Obituaries

June (Nelson) Hauskins

June (Nelson) Hauskins

Sep 15, 2010

June was born June 5, 1913, in Blue Earth, the daughter of Iver and Anna (Leither) Nelson. She was raised and educated in Blue Earth where she was a 1931 graduate of Blue Earth High School. She worked as a teller and secretary to the president of First Farmers National Bank in Blue Earth until moving to Worthington in 1946....

Carlyle H. Hanson

Carlyle H. Hanson

Sep 8, 2010

Carlyle was born February 11, 1920, at Rome Township, MN, the son of Peter and Annamarie (Johnson) Hanson. He was raised in rural Frost and graduated from Blue Earth High School in 1938. He attended Minneapolis Business College and earned an Associates Degree in Business. He returned to Frost and began helping his father farm the family farm. He was...

Naomi E. Sinclair

Naomi E. Sinclair

Sep 7, 2010

Naomi was born November 29, 1927, in Frost, MN, the daughter of Helmer and Louise (Hermnstad) Nelson. Naomi graduated from Frost High School in the mid 1940s and was soon married to Dean F. Tesch in 1946. She was a homemaker and was blessed with six children. Following a divorce, Naomi went back to school at the age of 40....

June F. Ankeny

June F. Ankeny

Aug 23, 2010

She was born June 15, 1920, in Faribault Co., MN the daughter of Samuel and Ida (Bassett) Schandel. She was raised and educated in Blue Earth where she graduated from Blue Earth High School in 1938. She attended Cosmetology College in Mankato and became a beautician. She worked as a beautician before her marriage to Robert W. Ankeny on May...

Helen D. Tesch

Helen D. Tesch

Aug 19, 2010

Helen was born July 28, 1946, in Blue Earth, the daughter of Elbert and Lydia (Nase) Haase. She was baptized in 1946 and confirmed in 1960 at Immanuel Lutheran Church rural Blue Earth. In 1964 Helen graduated from Blue Earth High School as co-salutatorian of her class. She attended Valparaiso University in Valparaiso, Indiana from 1964 to 1969, earning a...

Alice Hugener

Alice Hugener

Aug 18, 2010

Alice was born July 21, 1918, at Guckeen, the daughter of John and Mary (Boisclare) Clifford. She attended school in Guckeen and then went to San Francisco where she welded war ships during WW II. It was there she met and later married William A. Hugener on September 10, 1943. The couple lived in Detroit, Michigan after the war for...

Roger J. Ellis

Roger J. Ellis

Jul 29, 2010

Roger James Ellis was born on June 24, 1923 and lived in Sterling Township. At age three his family moved to Mapleton, MN. He attended the Mapleton Schools and held a paper route for several years. Later he went to Civilian Conservation Corps. Camp (CCC) a work relief program which planted trees, developed roadways and constructed buildings and parks nationwide....

Dennis Lee Ihle

Dennis Lee Ihle

Jul 25, 2010

Dennis was born January 6, 1958, in Blue Earth, the son of Harold and Marjorie (Heldt) Ihle. He was raised and educated in the Pilot Grove area where he attended East Chain and Blue Earth Schools, graduating from Blue Earth High School in 1976. Dennis was an excellent high school athlete, being name all state in Football and Basketball. Following...

Irene L. Olawsky

Irene L. Olawsky

Jul 11, 2010

Irene was born on October 9, 1925 in Armour, South Dakota the daughter of Charles and Louisa (Hill) Crutchett. After graduating valedictorian from Armour High School in 1943, she attended and graduated from nurses training with her R.N. degreeat Methodist Hospital in Mitchell, South Dakota. On June 8, 1947, she married her high school sweetheart, Gilbert Olawsky, enjoying 63 years...

Rudolph "Rudy" E. Cyphers

Rudolph "Rudy" E. Cyphers

Jul 7, 2010

Rudy was born February 18, 1925, at Mankato, MN, the son of Albert and Alma (Beckendorf) Cyphers. He was raised in the Blue Earth, East Chain & Albert Lea areas where he attended country schools. He served in the U.S. Navy during WW II where he was a carpenters mate 3rd Class. He returned home and farmed north of Blue...

