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

Mar 18, 2018

WILMA JEAN JEFFER, age 74, of Luverne, died Sunday, March 18, 2018, at the Mary Jane Brown Good Samaritan Home in Luverne. She was born June 21, 1943, in Rock Rapids, IA, to Charles and Reika (Kracht) Smidstra. Wilma moved to Luverne as a teenager and graduated from Luverne High School in 1961. Wilma met her husband, Joe Jeffer...

Mar 15, 2018

ROSELLA J. DAMMER, age 84, of Worthington, died Thursday, March 15, 2018 at South Shore Care Center in Worthington. She was born April 8, 1933, in Rushmore, to George and Luella (Habbena) Wiertzema. She attended country school.

Rosella married Harm Dammer on April 26, 1951 in Rushmore. They were true soulmates always taking care of each other...

Mar 10, 2018

ALBERT W. MULDER, age 96, of Ellsworth, died Saturday, March 10, 2018, at the Sanford Luverne Medical Center. He was born October 31, 1921, in Sheldon, IA, to William and Marie (Ruysbrock) Mulder. He graduated from St. Mary Catholic High School.

Albert helped his parents on the family farm southeast of Ellsworth. After retiring from farming, he...

Mar 8, 2018

Arrangements are pending.

Mar 7, 2018

BERTUS HAROLD SCHELHAAS, age 85, of Leota, died Wednesday, March 7, 2018, at the Avera Heart Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD.  He was born on August 25, 1932 to Peter & Cornelia (Gilman) Schelhaas in Sioux Falls, SD.  He attended country grade school, Leota Christian School, SWCH and finished his education at Western Christian High, where he was a...

Mar 3, 2018

EDWARD ARVIN DeBATES, age 90, of Luverne, formerly of Adrian, died Saturday, March 3, 2018, at the Minnesota Veterans Home in Luverne. He was born August 21, 1927, in Jasper, to Charles and Amanda (Donth) DeBates. Eddie attended school in Adrian. He served his country from 1952 to 1954 in the United States Army, during the Korean Conflict, achieving...

Feb 21, 2018

COLETTA LONNEMAN, age 95, of St. Kilian, died Wednesday, February 21, 2018, at the Maple Lawn Nursing Home in Fulda. She was born to Albert and Josephine (Vaske) Johanning on October 18, 1922, in the front piano room of the family farmhouse north of St. Kilian. She attended country school until the eighth grade and later received her GED....

Feb 12, 2018

LOIS G. HARSTAD, age 92, of Worthington, died Monday, February 12, 2018, at the Maple Lawn Nursing Home in Fulda. She was born May 1, 1925, in Harris, IA, to Orville and Grace (Burley) Keifer. Lois graduated from Harris High School and attended Cadet Nursing School in Des Moines, IA. She worked in the telephone office in Spencer, IA...

Feb 12, 2018

BETTY JEAN STEENSTRA, age 76, of Edgerton, died Monday, February 12, 2018, at her home. She was born October 17, 1941, in Flandreau, SD, to Fred and Norma (Wittrock) Veen. As a young girl, Betty moved with her family to rural Pipestone, later settling north of Pipestone. She graduated from Pipestone High School and later worked as a telephone...

Feb 10, 2018

John P. Engesser, age 78, of Slayton, died Saturday, February 10, 2018, at the Slayton Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center.

A private service will take place at a later date.

Feb 8, 2018

ESTHER MAE KRULL, age 84, of Rushmore, died Thursday, February 8, 2018, at the Sanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls, SD. She was born May 1, 1933, in Rushmore, to Henry and Anna (Klingenberg) DeVries. She attended country school south of Rushmore.

Esther married Mike Krull on August 31, 1954, at the parsonage of Emmanuel Presbyterian...

Feb 8, 2018

MERLE DEAN ANDERSEN, age 85, of Worthington, died Thursday, February 8, 2018, at the Good Samaritan Society in Jackson, MN. He was born January 2, 1933, in Spencer, IA, to John and Esther (Larsen) Andersen. He attended and graduated from Lake Center School in Terrill, IA.

Merle married Carol Zielstra on January 21, 1952, in Jackson. The...

Feb 5, 2018

STANLEY WALDEN ROOS, age 92, of Buffalo, MN, formerly of Worthington, died Monday, February 05, 2018, at the Parkview Care Center in Buffalo. He was born July 15, 1925, in Randall Valley, SD, to O. Walter and Nettie (Pearson) Roos. Stan graduated from Worthington High School. He entered the United States Navy in November of 1944 and served his...

Feb 1, 2018

One procedure too far:  After double digit stent implants, aortic aneurysm mesh, leg artery grafts and 9 weeks after a new heart artery valve, Roger's luck ran out. A final operation to increase blood flow to a leg resulted in a rare spinal stroke which left him paralyzed.  He and the family had one more week together before Roger's...

Jan 30, 2018

MARGUERITE ANNE HOH, age 100, of Luverne, died Tuesday, January 30, 2018, at the Mary Jane Brown Home in Luverne. She was born September 24, 1917, in Magnolia Township to Floyd and Sara (Thomas) Norton. She attended Country School District #6 through seventh grade. She attended Luverne High School, and she graduated with the Class of 1934.

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Jan 28, 2018

SADIE MARIE DeVRIES, age 93, of Round Lake, died Sunday, January 28, 2018, at the Golden Horizon Assisted Living in Worthington. She was born August 23, 1924, in Ireton, IA, to Cornelius and Maggie (Wynia) DeBoom. Sadie attended Middleburg Country School. At the age of sixteen, she worked at Sioux Center Produce candling eggs.

Sadie married George...

Jan 26, 2018

DAVID ALLEN WIERTZEMA, age 67, of Adrian, formerly of Ellsworth, died Friday, January 26, 2018, at the Sanford Luverne Hospice Cottage. He was born December 28, 1950, in Adrian, to Herman and Lena (DeBoer) Wiertzema. He attended country school in Viola Township, near Little Rock, IA. Dave graduated from Ellsworth High School in 1969. He later graduated from Worthington...

Jan 16, 2018

MELINDA JEAN (SCHLAHT) KRUSE, age 57, of Luverne, passed away on Tuesday, January 16, 2018, at the Sanford Luverne Hospice Cottage surrounded by family. Her diagnosis of metastatic pancreatic cancer was December 6, 2017.

She was born April 1, 1960, in Burke, SD to Maurice and Sylvia (Iler) Schlaht.  She attended Burke Elementary and High School, active...

Jan 15, 2018

LESTER TUNIS VOGELAAR, of Worthington, passed away peacefully at his home on January 15, 2018. He celebrated life for 94 years, 10 Months and 22 days. On March 24, 1923, Lester was born to Tunis and Cora (Van Duyn) Vogelaar at Orange City, IA. He attended country schools until the 8th grade at which time he stayed at home...

Jan 12, 2018

HARRIET L. WINTER, age 98, of Worthington, died Friday, January 12, 2018, at Crossroads Care in Worthington. She was born November 17, 1919, in Ocheyedan, IA, to Frank and Bessie (Hornstine) Stanton. She attended country school.

Harriet married Harold "Doc" Winter on September 9, 1939, in Worthington. After their marriage, the couple lived in Org, MN before...