All Obituaries

  BETTY IVELAND NATH, age 93, of Luverne, died Thursday, July 18, 2019, at the Mary Jane Brown Good Samaritan Home in Luverne. She was born on March 31, 1926 to Albert and Maude (Irwin) Hulbert in Luverne. She attended school in Luverne. She married Orville Iveland and they became the parents of seven children: Susan, Loree, Kaye, Dan, Dick, Kris and Rod. They were later divorced. On January 14, 1967 she was united in marriage to Carl Nath at Grace Lutheran Church. Throughout her...

   MARK ENGELTJES, age 55, of Leota, died Tuesday, July 16, 2019, at the Sanford Luverne Hospice Cottage after a long battle with cancer. He was born April 25, 1964, in Luverne, to Bernie and Betty (Aberson) Engeltjes. Mark graduated from Edgerton Public High School in 1983. He then attended Pipestone Vo-Tech for Agriculture. Mark farmed, worked at IBP in Luverne, worked for several farmers, and did carpentry. He was a member of the Bethel Reformed Church in Leota. Mark loved...

KATHALEEN MARY COX, age 94, of Adrian, died Tuesday, July 9, 2019, at the Sanford Luverne Hospice Cottage. She was born May 12, 1925, in Luverne, to Edward and Caroline (Gibboney) Doyle. She graduated from Luverne High School in 1943. Kay married Thomas E. Cox on May 5, 1950 at St. Adrian Catholic Church. The couple farmed south of Adrian before moving to town in 1984. Kay worked at Tri State Insurance in Luverne and in Minneapolis. She was a Homemaker most of her life. Her passion was...

   MARGARET PHYLLIS BROWEN, age 77, of Worthington, died Tuesday, July 9, 2019, at the Sanford Worthington Hospice Cottage. She was born April 19, 1942, in Worthington, to Ralph and Geraldine (Gordon) Kilker. She graduated from Worthington High School; and later from Worthington Community College.    Margaret married Dale Browen on November 4, 1967, in Worthington. After their marriage, the couple lived in Worthington. Margaret work at Campbell’s Soup Company, in...

   ALEIDA “MICK” VON HOLTUM, age 93, of Luverne, formerly of Adrian, died Tuesday, July 9, 2019, at the Mary Jane Brown Samaritan Home in Luverne. She was born January 2, 1926, in Lyon County, IA, to Jerry and Hattie (Groen) Frey. She attended country school for eight years.    Mick married Dick Von Holtum on May 24, 1947, at St. Adrian Catholic Church in Adrian. The couple lived in the southwest Minnesota area before settling in Adrian. Mick worked at...

   MARTHA JOSEPHINE SCHOMACKER, age 93, of Hills, died Sunday, July 7, 2019, at the Tuff Memorial Home in Hills. She was born September 15, 1925, in Fairfax, SD, to John and Elizabeth (Schrage) Wiebelhaus. As an infant, she moved with her parents to Hartington, NE. At the age of thirteen, she moved with her parents to Crofton, NE.    Martha married Donald Schomacker on December 10, 1948, in Alvord, IA. The couple moved to Luverne in 1950. Martha became a resident of the...

   KHAM MANILA, age 61, passed away on July 5th, 2019 at the Sanford Hospice Cottage in Luverne, after a short illness. He was surrounded by his loved ones. He was born August 4th, 1957, in Banh Nong Pum, Muang Nong Bok, Kuag Khammouan, in Laos.    Kham married Vieng Thongvanh in June 1979 at the Thai Refugee Camp. On May 25th, 1980 he led his family from the Thai Refugee camp to the United States of America. They lived in numerous cities including Mason City, IA, Wells,...

   KENNETH VAN VELDHUIZEN, age, 84, of Worthington, died Wednesday, July 3, 2019, at the Sanford Sunset Hospice Cottage in Worthington. Ken was born March 22, 1935, in Newkirk, IA, to Andrew and Betty (Van Oort) Van Veldhuizen. He graduated from Hospers High School. He served his country in the Iowa Army National Guard from 1953 to 1959.   Ken married Shirley Aberson on November 11, 1960, in Orange City, IA. The couple farmed in Hospers, IA. In 1974, they moved to the...

LILA BLATTNER, age, 90, of Anoka, formerly of Luverne, died Tuesday, June 25, 2019, at the Park River Estates in Anoka. She was born in Kanaranzi on April 12, 1929 to Richard and Jenny (Hughes) Harding. At the age of 4 her family moved to Hardwick MN when her father took a job as the Hardwick School janitor for $45.00 a month. Lila lived during the Great Depression, but described a wonderful childhood. "We had a huge garden, chickens, a couple of cows and once in a while a pig. We did...

   ROSE MARGORIE MEESTER, age, 97, of Ellsworth, died Monday, June 24, 2019, at the Sanford Sunset Hospice Cottage in Worthington. She was born September 28, 1921, on a farm in Lyon County, IA, to Dick Uffe and Jennie (Wiertzema) Kruse. She attended country school in rural Nobles County District #14.    Rose married Ike R. “Robert” Meester on December 17, 1947, at the Zion Presbyterian Church Parsonage in Ellsworth. The couple lived in Ellsworth all of their...