Harriet Van Peursem
Oct 26, 2014
HARRIET VAN PEURSEM... was born to Pete and Nina (Schelhaas) Mulder on October 12, 1930 in Edgerton, Minnesota. As a young child, she went to Edgerton Christian grade school. Upon completion of her education, she worked at Jolinks Bakery and Hans Vander Pol’s Red Owl Store. On October 12, 1949, she was united in marriage to Elmer Van Peursem at...
Mattie E. Petersen
Oct 25, 2014
MATTIE ELDORA PETERSEN was born on July 18, 1917 to John and Della (Lewis) Ellefson on the family farm northwest of Hardwick, Minnesota in Rock County. She was baptized on August 5, 1917 at Rosedell Lutheran Church near Jasper, Minnesota and confirmed on October 11, 1931 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Luverne, Minnesota. She attended school through the eighth grade...
Joyce C. Matthiesen
Oct 23, 2014
JOYCE CATHLEEN MATTHIESEN was born to Christian and Julia (Haugen) Estergaard on May 26, 1932 in Moody County, South Dakota. She attended and graduated from Flandreau High School in Flandreau, South Dakota. Following her education she worked as a telephone operator for Northwestern Bell. On March 17, 1953 Joyce was united in marriage to Arlo Matthiesen in Flandreau. Following their...
Vesta Mitchell
Oct 21, 2014
Vesta Karen Mitchell was born October 25, 1925 to Einar and Hilda (Andersen) Christensen in Hope Township, Lincoln County, Minnesota. She was baptized at Danebod Lutheran Church in Tyler on December 15, 1925, and confirmed there on May 26, 1940. She attended country school through the 9th grade, and then was a nanny for various families in Tyler. On December...
Alice M. Luneburg
Oct 19, 2014
ALICE MAE LUNEBURG was born March 16, 1933 to Alex and Helen (French) Kepple in Olivia, Minnesota. She attended school in Olivia and Danube, Minnesota until her family moved to Magnolia, Minnesota where she then attended Magnolia High School and graduated in 1951. Following graduation Alice lived and worked during the week in Luverne, Minnesota at Tri-State Insurance. On May...
Ruth Meyer
Oct 18, 2014
Ruth Cora Margaret (Sprink) Meyer . . . . was born to Carl Herbert and Josephine (Otto) Sprink on January 8, 1920, in Lake Benton, MN, where she was raised and attended school. After her graduation from Lake Benton High School in 1938, she babysat and did house cleaning. On July 5, 1939, she was united in marriage to Benjamin...
Rodney Lange
Oct 17, 2014
RODNEY LANGE was born on April 18, 1935 to August and Margaret (Frahm) Lange at the family’s farm place in Rock County, Minnesota, near Luverne. He spent his childhood years on the farm, attending country school and helping out his dad. His folks sold the farm when he was 16 and the family moved to Brewster, Minnesota. He worked a...
Richard Burggraaff
Oct 16, 2014
Richard was born on September 27, 1915, to Leonard and Marie (Van Dyke) Burggraaff in Nieuwkoop, Netherlands. At the age of 12, Richard and his family immigrated to the United States where they settled in Sioux County, Iowa. From this age on, he worked as a farmhand for farmers in the area and his life-long love of farming began. Eventually,...
Kiar Nielsen
Oct 9, 2014
Niels Kiar Nielsen was born June 27, 1929 to Niels and Mary (Jensen) Nielsen in Tyler, Minnesota. He was baptized on August 11, 1929 at Danebod Lutheran Church in Tyler, and confirmed there on May 2, 1943. He grew up on the family farm and attended eight years of country school. For his high school education he attended West Central...
Galen Keller
Oct 9, 2014
Galen Dwight Keller… was born on November 12, 1956 to Marvin and Shirley (Lehrkamp) Keller in Pierre, South Dakota where he was raised. On January 6, 1957, he was baptized at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Harrold, South Dakota. He attended Pierre Elementary School and T.F. Riggs High School in Pierre. After his graduation in 1975, Galen traveled the States as...
