Local Obituaries
for families in Adrian, Wilmont, Luverne, and Worthington in Minnesota
Barbara (Duwenhoegger) Sharon
Nov 11, 2020
BARBARA J. SHARON, age 75, of Worthington, formerly of Adrian, died Wednesday, November 11, 2020, at her home. She was born July 28, 1945, in Adrian, to Werner and Elsie (Yarrow) Duwenhoegger. She graduated from Adrian High School in 1964; and attended Willmar VO Tech.
Barbara lived in Windom where she worked at Toro. She moved to...
Bonita Zinnel
Nov 10, 2020
BONITA ZINNEL, age 81, of Reading, died Tuesday, November 10, 2020, at Ava's House Hospice in Sioux Falls, SD. She was born December 1, 1938, in Brewster, to Emmit and Ella (Knigge) Smith.
Bonita married Meryle Johnson on June 26, 1955 at the Lutheran Church in Brewster. Bonnie and Meryle lived in Worthington and Reading. After Meryle's...
Larry Michael Lang
Nov 9, 2020
LARRY MICHAEL LANG, age 66, of Worthington, passed to his heavenly Father on Monday, November 9, 2020, at the Crossroad Care Center in Worthington. He was born September 15, 1954, at the Worthington Memorial Hospital, to Michael and Olive (Anton) Lang. Larry went to Central Grade School and the Worthington Junior High where he was a member of the...
Thomas "Tk" Wilfred Klein
Nov 7, 2020
Thomas "TK" Wilfred Klein, age 57, of Luverne, died Saturday November 7, 2020, in Luverne. He was born January 19, 1963, in Adrian, to Wilfred and Celine (Scheffler) Klein. Tom graduated with the last senior graduating class from Magnolia High School in 1981 with 12 great classmates. He then went onto Granite Falls Area Vocational Technical Institute and received...
Lavonne Vosberg
Nov 5, 2020
LaVonne Catherine (Gilles) Vosberg, age 90, of Maple Lake, formerly of Worthington, passed away peacefully on November 5, 2020.
LaVonne was born on January 2, 1930 in Lismore, MN. She married Gerhart Vosberg on June 3, 1950 in Slayton, MN. LaVonne's career included Campbell Soup, a Garden Center, and Stanford Regional Hospital, all in Worthington, MN. After...
Jimmy Meyeraan
Nov 2, 2020
JIMMY MEYERAAN, age 82, of Worthington, died Monday, November 2, 2020, at his home.
A private committal of cremains will take place at a later date through Dingmann Funeral Home & Cremation Services in Worthington.
Lone T Thong
Nov 1, 2020
LONE T. THONG, age 90, of Worthington, died Sunday, November 1, 2020, at the Sanford Worthington Medical Center.
Funeral will be 3pm Friday, with a visitation one hour prior to the service, at the Dingmann Funeral Home in Worthington.
A private burial of cremains will take place at a later date.
Don Spease
Oct 29, 2020
DONALD RAYMOND SPEASE, age 87, of Luverne, died Thursday, October 29, 2020, at the Parkview Manor Nursing Home in Ellsworth. He was born February 20, 1933, in Luverne, to Chester and Ethelwyn (Coon) Spease. He received his education in the Luverne School District, graduating in 1951
In 1952, Don enlisted in the United States Air Force serving...
Clarence Kremer
Oct 28, 2020
CLARENCE BERNARD KREMER, age 102, of Worthington, died Wednesday, October 28, 2020, at the Touchmark All Saints Home, in Sioux Falls, SD. He was born May 5, 1918, in Mott, ND, to Barney and Caroline (Hoffman) Kremer. As a small child, Clarence moved with his family to the farm south of Wilmont. He attended school at St. Kilian Catholic...
Marvin Terpstra
Oct 26, 2020
Marvin Terpstra, age 85, of Worthington, MN passed away peacefully on October 26, 2020 at Worthington Sanford Hospital. Marvin was born to Raymond and Elizabeth Terpstra on November 04, 1934 in Melvin, IA, where his parents farmed.
Marvin was united in marriage to Jacqueline Gerloff on September 20, 1955. They initially lived in Sibley, IA before building...
