Obituaries

Oct 10, 2009

Edna Olivia Nelson, daughter of Nels and Berthea (Unumb) Nelson, was born March 10, 1910 in Holmes City, Minnesota, where she grew up and attended country school. Following her schooling, she worked at the telephone office in Holmes City. On April 24, 1933, she was united in marriage to Maxwell Smedstad. Following their marriage, the couple lived in Morris until...

Oct 9, 2009

Donna Jean Engquist, daughter of Louis and Mary (Kempf) Nagl, was born July 11, 1930, in Morris, MN. She grew up in Alberta, MN where she attended school and graduated in 1948. She began working at the Morris Hospital and received her LPN degree in 1950. On October 22, 1949, she was united in marriage to Wallace Engquist, and to this union...

Oct 7, 2009

Duane George Vosberg, son of George and Rosa (Cohrs) Vosberg, was born October 22, 1929 on the family farm near Dovray, Minnesota, where he grew up and was baptized and confirmed into the Lutheran Faith. Duane attended country school in Dovray and continued his education at the University of Minnesota Agriculture School, where he participated in cross country. Following his...

Oct 5, 2009

Marvis Mae Zopf, daughter of Herman and Eliza (Ferris) Zopf, was born April 23, 1931 in Herman, Minnesota, where she grew up and began her schooling. Marvis babysat and was a caregiver for the people that did not want to enter a nursing home. She worked in Bird Island, Olivia, Hector, Fairfax, Lake Lillian, Norcross and Herman. In December of...

Oct 1, 2009

Gordon Kenneth Strommen, son of Oscar and Mabel (Halvorson) Strommen, was born April 19, 1926 in Glenwood Township in Pope County, Minnesota. He grew up in the Glenwood area, where he attended Country School. He was baptized at the Glenwood Lutheran Church and confirmed at the Barsness Lutheran Church in Glenwood. Following his schooling, Gordon enlisted in the United States...

Sep 29, 2009

Janet Mae (Chavis) Riley was born August 12, 1947. Jan grew up in Coon Rapids, Minnesota. She has lived in the Morris area for the last 20 years. Married 43 glorious years to the same soul mate and love of her life. Jan died on Tuesday, September 29, 2009 at West Wind Village in Morris, MN, having lived to reach...

Sep 23, 2009

Margaret Elizabeth Miller, daughter of Peter and Elizabeth (Holland) Braun, was born May 7, 1932 at the Barrett Ranch in Herman, Minnesota. For the first seven years of Margaret’s schooling she attended country school near Herman. She then went to the Donnelly School for a few years and later graduated from Alberta High School in Alberta. On September 6, 1951,...

Sep 21, 2009

Bonita Gayle Stahler was born in St Paul MN on August 12, 1918 to parents Roy Harrison Giberson and Ellen Ostrom Giberson, long time residents of Morris.

Bonnie attended Morris Public Schools , graduated from Morris High School 1936. She attended Doane College , in Crete Nebraska and graduated from University of Minnesota...

Sep 20, 2009

Bernard Roy Schneider, son of John and Helen (Kuklok) Schneider, was born August 11, 1917 in Swanville, Minnesota, where he grew up and attended Country School District #11. Ben was baptized, received his First Communion and was confirmed at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Flensburg, Minnesota. On July 9, 1942, Ben entered the United States Army Air Corps, where...

Sep 19, 2009

Melvin Floyd Reynolds, son of Charles and Bessie (Hollister) Reynolds, was born December 27, 1932 in Morris , MN . He grew up in the Donnelly area where he completed his schooling. In 1959, Melvin joined the United States Army where he was stationed at Fort Worth in MO until he was...

Sep 17, 2009

Martha Mauch, daughter of Edward and Elsie (Faatz) Mauch, was born August 10, 1916 in Dallas, South Dakota, where she grew up. She lived for a time in a sod home. She graduated from Milboro High School in Milboro, South Dakota. On May 9, 1939, she was united in marriage to Archibald Burmeister in Chokio, MN. The couple made their...

Sep 15, 2009

Anita Louise (Eddy) Lindgren was born on April 15, 1947 in Minneapolis, MN to Scott and Germaine (Pomerleau) Eddy. She attended and graduated from Holy Angels Academy in Richfield, MN. She had a genuine desire to care for others, so she continued her education at St. Mary’s College in Minneapolis, MN graduating with a degree in nursing. She worked as...

Sep 14, 2009

Donald Herbert Woodke was born August 30, 1931 in Swan Lake Township to Herbert and Adela (Koehntop) Woodke. Donald was baptized October 11, 1931 at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Swan Lake Township. He was confirmed May 20, 1945 at Emmanuel Lutheran Church. He attended District 38 in Swan Lake Township and graduated from The West Central School of Agriculture in...

Sep 11, 2009

Dorothy Eleanor Schott was born on March 25, 1917 in Havana, North Dakota to Adlow and Rosetta (Bauman) Parrow. She was the oldest of thirteen children. Her father was a farmer and the family moved several times as Dorothy was growing up. They lived for a time near Clinton, Minnesota then moved near Ortonville where they lived for...

Sep 2, 2009

Gladwyn August Kaehler, son of Alfred and Amelia (Knopp) Kaehler, was born May 16, 1927 in Morris, Minnesota. He grew up in Synnes Township in Stevens County and attended country school in rural Alberta, MN. Following his schooling, he enlisted in the United States Navy, serving until 1947, when he received an honorable discharge. Following his discharge, Bud returned to...

Aug 22, 2009

Roy Alvin Jesness, son of Alfred and Clara (Carlson) Jesness, was born May 14, 1914 in Swan Lake Township in Stevens County, Minnesota. Roy was baptized and confirmed at Scandia Lutheran Church, rural Cyrus, MN. He attended the West Central School of Agriculture in Morris, MN. While attending school and following his schooling, Roy worked on the family farm with...

Aug 12, 2009

Erling Stoa Brevig, son of Joseph and Christie (Stoa) Brevig, was born March 31, 1922 in Starbuck, Minnesota. He was baptized and confirmed at Immanuel Lutheran Church by Reverend G. O. Forde. He attended and graduated from Starbuck High School. Following his schooling he worked on the farm with this father and brother. On February 5, 1972, he was united...

Aug 10, 2009

Helen Virginia Fynboh Lawson was born January 12, 1919 in Lyon County, Minnesota to Carl & Cora Fynboh. While still an infant her family moved to the Sebeka, MN area where she grew up. She was baptized and confirmed in the Trinity Lutheran Church. During her senior year of high school, her family moved to a farm near Donnelly, MN. Helen...

Aug 5, 2009

Herbert Martin Drewes, son of John and Christina (Lorenzen) Drewes, was born May 30, 1922 in Morris, Minnesota, where he grew up and was baptized and confirmed at Peace Lutheran Church by Pastor Pilgrim. Following his schooling, Herb worked on the family farm before enlisting in the United States Navy in September of 1942. He served in WWII until January,...

Aug 5, 2009

Alice Margaret Ecklund, daughter of John and Anna (Johannsdotter) Ecklund, was born June 19, 1914 in Quiring Township in North Beltrami County, Minnesota. She attended Kelliher High School, graduating in 1932. On June 30, 1935, she was united in marriage to Leo Hebert. Following their marriage the couple farmed and raised their two children. They retired in 1980. Leo died...