Obituaries

Laveila Mae Mair

Laveila Mae Mair

Aug 8, 2007

Laveila was born on May 13, 1927 to Henry and Florella (Krosch) Grimmelman at their home in rural Elmore. She attended District 66 Country School, St. John''s Parochial School and graduated from Elmore High School. She married Lyle Mair on March 10, 1946 in Blue Earth. They farmed in rural Elmore and later moved to town. In 1966 she began...

Donovan Thompson

Donovan Thompson

Aug 5, 2007

Donovan was born June 11, 1935, at Rake, IA, the son of Raymond and Edna (Breitenfeld) Thompson.He was raised in Elmore where he attended Elmore, Janesville and Campbell, MN schools. He lived most all of his life in Elmore where he worked at various businesses through the years, including at the Elmore Nursery, the Tile Factory and in later years...

MaryLou Erdahl

MaryLou Erdahl

Aug 5, 2007

MaryLou passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her family on August 5, 2007. She was born on December 31, 1927, in Prescott, Wisconsin, to Harold and Lena (Frank) Driscoll.She was raised in Prescott, WI and the Blue Earth area, and was a 1945 graduate of Blue Earth High School where she met her husband, Lowell Erdahl. They were married...

Robert Volz

Robert Volz

Jul 21, 2007

Bob was born April 24, 1920, at Carroll Co., Illinois the son of John G. and Anna (Heinrich) Volz.He was raised and educated in Illinois and graduated from Blue Earth High School in 1938. He lived in California for a time before enlisting in the U.S. Navy, serving from 1942 until 1945, stationed in Hawaii. He was married to LaVonne...

Margaret Brudvig

Margaret Brudvig

Jul 18, 2007

She was born February 22, 1914, in Kensal, North Dakota, the daughter of Daniel and Sarah (Hoggarth) Clancy. She was married to Norris Brudvig on April 4, 1945 in Wimbledon, North Dakota. The couple lived and farmed near Wimbledon until retiring to Blue Earth in 1978. Margaret was a member of SS Peter & Paul Catholic Church in Blue Earth....

Vera M. Steinberg

Vera M. Steinberg

Jul 17, 2007

She was born September 2, 1918, at rural Blue Earth, where Mr. & Mrs. Dan Schavey now reside. She was the daughter of Samuel and Martha (Schroeder) Steinberg. She attended and graduated from country school District 56 in Barber Township. She graduated from Blue Earth High School in 1938. Vera was engaged to be married to Delbert Bangs of Blue...

Charlotte Henderson

Charlotte Henderson

Jul 9, 2007

She was born July 21, 1916, in Frost, MN, the daughter of Thomas and Anna (Larson) Nodland.Charlotte was raised and educated in the rural Frost area, where she was a 1934 graduate of Bricelyn High School. She was married to Albert N. Henderson on January 26, 1935 in rural Frost. She was baptized, confirmed and married by Pastor Okerlund of...

Nasaria Moreno

Nasaria Moreno

Jul 2, 2007

Nasaria was born September 14, 1922, at San Marcos, Texas, the daughter of Refugio and Nasaria (Ramirez) Castillo.Nasaria was raised and educated in the San Marcos and Laredo, Texas areas. She was married to Pedro Moreno in Laredo, Texas in the early 1940?s. Her family came to Elmore in 1966 where she was a homemaker. She had worked seasonally for...

Norman F. Bell

Norman F. Bell

Jul 1, 2007

He was born October 26, 1929, in Guckeen, the son of George and Helen (Ficken) Bell.Norman was raised and educated in the Guckeen area where he attended Guckeen District 29 school and later graduated from Blue Earth High School in 1947. Following school he returned to his family farm and was later married to Marian V. Schaal on June 4,...

Donald Danks

Donald Danks

Jun 26, 2007

Donald was born May 23, 1926, in Faribault Co., MN, the son of Abraham and Margaret (Brooks) Danks.He was raised and educated in the Frost area where he attended Frost country school and Frost High School before graduating from Blue Earth High School in 1944. He served in the U.S. Air Force as a Gunner Trainer during WW II. He...

