Daniel Christensen
Dec 18, 2013
DANIEL EINER CHRISTENSEN was born to Einer and Hilda (Andersen) Christensen on January 30, 1939 in Tyler, Minnesota where he was raised and received his education. While in high school, he was employed at Meyers Gas Station in Tyler. In 1958, he graduated from Tyler High School. Upon completion of his education, he was employed from 1958 to 1960 in...
Harold Schneider
Dec 17, 2013
HAROLD EDWIN SCHNEIDER was born to John and Mary (Meoska) Schneider on May 8, 1918 on the family farm in Chanarambie Township in Murray County, Minnesota where he was raised and attended country school. Upon completion of his education, he helped on the family farm. Farming was his life. After his retirement, he moved into Pipestone. On Tuesday, December 17,...
Howard Hagedorn
Dec 11, 2013
HOWARD JOHN HAGEDORN was born on August 8, 1920 to William and Ethel (Nicholson)Hagedorn on the family farm in Gray Township, Pipestone County, Minnesota where he was raised and received his education, graduating from Pipestone High School in 1939. Following high school, he continued helping his father farm. Howard was united in marriage to Delores Hanson on December 7, 1944...
Ardelle "Jackie" Hice
Dec 4, 2013
ARDELLE 'JACKIE' JACQUELINE MCCURDY HICE was born in Pipestone, Minnesota on September 8, 1937 to Ralph E. and Anna B. (Knutson) McCurdy. One year later, her sister Vicky was born. They were best friends, confidants and, at times, mortal enemies (as only sisters can be!). In 1951, she left Minnesota with her sister, her brother Dean, her mother and her...
Sandi Toresdahl
Dec 3, 2013
SHIRLEY 'SANDI' TORESDAHL was born to Hiram and Dora (Bittbenner) Toresdahl on December 28, 1934 in Pipestone, Minnesota, where she was raised and attended school. After her graduation from Pipestone High School in 1952, she began working at Ashton Memorial Hospital in Pipestone. One year later, she moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota where she began working at First National Bank and...
James Anderson
Dec 1, 2013
JAMES MICHAEL ANDERSON was born on July 3, 1947 to Dorothea Marietta (Leicher) and Theodore Roosevelt Anderson in Luverne, Minnesota. He attended school in both, Luverne and Magnolia, Minnesota. On July 3, 1968 he married Eva Heidebrink at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Worthington, Minnesota and to this union four children were born, Ralph, Dawn, April, and Michael. The couple...
Martin Boomgaarden
Nov 28, 2013
Martin Boomgaarden was born May 23, 1937 to Jacob and Viola (Arndt) Boomgaarden in Pipestone, Minnesota. He grew up in Holland, Pipestone, and Trosky, Minnesota. He was baptized and confirmed at St. John Lutheran Church in Trosky. Following his education, he helped shear sheep on the farm with his father. He later held various farming jobs and had been employed...
Enola Kortlever
Nov 24, 2013
ENOLA VALORIS KORTLEVER was born on August 9, 1930 to John and Frieda (Bruns) Meinerts on the farm in Lyon County, IA, on the Iowa and Minnesota state line. In 1941, the family moved to a farm in Clinton Township, Rock County, MN. Enola attended country school and received her education through the eighth grade. On September 28, 1949 she...
David Jon Jansen
Nov 22, 2013
DAVID JON JANSEN was born to Virgil and Geneve (Berkness) Jansen on June 5, 1957 in Lakefield, Minnesota. He was raised in Luverne, Minnesota where he received his education. Prior to starting his senior year in high school in 1975, he moved with his parents to Canada. After a few years he returned to Pipestone, Minnesota. At that time, he...
James F. Nelson
Nov 22, 2013
James Frakes Nelson was born on December 5, 1947 to Edwin and Beulah (Frakes) Nelson in Luverne, Minnesota. They lived south of Jasper where Jim started country school at District #36 Southwest. He finished his education in the Jasper School system, graduating with the class of 1966. Jim continued his education for one year at the Jackson VoTech for auto...