Florence Elizabeth Hinz
Oct 8, 2014
Florence Elizabeth Hinz . . . was born to Charles Lee and Lizzie (Hrabak) Hatfield on March 10, 1914 on an acreage close to Pipestone, Minnesota. She was baptized on March 12, 1914 at First Methodist Church in Pipestone. When she was five years old, she moved with her parents to a farm a few miles south of Pipestone where...
Gary Murphy
Oct 7, 2014
GARY JOHN MURPHY was born to John E. and Dorothy (Petersen) Murphy on May 8, 1940 in Tyler, Minnesota. He spent his youth in Russell and Marshall, Minnesota and attended school at Central Catholic High School in Marshall graduating in 1958. Later that year Gary enlisted in the United States Marine Corps and was stationed in California. He attained the...
Charles Wilson
Oct 7, 2014
PASTOR CHARLES IRWIN WILSON completed his journey on earth on Tuesday evening October 7, 2014 and has been granted the promise of life everlasting. He was born to Fred and Lillian (Fagerhaug) Wilson on January 13, 1935 in Wessington Springs, South Dakota. He became a child of God through holy baptism on February 10, 1935 and was later confirmed in...
Glenn Bolkema
Oct 7, 2014
GLENN ALAN BOLKEMA... was born to John and Margaret (Postma) Bolkema on December 15, 1957 in Sioux Center, Iowa. He was raised on the family farm near Rock Valley, Iowa. When he was four years old, he moved with his family to a farm southeast of Jasper, Minnesota and attended school in Jasper. When he entered the fifth grade, he...
Ralph "Nick" Leroy Nicholsen
Oct 3, 2014
RALPH “NICK” LEROY NICHOLSEN was born on December 4, 1945 to Terman J. and Elizabeth K. (VanRoekel) Nicholsen in Tyler, Minnesota. He was raised on the family farm in Altona Township, Pipestone, Minnesota. He was baptized and confirmed at the Verdi Methodist Church in Verdi, Minnesota. He received his education, graduating from Verdi High school in 1963. After completing his...
Joann Tinklenberg
Sep 30, 2014
JoAnn Tinklenberg was born in Leota, Minnesota on July 8, 1924 to John Edward “Ed” and Martha (Kallemyn) Tinklenberg. She was baptized and later made her profession of her faith at Ebenezer Christian Reformed Church in Leota. She attended Leota Christian School and graduated from the 8th grade in 1938. She then began helping out at many homes doing the...
Jerry "Brunsie" Bruns
Sep 25, 2014
JERRY 'BRUNSIE' BRUNS was born on November 24, 1947 to Theodore and Gertie (Haken) Bruns in Slayton, Minnesota. He was raised near Garvin, Minnesota where he attended country school. The family then moved to Slayton where Jerry graduated with the Slayton High School class of 1965. Following graduation, Jerry worked part-time for Lindberg Trucking and Kohl’s Trucking. He also worked...
Donald J. Shields
Sep 20, 2014
DONALD J. SHIELDS... age 84, of Grand Rapids, MN, died Saturday, September 20, 2014 at Grand Itasca Hospital in Grand Rapids, MN. Don was born in 1930 to Joseph and Anna Shields in Woodstock, MN where he also grew up and worked on the family farm. He joined the U.S. Army in 1949 and served 3 years during the Korean...
Larry "Koke" Taveirne
Sep 18, 2014
Lawrence Edward Taveirne, Jr. (fondly nicknamed 'Koke' by his maternal grandfather) was born on August 26, 1943 in Ghent, Minnesota to Donna (Blanchette) and Lawrence Taveirne, Sr. Koke grew up in the Marshall, Minnesota area, attended Holy Redeemer Catholic School, and loved to spend time with his maternal grandfather, Donald Blanchette. When he was younger, he worked full-time at Breyfogle...
Delbert Lee Anderson
Sep 17, 2014
Delbert Lee Anderson was born on December 13, 1936 to Oren and Rose (Wessels) Anderson on a farm near Sheldon, Iowa. He attended country school in Floyd Township in Iowa. He grew up in Iowa until December 3, 1953 when his family moved to a farm near Trosky, Minnesota. He helped his father on the farm there and moved with...
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