Obituaries
Lydia Larsen
Feb 5, 2005
Lydia was born August 18, 1916, at Wheaton, Minnesota, the daughter of Herman and Clara (Plath) Schmidtke.She was raised and educated in Wheaton, Minnesota where she graduated from High School. Following her graduation she moved to Armstrong, Iowa. She was married to Earl L. Larsen on December 30, 1937 at the Danish Lutheran Church in Ringsted, Iowa. The couple farmed...
Arnold Jenkins
Feb 1, 2005
Arnold was born September 25, 1927, in Delavan , the son of John H. and Lucinda (Wallace) Jenkins.He was raised and educated in Delavan where he was a 1945 graduate of Delavan High School. After his schooling he continued to farm his family farm where he was born, South West of Delavan. He was married to Colette McDermott on August...
Marvin Pirsig
Jan 30, 2005
Marvin was born May 2, 1919, at Elmore, the son of Ernest and Martha (Kienitz) Pirsig.He was raised and educated in the Elmore area where he attended country schools. He farmed on his family farm before entering the U.S. Army during WW II. He was a military policeman during WW II, serving in Australia and later in the U.S. At...
Edna Hansen
Jan 24, 2005
Edna Hansen was born October 16, 1912, in Delavan Township, Minnesota, the daughter of John & Signe(Torgeson) Olson.She attended school in Winnebago. She worked in a restaurant, clothing store and sold tickets at the movie theater.She married Raymond Hansen on February 21, 1939 at St. Mary''s Catholic Church in Winnebago. After their marriage they lived in Blue Earth where he...
Antonia Martinez
Jan 24, 2005
She was born June 13, 1922, at Rio Grande City, Texas, the daughter of Doroteo and Trinidad (Gonzales) Vasquez.She is survived by her son, Arthur (& wife Carmen) Martinez of Houston, Texas, daughter, Estela Diaz of Bricelyn, daughter, Santos (& husband Larry) Gibson of Tallahassee, Florida, daughter, Olga Martinez of Fairmont, son, Neives (& wife Kathy) Martinez of Northfield, son,...
Irene A. Johnson
Jan 22, 2005
Irene was born May 26, 1920, at Rome Township, MN, the daughter of August and Hilda (Berge) Egeness.She was raised and educated in the Frost area. She was married to Harold T. Johnson on April 8, 1937 in Burt, Iowa. Harold died in 1981 and Irene was later married to George R. Johnson on March 31, 1984 at Dell Lutheran...
Martha Schaefer
Jan 22, 2005
Martha was born March 8, 1907, at Jay Township, Martin County, MN the daughter of G. Louis and Lydia (Finke) Schaefer.She received her education at Jay Center School, District 113 and Blue Earth Schools where she graduated from high school in 1926. She later moved to Illinois where she worked in the Forest Park/Oak Park areas as a domestic. She...
Gladys Archer
Jan 18, 2005
Gladys was born on August 8, 1907 in Absaraka, North Dakota the daughter of William and Martha (Madsen) Cuthbertson. She was married to Arthur Lloyd Archer, who preceded her in death. She lived most of her life in Finley, North Dakota where she was a longtime teacher in a county school house.
Laura Boettcher
Jan 16, 2005
She was born March 9, 1918 at Elmore township the daughter of Francis & Sophia (Ehrich) Klatt. She was baptized and confirmed at St. John''s Lutheran Church of Elmore township. She attended country school in Section 10, in Elmore township, and also attended high school at Blue Earth through the nineth grade. On November 30, 1939 she married Gerhard W....
Marie Wilson
Jan 10, 2005
Marie Elizabeth (Miller) Wilson was born March 13, 1913 near Fonda, Ia, the 5th child of Albert and Anna (Wendt) Miller. The family moved to Omaha, NE, in 1927 where she graduated from South High School as Salutatorian. She obtained a normal training degree and taught country schools in western Nebraska where she married Tom Gilmore, a foreman of the...
