Adelaide Janssen
Apr 3, 2017
Adelaide Emila Janssen was born to Louis and Gurine (Herreid) Lorentson on April 5, 1917 in Trent, South Dakota. In 1918, she moved with her parents to Seattle, Washington for a few years. The family later returned back to Flandreau, South Dakota in 1921 where she was raised. After her graduation from Flandreau High School, she attended Sioux Valley School...
Marge Selken
Mar 28, 2017
Margaret Lucille (Kuehl) Selken was born April 12, 1940 to Charles and Arlene (Otkin) Kuehl in Cazenovia, Minnesota. In 1944 the family moved to a farm near Verdi, Minnesota, where she grew up. She attended Verdi Public School, graduating from high school in 1958. On February 11, 1961 Marge married Ron Selken in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Their union was...
Donald Wesley Elzenga
Mar 26, 2017
DONALD ELZENGA... was born to Joe and Gertrude (Acterhoff) Elzenga on July 20, 1930 in Luverne, Minnesota. They lived in Rock County until 1936 when the family moved to California. In 1943 the family moved to Enumclaw, Washington. Don attended school in California, Washington, and Minnesota, graduating from Buckley High School in Buckley, Washington in 1949. In 1950 he enlisted...
David C. Larson
Mar 25, 2017
DAVID CARL LARSON was born on August 16, 1956, to Leslie and Helen (Christenson) Larson in Appleton, Minnesota. He was baptized on September 30, 1956, and confirmed on May 12, 1971, at Zion Lutheran Church in Appleton. Dave was raised on the farm northeast of Holloway, Minnesota. He attended school in nearby Appleton where he graduated with the class of...
Marion Johnson
Mar 23, 2017
Marion Elizabeth Johnson was born September 21, 1926 to Chris and Augusta (Greenfield) Johnson in Balaton, Minnesota. She was baptized and later confirmed at the Methodist Church in Balaton. She attended school there and graduated from Balaton High School in 1944. She attended the University of Minnesota for her General Nursing Degree and became a Registered Nurse in 1948, later...
Raymond Beckering
Mar 22, 2017
RAYMOND HENRY BECKERING was born to John and Lydia (Sheerhorn) Beckering on January 8, 1924 in Sheldon, Iowa. When he was a year old, he moved with his parents to a farm by Trosky, Minnesota where he attended school. In 1937, he again moved with his parents to a farm near Edgerton, Minnesota. He attended Edgerton High School and graduated...
Ruth Wiese
Mar 21, 2017
RUTH HENRIETTA WIESE. . . was born to Edgar and Iona (Wehrman) Tower on March 17, 1924, in Jasper, Minnesota where she was baptized and confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church. She received her education in Jasper, graduating from Jasper High School in 1941. In 1942, she began working for the Statistical Control Unit of the Air Transport Command. She worked...
Dorothy M. Buys
Mar 21, 2017
DOROTHY MAE BUYS was born on June 22, 1938 to Raymond and Florence (Terpstra) Harms at their home on the farm south of Valley Springs, South Dakota. When Dorothy was young, the family moved for a short time to Larchwood, Iowa and then Inwood, Iowa where Dorothy attended country school. She went to high school in Inwood where she graduated...
Patricia Andrews
Mar 19, 2017
PATRICIA JOAN ANDREWS was born to Gerard Harris and Joan Harriet (Raines) Andrews on April 10, 1948 in Worthington, Minnesota. She was baptized as an infant at St. Mary Catholic Church in Worthington. As a young girl, she lived with her family in Hadley, Minnesota, Currie, Minnesota and then Slayton, Minnesota. She was confirmed at St. Ann Catholic Church in...
Mavis Berkhof
Mar 18, 2017
MAVIS LORETTA BERKHOF was born on December 10, 1935 to George and Gladys (Rollag) Sanderson at her parent’s home in Steen, Minnesota. She was baptized on March 30, 1936. She attended primary school in Steen and then attended Hills High School in Hills, Minnesota; graduating with the class of 1953. On January 6, 1955, Mavis was united in marriage to...
