Lyla Bracken
Nov 18, 2011
LYLA BRACKEN was born to Ray and Annie (Schultz) Berger on November 15, 1924 in Tyler, Minnesota. She attended grade school in District #10 in Lincoln County, Minnesota and graduated from Verdi High School. After high school, she continued her education at Mankato University in Mankato, Minnesota and graduated from there with a B.S. Degree. On February 8, 1945, Lyla...
Merlyn "Mert" Fey
Nov 16, 2011
MERLYN 'MERT' JOHN FEY was born on June 3, 1934 to Charles and Hermina (Gilman) Fey at their home in Edgerton, Minnesota. On Wednesday, November 9, 2011, he had a stroke and went to be with our Lord on Wednesday, November 16, 2011 at the Sanford Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Mert grew up in the Jasper/Pipestone, Minnesota area....
Cyril Welter
Nov 14, 2011
CYRIL WELTER was born to Nicholas and Katherine (Nemmers) Welter on April 10, 1920 in Slayton, Minnesota. When he was a small child, he moved with his family to Woodstock, Minnesota where he was raised and received his education. In September, 1942, at the age of 22, he entered the U.S. Army and served his basic training in Leavenworth, Kansas....
Laura Hewitt
Nov 12, 2011
LAURA HEWITT was born to John Henry and Maggie (Freese) Janssen on December 15, 1918 on the family farm near Milford, Iowa. When she was two years old, she moved with her family to a farm near Woodstock, Minnesota where she was raised and attended country school. On March 8, 1939, she was united in marriage to Alvin Hewitt in...
Ethel Winter
Nov 10, 2011
ETHEL WINTER was born on May 4, 1918 to Albert and Mary (Heffron) Frank in Pipestone, Minnesota. She was raised there along with six sisters: Gladys, Ellen, Ardath, Doris, Margaret and Maxine. She attended school in Pipestone and worked various jobs until she married. She was a lifelong resident of Pipestone until she passed away on Thursday, November 10, 2011...
Ione Christensen
Nov 10, 2011
Helen “Ione” Christensen was born October 2, 1930 to Ralph and Minnie (Hetland) Larson in Ellsborough Township, rural Balaton, Minnesota. She was baptized, confirmed, and married at Ellsborough Lutheran Church. She grew up on a farm near Ruthton, Minnesota in the Current Lake area. She attended country school District 45, and graduated from Ruthton High School in 1949, where she...
Arnold H. Bonnema
Nov 8, 2011
ARNOLD HARVEY BONNEMA was born on August 1, 1918 to George and Dena (Kleinwolterink) Bonnema in Sioux County, Iowa. When Arnold was two years old, he moved with his family to a farm near Steen, Minnesota. He attended and completed District 1 Country School through the eighth grade and worked on the family farm. In the early 40’s, Arnold made...
John F. Honken
Nov 8, 2011
JOHN FRED HONKEN was born on May 22, 1929 to Fred and Gertrude (De Groot) Honken on a farm in Battle Plain Township northwest of Kenneth, Minnesota. He was raised on various farms near Kenneth, Jasper, and Hardwick, Minnesota. During that time he attended District 55 country school before later finishing his education in Jasper. Following his schooling, John helped...
Lorence "Bud" Thomas
Nov 4, 2011
LORENCE 'BUD' THOMAS was born to William and Elsie (Weinkauf) Thomas on November 25, 1925 on a farm near Holland, Minnesota where he was raised and attended school. He was baptized in 1925 and confirmed in 1939. Upon completion of his education, he helped on the farm. In December, 1943, he entered the U.S. Army and served in the South...
Hermina Schiebout
Oct 25, 2011
HERMINA SCHIEBOUT was born to George and Hermina “Minnie” (Bosman) Brinks on July 22, 1932 in Sioux County, Iowa, and she was raised on the family farm near Boyden, Iowa. She was baptized at the Boyden Reformed Church where she made her profession of faith on January 1, 1950. She attended country school through the eighth grade and continued her...
