Obituaries

Anthony Weber

Anthony Weber

Nov 6, 2005

Tony was born March 29, 1911, at Champaign, Illinois, the son of Peter & Anna (Meyer) Weber.Tony was raised and educated in the Blue Earth Area where he attended country schools. He was a longtime member of SS Peter & Paul Catholic Church and was a 50 year plus member of the Blue Earth American Legion Post 89. He loved...

Lee R. Eichhorn

Lee R. Eichhorn

Nov 3, 2005

Lee was born January 21, 1940, at Kossuth Co., Iowa, the son of Earl and Bertha (Davis) Eichhorn.He graduated from Elmore High School in 1957 and spent 2 years in the Army. He married Jeannette Richter on February 23, 1962. He was a long distance truck driver for over 40 years. Among his many hobbies were oil painting, fishing, wood...

Pauline Johnson

Pauline Johnson

Nov 1, 2005

Pauline was born May 11, 1923, at Story County, Iowa, the daughter of Peter and Anna (Christiansen) Olson.Pauline was raised and educated in the Huntley area where she was a 1941 graduate of Huntley High School. She attended Mankato Business College and worked at Spor''s Department Store in Le Center and later at Huntley State Bank before she was married...

Karen K. Martin

Karen K. Martin

Oct 28, 2005

Karen was born December 11, 1943, in Blue Earth, the daughter of Elmer & Ruby (Frey) Jans.She graduated from Naeve School of Nursing in 1964 and served as a Registered Nurse fulltime until 1970, when she slowed down to raise her family. She continued to maintain her license until present day and worked periodically. She was married to Garry E....

Loretta Fenske

Loretta Fenske

Oct 23, 2005

Loretta was born November 1, 1929, at Blue Earth Mn. the daughter of Bert & Bernice(Udy) Morgan.She was raised and educated in Blue Earth where she graduated from Blue Earth High School in the late 1940''s. She was married to William "Bill" Fenske on June 9, 1951. Loretta was a lifelong resident of Faribault Co. where she helped her husband...

Anna Deinhart

Anna Deinhart

Oct 21, 2005

Anna V. Deinhart, age 92, of Blue Earth, died Friday, October 21, 2005, at St. Luke''s Lutheran Care Center in Blue Earth, Minnesota. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, October 25, 2005, at 10:30 AM, at SS Peter & Paul Catholic Church in Blue Earth, with Father Mark McNea officiating. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery, Blue Earth. Visitation...

Madeline Schwartz

Madeline Schwartz

Oct 19, 2005

Madeline was born April 28, 1911, at Emerald Township, MN, the daughter of Leo R. and Ottilie (Ewendt) Eckhardt.She was born & raised on the family farm in Emerald Township, where she lived all her adult life. She was baptized on May 25, 1911 and later confirmed on June 14, 1925, both at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Emerald Township. She helped...

Cantheline F. Peterson

Cantheline F. Peterson

Oct 17, 2005

Canthelinee was born April 8, 1922, at Frost Mn., the daughter of George and Augusta (Johnson) Carlson.Canthy was raised and educated in Frost where she was a member of the first graduating class of Frost High School. She owned a restaurant in Frost with her sister, Adell Hanson, before her marriage to Burton Peterson on December 3, 1944 in Frost....

Robert Perrine

Robert Perrine

Oct 16, 2005

Bob was born July 6, 1935, at Blue Earth Mn., the son of David E. and Letha E. (Yarnell) Perrine.He was raised and educated in Blue Earth where he attended school. He ran and later owned the Shell gas station, owned and operated the Blue Moon Cafe and was an independent truck driver for over 25 years.Bob is survived by...

Robert Chilcote

Robert Chilcote

Oct 12, 2005

Robert was born August 13, 1918, at Orrville, Ohio, the son of Arthur E. and Gertrude (Rutter) Chilcote.After high school Robert enlisted in the U.S. Army in June 1938. He served with General Patton''s 7th Army with the 319th Combat Engineers during WW II. He retired with 21 years of active duty, having served at the Berlin Airlift in 1948...

