Obituaries
Viola Berndt
Dec 7, 2008
Viola was born May 6, 1924, in Elmore, the daughter of Albert and Elsie (Ahrens) Ehrich. She was raised and educated in the Elmore area where she was valedictorian of the Elmore High School class of 1942. She was married to Arnold V. Berndt on December 7, 1947 at St. Johns Lutheran Church in Elmore. The couple farmed near Elmore...
Dr. David Patton
Dec 5, 2008
Dr. Patton was born on August 22, 1955, in Waseca, MN, the son of John and Carol Patton. He was a 1974 graduate of Blue Earth High School and graduated from St. Cloud State University in 1979 and the University of Minnesota School of Medicine in 1983. He performed his residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Kaiser in San Francisco,...
Thilmer O. Silrum
Nov 28, 2008
Thilmerwas born January 21, 1914, in Bricelyn, MN, the son of Ole and Elizebeth (Gronfor) Silrum.He was raised and educated in Bricelyn where he attended country school. He was married to Mavis J. Johnson on March 8, 1940 in Blue Earth. Thilmer farmed near Bricelyn for more than 20 years before moving to Eau Claire, Wisconsin 1961. The couple returned...
Elmer M. Anderson
Nov 24, 2008
Elmer was born March 24, 1912, in Cope, Colorado, the son of Carl Christ & Josephine (Thorson) Anderson. He attended a country school. He married Harriet Lyon , September. 27, 1933. They spent their entire married life in the Blue Earth and Elmore area where they were involved in farming. He did seasonal work at a Pea Viner, and for...
Angelina Salas
Nov 17, 2008
Angelina was born March 22, 1933, in Yorktown, Texas, the daughter of Antonio and Eusbia (Garcia) Mindieta. She was raised in the San Antonio, Texas area, where she was married to Francisco Salas. They have spent 67 years together. The couple move to Blue Earth in 1973 where Angelina was a homemaker and worked seasonally harvesting local produce. Angelina is...
Betty Bromeland
Nov 15, 2008
Betty was born March 7, 1922, in Emerald Township, MN, the daughter of John and Anna (Amundson) Nelson. She was raised and educated in the Emerald Township area where she was confirmed at Dell Lutheran Church in 1936. She graduated from Blue Earth High School in 1939. In 1943 she graduated from St. Olaf College with a degree in English...
Roy Taylor
Nov 13, 2008
Roy was born August 4, 1915 in Union township (Kossuth County), Iowa to Jay and Edith (Bahling) Taylor. He moved as a young child with his family to what would become the family farm Northeast of Elmore. On December 28, 1938, he married Cary Elizabeth Bruvold. The two farmed briefly in the Bricelyn area before moving back to the family...
Frances Smith
Nov 6, 2008
Marge was born October 11, 1922, in Ledyard, Iowa, the daughter of Timothy & Kathryn (McGuire) Doocy. She was raised and educated in Ledyard where she graduated from high school in 1940. She was married to James D. Smitty Smith on June 24, 1944 in Oklahoma. The couple lived in Lakota, Iowa, following their marriage for a few years before...
George W. Nichols
Nov 4, 2008
He was born on July 25, 1936 to Paul A. and Winnie (Kray) Nichols. He was raised on the family farm in Verona Township and graduated from Blue Earth High School in 1954. George married Patricia Lund in 1955 and they had 5 children together. George worked for Bartley Printing in Blue Earth for 31 years and later for Blue...
Floyd K. Zufall
Oct 29, 2008
His working life was spent in the Faribault County, MN area. He worked in the gravel construction business for his brother, was self-employed in TV repair and the gravel hauling business and spent the latter part of his career as a mobile crane operator. Following retirement he returned to the Washburn County area. Devoted husband and father he loved the...
Avis Boettcher
Oct 29, 2008
Mrs. Boettcher diedWednesday, October 29, 2008 at her home surrounded by her family. She was born January 16th, 1930 in Scanlon, Minnesota. She graduated from Elmore High School in 1948 and married Vernon Boettcher November 11, 1950. In 1953 they moved to Tacoma Washington where her husband served in the military. After returning to Elmore in 1955 they continued farming...
Edward Pfaffinger
Oct 25, 2008
He was born October 4, 1917, on the family homestead in Blue Earth, MN, the son of Joseph and Catherine (Bircheneder) Pfaffinger. He was raised in Blue Earth where he was a 1934 graduate of Blue Earth High School. He entered the U.S. Navy on March 16, 1945 where he became an electronics Technicians Mate 3rd Class. He returned from...
Rollo E. Greimann
Oct 21, 2008
Rollo Ernest Greimann was born on October 27th, 1925 in Blue Earth, Minnesota to Ernest and Anna (Lau) Greimann. He grew up and went to school in Blue Earth and graduated from Blue Earth High School in 1943. He joined the U.S. Navy in January of 1945 and was stationed at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii where he was a Pharmacist...
Agnes E. Schaal
Sep 25, 2008
She was born April 25, 1917, at Petersburg, Nebraska, the daughter of Claude and Helen (Koskovich) Koskovich.Agnes was raised and educated in Nebraska until her family came to the Blue Earth area when she was a young teenager. She was married to John C. Jack Schaal on January 28, 1937 in Algona, Iowa. Agnes helped Jack on the farm and...
Gary Lewis Hanson
Sep 22, 2008
Gary was born in St. Paul, MN on December 1, 1945. He was raised in Frost, MN and graduated from Frost HS in 1963. He entered the US Marines in July, 1963, served in Viet Nam, and was honorably discharged in 1967. He moved out east after the Marines. He married Carol Quick in 1995 and they lived in Thomaston,...
Walter Weitzel
Sep 21, 2008
Wally was born January 6, 1931, in Frost, MN, the son of Johann and Katarine (Strackbein) Weitzel. He was raised in the Wells area where he attended school. He was married to Verla I. Schwab on May 31, 1952 at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Blue Earth. Wally worked construction for Ankeny & Wiederholt Construction, Gerring Industries and Tafco Equipment...
Berniece Krieger
Sep 20, 2008
Bea was born September 16, 1928, at Parshall, North Dakota, the daughter of Ole and Anna (Erickson) Hanson. She was raised and educated in North Dakota and moved to Blue Earth following her marriage to Loren Krieger on September 11, 1953 in Parshall, North Dakota. The couple farmed near Blue Earth for many years and Bea was a homemaker. She...
Alta L. Renkly
Sep 19, 2008
She was born March 5, 1914, in Rome Township, MN, the daughter of Paul and Anna (Grimmelman) Ehrich. Alta grew up in the rural Elmore area where she attended country school and St. Johns Parochial School. She was married to Albert H. Renkly on June 30, 1932 in Elmore. The couple farmed the Renkly Family farm northeast of Blue Earth...
Melvin A. Bromeland
Sep 17, 2008
Melvin was born November 11, 1921,in Brush Creek Township, MN, the son of Andrew and Allette (Midtbo) Bromeland. He was raised and educated in Brush Creek where he attended rural District School 82. He was married to Betty Nelson on May 27, 1944 at Dell Lutheran Church, rural Frost. In the late 1940s Melvin began the Bromeland Excavating. Excavating and...
Russell B. Souba
Sep 11, 2008
Russ was born May 13, 1934, in Hopkins, MN, the son of Edwin G. and Cecile E. (Anderson) Souba. He graduated in 1952 from Hopkins High School. In the fall of 1952 he joined the United States Marine Corps. From 1952 until May of 1955 he served in the Korean Conflict. He was very proud of his country and to...
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