Martha Aukes
Jan 3, 2013
MARTHA AUKES was born the sixth of eight children on June 1, 1919, to Martin and Trientje (Garrels) Freerks in rural George, Iowa, located in Liberal Township, Lyon County. She was raised on the family farm and later moved into town with her family. She attended Liberal Township grade school through the eighth grade and graduated from George High School...
Lucille Trautman
Jan 1, 2013
Lucille Anne Trautman was born November 16, 1928 in Verdi, Minnesota to Emil and Lila (Wartner) Trautman. She was baptized on January 3, 1929 at the St. Genevieve Catholic Church in Lake Benton, Minnesota. Lucille lived with her parents for some time. She then moved to Faribault, St. Peter, Pipestone, and Redwood. In 1990, Lucille moved to Marshall where she...
Gerald Merrill
Dec 31, 2012
GERALD LAVON MERRILL... was born to Donald and Gretchen (Luttmers) Merrill on November 22, 1932 in Pipestone, Minnesota. He was raised on the family farm on the edge of Pipestone and attended Pipestone High School, graduating in 1950. While he was in high school, he enjoyed playing basketball and football. Gerald went to the National FFA Convention when he was...
Leola Petra Wagner
Dec 30, 2012
Leola Petra Wagner was born September 19, 1917 to Fred and Petra (Johnson) Wagner on the family farm near Verdi, Minnesota. She attended Verdi School and graduated in 1935. She continued her education at Lake Benton normal school for teachers training. She taught at the Drammen School for two years and then enrolled at Mankato State University where she attained...
Eileen Kopp
Dec 30, 2012
ALICE EILEEN KOPP was born on March 16, 1923 to Ingolf and Alma (Halverson) Sunde on the Harter Hovde farm in Minnehaha County, Logan Township, near Dell Rapids, SD. She moved with her parents to Rock County, near Kenneth, MN when she was only about six months old. She attended elementary school in Kenneth and high school in Luverne, graduating...
Myrtle Anna Beck
Dec 30, 2012
Myrtle Beck...went to be with the Lord December 30, 2012 at Penrose Hospital, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Myrtle was born in Jasper, Minnesota December 20, 1923, to Max and Helen (Sierks} Beck. They lived on the Golden Guernsey Dairy Farm in Jasper until 1952 when the family moved to Luverne. She moved with family to Sioux Falls in 1957. She lived...
Leroy Olson
Dec 25, 2012
LEROY ARNOLD OLSON… was born the seventh of nine children to Olaf and Julia (Knudtson) Olson on March 15, 1914 in Martin Township, Rock County near Hills, Minnesota. He was baptized on April 12, 1914 and confirmed July 15, 1928 at Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hills, Minnesota. He spent his childhood on the farm and attended country school through...
Nellie M. Moen
Dec 24, 2012
NELLIE MAE MOEN was born the youngest of 13 children to Andrew and Nellie (Kenyon) Burch on April 26, 1927 in Pipestone, Minnesota where she was raised and received her education. At a young age she cleaned homes for various families and later worked at Fecker’s Produce. In April of 1951, Nellie was united in marriage to Harlan Moen. Nellie...
Margaret Gelderman
Dec 24, 2012
MARGARET GELDERMAN… age 88, died Christmas Eve, December 24, 2012, at her home in Pipestone, Minnesota, surrounded by her loving family. She was born to Henry and Anna (Brandt) Haper on March 15, 1924 in Altona Township of Pipestone County, Minnesota. She was raised on farms around the Ward and Elkton, South Dakota area before the family moved to the...
Lanita J. Usher
Dec 21, 2012
LaNita Jean Usher was born June 13, 1945 to Donald and Ardis (Reinholdt) Goltz at the community hospital in Tyler, Minnesota. She spent her childhood years in Balaton, Minnesota where she attended school and graduated from Balaton High School with the class of 1963. Following graduation, she moved to the Twin Cities area where she attended the College of Medical...
