Obituaries
for families in Adrian, Wilmont, Luverne, and Worthington in Minnesota
Catherine Bertina (Thill) Metz
Dec 17, 2018
CATHERINE BERTINA METZ, age 82, formerly of Worthington, passed away Monday, December 17, 2018, in Yankton, SD at the Avera Sr. James Care Center. She was born August 5, 1936, in Worthington, the youngest child of Anton and Tillie (Hill) Thill.
Catherine married Raymond Metz on January 4th, 1955, at St. Mary Catholic Church in Worthington. The...
Frenchie Reasonover
Dec 15, 2018
FRENCHIE COLLINS REASONOVER, age 77, of Wilmont, died Saturday, December 15, 2018, at the Crossroads Care Center in Worthington. He was born November 22, 1941, in Kemp, TX, to Ossie and Dorothy (Collins) Reasonover. When he was eight years old, Frenchie moved with his parents to California. He graduated from high school in Anaheim, CA.
Frenchie married...
Jim Voss
Dec 14, 2018
JIM VOSS, age 74, of Brewster, died Friday, December 14, 2018, at Sanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls, SD. He was born October 21, 1944, in Worthington, to Carl and Zelma (Moles) Voss. Jim graduated from Brewster High School in 1963. He served his country for two years in the U.S. Army; he was honorably discharged in April...
Virginia "Cookie" Paulson
Dec 10, 2018
VIRGINIA PAULSON, age 66, of Worthington, died Monday, December 10, 2018, at the Sanford Worthington Sunset Hospice Cottage.
A private family memorial service will take place at a later date.
Dingmann Funeral Home & Cremation Services, in Worthington, is assisting the family with arrangements.
Eunice (Elsing) Ailts
Dec 8, 2018
EUNICE IRENE AILTS, age 73, of Worthington, died Saturday, December 8, 2018, at the Worthington Sanford Sunset Hospice Cottage. She was born October 7, 1945, in Adrian, to John and Minnie (Reitsma) Elsing. She attended school in Rushmore and graduated from Worthington High School in 1963. She graduated from Nettleton College in Sioux Falls, SD, in 1964 with a...
William Rowe
Dec 3, 2018
WILLIAM THOMAS ROWE, age 71, of Reading, died Monday, December 3, 2018, at the Sanford Worthington Medical Center. He was born June 1, 1947, in Bertha, to James and Helma (Bristlen) Rowe. He graduated from Hewitt High School.
Bill married Carol Feltman on April 26, 1991, in Windom. The couple lived in Heron Lake before moving to...
Pauline L. (Bruxvoort) Blom
Dec 1, 2018
Pauline Lois (Bruxvoort) Blom, age 91, of Luverne, formerly of Leota, died Saturday, December 1, 2018, at the Sanford Luverne Hospice Cottage. She was born to Henry and Lucy (Meyer) Bruxvoort on August 24, 1927, on a farm two miles southeast of Chandler, MN. She received Christian infant baptism on October 2, 1927, and made confession of her faith...
Keith Schroeder
Nov 30, 2018
KEITH WAYNE SCHROEDER, age 85, lifelong resident of Nobles County, passed away Friday, November 30, 2018, at the Sanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls, SD. He was born September 30, 1933, in rural Brewster, where he lived as a young boy. His family moved to a farm north of Worthington in 1943 and he started going to a...
Fern Jacobs
Nov 25, 2018
FERN JACOBS, age 92, formerly of Worthington, died Sunday, November 25, 2018, at the Good Samaritan Society in Jackson. She was born April 22, 1926, in rural Rushmore, to Elmer and Florence (Reiter) Feeken. She attended Country School District #21 in Nobles County.
Fern married Dick W. Jacobs on February 15, 1944, at the Emmanuel Presbyterian Church...
Evalyn Viva (Fisk) Nemitz
Nov 20, 2018
EVALYN VIVA NEMITZ, age 98, of Windom, died Tuesday, November 20, 2018, at the Good Samaritan Society in Windom.
A private family memorial service will take place at a later date.
Dingmann Funeral Home & Cremation Services, in Worthington, is assisting the family with arrangements.
Donald Wayne Buntjer
Nov 19, 2018
DONALD WAYNE BUNTJER, age 82, of rural Worthington, died Monday, Nov. 19, 2018, at his home. He was born Jan. 13, 1936 to Henry and Hattie (Aielts) Buntjer, in rural Rushmore. Don attended country school and graduated from Ocheyedan High School, Ocheyedan, Iowa. After high school, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and served from 1956 to 1958 in...
Donald William Schmuck
Nov 14, 2018
DONALD WILLIAM SCHMUCK SR. age 92, of Luverne, died Wednesday, November 14, 2018, at the Parkview Manor Nursing Home in Ellsworth. He was born August 30, 1926, in Luverne, to Henry and Selma (Krumheuer) Schmuck. He attended country school and school in Luverne.
Don married Viola Stuckenbroker on May 7, 1947, at St. John Parsonage, in Luverne....
Connie Rae Degroot
Nov 13, 2018
CONNIE RAE DeGROOT, age 70, of Worthington, died Tuesday, November 13, 2018, at the Sunset Hospice Cottage in Worthington. She was born August 27, 1948, in Worthington, to Harm and Alice (O'Neil) DeGroot. Connie graduated from Worthington High School.
She worked at Campbell's Soup Co. before working at CCSI in Worthington. Connie later began working at Newport...
Melvin And Kevin Melendez Rivera
Nov 9, 2018
MELVIN and KEVIN MELENDEZ RIVERA, infant sons of Florentino Melendez and Silvia Rivera DeMelendez, died Friday, November 9, 2018, at the Sanford Worthington Medical Center.
Visitation will be from 1-3 pm Sunday at the Dingmann Funeral Home in Worthington. Funeral will be 2 pm Tuesday at St. Mary Catholic Church, in Worthington, officiated by Rev. Miguel Proanos....
John Duane Schroer
Nov 5, 2018
JOHN SCHROER, age 77, of Worthington, died Monday, November 5, 2018, at the South Shore Care Center in Worthington. He was born December 8, 1940, in Wilmont, to John and Alice (Hurlbut) Schroer. After graduation, he joined the Marine Corp.
John married Janice Winter on August 25, 1961. John drove truck for numerous years, and then began...
Leatha Marie Kunze
Nov 4, 2018
LEATHA MARIE KUNZE, age 92, of Worthington, died Sunday, November 4, 2018, at her home. She was born November 1, 1926, in rural Fulda, to Will and Grace (Manning) Kunze. She attended school in Lakefield.
Leatha moved to Worthington in 1946. She worked at Campbell Soup Company in Worthington and later, at Sather's in Round Lake. She...
Ruth Mary (Moss) Welch
Oct 30, 2018
RUTH MARY WELCH, age 93, died Tuesday, October 30, 2018, at Mary Jane Brown Good Samaritan Home in Luverne, Minnesota. Born to Roy and Olive (Walker) Moss, she grew up on a farm near Reading, Minnesota. She attended High School in Worthington, Minnesota: and college in La Mars, Iowa.
She married Albyn Welch July 22, 1945 after...