Doris Elaine (Hansen) Olson
Oct 26, 2020
DORIS ELAINE OLSON formerly of Adrian died on Monday, October 26, 2020 in Colleyville, TX. Born on November 9, 1934, in Ellsworth MN to Thorwald and Alvina (Moeller) Hansen, Doris grew up on a farm near Kanaranzi and attended Kanaranzi and Magnolia schools. After high school, she attended St. Joseph School of Nursing in Mankato and graduated as an...
Merle Klosterbuer
Oct 26, 2020
Merle Klosterbuer, age 73, of Worthington, died Monday, October 26, 2020, at the Sanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls, SD. He was born on November 9, 1946, to Martin and Viola (Garrels) Klosterbuer, in Luverne. Merle attended Country School through the third grade, then transferring to Ellsworth School, graduating in 1965. During high school, he worked for farmers...
Robert Newman
Oct 22, 2020
Robert Patrick Newman, age 85, of Wilmont, MN, died October 22, 2020 at the Minnesota Veterans Home in Luverne, MN. Memorial Services will be held Saturday October 24th at Our Lady of Good Counsel in Wilmont, MN.
Visitation is from 9:30am-10:30am followed by Mass at 10:30am, Father Colletti officiating. Burial will take placeat the Calvary Cemetery in...
Sylvia Clarene Krommendyk
Oct 20, 2020
SYLVIA CLARINE KROMMENDYK , age 90, of Worthington MN died Tuesday, October 20, 2020 in Plymouth MN. She was born July 28, 1930 in Sioux County, IA, to Roy and Ruth (Borgman) DeBoer.
Sylvia married Henry Krommendyk on June 12, 1951, in Ireton IA. They lived in San Diego for a few years before moving back to...
Dale L. Maranell
Oct 10, 2020
DALE L. MARANELL, age 71, of Luverne, died Saturday, October 10, 2020, at his home. He was born October 4, 1949, in Tracy, to Wendell and Edith (Graham) Maranell. He graduated from Pipestone High School and served his country in the Minnesota National Guard.
Dale married Pat Minnehan on August 30, 1969, at St. Leo Catholic Church...
Deborah K Jenkins
Oct 6, 2020
DEBORAH KAY JENKINS, age 59, of Fulda, died Tuesday, October 6, 2020, at the Sanford Worthington Medical Center. She was born January 20, 1961, to Lyle and Jennie (Hulzebos) Jenkins.
Deb was raised on a Junk Yard near Worthington. She seemed to have learned and retained many stern life lessons and wasn't afraid to pass those onto...
Shannon Jay Aanenson
Oct 1, 2020
SHANNON JAY AANENSON, age 53, of Worthington, passed away peacefully on October 1, 2020 at his home surrounded by his family. Shannon, the son of Dennis and Rachel (Koldenhoven) Aanenson, was born on June 16, 1967 in Sheldon, IA, and grew up on a farm near Worthington, MN. He graduated from Fulda High School and briefly lived in California...
Verna E. (Habben) Mulder
Oct 1, 2020
VERNA ELAINE MULDER, age 86, of Worthington, died Thursday, October 1, 2020, at the Sunset Hospice Cottage in Worthington. She was born October 10, 1933, in Balaton, to Herman and Viola (Hall) Habben. She graduated from Balaton High School. Verna attended Fairview Nursing College and Augustana. She received her Masters Degree in Education at the University of Minnesota.
...Joshua Nolte
Sep 29, 2020
Joshua Michael Nolte was born in Luverne, MN on July 25, 1988 to Eileen Jurrens and Michael Nolte.
Josh grew up in Ellsworth, MN and went to school there. He played football and basketball. Josh played on the 2006 Class A State Basketball Runnerup Team. He was also a key player on the 2007 Class A State...
Joseph Beckmann
Sep 27, 2020
JOE BECKMANN, age 77, of Wilmont, died Sunday, September 27, 2020, at the Sanford Worthington Medical Center. He was born December 4, 1942, on the family farm in Wilmont Township, to Raymond A. and Veronica (Penning) Beckmann. He graduated from Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic High School.
Joe married Dianne Madison on September 24, 1964, at...