Lucile R. Huber

Lucile R. Huber

Oct 10, 2005

She was born September 13, 1909, at Story County, Iowa, the daughter of Thomas E. and Mary E. (Longnecker) Thompson.She lived in Fenton, Iowa before coming to Elmore in 1918 where she attended schools. Lucile was married to Charles A. Huber on August 11, 1933 in Elmore. The couple farmed 2 miles north of Elmore until 1947. They continued to...

Dawn Milbrandt

Dawn Milbrandt

Oct 5, 2005

Dawn Marie Milbrandt entered into eternal rest on October 5, 2005 at the age of 53 after a long battle with cancer. Memorial donations may be directed to Hope Lodge and/or PALS. Web tributes may be left at www.pattonfh.comDawn was born to Wesley and Ruth (Ankeny) Milbrandt on August 7, 1952. She graduated from Elmore Public High School, a member...

Gerald Knutson

Gerald Knutson

Sep 23, 2005

Gerald T. Knutson, age 83, of Shakopee, formerly of Frost, died Friday, September 23, 2005, at his daughter?s home in Shakopee. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, September. 27, 2005, at 2:00 p.m. at the United Lutheran Church in Frost, with Rev. Ed Nieman officiating. Burial with full Military Honors will be in United Lutheran Cemetery, Frost. Visitation time...

Opal Viesselman

Opal Viesselman

Sep 23, 2005

Opal was born on December 13, 1911 in a very humble home on the South Dakota prairie near Ipswich. She was the fifth child born to Jesse and Ollie Belle (known to the family as Sally) Scearcy. This was "dust bowl" area and her mother always said that they survived on hot air and rabbit tracks. After the tragic death...

Loren Slette

Loren Slette

Sep 12, 2005

Loren was born January 11, 1958, at Albert Lea, MN, the son of Orville P. and Irene P. (Ausen) Slette.He was raised in the Walters and Kiester areas where he graduated from Kiester High School in 1976. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1976 to 1980. Loren returned from the service and attended Mankato Vocational College where he studied...

Alice Mae Ehrich

Alice Mae Ehrich

Sep 11, 2005

She was born April 19, 1922, at Blue Earth Mn., the daughter of Fred and Xenia (Thews) Quaday.She was raised and educated in Blue Earth under the care of the Neuhalfen & Quaday families, where she was a 1939 graduate of Blue Earth High School. She was married to Glendon G. Ehrich on September 26, 1943 at St. John''s Lutheran...

Elwood C. Alfson

Elwood C. Alfson

Aug 30, 2005

Elwood C. "Lefty" Alfson, age 77, of Winnebago, died Tuesday, August 30, 2005, at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Minneapolis. Funeral services will be held on Friday, September 2, 2005, at 11:00 AM, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Blue Earth, with Rev. Stephen Bohling officiating. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery, Blue Earth. Visitation time will be from 4:00 to...

Thomas Jesse Kimball

Thomas Jesse Kimball

Aug 19, 2005

Thomas Jesse Kimball was born May 5, 1928, in Canton, Minnesota. He went to Elliota elementary country school. When he was a 9th grader he went to Canton High School and graduated in 1946. He served his country in the Air Force for 4 years. On March 22, 1958 he married Kayla Marjorie Glover at the Little Brown Church in...

Gertrude Thompson

Gertrude Thompson

Aug 19, 2005

Gertrude was born October 12, 1918, in Pilot Grove Township, MN the daughter of John and Marcella (Simser) Simmons.Gertrude was raised and educated in Lakota, Iowa area where she graduate from Lakota High School in 1936. She was married to Earl H. Thompson on June 30, 1937 in Hebron Township, Iowa. The couple farmed in North Central Iowa, near Ledyard...

M. Carmen Springer

M. Carmen Springer

Aug 17, 2005

M.CARMEN SPRINGER, age 80, of Winnebago, died Tuesday, August 16, 2005 at the United Hospital in Blue Earth. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, August 20, 2005, at 10:30 AM at the First United Methodist Church in Winnebago, with Rev. Wane Souhrada officiating. Burial will be in Rice Lake Cemetery, Delavan. Visitation time will be from 4-8 PM Friday...