Obituaries
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...
MARY J. SPRINGER
Sep 5, 2009
Mary was born December 12, 1916, in Stephen, MN, the daughter of Michael and Isabel (Smolkowski) Prezkwas. She attended Oak Ridge School in Northern Minnesota and lived in Strandquist, Mn. She later worked for Turbin Winjum near Albert Lea, MN where she met and married Herbert J. Springer on June 2, 1936 in Kenset, Iowa. She prepared dinner for the...
James Everett Anderson
Aug 20, 2009
James Anderson was born May 12, 1932 at Frost, the son of Ernest J. and Olive (Olsen) Anderson of Frost. He graduated from Frost High School in 1950 and from Gustavus Adolphus College in 1954. He was inducted into the Gustavus Athletic Hall of Fame in 1995. After college, he taught English and coached tennis at Minnetonka High School until...
Louis E. Meyer
Aug 19, 2009
Louis was born July 4, 1916, in Randolph, Nebraska , the son of Henry and Louise (Miller) Meyer. He was raised and educated in Randolph, Nebraska, where he graduated from Randolph High School. In 1936 he moved to California where he was married to Evelyn Coulter in Los Angeles on July 28, 1938. The couple moved to Blue Earth in...
Anne Schaefer
Aug 16, 2009
Anne was born August 15, 1908, in Arcadia, Iowa, the daughter of Heman and Bertha (Tank) Rouse. She attended Lakefield and Jackson High Schools, graduating from Jackson High in 1926. She attended Mankato Teachers College and taught school in Vernon Center until 1935. She was married to Reuben Schaefer on June 1, 1935 in Norcross, MN. Anne was a homemaker...
Matthew D. Sundquist
Aug 10, 2009
Matt was born on September 3, 1993, at Marshall, MN, the son of Bruce and Dorothy (Skorczewski) Sundquist. He lived in Porter, Minnesota as a young boy then moved briefly to Blue Earth and finally to Bricelyn in 1998. He was a student at Blue Earth Area High School and enjoyed spending time with his many friends who nick named...
M. Arlene Killion
Aug 9, 2009
Arlene was born March 4, 1929, at rural Easton, MN, the daughter of Louis and Rose (Nienhaus) Killion. She was raised and educated in Bricelyn where she was a 1947 graduate of Bricelyn High School. She attended Mankato Commercial College and began working as a bookkeeper at the Martin Co. National Bank in Fairmont. She worked at the bank for...
Susan M. Frette
Jul 19, 2009
Sue was born October 22, 1949, at Albert Lea, MN the daughter of Theodore and Violet (Bouma) Frette. Sue was raised North of Frost, MN. She graduated from Frost High School in 1967. Sue worked for the Department of Transportation in Waseca for over 25 years. She enjoyed hunting, fishing and being in the outdoors. Sues sense of humor, generosity,...
R. Wayne Ankeny
Jul 13, 2009
Wayne was born October 28, 1928, in Blue Earth, the son of C. Clayton and Lena (Grout) Ankeny. He was raised and educated in Blue Earth where he was a 1946 graduate of Blue Earth High School. He worked with his father after high school in the family business, Ankeny Recreation, until joining the U.S. Navy in 1950. He was...
James J. Oelke
Jun 28, 2009
Jim was born November 17, 1944, in Blue Earth, the son of John and Charlotte (Bulfer) Oelke. He was raised and educated in Blue Earth where he was a 1963 graduate of Blue Earth High School. Following school he farmed SE of Blue Earth and near Fairmont. He was married to Debra S. Shivers on November 29, 1975 in Blue...
Raymond Murra
Jun 27, 2009
Raymond Murra, the son of John Sr. and Katie (Winter) Murra, was born March 23, 1935, on the family farm northwest of Thompson, IA.In 1945, Ray and his family moved to the farm southwest of Buffalo Center, IA where he lived until moving into Buffalo Center in June 2009.Ray received his education by attending the country school in rural Kossuth...
Eva Walski
Jun 27, 2009
Eva was born September 11, 1915, at Waupun, WI, the daughter of Gustin and Esther Buskirk. Eva was educated in the Winona area and graduated from Winona High School in the early 1930s. She married Lorin Walski on May 30, 1942. Eva worked as a Secretary at the Winona County Courthouse for 30 years before moving to Blue Earth in...
Alvina Edwards
Jun 11, 2009
Alvina was born March 17, 1925 in Ward County, North Dakota, the daughter of John and Emma (Volkmann) Jantz. She was baptized and confirmed at Hope Lutheran Church in Sawyer, ND., where she attended schools. Alvina moved to Buffalo Center, Iowa in 1941, where she met her future husband, Lavern Arlin Edwards. The couple were married February 19, 1942 in...
Thelma M. Putnam
Jun 7, 2009
Thelma Mae (Boettcher) Putnam was born March 27, 1921 near a farm in Josie, Nebraska. She was the daughter of Friedman and Beryle (Shermer) Boettcher. In May of 1926 her father died and she was adopted by her Uncle John and Aunt Marion Boettcher in August of 1927. She then moved to Hackensack, Minnesota, where she started the first grade....
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