All Obituaries

      Theodore (Bud) Howard Van Peursem went to be with his heavenly Father on Tuesday, April 20, 2021.  He was born December 10, 1931 on a farm south of Leota, MN known as the Jongetjes farm.  He was the 4th child born to Walter & Ida (Pronk) Van Peursem.  He attended country school through the 7th grade. He had multiple jobs, working on the family farm, helping neighbors with harvesting, driving truck for Cornie Ruiter, and moving houses, until he...

  GARY LEE BRINK, age 68, of Rushmore, died Tuesday, April 20, 2021, at the Sanford Hospital in Sioux Falls. Arrangements pending.  

      MARINUS (REM) C. LANDHUIS, Age 87, died April 19th, 2021, at Friendly Horizons memory care center in Sioux Center, IA. He was born September 2nd, 1933, in rural Leota, MN, to Henry and Marie (Bolluyt) Landhuis. He attended Edgerton High School and graduated from Northwestern j. college in 1953. Later, he attended Mankato State University for one year before moving to Denver, CO.    Marinus married Gladys Beckering on May 11th, 1956 at the Bethel Reformed Church...

   WAYNE HENRY HENNING, age 82, of Brewster, died Sunday, April 18th, at the Good Shephard Health Center in Mason City, IA. He was born August 31st, 1938, in Jackson County, MN to Henry and Minnie (Radmacher) Henning.    Wayne was confirmed and a lifelong member of St. Paul Lutheran Church.  After graduating from Okabena High School he was later drafted into the US Army, where he served in Germany, after being honorably discharged, he began a lifelong career of...

Florence V. (Williams) (Gaiser) Ling    At the age of 102 and 12 days Florence passed peacefully at the Meadows in Worthington on April 2nd, 2021.  A celebration of life service will be held at Westminster Presbyterian Church of Worthington on Monday, April 5th at 11:00 with a family Interment at Garden of Memories Cemetery.    Florence was a resident of the Worthington, MN area her whole life.  She was born March 21, 1919 at home south of Worthington. ...

   DANIEL JAMES DeBEER, age 33, of Ellsworth, died Wednesday, March 31, 2021, as a result of an accident in Wyoming. He was born May 3, 1987, in Luverne. He graduated from Adrian High School.    Daniel married Kimberly Janssen on August 27, 2011, at the Zion Presbyterian Church in Ellsworth. The couple lived & farmed near Ellsworth. Daniel co-owned D & H Waste Solutions & Cattle Barns. He also owned & operated DeBeer Farms Trucking and took pride in his...

   DENNIS RAY SOMNIS, age 72, of Worthington, died Wednesday, March 31st, 2021, at the Minnesota Veterans Home in Luverne. He was born July 8th, 1948, in Pipestone, to Robert and Jean (Ross) Somnis.    As a young boy, Dennis and the rest of the Somnis family moved to reading. Dennis grew up in Reading and graduated from Worthington High School in 1966. He worked part time for the Rock Island Rail Road while going to school and eventually joined the United States Army....

   GORDON WIERTZEMA, age 59, of Worthington, died Thursday, March 25, 2021, at the Sanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls, SD. He was born July 23, 1961, in Rock Rapids, IA, to Virgil and Anita (Huisman) Wiertzema. He graduated from Worthington High School and later earned a degree in Business Administration from SMSU.    Gordon married Cory Kruger on June 11th, 1983, at the American Reformed Church in Worthington. After their marriage, the couple lived on the...

   JUDITH “JUDY” R. VORTHERMS, age 73, of Reading, died Tuesday, March 23, 2021, at the Adrian Country Living Cottages. She was born May 27, 1947, in Worthington, to Lynn and Ruth (Shade) Baird. She graduated from Worthington High School in 1965.     Judy married Don Vortherms on March 8, 1967, at the St. Adrian Church Parsonage in Adrian. The couple lived in Worthington before moving to Reading in 1996. Judy worked for over twenty years at The Meadows,...

   VIRGIL NICKOLAS SCHUTZ, age 93, of Luverne, formerly of Adrian, died Sunday, March 21, 2021, at his home.  He was born to John and Ann (Finke) Schutz on October 26, 1927 in Adrian, MN. He spent most of his life in Adrian graduating from Saint Adrian Catholic School in 1945 and he was an active member of St. Adrian Parish.  He enlisted in the US Navy after graduation from high school and served aboard the destroyer R P Leary during WWII.  After serving in...