Obituaries
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...
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...
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