Josephine Arens
Dec 21, 2012
JOSEPHINE ELIZABETH ARENS was born to Peter and Anna (Gengler) Koch on February 2, 1910 in Kenneth, Minnesota. She was reared at Dumont, Minnesota, and was a graduate of the 1928 Class of Wheaton High School in Wheaton, Minnesota. In 1931, she graduated from the Ancker Hospital at St. Paul, Minnesota, as a registered nurse. At that time, she moved...
Nicholas Wieme
Dec 13, 2012
NICHOLAS ANDREW WIEME was born to Bernard and Kathleen (Wise) Wieme on January 28, 1989 at Pipestone County Medical Center in Pipestone, Minnesota. He was baptized and confirmed at Peace United Methodist Church in Pipestone. He attended Pipestone Area Schools where from elementary through his senior year the arts were his love and passion. He and his theatre (One Act...
Rosa Johnson
Dec 8, 2012
A. ROSA JOHNSON was born on February 28, 1926 to Reinert and Tilda (Akersmyr) Tofteland in Luverne, Minnesota. She was raised on the family farm near Kanaranzi, Minnesota. Her family spoke Norwegian at home and she had no English skills when she started attending the nearby one-room school. She graduated from Luverne High School in 1943 and then furthered her...
Wayne Ekdom
Dec 6, 2012
WAYNE RICHARD EKDOM was born to John and Hattie (Visser) Ekdom on March 21, 1935 in Hawarden, Iowa. In 1936, he moved to Ireton, Iowa. After graduating from Western Hull Christian High in Hull, Iowa in 1953, he attended Northwestern College in Orange City, Iowa for two years. In 1957, he graduated from Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. On...
Elvina Viola Wentzel
Dec 5, 2012
ELVINA VIOLA WENTZEL was born to Edward and Reka (Lammers) Wiese on June 29, 1920 in Pipestone, Minnesota. She was raised in Ruthton, Minnesota where she also attended school. Upon completion of her education, she worked in a caf in Ruthton. When she was 16 years, she moved to Pipestone and worked at Armor’s Produce. On July 30, 1946, she...
Marlo Sankey
Dec 4, 2012
MARLO ANGELINE SANKEY was born to Darriel and Blanche Brouillet on November 30, 1943 in Astoria, Oregon. The following year, she moved with her family to Slayton, Minnesota. A short time later, they moved to Pipestone, Minnesota where she was raised and attended school. After her graduation from Pipestone High School in 1961, she continued her education at Mankato State...
Hazel Bundy
Dec 3, 2012
Hazel Marietta (Bennett) Bundy was born October 17, 1919 in Arlington, SD to Harry and Pearl Elizabeth (Jones) Bennett. She was baptized at the Church of Christ in Arlington, SD and a member of the Congregational Church in Garvin, MN. She worked at Douglas Air Craft in Chicago, IL during WWII. She moved to Sioux Falls, SD in 1943 and...
Howard "Howie" Eugene Iveland
Dec 3, 2012
HOWARD 'HOWIE' IVELAND (CHEEZER) was born on September 12, 1948 to Howard “Red” and Elizabeth “Betty” (Meyer) Iveland in Luverne, Minnesota, where he was raised. He received his education and graduated from Luverne High School in 1966. He then furthered his education by attending Winona State University in Winona, Minnesota. Howie enlisted into the United States Navy in 1968 and...
Agneta Rasmussen
Dec 3, 2012
Agneta Evelyn Rasmussen was born August 19, 1926 to Ejnert and Edel (Ollegaard) Nielsen in Tyler, Minnesota. She was baptized and confirmed at Danebod Lutheran Church in Tyler. Following her education she worked as a nurse’s aide at the Tyler Hospital from 1945-1947, and ten years at Tyler Fairway grocery store. On February 28, 1947 Agneta married Robert Rasmussen at...
Thomas James Lange
Dec 3, 2012
THOMAS JAMES LANGE was born to Norman “Jack” and Colleen (Girard) Lange on June 11, 1957 in Pipestone, Minnesota. He was raised and worked on the family farm near Ward, South Dakota and received his education in Verdi, Minnesota. During his high school years he met the love of his life Deb Wolff. On February 10, 1979, they were united...
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