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David Hoiland

David Hoiland

Mar 19, 2014

DAVID O. HOILAND was born January 28, 1932 to Selmer and Martha (Ormseth) Hoiland in Luverne, Minnesota. He spent his childhood years on the family farm near Luverne where he graduated from Luverne High School in 1950. David excelled at football and continued his love of the game at Augustana College in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. He attended Augustana for...

Phyllis C. Klosterman

Phyllis C. Klosterman

Mar 15, 2014

PHYLLIS C. KLOSTERMAN was born to John and Helen (Bartelt) Balzer on April 22, 1927 in Lincoln County, MN. She graduated from Lake Benton High School and attended teacher's training in Canby, MN where she earned her teaching certificate. On June 21, 1950, she was united in marriage to James G. Klosterman at St. Martin's Catholic Church in Woodstock, Minnesota....

Phyllis Rix Johansen

Phyllis Rix Johansen

Mar 12, 2014

Phyllis R. Johansen was born March 29, 1923 to Anders and Anna (Rix) Utoft in Tyler, Minnesota. She was baptized and confirmed at Danebod Lutheran Church in Tyler. She attended school in Tyler and graduated from Tyler High School. After graduation she moved to Washington State, where she met Marlowe Johansen. On April 28, 1944 the couple was married. Their...

Albert Hoogland

Albert Hoogland

Mar 12, 2014

ALBERT GENE HOOGLAND was born to Gerrit and Henrietta (Kraayenbrink) Hoogland on January 17, 1949 in Le Mars, Iowa. He was baptized and made profession of faith in the Christian Reformed Church. He was raised on the farm and attended country school through the fifth grade near Maynard, Minnesota. The family then moved to a farm near Magnolia, Minnesota. At...

Suzanne C. Wathen

Suzanne C. Wathen

Mar 10, 2014

Suzanne Claire Wathen was born on March 24, 1935 to Paul and Mary (Winkel) Meuwissen in Chaska, Minnesota where she was raised and received her education. After her graduation from Chaska High School, she attended Mankato State University. Her passion was education, and upon completion of her schooling, she moved to Pipestone and began teaching in 1956 in the Pipestone...

Ada Delila Schroeder

Ada Delila Schroeder

Mar 5, 2014

ADA DELILA SCHROEDER was born to Ole and Ursula (Marks) Todnem on September 29, 1910, on a farm in Lyon County, Minnesota, where she was raised and attended country school. When she was in the fourth grade, Ada moved with her parents to Marshall, Minnesota. She again moved with her parents to a farm by Green Valley, Minnesota, when she...

Lila Mae Hubner

Lila Mae Hubner

Mar 4, 2014

LILA MAE HUBNER was born on July 22, 1926 to Frances John and Edith Laura (Marquardt) Groth in Pipestone, Minnesota. She was baptized in the Lutheran Faith. She attended school in Pipestone, graduating from Pipestone High School in 1944. After her graduation, she worked at a toy shop and Botsford Lumber Company as a bookkeeper. On June 28, 1948, she...

Lucille Hamann

Lucille Hamann

Mar 3, 2014

LUCILLE VIOLA HAMANN was born to Mattheus and Louise Wenzel Weilandt on April 23, 1921 in Duel County near Toronto, South Dakota. She was baptized into her Christian faith on June 19, 1921. Her family farmed near Toronto and then moved to the Trosky, Minnesota and Hardwick, Minnesota area when Lucille was a young girl. She attended District 51 Country...

Lois Faye Brune

Lois Faye Brune

Mar 3, 2014

Lois Faye Brune was born on May 31, 1938 to Moses and Estella (Pearsall) Crow at the Pipestone Indian Hospital. She was raised in Pipestone, Minnesota by her mother after her father died and she went to school in Pipestone. Throughout her whole life Faye enjoyed working with the pipestone and making small crafts. Her Indian name was Omanica. She...

Lois Andersen

Lois Andersen

Feb 28, 2014

Lois Virginia Andersen was born to Jens Christian and Alma Marie (Jensen) Rasmussen on August 29, 1933 in Tyler, Minnesota. She was baptized at home and confirmed at First English Lutheran Church in Tyler. She was raised and received her education in Tyler where she graduated from Tyler High School in 1951. On March 20, 1953 she married Arvin 'Ben'...

