Obituaries
Marylynn Bissonette
Nov 10, 2004
Marylynn was born March 12, 1925, at Prescott Township, MN, the daughter of George A. and Loretta E. (Gorman) Bissonette.Marylynn was raised and educated in Mapleton where she graduated from Mapleton High School. She atteneded Dale Institute in Minneapolis and began working for the FCC. She later became an air traffic controller and was with the Federal Aviation Administration for...
Opal Wicks
Nov 9, 2004
Opal was born June 19, 1920, at Spencer, Iowa, the daughter of John O. and Balinda (Chritianson) Sandvig.Opal was raised and educated near Ruthven, Iowa were she was baptised and confirmed at Zion Luthran Church. She lived on her family farm and, following her graduation from Ruthven High School, she attended and graduated from Waldorf College in Forest City, Iowa....
Esther Borcherding
Nov 8, 2004
Esther was born March 26, 1911, in Steele County, MN., the daughter of Rudolph and Anna (Brocker) Drache.She was raised and educated in Ellendale, MN. She worked on the family farm there and later in Bricelyn as a telephone operator before moving to Riverside, California in about 1940. She worked as a houskeeper and then at Bethlehem Steel Ship Yard...
Robert S. Bushman
Oct 22, 2004
He was born August 4, 1934, at McCallsburg, Iowa, the son of Erwin and Josephine (Lutterman) Bushman.He was raised and educated in the Iowa Falls, Iowa area where he was a 1952 graduate of Iowa Falls High School. Following school he moved to Houston, Texas where he was an auto mechanic for several car dealers in the area for many...
Elsie Johnson
Oct 19, 2004
Elsie M. Johnson, age 93, of Blue Earth, died Tuesday October 19, 2004, at St. Lukes Lutheran Care Center in Blue Earth. Funeral services will be held on Friday, October 22, 2004, at 10:00 AM, at Patton Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Blue Earth, with Rev. Vic Vriesen officiating. Burial will be in Vernon Center Cemetery, Vernon Center. Visitation...
Ralph C. Jahnke, Sr.
Oct 15, 2004
Ralph C. Jahnke, Sr., age 78, of Elmore, died Friday, October 15, 2004, at St. Lukes Lutheran Care Center in Blue Earth. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, October 19, 2004, at 9:30 AM, at Patton Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Blue Earth, with Pastor Vic Vriesen officiating. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery, Blue Earth with Military...
Selma Mensing
Oct 9, 2004
She was born April 2, 1926, in Blue Earht, the daughter of Francis and Sophia (Ehrich) Klatt.Selma was raised and educated in the Blue Earth area.. She was married to Norbert J. Mensing on August 8, 1946 in Beckemeyer, Illinois. The couple farmed near Delavan and Frost for several years before Norbert began N. J. Mensing Enterprises, a building contractor...
Carol Kutsi
Oct 4, 2004
Carol was born December 16, 1938, at Moose Lake, MN., the daughter of Parnell "Happy" and C. Helen (Wenzel) Peterson.She was raised and educated in Moose Lake, MN where she was a 1956 graduate of Moose Lake High School. She was a secretary in the Twin Cities before attending the University of Minnesota-Duluth. She was a secretary with the Northwest...
Arnold Witthuhn
Sep 28, 2004
He was born April 4, 1905, at Prescott Township, MN, the son of Charles and Ellen (Fierke) Witthuhn.Arnold owned a mink farming ranch in Blue Earth, where the current Blue Earth Area High School is today, for over 25 years. He also worked in the maintenance department at Telex for 16 years. In 1930 he was married to Anna Olson,...
JoAnne Larsen
Sep 19, 2004
Pilot Grove, MNSeptember 19, 2004JoAnne LarsenJoAnne Larsen, age 56, of Pilot Grove, MN, formerly of Charles City, died Sunday, September 19, 2004, at her home. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, September 22, 2004, at 10:30 AM, at Shiloh Lutheran Church in Elmore, with Rev. Robert Roettger officiating. Burial will be in East Chain Lutheran Cemetery, East Chain. Visitation...