Jose Luis "Pepe" Ibanez

Jose Luis "Pepe" Ibanez

Jul 4, 2010

He was born June 17, 1939, in Mexico City, Mexico, the son of Jose Fernandez Somellero and Sofia Huller (Sanchez) Ibanez. He graduated from the Colegio Mexico in Mexico City and later earned his GED in Anchorage, Alaska. Education was very important to Jose; while in the U.S. AirForce he attended Riverbend Community College of Washington State, while stationed in...

Elaine M. Olson

Elaine M. Olson

Jun 4, 2010

Elaine was born April 6, 1921, in Blue Earth, the daughter of Maynard and C. Bertha (Hensel) Olson. She was raised and educated in Blue Earth where she was a 1939 graduate of Blue Earth High School. She was baptized on May 1, 1921 and confirmed on June 16, 1935 at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Blue Earth, where she...

James Williams

James Williams

May 28, 2010

James was born on July 22, 1928, at St. James, Minnesota, the son of James Sr. and Lena (Klutz) Williams. James was raised and educated in St. James. James served in the United States Army from 1951 to 1953. During this time he married Mary Lou Calkins on May 4, 1952 the two were later divorced in 1976. James worked...

Jordan Rochefort

Jordan Rochefort

May 25, 2010

Jordan was born October 20, 1993, at Fairmont, MN, the son of Angela Rochefort. He was raised by his mother, Angela and Angelas Aunt and Uncle, known to Jordan as his mom and dad, Norm & Cheryl Kolve of Elmore. He was currently a sophomore at Blue Earth Area High School. Jordan enjoyed fishing and was a talented BMX trick...

Roger W. Kriewall

Roger W. Kriewall

May 23, 2010

Roger was born December 27, 1935, in Blue Earth, the son of Bernard and Lorena (Wilke) Kriewall. He was raised in Blue Earth where he was a 1953 graduate of Blue Earth High School. He worked for Blue Earth Valley Telephone Co. and Norbert Mensing Construction before he went in to the construction business with Harold Furland. He was married...

Keith R. Curtiss

Keith R. Curtiss

May 20, 2010

He was born September 11, 1926, at Middleriver, MN, the son of Ray and Jenny (Wing) Curtiss. He was raised in the rural Elmore and Pilot Grove areas where he attended country schools. He worked as a farm hand before entering the U.S. Navy, serving during WW II. He returned from the service and was soon married to Phyllis M....

Ivan K. Gesche

Ivan K. Gesche

May 16, 2010

Ivan was born June 4, 1918, in Blue Earth, the son of Allen and Elvira (Gust) Gesche. He was raised and educated in the Elmore area where he was a 1936 graduate of Elmore High School. He earned his bachelors degree in History from McCallister College in Minneapolis. He returned home to the farm NE of Elmore and was soon...

Dorothy B. Urness

Dorothy B. Urness

May 16, 2010

Dorothy was born on March 6, 1910 at rural Blue Earth the daughter of Sam and Julia (Knutson) Olson. The family moved to rural Frost when she was ten and Dorothy was since a lifetime Frost resident. She was married to Henry C. Urness on February 15, 1947 in Frost. Dorothy was a homemaker and was able to live in...

Ruby I. TRUE

Ruby I. TRUE

May 3, 2010

Ruby was born February 1, 1913, at Humboldt Co., Iowa, the daughter of Osmund and Stena (Tesdahl) Viland. The family moved to Minnesota when Ruby was 3 years old. She attended country school and Elmore High School. Ruby married Melvin Red True on December 4, 1932 in Fairmont. She and her husband farmed in Pilot Grove Township for more than...

Richard "Dick" J. Maher

Richard "Dick" J. Maher

May 2, 2010

Richard J. Dick is the youngest son of the late Leo and Hanora (Hurd) Maher of Lawler, Iowa. Dick attended a small Northeast Iowa country school with his high school years spent at New Hampton Public School, where he participated in football, wrestling and baseball. He graduated in 1954 and enlisted in the Air Force where he worked as a...