Obituaries
Harold Gerber
Apr 16, 2005
Harold Victor Gerber, the eldest son of Edward and Olga Pomerenke Gerber was born on the old Gess place in Ortonville Township on February 11,1911. He was baptized and confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church in Odessa. District 36, a country school that was built on a corner of the family farm provided the elementary education. The teacher lived with the...
Walter Grimm
Apr 16, 2005
Walter Adam Grimm was born on November 17, 1904, in Odessa Township, Big Stone County, to parents, Christian and Marie (Menth) Grimm. He was baptized on February, 19, 1905 and confirmed April 9, 1922 into the Lutheran Faith at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Odessa, MN. Walter attended county school district #36. In March 1931, Walter married Helen A. Olson....
Warren Schoen
Apr 13, 2005
Warren Schoen was born on October 31, 1916 in Ortonville, MN to parents Lilly (Mattson) and Dr. Elmer M. Schoen. He attended Ortonville Schools and graduated Valedictorian in 1934. In 1940, he completed his military education and training at the United States Naval Academy. Naval assignments were to the battleships USS New Mexico and USS Iowa on which the rank...
Gladys Torgerson
Apr 6, 2005
Gladys Walberg Carlson was born on August 29,1924, to parents, Gust and Anna M. (Anderson) Carlson on a farm near Clinton, MN. She attended country school at Almond Township District 21 and also Clinton High School. On May 8, 1925, she was baptized at the family farm, and on June 25, 1939, Gladys was confirmed into the Lutheran faith at...
Myrna Kerstein
Mar 30, 2005
Myrna Berneaus was born on May 11, 1931 to parents Marinus and Alma (Olsen) Nielsen in Fenton, Iowa. Myrna was baptized and confirmed into the Lutheran Faith in Emmetsburg, IA. She attended school in Iowa, but in 1946, Myrna moved with her family to Minnesota, where she finished her schooling attending night classes. On October 03, 1948, Myrna was united...
Colette Kleindl
Mar 28, 2005
Colette B. "Kelly" Leenay was born on July 23, 1924, in Graceville, MN, to parents, Stephen and Agnes (Campion) Leenay. She grew up in Graceville with her two brothers and four sisters. Kelly attended school and graduated from St. Mary Academy in Graceville. Following graduation, Colette attended Business College in Minneapolis, MN. After college she worked in Des Moines, IA,...
Wesley Olson
Mar 25, 2005
Wesley E. Olson was born on April 23, 1923 to parents, Arthur E. and Johanna E. (Rydahl) Olson in Clinton, MN. He attended Clinton Country School and graduated from Clinton High School. Following graduation, Wesley attended Tech School in Glenwood, MN for Radio. Later in life, Wesley would further his education by obtaining a teaching degree from the University of...
Dolores Moberg
Mar 25, 2005
Dolores was born on October 8, 1919 to Abram and Josephine Betts. She was baptized and confirmed at the Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Graceville, MN. She graduated from Clinton High School. Dolores married Emil Moberg on August 24, 1945 and to this union one son, Tim was born. Dolores enjoyed spending time visiting with family and friends. At her...
Ardella Kohler
Mar 25, 2005
Idele "Ardella" Minnie Grace Kohler was born on September 04, 1921 near Correll, MN to parents Joseph and Ida (Niraese) Kohler. Ardella was the youngest child with four brothers and five sisters. Ardella was baptized on July 03, 1945 at St. John's church in Ortonville, and was confirmed on March 18, 1973 at First English Lutheran Church in Ortonville. Ardella...
Elise Castor
Mar 22, 2005
Elsie L. Rowland was born on December 21, 1916, to parents Andrew and Mary (Hills) Rowland, on a farm near Beardsley, MN. She attended the United Methodist Church in Beardsley with her family where she was baptized and confirmed. Elsie grew up on the family farm with her five brothers and attended HiLo country school in rural Beardsley. On May...
