Obituaries
Hazel C. Udstuen
Jun 3, 2009
Hazel was born January 29, 1918, in Prescott Township, MN, the daughter of Calvin and Ruth (Swinburne) Mattin. She was raised and educated in the Blue Earth and Mankato, MN areas. She was married to Orrie E. Udstuen on November 14, 1937 in Blue Earth. Hazel was a homemaker and had lived most of her life in the Blue Earth,...
Jose I. Martinez
May 29, 2009
He was born July 11, 1960, at Amacuzac, Morelos, Mexico, the son of Jose Martinez Avila and Angelina Navidad Delgado. He was raised and educted in Amacuzac, Mexico where he attended schools. Following school he worked for a phone company for a short time before serving 4 years in the Mexican Army. Following his military service he worked as a...
Carl R. Kastner
May 23, 2009
Carl was born February 27, 1924 in Mauston, WI to Selma Hagen and Richard Kastner. He grew up in the Kiester area. He was educated in Mauston, WI, joined the army during World War II. He served our country in the Phillipines as a member of the 8th Cavalry Regiment of the 1st Infantry Division where he earned four bronze...
Anna Zinniel
May 14, 2009
Anna was born March 10, 1913, in Eden Township, the daughter of Frank and Marguerita (Rausch) Mathiowetz. On October 10, 1940 Anna married Leo Zinniel in Morgan, MN.Anna lived in Morgan, Sleepy Eye, Wells, and later moved to Winnebago in 1993. Recently in August of 2008, Anna had moved to Mankato. Anna was very talented; she enjoyed sewing, knitting, crocheting,...
Helen C. Pfaffinger
May 14, 2009
Helen was born on May 22, 1923 to Joe and Catherine (Birkeneder) Pfaffinger, in Blue Earth, MN. She was raised on the family farm and educated in Blue Earth, graduating from Blue Earth High School in 1941. She was then employed as a teller at 1st National Bank in Winnebago for 6 years. Helen continued as a teller at Banks...
Agnes Caroline Amundson
May 12, 2009
Agnes was born April 16, 1916 and baptized at Brooten, MN the daughter of John and Inger (Engelsjared) Floden. At the age of 5 years she came with her parents to a farm home near Waldorf, MN and attended rural school and later high school in Waldorf. She attended teachers training at New Richland and Mankato State. Agnes was confirmed...
Darreld E. Risk
May 10, 2009
Darreld was born November 5, 1930 in Ledyard, Iowa the son of Orville and Esther(Richter) Risk. Darreld served on the fire department and was the fire chief for over 25 years. He was also the Mayor of Elmore for 16 years. Darreld is survived by his daughters; Tamara Lloyd of Apple Valley, MN; Darci (Mike) Blewett of Texas; his brother...
Tom O'Reilly
May 9, 2009
Tom was born on October 30, 1953, in Brainerd, Minnesota the son of Raymond and Juanita (Jewell) OReilly. Tom was raised and educated in the Brainerd area. He graduated from Brainerd High School in 1973, after high school he attended vocational school in Pipestone, Minnesota. On September 21, 1974, Tom married Diane Lusk the parents of Stacy and Patrick. In...
Dennis Heenan
Apr 25, 2009
He was born October 29, 1938, in Blue Earth, the son of Walter and Myrtle (French) Heenan. He was raised and educated in Blue Earth where he was a 1956 graduate of Blue Earth High School. He served in the U.S. Army following high school and returned to Blue Earth where he was married to Janice LaMont on February 13,...
Derald Naumann
Apr 24, 2009
Derald was born in the city of Elmore MN on January 14th 1930 the second child of Ira and Myrtle (Krosch) Naumann. The Naumann family lived in Elmore for the next year after which they moved to the former Dick Ripley farm, living there until 1939 when they moved to the Iowa farm south of Elmore. He attended country schools...
Leona I. Drew
Apr 17, 2009
Leona was born November 30, 1925, in Emmett County, Iowa, the daughter of William and Josie (Hanson) Bryan. She was raised and educated in the Swan Lake Township area and graduated from Maple Hill High School in 1943. She attended Buena Vista College in Storm Lake, Iowa and earned her teaching certificate. She was married to Maurice O. Drew on...
Luella Boettcher
Apr 13, 2009
Luella was born June 19, 1919, in Springfield Township, Iowa, the daughter of Ernest and Ida (Stenzel) Kuchenbecker. Luella was raised and educated in the Elmore area. Luella married Art Boettcher on April 9, 1939, the two lived in rural Blue Earth for many years before his death in 1993. Luella was a long time member of St. Johns Lutheran...
Leslie E. Faundeen
Apr 12, 2009
Red was born October 31, 1928, at Tracy, MN, the son of August and Hazel (Scott) Faundeen. He was raised and educated in rural Balaton, MN where he graduated from Balaton High School in 1946. Following school he moved to Marshall, MN where he was a salesman and owned a delivery service before his marriage to Marian E. Farrell on...
Kenneth Ray Cagle
Apr 3, 2009
Kenneth Ray Cagle was born in Amarillo, Texas on August 3, 1941 the son of Kenneth and Helen (Jones) Cagle. He is the oldest of his siblings. Kenneth was born blind and mentally challenged and a savant. Even though his memory was excellent, he had the mind of a seven year old. He was a whiz with numbers, figuring peoples...
Randall S. Pemberton
Apr 2, 2009
Randall Stewart Pemberton was born November 23, 1917 to Lee R. and Margaret (Johnson) Pemberton at Marshall, Minnesota; the family was living at Minneota at the time. In 1922 the family moved to Blue Earth where Randall attended school and was graduated from Blue Earth High School with the Class of 1935. He continued his education and earned degrees and...
Mildred A. Moore
Mar 18, 2009
Millie was born November 20, 1923, at a farm in Barber Township outside of Easton, MN, the daughter of Henry and Katie (Sipple) Paul. She attended Mt. Carmel grade school, graduated from WellsPublic School and the Wells Teachers Training program. She taught country school for two years before her marriage to Donald J. Moore on September 1, 1943. The couple...
Sophia E. Brandsoy Yost
Mar 13, 2009
Sophia E. Brandsoy Yost was born on August 20, 1919 in Ogilvie, MN to Henry & Emma (Sternke) Mohr. She was baptized in the Lutheran faith in Ogilvie. She attended country school in Ogilvie. Her family moved to the Bricelyn area in 1932 where she was confirmed at Bricelyn Lutheran Church. She was married to Alvin J. Brandsoy in 1939...
Donald A. Christensen
Mar 8, 2009
Don was born November 18, 1920 in Clay County, Iowa, the son of Hans and Katherina (Christensen) Christensen. He was raised and educated in the Spencer, Iowa area and later graduated from Osage High School, Osage, Iowa in 1937. After high school he worked in Osage and then at Consolidated Air Craft in California before entering the U.S. Army in...
Marcell C. Sorensen
Feb 27, 2009
Marcell was born September 21, 1916, in Blue Earth, the son of Jens C. and Lottie M. (Gaddis) Sorensen. He was raised and educated in Blue Earth where he attended schools. He operated Sorensen Excavating and Trenching with his dad for several years until the early 1960s. He was married to Mildred Thornton in the early 1930s. Following her death...
Rodney J. Bassett
Feb 21, 2009
He was born November 10, 1952, in Fairmont, the son of Lester and Lillian (Brockman) Bassett. Rodney was raised and educated in the East Chain area where he was a 1970 graduate of East Chain High School. He attended vocational school in Austin, MN where he earned an associates degree in electronics. He had worked on the family farm and...
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