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...
Alice E. Schmuck
Sep 12, 2014
ALICE EMMA SCHMUCK was born on June 3, 1925 to August and Lela (Holmes) Hamann in Luverne, Minnesota. She was raised on the farm near Luverne and attended country school through the eighth grade. She then attended Luverne High School and graduated on June 3, 1943. Following her education she went to work as a clerical assistant to Al McIntosh...
Frank James "Jim" Cinkle
Sep 10, 2014
FRANK JAMES 'JIM' CINKLE was born on August 23, 1927 to F.J. and Estelle (Wood) Cinkle in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. He was confirmed by Reverend Solberg and joined the Lutheran Church in May 1951. Jim served his country in the United States Army beginning in January 1946 until his honorable discharge in August 1947. Upon his return Jim came...
Lois Graphenteen
Sep 5, 2014
LOIS GRAPHENTEEN was born to Alpheus and Ramona (Hanses) Beeney on August 10, 1932 in Lily, South Dakota. As a young girl, she moved with her family to Farmington, Minnesota. When she was 15 years old, she again moved with her family to California. One year later, they returned to Farmington where she completed her education, graduating from Farmington High...
Clara Den Herder
Sep 5, 2014
Clara Den Herder was born May 30, 1926 to Abraham and Elizabeth (Hoogland) Beukelman near Sioux Center, Iowa. She was baptized in the Protestant Reformed Church in Sioux Center, Iowa and later made her profession of faith at the First Christian Reformed Church in Sioux Center. She grew up on the family farm and loved her education attending country school...
Elmer D. Moeller
Sep 3, 2014
ELMER DALE MOELLER was born February 4, 1934 to Walter and Grace (Klosterbuer) Moeller on the family farm in Kanaranzi Township, Rock County, Minnesota. In 1937 Elmer’s family moved to a farm 1 miles West of Hardwick, Minnesota. He was baptized at the Ebenezer State Line Presbyterian Church near Rock Rapids, Iowa and later confirmed at the First Presbyterian Church...
Lowell Wayne Rosenkjar
Sep 2, 2014
LOWELL WAYNE ROSENKJAR was born on September 21, 1919 to Axel and Rebecca (Leetch) Rosenkjar in Holstein, Iowa. He grew up in Iowa, South Dakota and Minnesota. Lowell received his education through the 8th grade. After his schooling, he helped on the family farm. In 1942, Lowell enlisted into the United States Army where he served in WWII; he was...
William "Bill" Wolfswinkle
Sep 1, 2014
WILLIAM JOHN WOLFSWINKLE was born on November 29, 1950 to John and Henrietta “Etta” (Bouman) Wolfswinkle in Tyler, Minnesota. Bill was raised on the family farm near Woodstock, Minnesota and was baptized and confirmed at the First Presbyterian Church in Holland, Minnesota. He received his education at the Woodstock Elementary School and later the Pipestone High School, graduating with the...
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