Arthur Hillman
Mar 20, 2005
Arthur Reinhardt Lehardt Hillman was born on August 21, 1929 to parents Herman and Louise (Vietzke) Hillman, near Nassau, Minnesota. Most of his childhood days were spent on a farm northeast of Ortonville, MN. Arthur was baptized at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Nassau, MN on September 08, 1929 and confirmed on July 09, 1944 at Trinity Lutheran Church in...
George Ammerman
Mar 18, 2005
George N. Ammerman was born February 4, 1921 and baptized at the Bunde Christian Reformed Church in Clara City. He attended district 55 country school 1st-8th grade and completed high school in Clara City. After graduation he began working at Engers Plumbing and Heating. In 1942 he joined the air force and took flight training school at Williams Field in...
Elizabeth Vold
Mar 6, 2005
Elizabeth Muriel Haney was born on April 6, 1911, to parents, Thomas and Elizabeth (Curley) Haney, in Graceville, MN. She attended school at Holy Rosary Academy in Graceville, MN. Following graduation from High School, Muriel met and married Hans Vold in Wheaton, MN, in 1929. To this union four sons; Robert, Irvin, Kenneth, and Richard; and one daughter, Janet were...
Sharon Anderson
Feb 24, 2005
Sharon Marie (Nitz) Anderson was born on October. 22, 1948 in Ortonville, MN to parents Alfred and Berdina (Mantifel) Nitz. She departed this world on Feb. 24, 2005 at the Ortonville Hospital with her family at her side. Sharon attended school in Ortonville, MN. On July 27, 1967 she was united in marriage to Richard Anderson, with this union four...
Ila Beckman
Feb 17, 2005
Ila Margaret Beckman, lifelong resident of Ortonville, died February 17, 2005. She was born June 13, 1910, to Charles and Ethel (Swezey) Sigloh on the family homestead near Wildrose, ND. When she was about two years old the family sold the homestead and returned to Big Stone County where her father had originally homesteaded. There Ila could be raised "in"...
Glenn Anderson
Feb 13, 2005
Glenn Elaine Maynard Menzel Anderson 29 November 1918 - 13 February 2005 She made her last trip home to Odessa, Minnesota, on Thursday, February 17, 2005. She was buried on Saturday, February 19th at ten in the morning. At the conclusion of the visitation for Glenn on Friday evening, her son, Bishop Craig B. Anderson of Concord, New Hampshire, presided...
Eli Haas
Jan 31, 2005
Eli Adam Haas was born on February 10, 1979, to parents, Thomas and Catherine (Johnson) Haas, in Montevideo, MN. Eli lived and grew up in Odessa, MN. At a young age, he lost his father, whom he loved dearly but Eli carried on with life. Eli was a fun loving and carefree person. He always had a smile on his...
Richard Campion
Jan 28, 2005
Richard "Bum" Isadore Campion was born on April 04, 1946 in Graceville, MN to parents Joseph and Rose Joan (O'Leary) Campion. Richard grew up near Dumont, MN on the family farm. He attended Dist. 18 Canby School and Wheaton High School. After high school he went to Salinas, CA where he worked at Thermo-King Refrigeration. On March 26, 1965 Richard...
Malpha Martinson
Jan 26, 2005
Malpha Brevik was born in Fortier Township near the South Dakota border on June 27, 1909 to parents Ole and Marie (Olufson) Brevik. Malpha graduated from Canby High School as valedictorian in 1926 and from Canby Normal Dept. in 1927. Following four terms of country school teaching, she attended Moorhead State. Later she taught a country school three terms near...
David Hasslen
Jan 9, 2005
David Hasslen, 65, Ortonville, died peacefully, Sunday, January9, 2005, in his home at Ortonville, following a courageous battle with cancer. David Allen Hasslen was born on March 11, 1939 in Ortonville, MN to Robert J. and Helen (Holmberg) Hasslen. He was baptized and confirmed at First English Lutheran Church of Ortonville. He attended Ortonville schools and graduated from OHS in...
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