Gladys Cheney
Oct 2, 2012
Gladys Harriet Cheney… was born to Peter and Anna (Cherney) Ellefson on May 12, 1919 on the family farm in Lone Rock Township, near Flandreau, South Dakota, where she was raised and attended the Simons Country School. She continued her education at the Flandreau High School. While she was attending high school, she boarded with her sister at their Grandma...
Ronald L. Schreurs
Sep 25, 2012
Ronald Louis Schreurs was born March 15, 1927 to Fred and Caroline Schreurs in Tyler, Minnesota. He is of Dutch and German ancestry. He attended country school through the eighth grade. Transportation to school was either by horse and buggy or walking. During the winter months Ronald, along with his brother and sister, walked across Dead Coon Lake or Grandpa...
Dorothy Thorson
Sep 24, 2012
DOROTHY ELEANOR THORSON was born on August 1, 1925 to Griffith and Inez (Hotvet) Stensland in Canton, South Dakota. She was raised in Canton and rural Inwood, Iowa. She attended country school through the eighth grade and later graduated from high school in Inwood. Following her education she helped out at home on the farm for a few years. She...
Harold Winter
Sep 20, 2012
HAROLD WILLIAM WINTER was born to William and Sophie (Stueven) Winter on April 9, 1924 on a farm near Doon, Iowa. He was baptized on May 11, 1924 at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Hull, Iowa and later confirmed on May 22, 1938 at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Pipestone, Minnesota. When Harold was four years old, his father died....
Lucille Ohl
Sep 17, 2012
Lucille Dorothy Ohl was born February 20, 1920 to Carl George and Elizabeth (Oerter) Hansen at Arco, Minnesota. She was baptized and later confirmed at Bethany Lutheran Church in Arco. She attended Arco Public Schools, graduating from Arco High School in 1936, after which she took one year of teacher training in Ivanhoe, Minnesota. She taught in rural schools in...
Desmond Ankrum
Sep 16, 2012
Desmond Ankrum was born February 27, 1992 to Jeanine Norgaard and Jeff Ankrum in Marshall, Minnesota. He was baptized March 14, 2001 at Jasper Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jasper, Minnesota. He attended school in Jasper, Tyler, and Lake Benton and graduated from MECLA in Marshall, Minnesota. He worked various jobs at Culvers, Apollos Bar & Grill, and Jonti Craft, and...
Esther Hoyme
Sep 15, 2012
ESTHER CLARA MARIE HOYME … was born to Henry and Christine (Moen) Hill on April 7, 1919 in Moody County, South Dakota. She was baptized and confirmed at Bethania Lutheran Church in rural Moody County. She attended country school in Moody County and continued her education at Jasper High School in Jasper, Minnesota. After her high school graduation in 1937,...
Helen Kruger
Sep 14, 2012
Hieska “Helen” Hermina Kruger… was born Hieska to Harm Jelle and Teilke “Tillie” (Boumann) Schneidermann on October 31, 1921 in Simonvolde, Germany. On October 19, 1926, she and her family boarded a ship to New York, New York, landing on November 3, celebrating her fifth birthday on board. The family traveled by train to Chicago and then to George, Iowa...
Ralph Sandager Hansen
Sep 13, 2012
Ralph Sandager Hansen was born May 14, 1919 in Luck, Wisconsin to Thorvald and Bodil (Sandager) Hansen. He grew up near West Denmark, Wisconsin, being baptized and confirmed at West Denmark Church. He attended Polk country school for his elementary education, and graduated from Milltown High School in 1938. Ralph moved to Tyler, Minnesota to work on the farm of...
Edna Shriver
Sep 8, 2012
Edna Marie (Kruse) Shriver was born on December 17, 1915, to Nels Sigurd and Sigrid (Linnet) Kruse in Hope Township, Lincoln County, Minnesota. She was baptized and confirmed at Danebod Lutheran Church in Tyler. She attended grade school at Brneskolen (the Children’s School) at Danebod where classes were taught half a day in Danish and half a day in English....
