents Steve and Debbie Nelson at the Wheaton Community Hospital in Wheaton, Minnesota. He was baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church in Clinton, Minnesota on November 08, 1987 and confirmed at the same church on October 27, 2002. Blond-haired, blue eyed Matt complemented the family and with his happy, easy-going personality...
Dorathy Simonson
Jul 19, 2005
Dorathy M. Simonson was born September 18, 1926, in Adrian, MN, to Liberat and Christina (Mahler) Vathroder. She was one of five children born to this union. Dorathy married Alfred Simonson on February 6, 1943 amid a blizzard in Wheaton, MN. Dorathy and Alfred celebrated sixty-two years of marriage and were blessed with eight children; Geraldine, Rodney, Jeanne, Lee, Julie,...
Viola Mueller
Jul 14, 2005
Viola Clara Wilhelmina Mueller was born August 10, 1909, in Yellow Bank Twp., Lac Qui Parle Co., to Henry and Emma (Pansch) Mueller. She was baptized in the Lutheran faith at Emmanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church, Yellow Bank Twp. On July 08, 1923, Viola was confirmed by Rev. Theoder Thorma Hlerr. She attended school in Yellow Bank Twp graduating July 07,...
Faith Sprung
Jul 8, 2005
Faith Hope was born in Big Stone Township, Grant County, South Dakota on April 10, 1911, to Roland and Meade (Clevidence) Evers. She was one of five children born to Roland and Meade. On December 1st, 1936 she married William E. Sprung at her parents' home in Grant County, South Dakota. Faith and William celebrated forty-three years of marriage before...
Rose Peterson
Jul 5, 2005
Rosy "Rose" Peterson was born on February 28, 1905 in Malta Township, Big Stone County, MN to parents John Peter and Mary (Kipp) Knippen. Rose attended school at District #12 in Malta Township in Big Stone County through the eighth grade. On September 13, 1928 Rose was united in marriage to Stuart Clarence Peterson at the courthouse in Ortonville, MN....
Helen Dew
Jul 1, 2005
Helen Laura Dew, age 79, of Browns Valley, died July 1st, 2005 at Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar, Minnesota. Helen was born in Eden, South Dakota on November 20, 1925, to George Ile and Pauline Katherine (Janisch) Cooper. She was one of six children born to George and Pauline. On May 19th, 1957, she married William Dew in Madison, MN....
T.J. Anderson
Jun 25, 2005
Tracy Jack (T.J.) Anderson was born on May 07, 1982, in Caldwell, Idaho, to parents Douglas and Joyce (Tracy) Anderson. As a young boy, the family moved to California where he attended grade school. At the age of ten, he moved with his family to Barry, MN where he attended Graceville School and finally moved to Ortonville where he completed...
Lynne Larason
Jun 17, 2005
Lynne Diane Young was born on December 3, 1950 in Ortonville, MN, to parents, Kenny and Doris (Mack) Young. As a young child the family moved to Lakewood, CA, where Lynne attended school and graduated from Lakewood High School. Following graduation, Lynne met and married Gary Larason in July of 1969 in Lakewood, CA. To this union two daughters were...
Elsa Kunkel
Jun 17, 2005
Elsa C. Christiansen was born on October 07, 1920, on the family farm west of Wilmot, SD, to parents, Soren and Olga Christiansen. She attended eight grades of country school near Wilmot, and then she and her sister Ruth went to California to live with her Aunt Christy and Uncle Roy and attended Escalon, California High School. Following graduation, Elsa...
Ernie Kanten
Jun 3, 2005
Iver Ernie Kanten September 17, 1916 ~ June 3, 2005 Iver Ernest "Ernie" Kanten was born on his family's farm in Chippewa County on September 17, 1916, to Iver A. and Helga (Satterbak) Kanten. He was baptized and confirmed at Big Bend Lutheran Church. The country school he attended near the Chippewa River is now on display at the Gibbs...
Gordon Baxter
May 16, 2005
Gordon E. "Gordy" Baxter was born on May 10, 1918, at home in Lac Qui Parle County (Dawson, MN) Maxwell Township, to parents Orin and Lillian (Darling) Baxter. Gordon was the 13th child of 15 siblings, attending country school through the 8th grade. Following school and before enlisting in the US Army, Gordon met Helen Graumann, his soon to be...
Raymond Maine
Apr 27, 2005
Raymond Maine was born on March 25, 1938, to parents, John Henry and Eva Ruth (Manchester) Maine, in Leon, IA. As a young boy the family moved to Omaha, NE, where Ray attended school and graduated from Omaha High School. Following graduation Ray enlisted in the Air Force and joined the academy. In 1959, Ray met Bertha Wildeboer in Omaha,...
Dorothy Pederson
Apr 24, 2005
Dorothy M. Arndt was born on May 23, 1928, to parents, Arthur Jr. and Ruth May (McFarlane) Arndt, on a farm near Clinton, MN. She attended country school near Clinton. On March 28th, 1965, Dorothy married Walter Pederson in Milbank, SD. The couple lived in a variety of places including Alaska, Brainerd, MN, Appleton, MN, and Arizona, before making Ortonville...
Alvin Zimmerman
Apr 19, 2005
Alvin Leroy Zimmerman was born on October 27, 1925 in Graceville, MN, at the Holy Trinity Hospital in Graceville, MN, to parents Jacob Philip and Lydia Caroline (Trost) Zimmerman. Alvin attended District #46 Country School, and Trinity Lutheran School before attending high school in Chokio. Alvin graduated from Chokio High School in 1943. On December 28, 1944, Alvin enlisted in...
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