Obituaries
Lee Roy Franke
Aug 13, 2005
Lee Roy was born May 10, 1940, at Blue Earth Mn., the son of Orice & Alice (Oelke) Franke.He was raised and educated in Blue Earth where he graduated from Blue Earth High School. He later graduated from Mankato State University. He lived in Calfornia where he worked for the K-Mart corporation for many years. He returned to Blue Earth...
Gerda Anderson
Aug 9, 2005
Gerda was born September 18, 1910, at Blue Earth, the daughter of Ole and Annie (Erickson) Anderson.She was raised and educated in Blue Earth where she graduated from Blue Earth High School in 1928. She worked at the Blue Earth telephone office from 1927 to 1972, where she was an operator and later the office manager. She was a lifetime...
John Birk
Aug 2, 2005
John was born November 29, 1915, at Escanaba, Michigan, the son of Fred & Mabel (Chilson) Birk.John attended school in Escanaba, Michigan and Blue Earth, Minnesota. He moved to Blue Earth in 1925. John married Leone Schimmel on June 1, 1940 at St. Peter & Paul''s Catholic Church in Blue Earth. He worked at L & M Motors for 40...
Leo Maland
Jul 22, 2005
Leo M. Maland was born January 7, 1911, at Frost, Mn. the son of Joseph and Bertha (Mikkelson) Maland.He was born and raised in Frost. He graduated from Bricelyn High School and attended Waldorf College in Forest City, Iowa and later graduated from St Olaf College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1932. Following his education he became the...
Lorraine Henke
Jul 17, 2005
Lorraine was born November 22, 1916, at Hudson, Wisconsin, the daughter of William and Rose (Alvy) Cook.She was married to Reuben "Bud" Henke February 8, 1964 and was a lifelong resident of Blue Earth. Lorraine worked for United Hospital and 220 Club as a cook.Lorraine is survived by her, stepdaughter, Gayle Eng & husband Lyle of Minneapolis, sister, Dorothy Luhring...
Herbert Schaal, Jr.
Jul 15, 2005
Herbert "Bud" Schaal, Jr. was born January 11, 1932, in Blue Earth, Minnesota, the son of Herbert H. and Margaret (Andrews) Schaal Sr..He was a graduate of Blue Earth High School in 1949. On June 24, 1951 he married Marlene Ogilvie at Blue Earth. They farmed southwest of Blue Earth until retiring in 1981. Mrs. Schaal preceded him in death...
Lyla Krosch
Jul 9, 2005
She was born February 5, 1915, at Grygla, Minnesota, the daughter of Ole and Clara (Hoyum) Quam.She was raised and educated in the Grygla and Goodrich, MN areas in Pennington County and as a teenager came to work in the Blue Earth area. She was later married to Willard K. Krosch on February 26, 1936 and the couple began farming...
Dorothy LaMont
Jul 6, 2005
She was born September 14, 1918, at Delavan Mn., the daughter of Frank & Mary (Marsten) Hardy.She was raised and educated in Delavan, graduating from Delavan High School in 1936. Later that year she was married to Ted LaMont on October 15, 1936 in Blue Earth. Following their marriage the couple moved to Blue Earth where Dorothy did housekeeping at...
George Stensland
Jun 28, 2005
George E. Stensland, son of Gustav and Emma (Espe) Stensland was born April 7, 1926 near Radcliffe, Iowa. George died June 28, 2005 in Chandler, Arizona. He moved with his parents to a farm near Winnebago, MN, then to a farm in Pilot Grove in 1936. He attended country school and graduated from Blue Earth High School in 1944. He...
Winnie M. Nichols
Jun 27, 2005
Winnie was born May 30, 1906, at Clara City, Mn. the daughter of Ike & Lena (Hemmen) Kray. They later moved to Webster City, Iowa, where they lived for 10 years, then moved to a farm north of Blue Earth.She graduated from Blue Earth High School and was later married to Paul A. Nichols of Winnebago, Mn. on June 25,...