Fay Koster

Fay Koster

Feb 28, 2014

Fay Lavaine (Meyer) Koster was born March 6, 1920 in Lake Wilson, Minnesota to Fred and Ellen (Bruemmer) Meyer. She was baptized at the Lutheran Church in Lake Wilson, and confirmed at the English Lutheran Church in Tyler, Minnesota. She attended Tyler Public School and graduated from Tyler High School. Fay married Leonard Koster on October 8, 1939 in Lake...

Dick Dreesen

Dick Dreesen

Feb 26, 2014

DICK HENRY DREESEN was born October 26, 1926 to Ralph and Aalke (Groen) Dreesen on a farm in Lyon County, Iowa near Ellsworth, Minnesota. At the age of three, the family moved to a farm near Ward, South Dakota. Dick attended country school in Pipestone County through the eighth grade. He was then hired as a farmhand at the age...

Glen Jurrens

Glen Jurrens

Feb 26, 2014

GLEN JURRENS was born in a farmhouse in George, Iowa to Claus and Anke (Henrichs) Jurrens on November 27, 1935. He attended country school in George, Iowa until the 8th grade. He then stayed home to help on the family farm till he joined the National Guard for 4 years in Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. Glen was introduced to Nancy...

Elaine P. Mccurdy

Elaine P. Mccurdy

Feb 25, 2014

ELAINE PRISCILLA MCCURDY was born to Claude and Esther (Goodrich) McConnell on June 20, 1920 on a farm near Minneota, Minnesota. As an infant, she moved with her parents to a farm south of Marshall, Minnesota. When she was five years old, they moved to another farm north of Marshall and Elaine attended school in Marshall. Upon completion of her...

Cletus C. Gacke

Cletus C. Gacke

Feb 24, 2014

CLETUS CLOID GACKE was born to Anthony and Dora (Rowe) Gacke on September 8, 1927, on the family farm in East Holman Township, Osceola County, Iowa. He was raised near Sibley, Iowa. In 1947 he took a job with the Bear Brand Hosiery Company in Gary, Indiana. On February 9, 1951, Cletus enlisted into the United States Army and was...

Leroy Knudsen

Leroy Knudsen

Feb 24, 2014

LeRoy Edwin Knudsen was born March 13, 1939 to Clarence and Evelyn (Dahl) Knudsen in Arlington, South Dakota. When he was five years old, he moved to the Dahl family farm north of Lake Benton, Minnesota. LeRoy was baptized on January 7, 1941 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Arlington, South Dakota and later confirmed at Diamond Lake Lutheran Church in...

Laura B. Kooiman

Laura B. Kooiman

Feb 14, 2014

LAURA BEATRICE KOOIMAN was born to Walter and Bertha (Schelhaas) Blom on September 16, 1928 on a farm near Edgerton, Minnesota. While she was growing up, she lived with her parents on farms near Edgerton, Chandler, and Woodstock, Minnesota. In 1942, she moved with her parents to Pipestone where she helped her parents and did housework for others. On August...

Hannah Jensen

Hannah Jensen

Feb 14, 2014

Hannah Elfrieda Kindler Jensen Hannah Jensen died quietly in her sleep on February 14, 2014 at the Neighborhoods at Brookview in Brookings, SD at 94 years, 7 months and 4 days. Hannah Elfrieda Kindler was born on July 10, 1919 on a farm in Nordland Township, Lyon County, Minneota, Minnesota to William and Alvina Christina Anna (Possehl) Kindler. She was...

Harold Carrow

Harold Carrow

Feb 13, 2014

HAROLD JAMES CARROW was born to Hector and Loretta (Boudreau) on September 22, 1930 near Green Valley, Minnesota. He was raised on the family farm where he attended country school in District #86 through the 8th grade. He then attended high school in Marshall, Minnesota. After his graduation in 1948, he entered the U.S. Navy. After his discharge from the...

Dorothy Delfs

Dorothy Delfs

Feb 11, 2014

DOROTHY DELFS was born December 7, 1923 to Henry and Gertrude (Van Dyke) Bosch on a farm south of Steen, Minnesota located in Lyon County, Iowa. At the age of five, the family moved into Steen where she was raised and received her education through the eighth grade. After her schooling, Dorothy remained busy as she did housework for others...

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