Vernon Krusemark
Oct 25, 2011
VERNON HENRY KRUSEMARK was born to Henry and Anna (Rose) Krusemark on July 16, 1919 in Pender, Nebraska where he was raised and attended country school. Following his education, he was employed as a farm laborer in the Pender area. In 1939 he came to the Pipestone, Minnesota area to help with fall harvest. He then moved to Santa Barbara,...
Deborah Cochran
Oct 17, 2011
DEBORAH LEIGH COCHRAN was born June 30, 1962 to Bill and Carol (Feilner) Deason in St. Louis, Missouri. She graduated from Farmington (Missouri) High School in 1980. She was blessed with two daughters, Sarah and Cynthia. She lived in Farmington until she met David Cochran while chatting on-line and moved to Tyler, Minnesota in 2001. David and Deb were married...
Howard Aanenson
Oct 17, 2011
HOWARD AANENSON was born on June 4, 1928 at Kenneth, Minnesota to Ole and Otelia (Olson) Aanenson who were descendants of Norway. Howard was only eight years old when his father died and he went to live with his sister and helped on the farm. When he was 14 years old, he started driving truck for Christensen Trucking in Kanaranzi,...
Donald Gamber
Oct 15, 2011
was born June 29, 1923 to Edward and Marguerite (Thorndyke) Gamber on a farm in Burke Township near Woodstock, Minnesota. He was the fifth of six children. His mother died in 1931 at a young age and then he lived with his maternal grandparents in Edgerton, Minnesota until his grandpa Thorndyke died in 1934. Don then lived on a farm...
Clifford James Raak
Oct 13, 2011
CLIFFORD JAMES RAAK was born on August 28, 1928 to Dick and Minnie (Vander Ploeg) Raak in Sioux Center, Iowa. He grew up on the family farm and attended country school through the eighth grade at which time he returned to help on the farm. He was baptized and made his profession of faith at the First Reformed Church in...
Mary Hibma
Oct 12, 2011
Mary Etta Margaret Hibma was born to William and Etta Early on January 18, 1922, in Providence, Rhode Island. She was raised in Warwick, Rhode Island, where she received her education at St. Michael’s Catholic School. A short time after her graduation, she met and married Paul Pankonen, who was stationed at the naval base there. Upon his discharge from...
Jerry Hoekstra
Oct 8, 2011
JERRY HOEKSTRA was born to Edwin and Evelyn (Swanson) Hoekstra on December 9, 1939 in Rock Rapids, Iowa where he was raised and attended school. After his graduation from Central Lyon High School in Rock Rapids in 1957, he entered the United States Air Force on July 1, 1957 and was stationed at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas. After...
Leona Margaret Johansen
Oct 7, 2011
LEONA MARGARET JOHANSEN was born on August 13, 1922 to George and Louise (Krause) Doehle in Drammen Township, near Lake Benton, Minnesota. She was baptized and confirmed at the United Methodist Church in Lake Benton, and grew up on the family farm with her four siblings. She attended country school and graduated from Lake Benton High School in 1939, after...
Esther B. Paulson
Oct 6, 2011
ESTHER BERNICE BERG PAULSON was born on May 17, 1919, to Iver and Bergetta (Eiane) Levik on the family farm on the banks of the Perch Lake near Truman, Minnesota. She was baptized into the Christian Faith on June 8, 1919, at the Waverly Lutheran Church near Trimont, Minnesota and was later confirmed on April 9, 1933 at the St....
Roger Thooft
Oct 3, 2011
Roger Thooft was born March 31, 1959 to E.R. “Gene” and Agnes (Lanoue) Thooft in Marshall, Minnesota. He grew up the third child of eleven children on the family farm in Island Lake Township, rural Russell, Minnesota. He was baptized, received first communion, and confirmed at St. Eloi Catholic Church in Ghent, Minnesota. He attended school in Russell and graduated...
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