Lucille C. Thompson
Sep 16, 2004
She was born January 21, 1918, at Fairmont, the daughter of Aloyisus "Allie" and Laura (Anderman) Muth.She was raised and educated in Fairmont where she was a 1936 graduate of Fairmont High School. She was married to Herman M. Thompson on February 15, 1941 in Fairmont. Following their marriage the couple moved near Frost where they farmed for a few...
Donald Boettcher
Sep 14, 2004
Donald was born November 28, 1922, at rural Blue Earth Mn., the son of John L. and Mabel A. (Rajewsky) Boettcher.Donald was baptized at St. John''s Lutheran Church in Elmore and confirmed at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Blue Earth. He was married to Irene Alfson on March 2, 1948 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Blue Earth. He served in...
O. Blanche Wells
Sep 11, 2004
Blanche was born June 20, 1924, at Blue Earth, Mn. the daughter of Oswald and Sylvia (Hamre) Northwick.Blanche was a lifetime resident of Blue Earth, graduating from Blue Earth High School in 1942. She was married to Glenn Wells on September 18, 1949 in Blue Earth. She was a homemaker and had worked as a bookkeeper for the Blue Earth...
Dorothy Dobson
Aug 23, 2004
Dorothy was born January 29, 1925, at Blue Earth, Mn. the daughter of Melvin F. and Olga (Arndt) Tonn.She was raised and educated in Faribault Co, where she worked as a sales clerk at several area businesses, including the grocery stores and bakeries. Dorothy was married to Armond R. Dobson on June 6, 1945 in Blue Earth. She was a...
Bonney Patton
Aug 15, 2004
Bonney was born August 10, 1936, at Winnebago, MN. the daughter of George B. and Frances M. (McKay) Loveall.She was raised and educated in Winnebago, MN where she graduated from Winnebago High School. She attended Mankato State College and graduated from Mankato Beauty School. Bonney was married to Marvin Kienitz in May of 1956 at the Little Brown Church in...
Margaret Guerber
Aug 10, 2004
Margaret Carr Guerber was born in Derrick, ND, March 28, 1918 and moved to Blue Earth with her family as a small child. She graduated from Blue Earth High School in 1936 and received her B.A. degree from the College of St. Teresa, Winona, in 1940. She married Marcus Guerber in 1941.She spent her younger years as a farm wife...
Mary Saunders
Aug 7, 2004
Mary was born on August 28, 1934 near Thermopolis, Wyoming to Norton and Theresa Calhoun. The love of her life was to serve the Lord in her home, church and community, through home Bible Studies, teaching Sunday School, Child Evangelism classes and Christian Women?s Club. She was also very active for many years in Neighborhood Chat and Seau Club, St....
Ursula Loper
Aug 7, 2004
Ursula "Tooty" Phyllis Dundas was born on May 19, 1914, to Archie and Lauretta Dundas in Denton, Montana, where her parents were homesteading. They later returned to the Fairmont area. She was united in marriage to Roy Loper in 1932. Tooty and Roy raised their nephew, Dick Dundas. Tooty and her husband operated the Cozy Inn in Imogene for 56...
Frieda Schaefer
Jul 17, 2004
Frieda Marie Schaefer was born October 28, 1911 in Blue Earth, Minnesota to Frederick and Louise (Horstmann) Humburg. German was spoken at home, so Frieda couldn''t speak English when she started school. She graduated from Blue Earth High School in 1930. There were 13 children in her family and their farm home hospitality was enjoyed by many people including the...
James E. Johnston
Jul 9, 2004
Jim was born October 24, 1928, at Blue Earth, MN the son of James J. and Susie C. (Holcomb) Johnston.He was raised, educated and lived his entire life in the Blue Earth area. He was married to Betty Gerdis on July 21, 1951 in Blue Earth. He farmed all his life, mostly South of Guckeen. He drove a truck for...
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