Harold E. Lee
Sep 6, 2012
HAROLD E. LEE was born to Carl and Laura (Reppe) Lee on October 26, 1919 in Flandreau, South Dakota. He was raised in the Colman, Egan and Flandreau areas of Moody County, South Dakota. He was baptized as an infant, and he was confirmed on June 23, 1935. He attended Simons Country School #13 and then Flandreau High School where...
Myrna "Pete" M. Carlson
Sep 6, 2012
Myrna Margaret 'Pete' Carlson... was born on May 19, 1920 to Gus and Margaret Dorthea (Eggers) Hinz on a farm in Sweet Township of Pipestone County, Minnesota. She was baptized on June 27, 1920 at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Pipestone where she was confirmed on May 31, 1936. She was raised on the family farm and attended school in...
Elwood Jensen
Sep 1, 2012
ELWOOD ARDEN JENSEN was the oldest of eight children born to Ole and Ida Malinda (Snare) Jensen. He was born on November 25, 1915 on a farm in rural Hadley, Minnesota. The following year his parents purchased a farm near Slayton, Minnesota where he was raised and attended country school in District #55. In 1936, he moved with his parents...
Martha C. Wittfoth
Aug 23, 2012
MARTHA CHRISTINA WITTFOTH was born to Gust and Emma (Hasch) Wischmann on February 4, 1925 on a farm near Holland, Minnesota where she was raised. She was baptized on September 13, 1925 at Aetna Lutheran Church in Ruthton, Minnesota and confirmed there on June 5, 1938. She attended school in District #7 and then high school in Ruthton, Minnesota for...
Robert Francis Haney
Aug 23, 2012
ROBERT FRANCIS HANEY was born to Avery Francis and Jennie Minerva (Pierce) Haney on August 22, 1915 on a farm west of Pipestone, Minnesota where he was raised. He attended school in District #3 and Pipestone High School. Upon completion of his education, he helped his parents on the farm. On September 12, 1942, he entered the U.S. Navy and...
Elisabeth M. Schadwinkel
Aug 22, 2012
ELISABETH MARIE SCHADWINKEL was born September 7, 1919 to Edward and Bessie (Carlton) Bode in Luverne Minnesota, where she was raised and attended school. On September 10, 1937 Betty was united in marriage to John Sandstede in Rock Rapids, Iowa. The couple made their home in Luverne. During this time, Betty really enjoyed her work as an employee at the...
Jerald H. Possail
Aug 17, 2012
Jerald Henry Possail... was born on January 13, 1940 to Fred and Violet (Sparks) Possail in Tyler, Minnesota. He was raised on a farm east of Arco and attended school both in a country school and in Tyler. Following his education, he helped his father farm. On August 8, 1957, he enlisted in the National Guard and served in Alaska...
Sandra Westfield
Aug 16, 2012
SANDRA MAE WESTFIELD was born to Dwayne and Lois (Berg) Lange on January 30, 1945 in Slayton, Minnesota. Her family farmed in Murray County and moved from Woodstock to Worthington and Fulda, before residing in Pipestone, Minnesota during Sandy’s grade school years. Sandy graduated from Pipestone High School in 1963 and continued her education at Winona School of Nursing for...
Patricia Johnson
Aug 13, 2012
PATRICIA ANN JOHNSON was born to Gordon and Ione (Hinz) Rae on April 27, 1939 in Pipestone, Minnesota. She lived with her parents in Jasper, Minnesota for several years before moving to Pipestone where she was raised and received her education. While she was in high school, she worked part-time at the Dari King. After her graduation from Pipestone High...
Douglas Veldhuisen
Aug 10, 2012
Douglas Veldhuisen… was born to Cornelius and Johanna (Kallemeyn) Veldhuisen on September 17, 1957 in Worthington, Minnesota. He lived and attended school in Hadley, Minnesota until 1967 when he moved with his family to Pipestone, Minnesota where he continued his education. After his graduation from Pipestone High School, he attended Mankato Technical College. In 1978, he moved to Bartlesville, Oklahoma...
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