Pearl "Nellie" Smith
Mar 12, 2017
PEARL NELLIE SMITH was born on January 16, 1926 to Ed and Jennie Boeve in Lester, Iowa. She attended country school in Lyon County. On January 16, 1945 Nellie married Marvin C. Smith at her parents’ home in Steen, Minnesota. The couple made their first home near Ash Creek, Minnesota. Nellie took care of their four children, drove school bus...
Maurice L. Dewispelaere
Mar 7, 2017
Maurice L. DeWispelaere was born in LaPorte, Indiana on October 24, 1929 as the youngest of four children to Joe and Yvonne (DeMunck) DeWispelaere. He died peacefully on March 7, 2017, with his friends and family by his side at his home for the last 4 years, the Colonial Manor of Balaton, Minnesota. The staff at Balaton loved and cared...
Joel Lee Baerenwald
Mar 6, 2017
Joel Lee Baerenwald was born December 8, 1969 to Loren and Sheryl (Winter) Baerenwald in Pipestone, Minnesota. Joel was baptized on January 18, 1970 and confirmed May 5, 1985 all at Jasper Evangelical Lutheran Church. He grew up on the farm near Jasper, and graduated from Jasper High School in 1988. He continued his education at Southwest Technical College in...
Lois Hatting
Mar 5, 2017
LOIS RONDI HATTING was born on August 4, 1938 to Harold and Clara (Nelson) Binford in Luverne, Minnesota, where she was raised. She received her education and graduated from Luverne High School in 1956. On August 28, 1971 Lois was united in marriage to Robert Hatting at the Grace United Methodist Church in Moorhead, Minnesota. The couple made their home...
William "Bill" Munsch
Mar 5, 2017
WILLIAM CHRISTOPHER MUNSCH, JR. was born on May 10, 1930, to William, Sr. and Julia (Wooley) Munsch in Remsen, Iowa. As a child he moved with his family to Russell, MN and then Lake Benton, MN, where he attended country school first, and then Lake Benton High School. For his final year of high school he attended Ivanhoe High School,...
Wilma Van'T Hul
Mar 4, 2017
WILMA VAN'T HUL was born on October 11, 1923 to Sander (Sam) and Wilhemina (Minnie) De Zeeuw in Maurice, Iowa and grew up on a farm near Rock Valley, Iowa with her family. Wilma eventually met Gerben and the couple was married at her Mom’s home on May 29, 1945, while Gerben was home on a weekend leave from the...
Lorraine Sterrett
Mar 2, 2017
LORRAINE CELESTA STERRETT was born to Edward Michael and Anna Catherine (Hey) Neisius on February 23, 1919 in Oyens, Iowa. When she was one year old, she moved with her parents to White, South Dakota where she attended school. At the age of 16 years, she moved with her parents to Ward, South Dakota and helped her family work on...
Jack Forman
Mar 1, 2017
JACK DAVID FORMAN was born to Edward Frederick and Olive (Moriarty) Forman on January 17, 1938 in Pipestone, Minnesota where he was raised and attended school. After his graduation from Pipestone High School in 1957, he worked for Bayliner in Pipestone until he moved to Los Angeles, California. A few years later he returned to Pipestone. In August of 1970,...
David O'Connor
Feb 28, 2017
DAVID FRANCIS O'CONNOR, 92, died peacefully surrounded by his wife and family on February 28, 2017 at the Luverne Veterans Home. David was born to Joe and Marie (Bourdelais) O’Connor on May 10, 1924 in Beresford, South Dakota. He grew up in Vermillion, SD and left high school early to enter the military at age 18. He bravely served his...
Tammie Jungers Swenson
Feb 28, 2017
TAMMIE JUNGERS SWENSON was born on March 13, 1958 to James and Donna (Peters) Jungers in Sibley, Iowa. She was baptized in March of 1958 in Sibley and later confirmed at Little Flower in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Tammie spent a portion of her childhood living in Sibley and briefly in Sioux Falls until she and her family settled in...
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