Obituaries
Bernice Jacoby
Aug 24, 2007
Bernice Elizabeth Jacoby, daughter of Albert and Mary (Benson) Berg was born on August 3, 1920 in Augsburg Township, Marshall County, MN. She was baptized and confirmed at Salem Lutheran Church in rural Stephen, MN. She attended country school. She worked at a local restaurant and helped local farm families. On July 6, 1942 she married Clarence R. Jacoby at...
LaVaughn Thielke
Aug 24, 2007
LaVaughn Eugene Thielke, son of Carl and Esther (Platow) Thielke was born on April 29, 1933 in Fairfield Township in Swift County, Minnesota. The family moved to the Clontarf area, where LaVaughn grew up on the family farm. He graduated from Benson High School in 1951. LaVaughn was united in marriage to Eyvonne Razink on March 2, 1954 at St....
Lola Michaelson
Aug 18, 2007
Lola Mae Lange, daughter of Rolland and Cora (Wilson) Lange, was born November 29, 1927 in Everglade Township in Stevens County, Minnesota. Lola grew up in Stevens County, where she began her education in a country school while the family lived in the Donnelly area. They later lived in the Alberta area, where Lola continued her schooling, graduating from Alberta...
LeRoy Lanning
Aug 16, 2007
LeRoy Ardell Lanning, was born on February 12, 1920 at home in Erickson Township in Renville, Minnesota, to Brador and Agnes (Krogstad) Lanning. He went to country school till the 8th grade. At the time, he went to help his parents on the family farm. On November 16, 1943, he married Deloris Rosaasen at the First Lutheran Church Parsonage in...
Virgil Smith
Aug 13, 2007
Virgil William Smith was born April 2, 1924 in Mulkeytown, Illinois. Virgil's father died when he was about 10 years old. His mother later remarried. Virgil joined the Army when he was only 15 years old, having his mother sign for him. After the war started, he was sent to England and prepared for the Normandy invasion. He was with...
Russell Lundell
Aug 11, 2007
Russell Fredrick Lundell, son of Fred and Hazel (Bauer) Lundell, was born December 5, 1925 at the family home in Ortonville, MN, and was an impressive 10 A½ lb, healthy baby boy. Because Russ' father died two weeks after his birth, his mother moved the family to Delano, MN, to be closer to her family. In 1928, his mother remarried,...
Gladys Aaberg
Jul 23, 2007
Gladys Larson Aaberg, was born on April 4, 1913. She was the tenth child of 16 children born to Lars and Ingeborg (Bell) Hanson in Langhei Township in Pope County, Minnesota. She was baptized on May 12, 1913 at the East Zion Lutheran Church and was confirmed there on October 2, 1927. She attended Rural Country School District #99. Gladys...
Mary Cline
Jul 21, 2007
Mary Kathleen Benson Cline was born on January 16, 1946 in the Swift County Hospital in Benson, Minnesota to the late Ben Oscar and Antoinette Willhelmina (Waters) Benson. Mary was the seventh out of eight children and the first one born in a hospital. She received the holy sacraments of Baptism, Holy Eucharist, Reconciliation and Confirmation in the St. Francis...
Harold Classen
Jul 20, 2007
When Harold Classen heard a tune he liked, he had the ability to entertain his wife Leona and five children by teaching it to himself within minutes and then playing it on his beloved piano. During his lifetime, Harold taught himself hundreds of songs, and played for several dance bands without ever reading a note of sheet music. After evening...
Louise Smith
Jul 13, 2007
Louise Ranae Smith, daughter of Laurel and Georgia (Harstad) Smith, was born March 10, 1949 in Morris, Minnesota, where she was baptized at Bethany Lutheran Church. She was confirmed in the Lutheran Church in Tooele, Utah. Louise began her schooling in Tacoma, WA and completed it in Tooele, Utah. In 1984, she returned to Morris and began working at the...
