Obituaries
Rose Holland
Oct 6, 2010
Rose was born January 26, 1920, at Pilot Grove, MN, the son of Edwin and Rose (Hauge) Holm. She was born and raised in Pilot Grove and graduated from Elmore High School in 1937. She received her Normal Training in Blue Earth and taught for 2 years before her marriage to Arthur S. Holland on August 16, 1940 at Salem...
Mark Kevin Gunderson
Sep 26, 2010
Mark Kevin Gunderson only son of Jim and Sheri Gunderson born July 27, 1957 left this world with a song in his heart and laughter on his lips September 27, 2010 after a long hard battle against diabetes and other complications.In 1967 Mark came to live with Jim and Carol Gunderson and her 4 children in Elkhart Lake WI. He...
Herbert Fox
Sep 25, 2010
Herbert Paul Fox, 92, passed away on September 25, 2010 in Burleson, Texas, where he lived with his son for the last six years. Herbert Paul Fox was born on April 13, 1918 in Blue Earth, MN to Paul Fuchs and Anna Giese Fuchs. He is preceded in death by his wife, Verna Fox (1992), 3 brothers (Theodore, Edward, Donald)...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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