for families in Adrian, Wilmont, Luverne, and Worthington in Minnesota

May 27, 2021

HAYDEN CADE BENSON, infant son of Brock and Ashley Benson of Luverne, died Thursday, May 27, 2021, at the Sanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls, SD.

Hayden is survived by his parents; sister, Hazel Benson, Luverne; paternal grandparents, Roger & Shannon Benson, Tracy; maternal grandparents, Mark & Annie Opitz, Luverne; two uncles, Trent (Chelsey) Novotny, Chaska;...

May 22, 2021

LaVera "Vera" Mae Wick, age 89, formally of Rushmore, MN died on Saturday, May 22, 2021 at the Sanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls, SD. Vera was born on February 13, 1932 in Rushmore MN, to Arie and Lenora (Holm) Van Klei. She attended school in Rushmore and graduated from Worthington High school.

Vera was united...

May 3, 2021

WILLIAM LYNN PREUSS, age 78, of Luverne, died Monday, May 3, 2021, at the Sanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls, SD. He was born November 16, 1942, in St. Paul, to Walter and Eleanor (Kortes) Preuss. He graduated from St. Paul Johnson High School in 1960. Bill later graduated with a Doctor of Chiropractic's Degree from Northwestern University...

May 1, 2021

DOUGLAS DEAN KUPER, age 75, of Beaver Creek, died Saturday, May 1, 2021, at the Sanford USD Medical Center, in Sioux Falls, SD. He was born May 11, 1945, in Luverne, to Edward and Eunice (Bunte) Kuper. He served his country in the United States Army National Guard. Doug married Barb Nagel on April 3, 1965 in St. Paul....

Apr 30, 2021

ERIC JON CHRISTENSEN, age 56, of Luverne, died Friday, April 30, 2021, at Avera McKennen Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD. He was born January 21, 1965, in Morris, MN, to Glenn and Yuvonne (Lake) Christensen.  Eric graduated from Chokio-Alberta High School in 1983. He later graduated from Alexandria Technical & Community College majoring Law Enforcement. Eric was united in...

Apr 23, 2021

KHOUNE AMPHAI , age 79, died Friday, April 23, at the Good Samaritan Society in Mountain Lake, MN.

A celebration of life will be held at the Dingmann Funeral Home in Worthington on Tuesday, April 27, at 2:00 PM.

Apr 21, 2021

Travis Duane Boltjes, age 38, of Duluth, formally of Adrian, died April 21, 2021 at St. Mary's Hospital, Duluth Minnesota from complications of a stroke.  He was born April 24, 1982, the son of Duane and Rita (Wieneke) Boltjes.  He was baptized into the Roman Catholic faith on May 16, 1982.   He received his education at Magnolia Elementary and...

Apr 20, 2021

GARY LEE BRINK , age 68, of Rushmore, died Tuesday, April 20, 2021, at the Sanford Hospital in Sioux Falls. He was born September 4, 1952, in Worthington, to Norman and Hendrine (Vander Maaten) Brink. After graduating from the Worthington High School in 1970, he attended Jackson Vocational Technical School in the electrical program.

He married Phyllis...

Apr 20, 2021

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...

Apr 19, 2021

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...

Apr 18, 2021

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...

Apr 2, 2021

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...

Mar 31, 2021

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...

Mar 31, 2021

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...

Mar 25, 2021

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...

Mar 23, 2021

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....

Mar 21, 2021

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...

Mar 13, 2021

CAROLYN GERTRUDE (SPARTZ) HENNING, age 92, of Adrian, died Saturday March 13, 2021 at the Adrian Country Living Cottages. She was born July 13, 1928, in Iona, to Francis and Anna (Ringenbach) Spartz. Carolyn was baptized at St. Columba Catholic Church in Iona. She attended country school in Dist. #104, rural Murray County and graduated from St. Columba Catholic...

Mar 11, 2021

SHIRLEY ANN FORD, age 93, of Luverne, died Thursday, March 11, 2021, at the Pipestone County Medical Center. She was born March 30, 1927, in Luverne, to Tobias and Lila (Spease) Skoland. She graduated from Luverne High School in 1945 where she participated in cheerleading, choir and played trombone in the band.

Shirley married Harold Ford on...

Mar 5, 2021

FAYE AILTS, age, 88, of Worthington, died Friday, March 5, 2021, at the Sanford Worthington Medical Center. She was born September 17, 1932, in rural Rushmore, to Arthur and Ethel (Milton) Lemke. She attended and graduated from a rural Rushmore country school.

Faye married Lester Ailts in 1950, at the Emanuel Presbyterian Church, in Rushmore. After their...