Myrna Van Voorst
Jun 6, 2013
MYRNA HAZEL VAN VOORST was born June 16, 1947 at home on the Riffle Place in rural Platte, South Dakota to Ralph and Hazel (Fish) Crosby. They lived at the Riffle Place until 1951. Her family resided in rural Platte throughout her childhood. They moved to the Schoenrock Place until 1952, and then the Weekly Place from 1953-1955, Novak Place...
Cheri L. Roemeling
Jun 5, 2013
CHERI L. ROEMELING was born on December 30, 1975 to Jack and Lynnette Roemeling at the Luverne Community Hospital in Luverne, Minnesota. Most of her childhood years were spent on the family’s acreage near Kanaranzi, Minnesota. She then moved to Pipestone, Minnesota and later lived in Windom, Minnesota where she resided at a group home through Habilitative Services, Inc. She...
Rick A. Jauert
Jun 2, 2013
RICK A. JAUERT died peacefully on Sunday, June 2, 2013 at Tuff Memorial Home in Hills, Minnesota, from complications related to Multiple System Atrophy, a degenerative neurological disease. Rick was born on March 18, 1954 to Russell and Norma (Olson) Jauert in Luverne, Minnesota. The fourth of seven children, he was raised on a dairy farm outside of Luverne. He...
Leah Wipf
Jun 2, 2013
LEAH WIPF was born to Samuel and Susanna (Tschetter) Wipf on October 2, 1944 in Olivet, South Dakota. At the age of four, she moved with her family to the Graceville Colony in Winfred, South Dakota where she was raised and received her education. In 1978, she moved to the Rolland Colony in White, South Dakota. Following Joseph Wipf’s wife’s...
Evelyn D. Lewis
Jun 1, 2013
EVELYN DOROTHY (GILFOY) LEWIS, age 90, died peacefully on Saturday, June 1, 2013 at her home in the Oak Meadows Senior Retirement Center in Oakdale, Minnesota. Her parents James and Dora Gilfoy, her loving husband of 55 years James and two sons Daniel and Patrick, and her only sibling Catherine Willems, preceded her in death. She is survived by her...
Catherine Smith
May 31, 2013
CATHERINE LENORIA SMITH was born to Joseph and Cora (Bell) Stepanek on January 14, 1923 on the family farm near Woodstock, Minnesota where she was raised and attended school. She continued her education at Pipestone High School in Pipestone, Minnesota. After her graduation in 1940, she attended college in Mankato, Minnesota and graduated from there in 1942. She then returned...
Arnold G. Morrow
May 30, 2013
ARNOLD GLENWOOD MORROW... was born April 5, 1919 to Maurice and Junetta (Hanover) Morrow in Oriskany Falls, New York. He attended Radner High School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1942, Arnold entered the United States Army. He served during World War II and was honorably discharged in 1945. While stationed in Southern England Arnold met the love of his life, Vera...
Elsie M. Anderson
May 30, 2013
ELSIE MARIE ANDERSON was born March 5, 1928 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota to John “Jake” and Ethyl “Pearl” (McKillop) Pritchard. Her English father worked for the stockyard and her Scottish mother took care of Elsie and her six siblings. She attended school in Sioux Falls through the eighth grade. Times were hard and she grew up fast and was...
Kenneth Markl
May 27, 2013
KENNETH MARKL was born to Edward and Anna (Zingleman) Markl on September 24, 1919 in Pipestone County, Minnesota. He was raised on a farm and received his education at Rural School District 32. He worked on various farms in his early years, attended welding school in Sioux Falls, South Dakota and served our country while in the Army from 1942...
Viola D. Correll
May 27, 2013
VIOLA DOROTHEA BOWMAN CORRELL was born on November 28, 1919 to John and Elsie (Schuldt) Schlapkohl, Jr. on a farm located in Rock County, MN. She was baptized at Zion Lutheran Church in Hardwick, MN and confirmed May 31, 1936 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Jasper, MN. Viola was raised on various farms located throughout Rock and Pipestone County. She...