Marie Ludtke
Jan 5, 2005
Marie was born November 3, 1914, in Kiester, Minnesota, the daughter of Michael & Hattie (Gottberg) Schobert.Marie married Frederick C. Ludtke on April 12, 1933. After Fred passed away in 1960, she ran the Midget Tavern that they owned until she retired.Marie is survived by her daughter, Joanne (& husband Roger) Belau of Garden Valley, Idaho, daughter, Janet (& husband...
Mavis Anderson
Jan 4, 2005
Mavis was born July 3, 1931, at Faribault Co., MN, the daughter of Otis T. and Mildred B. (Peterson) Hougen.Mavis was raised and educated in the Blue Earth area where she attended Blue Earth Schools. She married Marlin J. "Andy" Anderson on September 17, 1949 at East Chain Lutheran Church. Mavis was a homemaker and had worked at Green Giant,...
Dorothy Willner
Dec 28, 2004
December 28, 2004Dorothy J. WillnerDorothy J. Willner, age 69, of Blue Earth, died Tuesday, December 28, 2004, at St. Lukes Lutheran Care Center, Blue Earth. Funeral services will be held on Friday, December 31, 2004, at 11:00 AM, at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Blue Earth, with Rev. John Otte officiating. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery, Blue Earth. Visitation...
Donald J. Guerber
Dec 25, 2004
Donald was born February 19, 1925, in Jo Daviess Township, MN the son of Mark and Blanche (Dunn) Guerber.He graduated from Blue Earth High School and then spent time in the U.S. Navy during the Second World War. He married Margaret McGill on June 16, 1945 in Gulfport, Mississippi. They farmed in Jo Daviess Township, MN until retiring in 1980....
John H. Frundt
Dec 24, 2004
A lifelong resident of Blue Earth, John Henry Frundt was born to Henry John and Anna (Graham) Frundt on August 31, 1913. He married Mary Ellen Kane, Benson, Minnesota, in 1939. After graduating from the University of Minnesota Law School he joined his fathers'' law firm in Blue Earth (now known as Frundt and Johnson) where he practiced law for...
Alice M. Hesseldahl
Dec 18, 2004
Alice was born July 2, 1909, at Portage, Wisconsin, the daughter of Henry and Cora (Bendixen) Sabin.In 1915 her family moved to Minnesota and settled near Frost, where she attended school in Dell and later graduated from Blue Earth High School in 1928. In 1929 she graduated from Normal Teacher''s Training in Blue Earth. She then taught at rural schools...
Dale Kuhn
Dec 4, 2004
Dale was born August 29, 1930, in Verona Township, MN, the son of Otto W. and Lulu A. (Stauffer) Kuhn.He was raised and educated in the Blue Earth area where he attended country schools and Blue Earth Schools. He farmed with his father for several years before entering the U.S. Airforce. He was married to Betty Ihle on July 5,...
Donald Eichhorn
Nov 17, 2004
Donald was born June 27, 1921, in Elmore, the son of Cornelius & Lola (Rowe) Eichhorn.He was raised and educated in Elmore, where he was a 1940 graduate of Elmore Public High School. He has been a long standing member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Elmore. Donald was married to his high school sweetheart, Marian Ziegler on September 1, 1942...
Orville Zabel
Nov 16, 2004
He was born March 10, 1926, at Minnesota Lake, the son of Herbert and Frieda (Besser) Zabel.Orville was raised and educated in Wells. He served in the Army during WW II, where he was stationed in the Phillipines. Following his services he returned to the Wells area. He was married to Margaret A. Minkel on May 15, 1950 in Mapleton...
Margaret Kraft-Ford
Nov 11, 2004
Margaret was born on July 4, 1912 in Blue Earth. She moved to St. Petersburg in 1975 from Chicago, Illinois. She is survived by her husband, James G. Ford of St. Petersburg and two children, son, Paul E. (& wife Denise) Bujak of Palatine, Illinois and daughter Mary M. (& husband Michael) Brooks of Glendale, Arizona. Two grandchildren, Kevin Bujak...
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