Jul 31, 2019

LORRAINE AMELIA SCHAFER, age 99, of Worthington, died Wednesday, July 31, 2019, at the South Shore Care Center in Worthington. She was born on May 15, 1920, on a farm near Iona, MN. Lorraine was the daughter of Peter and Margaret (Hensen) Wagner. She attended rural schools in Murray County and our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic School in...

Jul 23, 2019

BROOKE ELIZABETH THOMPSON, age 22, of Luverne, was called by God Tuesday, July 23, 2019, as a result of an automobile accident near Brandon, SD. She was born April 15, 1997, in Luverne, to Wayne and Mary (Spartz) Thompson. She graduated from Luverne High School in 2015. She spent her college summers working at the Luverne Country Club as...

Jul 23, 2019

ROBERT ARTHUR LANGE, age 88, of Beaver Creek, died Tuesday, July 23, 2019, at his home. He was born September 28, 1930, in Beaver Creek Township, to August and Margaret (Frahm) Lange. He attended Dist. #60 country school in Nobles County. Bob served his country in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict.

He married Myrna...

Jul 18, 2019

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,...

Jul 16, 2019

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...

Jul 9, 2019

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...

Jul 9, 2019

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,...

Jul 9, 2019

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,...

Jul 7, 2019

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.

Jul 5, 2019

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....

Jul 3, 2019

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...

Jun 26, 2019

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...

Jun 24, 2019

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...

Jun 22, 2019

CARTER MICHAEL BRAUN, age 15, of rural Reading, died Saturday, June 22, 2019, as a result of an automobile accident near Lismore. He was born April 13, 2004, in Worthington, to Andy and Kim (Carlson) Braun.

Carter had just completed his freshman year at Adrian High School where he played football, hockey and baseball. He enjoyed fishing...

Jun 13, 2019

REBECCA LYNN HOLLANDER-CRANE, age 45, of Hartford, SD, formerly of Luverne, died Thursday, June 13, 2019, at her home. She was born August 18, 1973, in Luverne, to Dennis and Cheryl (Franken) Hollander. She graduated from Luverne High School in 1992.

Becky married Nathan Crane on September 29, 2007, in Luverne. They lived in Humboldt, SD before...

Jun 9, 2019

ROBERT "ROBIE" RAY DIMMICK, age 48, of Jackson, died suddenly on Sunday, June 9, 2019 at his home. He was born September 6, 1970, in Fort Dodge, IA, to Raymond and Ronna (Folkers) Dimmick. He attended school in Worthington.

After finishing high School, Robie moved to Texas. He later moved back to southwestern Minnesota. Robie moved to...

Jun 7, 2019

JAMES "JAMIE" RICHARD DECKER, age 25, of Okabena, died Friday, June 7, 2019, as a result of an automobile accident.

A memorial service will be at 7pm Thursday at the Dingmann Funeral Home, in Worthington, officiated by Father James Callahan. A time of fellowship will be one hour prior to the service at the funeral home on...

Jun 4, 2019

LOUISE ANN WICKSTROM, age 71, of Worthington, died Tuesday, June 4, 2019, at the Northridge Care Center in New Hope. She was born October 11, 1947, in Minneapolis, to William and Mary-Ann (Neslund) Benson. She attended Macalester College and received her Associate Arts Degree at the Worthington Community College.

Louise managed the Northland Mall in Worthington before...

May 30, 2019

CLARE ANN (MELCHER) VANDE VELDE, age 81, of Kenneth, died Thursday, May 30, 2019, at the Sanford Luverne Hospice Cottage. She was born at home in a blizzard on March 31, 1938 in Woodstock. She was the daughter of Fred and Laura (Feyereisen) Melcher. Clare attended grade school in Woodstock and graduated from Pipestone High School in 1956, and...

May 26, 2019

ERVIN CARL AUGUST KRUEGER, age 94, of Worthington, died Sunday, May 26, 2019, at South Shore Care Center in Worthington. He was born December 11, 1924, in Ocheyedan, IA, to Edward and Martha (Bottin) Krueger. He was raised in Ransom Township where he attended country school.

Ervin married Rona Vis in 1950. The couple farmed in Ransom...