Obituaries

Evalyn J. Hansen

Evalyn J. Hansen

Jan 22, 2008

Evalyn was born June 17, 1919, at Hayfield, MN, the daughter of John and Margaret (Maricle) Knapp.She graduated from Austin, MN High School in the mid 1930''s and late taught school briefly before her marriage to Herbert A. Hansen on February 5, 1939 in Chariton, Iowa. The couple farmed in the Albert Lea area before moving to Hayward in 1946,...

Alene Graue

Alene Graue

Jan 19, 2008

Alene was born August 8, 1928, at Dell, Minnesota, the daughter of Alfred and Glennie(Amundson)Graue. As a young girl she moved to Frost. Alene was baptized and confirmed at the Dell Lutheran Church and was a member of the United Lutheran Church in Frost. She did housework, baby sitting, and wrote a newspaper article for the Frost news. Alene loved...

Vernon Smith

Vernon Smith

Jan 16, 2008

He was born September 20, 1922, in Vevay, Indiana, the son of Henry and Lucy (Aldridge) Smith. He was preceded in death by his parents and four siblings, Minnie B. Lane, Pauline Jacobs, Martha Reed and his baby brother, Jay Smith. A World War II Veteran, he served as a ball-turret gunner with the 449th Heavy Bomb Group (the Flying...

Wayne Whitney

Wayne Whitney

Jan 15, 2008

Wayne was born October 3, 1925, at Delavan, MN, the son of William & Nellie (Wallace) Whitney, Sr.He was a nearly lifelong resident of Delavan, graduating from Delavan High School in 1943. Following school he worked on his family farm. He was married to Helen M. Langworthy on November 11, 1945 at the Delavan United Methodist Church. The couple farmed...

Mildred C. Cherland

Mildred C. Cherland

Jan 6, 2008

Mildred was born July 19, 1913, in rural Faribault County, MN, the daughter of Andrew and Anna (Johnson) Kallestad.She was raised and educated in the Blue Earth area where she was a 1932 graduate of Blue Earth High School. After high school she took her teachers training in Blue Earth and then taught country school near Frost. She was married...

Joyce E. Ripley

Joyce E. Ripley

Dec 26, 2007

Joyce Elizabeth More Ripley was born July 19, 1921, in Pilot Grove Township, Minnesota, the daughter of George H. and Alice (Lowery) More. She attended country school through the 8th-grade and graduated from Elmore High School in 1939. She was confirmed at the Elmore Methodist Church. After graduation she ran a dress shop in Elmore with her sister, Jean, for...

Dustin J. Volz

Dustin J. Volz

Dec 21, 2007

Dusty was born June 8, 1980, at Blue Earth, MN, the son John G. and Rita C. (Pries) Volz.He was raised and educated in Elmore where he was a 1999 graduate of Blue Earth Area High School. He attended South Dakota State University where he earned his bachelors degree in Animal Science in 2006. Since June 2006 he had worked...

Frances Rae Weis

Frances Rae Weis

Dec 21, 2007

Fran was born on February 9, 1933 in Saginaw, Michigan the daughter of Raymond and Cleoria Frances (Oberg) Emmerich. In 1946 she moved to Madison, MN then to Hampton, Iowa in 1950. After graduating from Hampton High School in 1951, she attended Iowa State Teachers College in Cedar Falls, Iowa for one year before transferring to ST. Joseph?s Mercy School...

Regina Mikolai

Regina Mikolai

Dec 19, 2007

Regina (Reggie) was born on August 19, 1910 near East Chain, Minnesota, to Mary and Joseph Mikolai, the fifth of 11 children. She attended East Chain school. She worked at various jobs in Minnesota, Iowa and Colorado. She later lived in Blue Earth, MN until her mother died in 1970 when she moved to Minneapolis, where she lived until three...

Ronald Shure

Ronald Shure

Dec 11, 2007

He was born September 19, 1931, at Albert Lea, MN, the son of Martin & Winnifred (Hoveland) Shure.He was raised in Frost where he was a 1949 graduate of Frost High School. He served on a destroyer in the U.S. Navy during the Korean Conflict. He returned to Frost where he worked for the P.H. Thompson Construction Company. He was...