Mildred Fagerness
May 25, 2013
Mildred Mary Fagerness was the youngest of five children born to August and Louisa (Niebes) Studt on April 12, 1915 on the family farm in Eden Township of Pipestone County, near Jasper, Minnesota. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith. She attended rural grade school and graduated from Jasper High School in 1932. After attending Nettleton Business College...
Alice Amdahl
May 24, 2013
ALICE AMDAHL was born to Edward and Frieda (Eickstadt) Radi on November 16, 1922 in Lake Wilson, Minnesota. As a young girl, she moved with her family to Pipestone, Minnesota where she was raised and attended school. After her graduation from Pipestone High School in 1942, she moved to Kansas City, Kansas. Several years later, she returned to Pipestone and...
Pat Koets
May 23, 2013
PAT KOETS was born to Floyd and Nola (Chisum) Wheeler on April 10, 1941 in rural Coolidge, Arizona. As a young girl, she moved with her family to Norwalk, California and attended the local schools. While living in California, she met Eldon Koets, and they were married on April 6, 1959 in Pipestone, Minnesota. Following their marriage, they farmed for...
Delmar Tiedeman
May 10, 2013
Delmar William Tiedeman was born July 28, 1940 to William and Nellie (Dickman) Tiedeman on a farm north of Boyden, Iowa. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church of rural Hull, Iowa while growing up on a farm northwest of Hull. He attended country school and then graduated from high school in Hull in 1958. He worked...
Louis Gene Kruse
May 7, 2013
LOUIS GENE KRUSE... was born on April 28, 1950 to Louis and Henrietta (Wolf) Kruse in Sheldon, Iowa. He was raised on the farm near Melvin, Iowa. At age four, his family moved to a farm near Little Rock, Iowa where he attended school through the eighth grade. In 1968, the family moved to the Edgerton and Leota, Minnesota area...
Carol J. Johansen
May 6, 2013
Carol Jean Johansen was born to Otto E. and Lisa (Andersen) Petersen on December 17, 1929 in Lake Benton Township, Lincoln County, Minnesota. She was baptized at Danebod Lutheran Church in Tyler, Minnesota, and later confirmed there. She attended 8 years of elementary school at District #44 country school. Following graduation from Tyler High School in 1948 she attended Mankato...
Barbara L. Carrigan
Apr 28, 2013
BARBARA LOU CARRIGAN was born to Richard and Bertha (Grein) Heath on August 30, 1928 in Albert Lea, Minnesota. As an infant, Barb’s father died when she was six weeks old as a result of appendicitis. She and her mom relocated to Lakefield, Minnesota where they lived with her mother’s parents. Barb was raised in Lakefield and received her education,...
Thomas Hum
Apr 27, 2013
Thomas Ray Hum was born on October 22, 1960 to Lyle and Carol (Huber) Hum in Estherville, Iowa where he was raised and attended school. After his graduation from Estherville High School in 1979, he began working for various contractors building overhead transmission lines throughout the United States. On November 20, 1985, he married Stephanie Wierzbicki in Knoxville, Iowa. After...
Darvin Sudenga
Apr 26, 2013
DARVIN SUDENGA... was born to Robert and Juanita (Wiese) Sudenga on November 17, 1960 in Pipestone, Minnesota. He was raised in Woodstock, Minnesota, where he attended grade school through the sixth grade. He then attended school in Pipestone. After he graduated from Pipestone High School in 1979, he moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota and attended Brown Institute. Upon completion of his...
Jared S. Lingen
Apr 26, 2013
JARED SCOTT LINGEN was born on January 25, 1995 to Gregory and Bonita (Brower) Lingen at Weiner Memorial Hospital in Marshall, Minnesota. He was baptized at St. Martin Catholic Church in Woodstock, Minnesota, and raised in the family home in Ruthton, Minnesota. At age four, he moved with his family to an acreage west of Hardwick, Minnesota. Jared loved the...
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