Alvera Sik
Sep 18, 2013
Alvera Sik was born to Henry and Helen (Binnebose) Lang on May 14, 1920 in Pipestone County, Minnesota. Alvera was one of eight children and lived in Minnesota and South Dakota, attending school in Lincoln County, Minnesota. In her youth Alvera did domestic work and baby sitting in area family homes. On August 31, 1938 Alvera was united in marriage...
Jack Vanderpoel
Sep 14, 2013
JACK VANDERPOEL was born on October 12, 1928, to parents John and Wilma (Stevens) VanderPoel in Murray County, Minnesota. Jack was baptized in Edgerton and confirmed in Rushmore, Minnesota at St. John's Lutheran Church. He was a member of St. John Lutheran Church in Trosky for 54 years. He attended country school north of Edgerton until the 8th grade. Jack...
Danny Tyson
Sep 13, 2013
Danny Tyson was born June 1, 1946 to Joe and Rosie Tyson in England. When he was a young boy, his family moved to the United States, to Brooklyn, New York. Following his education he enlisted in the United States Navy and served during the Vietnam period from 1963 – 1965 on the USS Forrestal. He was honorably discharged and...
Harris Dewilde
Sep 10, 2013
Curwood Harris DeWilde. . . was born to Crienus and Helen (Heersma) DeWilde on November 20, 1931 in Pipestone, Minnesota where he was raised and attended school. After his graduation from Pipestone High School in 1951, he worked on the railroad. In August, 1952, he entered the U.S. Army, serving during the Korean War until his discharge in June, 1954....
Lorna Kay Van Otterloo
Sep 10, 2013
Lorna Kay Van Otterloo was born November 28, 1953 to Lester and Lorraine (Jasper) Mars in Orange City, Iowa. They resided on the family farm in Alton, Iowa. When she was an infant, her family moved to Fort Hood, Texas for a year while her father was stationed there in the United States Army. They returned home to the family...
Todd M. Simon
Sep 7, 2013
TODD MICHAEL SIMON was born in Madison, South Dakota on September 12, 1963. He was the first of seven children born to Michael and Doris Simon. He lived in Luverne, Minnesota and worked at Rock County Opportunities. Todd enjoyed participating in Special Olympics and was a multiple medal winner in bowling. He loved to sit outside on the swing, go...
Steven Sand
Sep 4, 2013
Steven Keith Sand was born April 21, 1946 in Tyler, Minnesota to Norman and Dorothy (Zvorak) Sand. He grew up in Russell, Minnesota where he was baptized and confirmed at Grace Lutheran Church. He graduated from Russell High School in 1964. He helped his uncle, Donald Sand, in his farming operation for a few months until he went to the...
Keith Clipper
Aug 26, 2013
Gordon Keith Clipper was born June 30, 1929 to Gordon John and Vera Pearl (Van Dusen) Clipper on the farm in Drammen Township near Lake Benton, Minnesota. He attended country school at District #68 through the eighth grade. When he was 14 he helped farmers haul manure for one dollar per day. When he got his chauffeur's license at age...
Jaye M. Houtcooper
Aug 25, 2013
Jaye M. Houtcooper, age 49, of Mountain Home, Idaho, died at his home, on Sunday, August 25, 2013. Jaye was born July 16, 1964, in Moline, Illinois. He graduated from high school in Pipestone, Minnesota and then one year later joined the US Air Force in which he served 11 years. He was trained in electrical work. After his 11...
Earl Vance Mahoney
Aug 24, 2013
EARL VANCE MAHONEY was born to Louis and Mary (Kane) Mahoney on August 31, 1907 in Aurelia, Iowa. When it was time for Earl to attend school, he went to live with his aunt and uncle in Cherokee, Iowa. Then in 1921 when he was 16 years old, he moved with his parents to Pipestone, Minnesota where he attended high...