Charlotte Robb

Charlotte Robb

Dec 6, 2007

She was born February 1, 1924, in Algona, Iowa, the daughter of Oliver and Alice (Siep) Elmore.Charlotte attended country schools in Blue Earth. Following her education she did housekeeping and worked the Winnebago Canning Company before her marriage to Gerald T. Robb on March 3, 1950 in Mankato. She was a farm wife and homemaker for several years. Following her...

Duane L. Murphy

Duane L. Murphy

Dec 2, 2007

Duane Murphy was born on July 22nd, 1932 in Blue Earth to William and Isabelle (Willette) Murphy. He graduated from Blue Earth High School in 1950 and worked in the area until joining the army in 1954. He was discharged in 1956. He met and married Patricia Farrow on February 6th, 1958 at Sacred Heart Church in Ledyard, Iowa. They...

Agnes C. Bjorklund

Agnes C. Bjorklund

Dec 1, 2007

Agnes was born April 20, 1910, in Blue Earth, the daughter of Otto and Hedwig (Kienast) Rajewsky.She was raised and educated in the Blue Earth area where she attended Blue Earth schools. She was married to Paul "Oscar" Bjorklund. Agnes had worked in the parts department of the Ford Tractor Dealer, at the Maid Rite, was a night operator with...

Bryon Hendrickson

Bryon Hendrickson

Nov 30, 2007

was born February 3, 1950, in Albert Lea, MN, the son of Aldean and Mary Ann (Wilder) Hendrickson.He was raised and educated in Wells where he attended St. Casimir''s Parochial School through 8th grade and graduated from Wells High School in 1968. He was a math major at Mankato State University in Mankato, graduating in 1972. He came to Blue...

Clarice Amelia Abraham

Clarice Amelia Abraham

Nov 25, 2007

Clarice Amelia (Malwitz) Abraham, daughter of Helena (Callies) and J. Frank Malwitz, was born in Howard, South Dakota (Minor County) and died Sunday, November 25, 2007 on the Abraham Century Farm in Elmore Township. She came into this world on June 2, 1923 and became a child of God through Holy Baptism at St. John''s Lutheran Church of Howard on...

Tessie Christensen

Tessie Christensen

Nov 24, 2007

Tessie was born October 8, 1918, at Eden Township, MN, the daughter of Ferdinand and Anna (Schultz) Dittbenner. She was raised and educated in Eden Township, MN where she attended schools. After her schooling she was a caregiver for a local family before her marriage to Richard H. Christensen on March 29, 1940 in Morgan, MN. The couple farmed near...

Consejo Wentz

Consejo Wentz

Nov 16, 2007

She was born April 26, 1931, in Frost, MN, the daughter of Ramon and Elutaria (Noriega) Cervantes.Teddy was raised and educated in the Blue Earth area where she was a 1949 graduate of Blue Earth High School. She was married to John F. Wentz on June 10, 1949 in Blue Earth. John worked for the U.S. Postal Service and Teddy...

Velma Stevens

Velma Stevens

Nov 15, 2007

She was born September 1, 1927, at Adams, Nebraska, the daughter of Rendit and Sarah (DeYoung) DeBoer. She was raised in Nebraska and Arkansas. In the early 1940''s she moved near family in the Fairmont area. She was married to Edwin H. Wiederhoft on December 14, 1946. Velma was a homemaker in Fairmont, raising six children. She later lived in...

Ellis J. Anderson

Ellis J. Anderson

Nov 5, 2007

He was born August 4, 1920, at Gruver, Iowa, the son of James and Gertrude (Samo) Anderson.He was raised in Gruver, Iowa and later in Pilot Grove Township, MN, where her attended country schools. In 1936 he began farming in the Brush Creek area. He farmed with his brothers for several years before moving to Chester, Montana 1952. He was...

Robin Talle

Robin Talle

Oct 27, 2007

Robin "Bob" Douglas Talle was born on Wednesday, January 2, 1939 to Herman and Lucy (Purdy) Talle in Grafton, North Dakota. He was baptized in the American Lutheran Church on March 31, 1939, sponsors were Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Gryte, Bernice Katz and William Hood. On April 26, 1953, Robin was confirmed at the Glenwood Lutheran Church, Glenwood, MN. On...