Ruth A. Milbrandt

Ruth A. Milbrandt

May 31, 2007

She was born September 8, 1915, at Grand Rapids,Wisconsin, the daughter of Irvin and Maude (Cheatle) Ankeny.Ruth was raised and educated in the rural Blue Earth and Winnebago areas, where she was a 1932 graduate of Winnebago High School. She received her teachers training in Blue Earth and later attended the University of Minnesota. She taught in rural country schools...

Don Gardner

Don Gardner

May 29, 2007

Don was born January 21, 1952, at Des Moines, Iowa, the son of Robert and Bonnie (Parrott) Gardner.He had lived in Chicago before serving his country in the U.S. Army. He had lived in California for a time before coming to Blue Earth in the early 1990''s. He was married to Jeanne M. Moore-Pannkuk on May 12, 1995 in Sioux...

Harold Sorgenfrie

Harold Sorgenfrie

May 26, 2007

Harold was born September 10, 1924, in Verona Township, MN, the son of Peter and Grace (Ramsey) Sorgenfrie.He was raised on the family farm near Huntley and was a 1942 graduate of Huntley High School. He served in the 330th Bombardier group in the Pacific theater during WWII. He returned to the farm following his service. On July 9, 1952...

Ann Rademaker

Ann Rademaker

May 21, 2007

She was born August 8, 1914, at Omaha, NE, the daughter of Joseph and Katarina (Bendekovic) Salic.Ann attended the Nashville Township school near Truman. Croation was spoken in her home and was her first language. She was married to Henry Rademaker on February 12, 1934 at St. Mary''s Catholic Church in Winnebago. The couple lived in the Blue Earth area...

Joshua Johnson

Joshua Johnson

May 20, 2007

Josh was born November 7, 1986, at Blue Earth, MN, the son of Craig A. Johnson and Victoria L. Rothe.He was raised and educated in the Winnebago and Blue Earth areas, where he was a high honors graduate of Blue Earth Area High School in 2005. Josh was an accomplished baseball player and earned all conference recognition. He was a...

Marian Hanson

Marian Hanson

May 18, 2007

Marian Rosetta (Anderson) Hanson died Friday, May 18, 2007 at the St. Luke''s Lutheran Care Center in Blue Earth, MN at the age of eighty four (84) years, eight (8) months and twenty seven (27) days. Marian was born August 21, 1922 to Hugh and Rosetta (Russell) Anderson in Armstrong Iowa. She was one of nine (9) children and attended...

Adelyn D. Pirsig

Adelyn D. Pirsig

Apr 24, 2007

Adelyn was born January 12, 1935, at Blue Earth, Minnesota, the daughter of Emil and Augusta Laurena (Klatt) Ehrich.She attended school at Blue Earth. On September. 10, 1951, she married Russell O. Pirsig at Blue Earth. They farmed southeast of Blue Earth and she worked at St. Luke''s Lutheran Care Center for several years. Adelyn was a member of St....

Esther H. Teigland

Esther H. Teigland

Apr 9, 2007

Esther was born December 8, 1917, at Yorkville, Illinois, the daughter of Andrew and Bertha (Hill) Larson. She was baptized, confirmed, and later married to Ernest E. More on April 14, 1934 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Blue Earth, MN. To this union 4 children were born: Harlan (& Mary) More of Northfield, LaVonne (& James) Timbeross of Perham, Kenneth...

Rosalie H. Wiese

Rosalie H. Wiese

Apr 4, 2007

Rosalie was born July 27, 1921, at Cherry County, NE, the daughter of Jerry & Rosalie (Tibbs) Warden.She was raised and educated near Mullen, Nebraska where she graduated High School. She was married to Louis W. Wiese on November 2, 1939 in Walker, Minnesota. The couple farmed in Pine River, MN until moving to a farm West of Blue Earth,...

June L. Snyder

June L. Snyder

Mar 28, 2007

June was born June 16, 1946, at Bancroft, IA, the daughter of Otis and Lenora (Hamilton) Jenkins.She was married to Paul Johnson on March 21, 1973 in Algona, Iowa. He died in 1988 and June was later married to Dale Snyder. She worked as waitress for many years, cleaned houses and had worked at Green Giant foods.June is survived by...