Ruby Kallsen
Aug 21, 2013
Ruby Kallsen (1917 - 2013) Mom (Grandma Ruby) joined her husband, Louis, and daughters, Kay Kallsen and Barbara Steelman, in heaven on August 21, 2013. Ruby lived her 96 years with courage, grace, faith, and a wonderful sense of humor. She was born in a small farmhouse just west of Split Rock Creek and just south of Ihlen, Minnesota on...
Irma Vander Sluis
Aug 21, 2013
IRMA LAVONNE (EVINK) VANDER SLUIS was born to Ben and Gertrude (Versteeg) Evink on April 9, 1932 in Worthington, Minnesota. She was baptized in the Rushmore Presbyterian Church. She moved with her family in 1936 to the Holland, Minnesota area where she attended grade school in District #30 and graduated from Ruthton High School in 1949. On October 17, 1950...
Edward C. Wussow
Aug 18, 2013
EDWARD C. WUSSOW was born to Carl William and Hazel Ruth (Baker) Wussow on July 3, 1929 on a farm in Pipestone County, Minnesota where he was raised and attended country school. After he completed the eighth grade, he moved with his parents to Wadena, Minnesota and attended high school there. Upon completion of his education, he worked as a...
Jeanette Williams
Aug 17, 2013
Jeanette Evelyn Williams was born August 31, 1921 in Russell, Minnesota to Joseph and Carrie Augusta (Nelson) Peterson. She grew up on the family farm a mile west of Russell, attending school in Russell. On January 11, 1939 Jeanette married Alfred Williams in Brookings, South Dakota. Their union was blessed with seven children and 40 years of life together. Except...
Bernice Pottratz
Aug 17, 2013
BERNICE POTTRATZ was born to Theodore and Frieda (Heideman) Gelderman on July 19, 1923 on a farm near Humboldt, South Dakota where she was raised. She was baptized in the Lutheran Church in Humboldt and she attended school in Humboldt through the eighth grade. In the 1940's, Bernice moved with her parents to a farm by Ward, South Dakota where...
Duane E. Schlapkohl
Aug 15, 2013
Duane Earl Schlapkohl was born in Pipestone, Minnesota on February 1, 1951 to Vernon and Eunice (Brockberg) Schlapkohl of Trosky, Minnesota. He was baptized on March 14, 1951, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Trosky. His sponsors were Ivan Brockberg and Vida Mae (Brockberg) Johnson. The family moved to a farm site south of Lake Benton on Highway 75 where Duane...
Norlan Ver Steeg
Aug 13, 2013
NORLAN GENE VER STEEG was born September 20, 1950 to Norman and Anna Mae (Wielenga) Ver Steeg in Le Mars, Iowa. The family lived on a farm southeast of Hull, Iowa where Norlan attended country school through 2nd grade. They then moved to a farm east of Hardwick, Minnesota where he attended school through 8th grade and graduated from Luverne...
Catherine Untiedt Dibbern
Aug 12, 2013
CATHERINE UNTIEDT DIBBERN, was born on June 1, 1923 to William and Margaret (Schommer) Bofenkamp in Ellsworth, Minnesota. She was raised in town and graduated from Ellsworth High School. Following school, she moved to Sioux Falls, South Dakota and began working at Fantles Department Store. She then met Wayne Untiedt and on June 5, 1946 the couple was united in...
Arlis Werner
Aug 11, 2013
ARLIS LORRAINE PEDERSEN WERNER... was born on a farm west of Ruthton, Minnesota in Aetna Township on March 23, 1933 to Chris B. and Etta C. (Aaker) Pedersen. She was baptized at home on May 14, 1933. She moved with her family to a farm north of Pipestone, Minnesota in Fountain Prairie Township on March 1, 1937 and lived on...
Alice Van Dyke
Aug 10, 2013
ALICE VAN DYKE was born on May 19, 1922 to Ignace and Eugenie (Koerperich) Peschon in Pipestone, Minnesota. She was raised on the farm west of Woodstock, Minnesota and attended District 32 country school through the eighth grade. She then began high school in Pipestone and would spend the school nights with a family living in Pipestone and return to...
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