Wilma Brower
Nov 21, 2013
WILMA MARGARET BROWER was born August 22, 1932 on a farm in Sioux County near Hull, Iowa to Gerrit and Albertha (DeWeerd) Van Wyhe. She was raised on the farm, where she helped with milking cows and caring for her nine siblings. She attended country school through the eighth grade and then continued to help her parents on the farm....
Lois Medill
Nov 21, 2013
LOIS JANE AGNES MEDILL was born to William and Susanna (Steines) Evans on July 13, 1929 in Moody County, SD. She was raised for her first year near Trent, SD. The family then moved to a farm northeast of Trosky until 1941, when they moved to a farm six miles north of Pipestone, MN. During her youth, Lois attended country...
Carol Mensen
Nov 18, 2013
Carol Louise Mensen was born May 26, 1960 to Arlyn and Garnet (Jensen) Petersen in Tyler, Minnesota. She was baptized at Diamond Lake Lutheran Church and later confirmed at Grace Lutheran Church in Lake Benton. She grew up on the farm and attended Lake Benton Public School, graduating in 1978. She continued her education at Stewart's School of Cosmetology in...
Robert Paul Staab
Nov 18, 2013
ROBERT PAUL STAAB was born to Paul and Margaret (Schreier) Staab on April 11, 1925 on a farm near Remsen, Iowa. When he was two years old, he moved with his parents to a farm in Gray Township of Pipestone County, Minnesota where he was raised and attended country school in District 70. Following his graduation from Pipestone High School...
Sandra Carlson-Otter
Nov 15, 2013
SANDRA CARLSON-OTTER was born on August 14, 1949 to Jake and Sylvia (Zeinstra) Overgaauw in Pipestone, MN. She was raised on farms near Hatfield, MN, north of Pipestone, and near Holland, MN. She received her education at the Christian School in Holland until its closing and then attended school in Pipestone. In 1966, the family moved to a farm near...
Virginia Spicer
Nov 13, 2013
VIRGINIA RAE SPICER was born to Raymond and Viola Carstensen on November 30, 1940 in Elmer Township, Pipestone, Minnesota. Virginia was baptized and confirmed in Saint John Lutheran Church, Trosky, Minnesota. She was raised on the farm in rural Pipestone County and graduated from Edgerton High School in 1958. On August 29, 1958 she was united in marriage to Larry...
Mildred Fink
Nov 12, 2013
Mildred Amelia (Reese) Fink... was born on March 16, 1924 to Fred and Hulda (Pahl) Reese in Murray County, Minnesota. She was baptized at St. John's Lutheran Church in Woodstock, Minnesota in 1924, and was also confirmed there in 1938. During her youth, she lived on a farm in Pipestone County near Woodstock. She graduated from Pipestone High School in...
Lois Benson
Nov 8, 2013
LOIS IRENE BENSON was the third child of eight children born to Vernon and Josephine (Newell) Hess. Lois was born October 2, 1920 on a farm southwest of Grundy Center, Iowa. In 1928, the family moved to a farm southwest of Pipestone, Minnesota where she was raised and attended country school at District #35 in Sweet Township. She graduated in...
Marie Mae Holck
Nov 7, 2013
MARIE MAE BORGERS HOLCK was born on May 7, 1935, in Norman Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota to Gerrit and Bertha (Wolvendyk) Borgers. She moved with her family to Arco when she was four years old. Marie attended school in Arco for several years, and finished her education in Ivanhoe. She was also raised in her mother's faith of Jehovah's...
Howard Joseph Duchene
Nov 6, 2013
HOWARD JOSEPH DUCHENE was born to Raymond F. and Isabelle A. (Carpenter) Duchene on April 15, 1933, Holy Saturday, in Waseca, Minnesota. He was baptized at Sacred Heart Church in Waseca and received First Communion and was confirmed at Sacred Heart Church where he served as altar boy into adulthood. He was raised in Faribault, Minnesota and attended Sacred Heart...
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