Obituaries
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...
Mary A. Smith
Feb 18, 2009
Mary A. Smith was born May 16, 1931, at Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Dr. William and Helen Shepard. She was raised in Des Moines, Iowa and graduated from St. Joseph Academy. Mary married Edwin Aukes and he preceded her in death. She married James F. Smith on September 3, 1966 at St. Paul, MN and they resided on their...
Mark Krosch
Feb 17, 2009
At the time of his death, Mark was 96. He lived those years with courage, dignity, strength, and wit. He taught us by example that material things can come and go but to give generously of ones love and time. That is how he fulfilled what he considered his most important roles- those of father and grandfather. For many years,...
Harold Voight
Feb 16, 2009
Harold was born May 29, 1928, in Arlington, MN, the son of Henry and Johanna (Meier) Voight. He was raised and educated in Arlington, MN and graduated from Mankato West High School in 1946. Following school he served in the U.S. Air Force and returned home to Mankato where he worked at Nielsens Nursery for 11 years. He later began...
Gerhard Boettcher
Feb 15, 2009
Gerhard Walter Boettcher was born November 9, 1916 in Elmore Township, the son of Henry B. Boettcher and Hattie (Sohn) Boettcher. He attended school at the St. John Parochial School in Elmore Township. He was married to Laura R. Klatt on November 30, 1939 at St. John Lutheran Church in Elmore Township. The couple lived and farmed in Elmore and...
Mary Ann Anderson
Feb 10, 2009
Mary was born July 03, 1933 in Mankato, MN. She was the daughter of Harold and Agnes (Megaw) Olson. Mary was raised on the family farm just south of Amboy. Mary graduated from Winnebago High School in 1951, and soon after attended St. Josephs Nursing School in Mankato where she became an LPN. She worked as an LPN at the...
Jerry Rogers
Jan 31, 2009
Jerry was born September 30, 1944, in Berkeley, CA. Jerry moved to Blue Earth shortly after he was born where he was raised and educated. Jerry graduated from Blue Earth High School in 1962. Jerry served in the army and returned to Blue Earth. Jerry worked at Gherring manufacturing for several years then as a bartender at the American Legion....
Roger W. Halverson
Jan 22, 2009
Roger W. Halverson, 61, passed away Thursday, January 22, 2009 in Tucson, AZ after a three month battle with pancreatic cancer. He is survived by his wife, Linda (Amundson) of 37 years, brothers, Bill (Mary) Halverson, of Frost, MN, Buck (Laurie) Halverson, of Blue Earth, MN and Randy Halverson, of Frost, MN and several nieces and nephews all of whom...
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