Obituaries

Oct 10, 2021

MILDRED ILAINE HAACK was born to John and Marie (Muilenburg) Haack on August 24, 1931, on a farm near Sanborn, Iowa. On September 13, 1931, she was baptized at the First Reformed Church in Melvin, Iowa. She lived in Sanborn, Hartley, May City, and Ocheyedan, Iowa and she attended school in May City and Ocheyedan. In 1948, she moved with...

Oct 6, 2021

To view a livestream of Roberta's funeral service or to watch a recording of the service after it has taken place please click the following link: View Funeral Webcast ROBERTA JEAN FOSTER was born on May 30, 1925 in Winnebago Township, Faribault County, MN to Frank and Hazel (Brown) Hemingway. She was the fourth of eight daughters living on the...

Oct 3, 2021

To view a live-stream of Alison's service, please click on the following link: View Funeral Webcast ALISON LORRAINE BAKER named after her great-grandmothers, Alice Pieper and Lorraine Asmus, was born to Jesse and Alissa (Asmus) Baker on Sunday, October 3, 2021 at 1:15 a.m. at Avera-McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. She was immediately baptized and lived for a...

Oct 3, 2021

Jim's service will be live-streamed today through the church's website: www.arcluverne.org/watch-live/ JAMES A. KLEIN was born on July 10, 1927 to Arthur and Susie (Altena) Klein in Sioux County, Iowa. He spent his childhood on the family farm and attended Sioux County country school through the eighth grade. After school, Jim helped his Dad on the farm. He simply loved...

Sep 30, 2021

ALLEN LEE "COWBOY" DOORNEWEERD was born on January 30, 1948 to Dietrich “Dick” and Leah (Wulf) Doorneweerd in Rock Rapids, Iowa. He attended Lester Elementary School and later Brandon Valley and Hills-Beaver Creek High School into the twelfth grade. He went on to serve two years in the United States Army and was stationed in Munich, Germany. Upon his honorable...

Sep 30, 2021

MILDRED MARGARET (BRUHN) LICHTSINN was born December 10, 1931 in Lake Benton, Minnesota to William and Margaret (Von Holdt) Bruhn. She attended the Lake Benton School. Mildred was united in marriage to Henry Lichtsinn on October 20, 1950 in Lake Benton. After her youngest child entered school, Mildred went to work at the local grocery store where she worked until...

Sep 28, 2021

DORIS PATRICIA VANDEPUTTE was born on February 6, 1928 to Ernest and Gladys (Hiatt) Keith in Sanish, North Dakota. She was their 5th child and grew up in Tracy, Minnesota. She attended school in Tracy, graduating from high school. She was united in marriage to Hubert Vandeputte on February 19, 1946 in Marshall, Minnesota. After their marriage she worked on...

Sep 28, 2021

To view Kendra's funeral service, please click the following link: View Funeral Webcast KENDRA MICHELLE MADETZKE was born February 24, 1983, to Donald and Emily (Robinson) Madetzke in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. She grew up on the family farm in Jasper, Minnesota, where she loved playing outside with her siblings and playing with all the animals on the farm. Her...

Sep 26, 2021

BYRL ALVIN KOSTER, age 83, died suddenly at his home on Sunday, September 26, 2021. Byrl was born on August 19, 1938 in Drammen Township of Lincoln County, Minnesota to Leo and Esther (Trautman) Koster. He attended rural country school (District #50) through 7th grade and then went on to Lake Benton Public School, graduating in 1956. He attended South...

Sep 23, 2021

DOROTHY JEAN (THOMSSEN) MADSEN was born to Charles and Hazel (Kaufman) Thomssen on May 29, 1928 at her grandparents' home in Pipestone, Minnesota. She was baptized at the Trosky Methodist Church on May 12, 1929 and later confirmed on May 7, 1939. She attended school in Trosky until the eighth grade when her family moved to the countryside near Ruthton....

Sep 22, 2021

To view Jim's service, please click on the following link: View Funeral Webcast JAMES JOHN "JIMMY JO" JOHANNSEN was born on May 2, 1943 to Clarence and Lillian (Remme) Johannsen in Luverne, Minnesota. He was baptized and received his confirmation at Zion Lutheran Church in Hardwick, Minnesota. Jim attended school in Hardwick through the eighth grade and then enrolled in...

Sep 20, 2021

Mark Robert McClain… was born on November 22, 1962 to Robert and Shirley (Karolczak) McClain in Marshall, Minnesota where he was raised and attended school. He was confirmed at Holy Redeemer Church in Marshall in 1980. After his graduation from Marshall High School in 1981, he attended Alexandria Vo-Tech in Alexandria, Minnesota. In 1983, he graduated from there with a...

Sep 17, 2021

To view Poots' funeral service please click the following link, View Funeral Webcast Our Dad, Milton Alfred “Poots” Kindt, was called home to be with his Lord on Friday, September 17, 2021, while under the care of Pipestone County Hospice. Milton was born on September 16, 1933, at home in Elmer Township, Minnesota. He was the youngest of six children...

Sep 14, 2021

LORI ANN LAGG was born on July 5, 1963 in Parkston, South Dakota to Rudolph and Amanda (Drefs) Lagg. She was baptized on August 18, 1963 and confirmed on April 3, 1976 in Delmont, South Dakota. She attended school in Delmont and graduated in 1981. She went on to further her education at Dakota State College in Madison, South Dakota...

Sep 13, 2021

ROBERT “CORKY” RAY MCCORQUODALE was born March 2, 1956, to Ramona (Peterreins) McCorquodale in Redwood Falls, Minnesota. He was baptized and confirmed at Wood Lake Methodist Church. He attended school in Wood Lake, Minnesota, where he was active in sports. After graduation, Robert was a company driver for many companies ranking up millions of miles in his over fifty years...

Sep 12, 2021

LESTER LLOYD LANDGREN was born on January 28, 1956, to Loren and Velma (Lange) Landgren in Pipestone, MN. He was baptized on February 16, 1956 and confirmed on May 23, 1971 at St. Paul Lutheran Church. Lester grew up in Pipestone where he was involved in many activities including, 4-H, theater, and enjoyed fishing with his Grandpa and Grandma Landgren,...

Sep 12, 2021

ROBERT "JIM" JAMES KERR was born on March 27, 1932, to George and Anna (Wischer) Kerr in Lawton, North Dakota. When Jim was four years old, the family moved to the Minneota, Minnesota area. Jim attended Lynd High School and graduated in 1950. Beginning at a young age, he farmed with his father near Russell, Minnesota and would later take...

Sep 12, 2021

LARRY DEAN CARLSON was born August 22, 1955, to Thomas and Phyllis (Dewilde) Carlson in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Larry was born and raised in Sioux Falls where he grew up with two siblings. During his childhood he enjoyed hunting. Larry graduated from Washington High School in Sioux Falls. He then attended college in Vermillion South Dakota. Following graduation he...

Sep 12, 2021

To view a live-stream of Robert's service, please click the following link: View Funeral Webcast ROBERT STEPHEN TOMLINSON was born on December 7, 1946 to Robert and Hazel (Larson) Tomlinson in Luverne, Minnesota. He was baptized at First Presbyterian Church in Luverne. As a youth, Robert played the coronet in band. For spending money, he sold nightcrawlers and mowed lawns....

Sep 11, 2021