Joyce Goodyear
Jul 5, 2007
Joyce Virginia Van Dyke was born December 13, 1925, in Sheldon, Iowa to O.A. and Alice (Gaster) Van Dyke. She was baptized on June 29, 1930, and confirmed on March 3, 1949, by Reverend Gerhard Forde. She grew up and received her schooling in Sheldon Iowa. After graduating from high school, Joyce worked as a bookkeeper at a filling station....
Lenore Anderson
Jul 2, 2007
Lenore Ann Anderson passed away in the warmth of her daughter's arms and the guiding light of the family she loved on Monday, July 2, 2007 at Stevens Community Medical Center in Morris, MN. She was 93 years old, but if you were to ask anyone who knew her, they would tell you they didn't believe it. Her sharpness of...
Connie Christians
Jul 2, 2007
Connie Marie Christians, daughter of Harold and Louise (Bohnart) Christians, was born August 20, 1950 in Little Rock, Iowa, where she was baptized on November 26, 1950 at the Presbyterian Church. She spent the first 12 years of her life in Little Rock, when she moved with her family to Herman, MN in 1962. Connie graduated from Herman Community School...
Paul Kopitzke
Jun 24, 2007
Paul W. Kopitzke was born on December 2, 1915 on a farm in Swan Lake Township, to John and Minnie (Block) Kopitzke. He attended country school and completed his education while in the US Army. He enlisted in the Army National Guard on February 5, 1940, and was a member of the first troops to land on Omaha Beach on...
Luella Rathke
Jun 22, 2007
Luella Mae Louise Rathke, Daughter of Walter Sr. and Rosa (Abel) Rathke was born July 15, 1934 in Barrett, Minnesota. She was baptized on July 29, 1934 and confirmed on June 13, 1948 at Zion Lutheran Church in Hoffman, Minnesota. She graduated being salutatorian of her class from Barrett High School, on May 22, 1952. During her senior year, she...
Kelly Zimmerman
Jun 21, 2007
Kelly Jo Wilkins, daughter of Lowell and Marcia (Barchinger) Wilkins, was born November 23, 1960 in Moorhead, Minnesota, and was baptized into the Lutheran Faith. She grew up in Morris, MN, and was confirmed at First Lutheran Church. She attended Morris Public Schools, graduating in 1979. On December 1, 1979, she was united in marriage to Kelly Ray Zimmerman at...
Kathy Mozey
Jun 16, 2007
Kathyrn Mary Perish, daughter of Herman and Alice (Borgen) Perish, was born January 24, 1956 in Sauk Centre, Minnesota. She was baptized at the Browerville Catholic Church in Browerville and confirmed at St. Joseph's Church in Lino Lakes, Minnesota. Kathy attended Anoka Public Schools and lived in the Metro area, before she met her future husband, Larry Mozey. The couple...
Becky Stevenson
Jun 13, 2007
Becky Ann Stevenson, daughter of David and Susan (Polk) Stevenson, was born June 4, 1969 in Morris, Minnesota, where she grew up and graduated from Morris Area High School in 1987. After high school, she attended two years at the University of Minnesota in Morris. On March 8, 1991 she enlisted in the United States Air Force, where she received...
Robert Guter
Jun 13, 2007
Robert John Guter, son of Steven and Mary (Smith) Guter, was born February 19, 1919 in Morris, Minnesota, where he was baptized and confirmed at Assumption Catholic Church. Bob received his education and graduated from St. Mary's Catholic School in Morris. Following high school, he attended two years at St. Thomas College. In 1941, he enlisted in the United States...
Merritt Pieske
Jun 12, 2007
Merritt Earl Pieske, son of Edward and Elizabeth (Halter) Pieske, was born November 9, 1920 in Sanborn, Minnesota in Redwood County, where he grew up and received his schooling. He was confirmed on December 1, 1940 at Evangelican Lutheran Church in Wanda, Minnesota by Rev. William. Langholz. On October 17, 1940, he was united in marriage to Elvira Ida Mude....
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