LeRoy Sanders
Jun 19, 2005
Leroy (Corky) Sanders, age 75 of Blue Earth, passed away Sunday evening, June 19, 2005 near his life-long home while riding his all-terrain vehicle.LeRoy was born September. 7, 1929 to Frank and Marie (Gudal) Sanders. He grew up in Prescott township, Faribault Co. As a young man he was active in Luther League at Trinity Lutheran Church, in Faribault County...
Matthew Moellenhoff
Jun 17, 2005
He was born July 8, 1917, at Roberts County, SD, the son of Casper and Margaret (Burskin) Moellenhoff.Matthew entered the Army on March 25, 1941, during WWII, where he served in the Pacific Theater. During his service he earned the Philippine Liberation Service Medal with one bronze star, four overseas service bars, good conduct medal with bronze arrowhead and a...
Robert Daly
Jun 9, 2005
Robert Daly was born June 15, 1912, at Granada, MN, the son of John C. and Edith (Boisclair) Daly.As a child he lived on the family farm in Pleasant Prairie Township. He graduated from Blue Earth High School in 1929 and then attended St. Mary''s University of Winona. On April 28, 1942 he married Beth Murray in Blue Earth. Bob...
Charles W. Krinkie
May 30, 2005
Chuck was born June 26, 1927, at Blue Earth Mn., the son of Leonard and Adelaide (Boettcher) Krinkie.He was raised and educated in Blue Earth where he was a 1945 graduate of Blue Earth High School. Following school he farmed on his family farm and was later married to Frances Huisman on August 29, 1959 in Frost. The couple farmed...
Ruth Parish
May 27, 2005
Ruth was born January 16, 1920, at Emmetsburg, Iowa, the daughter of William F. and Josephine M. (Sherlock) Eagan.She was raised and educated in Emmetsburg where she graduated from high school in 1937. In 1941 she moved to Pasadena, California where she worked for the Singer Sewing Machine Company as a bookkeeper. In 1943 she moved to Des Moines, Iowa...
Darrel Nave
May 25, 2005
Darrel was born April 7, 1929, at Fairmont, Mn., the son of Ralph and Leora (Taylor) Nave.He was raised and educated in Fairmont where he was a 1948 graduate of Fairmont High School. He worked in the drycleaning business in Fairmont before his marriage to Beverly Kark on August 16, 1950 in Canton, South Dakota. In 1955 the couple purchased...
Richard Christensen
May 20, 2005
Richard was born July 4, 1918, at Redwood County, MN , the son of Christ and Laura (McCarlson) Christensen.He was raised and educated in Evan, Minnesota where he attended school. He and Tessie Dittbenner were united in marriage on March 29, 1940 in Morgan, Minnesota. The couple farmed near Morgan and Sleepy Eye, Minnesota for many years. The couple retired...
Ronald Willmert
May 20, 2005
Ronald F. Willmert was born January 29, 1914, at Frost, Mn. to Julius and Kristi (Hatlestad) Willmert. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran Church in Frost and married Gladys Alfson on October 3, 1937 at South Blue Earth Church.As a young man, Ronnie joined the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and was stationed in Tofte, Minnesota, on the Sawbill...
Arlin Helland
May 4, 2005
Arlin Helland, age 87, of Blue Earth, formerly of rural Guckeen, died Wednesday, May 4, 2005, at United Hospital, Blue Earth. Funeral services will be held on Monday, May 9, 2005, at 11:00 AM, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Blue Earth, with Rev. Lynn Enloe & Rev. Stephen Bohling officiating. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery, Blue Earth. Visitation time...
Clara Wells
Apr 24, 2005
Clara was born February 7, 1919, at rural Blue Earth, the daughter of Paul and Emelie Bertha (Pirsig) Nimz.She was raised and educated in Blue Earth where she was a 1937 graduate of Blue Earth High School. She was baptized on February 22, 1919 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Elmore and later confirmed there on May 15, 1932. She was...
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