Obituaries
K. Arden Alfson
Dec 30, 2009
He was born March 24, 1952, at Blue Earth, MN, the son of Kermit Alfson and Mildred Deidrich. Kermit was a graduate of Blue Earth High School and was active in sports. He was also a graduate of Mankato Vo-Tech College in Mankato. On September. 21, 1974 he married Theresa Eickhoff. They were later divorced. On December. 22 1992 he...
Dorothy Hanson
Dec 29, 2009
Dorothy was born August 21, 1922, at Springfield Township, Iowa, the daughter of Walter J. and Olive M. (Lyon) Dutton. She was raised in Springfield Township, Iowa and in Blue Earth where she attended high school. She lived nearly her entire adult life in Blue Earth, where she was married to Vernon Pete Hanson on July 26, 1941. Pete worked...
Luverne Runyon
Dec 28, 2009
Luverne was born May 13, 1924, at Boone County, Iowa, the son of Glen and Jenny (Bently) Runyon. He was raised and educated in Boone County, Iowa where he was a 1944 graduate of Ogden High School.. He farmed in near Ogden and was married to Ina Earl on February 22, 1946 in Ogden, IA. The couple farmed near Ogden...
Howard W. Eckhardt
Dec 27, 2009
Howard William Eckhardt, son of William F. and Muriel (MacMurtrie) Eckhardt, was born on June 6, 1927 in Prescott Township, Faribault County, Minnesota. He was baptized and confirmed at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Emerald Township, by Rev. W.E. Heidorn, where he served on the church cemetery board and as an usher. He was also active in the Walther League on local...
James D. Fleming, Sr.
Dec 23, 2009
Jim was born December 9, 1931, at Blue Island, IL, the son of David and Elizabeth (Berger) Fleming. He was raised in Blue Island, Illinois. He graduated from Mt. Carmel High School in Chicago, Illinois. Jim entered the U.S Navy in 1950 and served in the Korean War. He was honorably discharged in 1954.He married Virginia Sanaghan on September 20,...
Stanley Greimann
Dec 10, 2009
Stanley Virgil Greimann, age 80, of N. Branford, CT, formerly of Blue Earth, died on Thursday, December 10, 2009 in Connecticut. Stans birth on October 23, 1929 happened to coincide with the legendary collapse of the stock market. The son of Helen and Fred, Stan grew up on a farm in rural Minnesota where he helped in the barnyard and...
Evelyn A. Malwitz
Dec 3, 2009
Evelyn was born August 27, 1923, at Ogilvie, MN, the daughter of Henry and Emma (Sternke) Mohr. Her family moved to the Bricelyn area in 1932, where she completed her education and was confirmed at North Blue Earth Lutheran Church. She was married to Mark Malwitz on December 21, 1948, and they resided in Blue Earth for their entire lives....
Walter S. Sapa
Nov 28, 2009
Walter was born August 17, 1918, in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of Paul and Victoria (Pzytec) Sapa. The family moved to Frost when Walter was 12 years old where they farmed. Walter farmed and later served in the U.S. Army during WW II where he served in Iran and in France. He returned to Frost and was married to...
Phyllis L. Owens
Nov 18, 2009
Phyllis was born October 3, 1919, in rural Faribault Co. MN, the daughter of Julius and Bertha (Miller) Welk. She was raised and educated on the family farm and attended Blue Earth High School where she was a 1937 graduate. She was married to Ivan Ike Owens on July 7, 1942 in Longview, Washington. The couple farmed in Faribault Co....
Evan William Eckles
Nov 10, 2009
Evan William Eckles, infant son of William and Karrie Eckles, died prematurely in Rochester, MN on Tuesday, November 10, 2009. He is survived by his parents, his brother, Landen Pederson and grandparents and other family.The Eckles family thanks everyone for their thoughts, concerns and prayers. The family requests no calls of condolence at this time, although web tributes are appreciated.
JoAnne C. Peterson
Nov 5, 2009
JoAnne was born May 27, 1933, in Faribault Co., MN, the daughter of Maynard and Josephine (Sabin) Holmseth. She was raised and educated in Frost where she was a 1951 graduate of Frost High School. She received her Normal Training at Waldorf College in Forest City, Iowa and began teaching. She taught in rural schools in northern Iowa at Lakota,...
Marvin W. Nelson
Nov 4, 2009
Marvin was born October 6, 1918, in Eagle Grove, Iowa, the son of Nels and Hannah (Larson) Nelson. He was raised and educated in Elmore where he was a 1937 graduate of Elmore High School. He served in the US Army 41st Infantry during WW II where he was stationed in Australia and New Guinea. He returned from the service...
Donald Duane Hannaman
Oct 31, 2009
Don was born May 27, 1928, at Guckeen, MN, the son of John D. and Alice R. (Wilke) Hannaman. He was raised and educated in Guckeen where he worked for local farmers before moving to the Milwaukee, WI area as a teenager. He later returned to Minnesota where he was married to Sharron V. Blomgren on July 19, 1952 in...
Jayleen Marie Olson
Oct 18, 2009
Jayleen was born December 31, 1956, at Blue Earth, MN, the daughter of Jeffery and Marian (Weise) Olson. She was baptized on February 24, 1957 at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Blue Earth. She was later confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church in Welcome on April 17, 1973. She attended school in Welcome then graduated from Minneapolis South in 1982. Jayleen...
Fern Larson
Sep 28, 2009
Fern was born on August 21, 1917 in Mahnomen, MN the daughter of Nels and Marie (Sorensen) Stephensen. Her youth was spent in the rural areas of Albert Lea and Alden, MN. She was married to Ervin Larson on September 23, 1939 in Forest City, Iowa. Ervin and Fern farmed in the Frost area for many years before managing the...
Helen L. Hanson
Sep 28, 2009
Helen was born September 27, 1953, in Blue Earth, the daughter of Allen H. and Adell L. (Carlson) Hanson. She was baptized at Dell Lutheran Church and confirmed at St. Johns Lutheran Church in Sherburn. Helen was raised and educated in Sherburn where she was a 1971 graduate of Sherburn High School. She had formerly worked as an editor for...
Walter Pfaffinger
Sep 28, 2009
Walt was born September 10, 1912, in Genoa, Illinois the son of Joseph and Catherine (Birkeneder) Pfaffinger. He was raised and educated in Blue Earth where he attended school. Following school he helped farm and worked for his brother John before joining the Navy Seabees in May of 1942. With the 6th Seabees Battalion he served on Guadalcanal until 1943for...
Gladys Anderson
Sep 27, 2009
Gladys L. (Johnston) Anderson was born July 20, 1920, on a farm SW of Blue Earth in Pilot Grove Township the daughter of Frank and Lula (Ashford) Johnston. She attended country school in District # 1 and graduated from Blue Earth High School in 1938. She attended Mankato Business College and worked at ASC Farm Bureau Office in Blue Earth....
Louis W. Stallkamp
Sep 18, 2009
Louis was born April 12, 1908, at South Haven, MN, the son of William and Anna (Hoffman) Stallkamp. He was raised and educated in Kimball, MN before moving to Blue Earth in 1935 where he began working as a farm hand for local farmers. He was married to Marian W. Fenske on June 11, 1938 in Blue Earth and the...
Violet M. Haugen
Sep 12, 2009
Violet was born January 10, 1922, on the family farm in Rake, IA, the daughter of Gerhard and Mathilda (Bolstad) Tananger. She was raised and educated in Rake, graduating from Rake High School in 1939. She briefly attended Waldorf College in Forest City, Iowa before her marriage to Orion Bud Jagerson on December 2, 1939. The couple farmed the family...
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