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

Jan 6, 2018

JOHN "TERRY" HANSEN, age 79, of Worthington formerly of Brewster, died Saturday, January 6, 2018 at South Shore Care Center in Worthington. John was born March 11, 1938, in Kansas City, MO; as an infant he was adopted by John and Kate Hansen, and they lived in Sioux Valley, where he attended school and graduated from Sioux Valley High...

Jan 5, 2018

ESTHER V. SCHEEPSTRA, age 86, of Worthington, died Friday, January 5, 2018 at the Sanford Worthington Medical Center. She was born October 26, 1931, in Wilmont, to Henry and Helen (Heidebrink) Luitjens. Esther grew up and attended a rural school near Wilmont. After her schooling, she worked at Ben Franklin and she stayed at home and helped care for...

Jan 4, 2018

ALAN ROBERT BRAMSTEDT, age 54, of Worthington, died peacefully on Thursday, January 4, 2018, in San Antonio, TX. He was born July 16, 1963, in Worthington, to Richard and Darlene (Heasley) Bramstedt. He graduated from Jackson High School in 1983.

Alan married Julie White on August 25, 1990, in Worthington. The couple lived in Worthington; and later...

Jan 4, 2018

KENNETH BOLKEMA, age 92, of Edgerton, died Thursday, January 4, 2018, at Edgebrook Estates Assisted Living in Edgerton. He was born July 29, 1925 in Sheldon, IA, to John and Winnie (De Boer) Bolkema.  He attended grade school in a country school near Hartley, IA.   His family moved to a farm near Ruthton, MN where he attended grade school...

Jan 3, 2018

IRENE B BOCKWOLDT, age 91, of Worthington, Minnesota, died Wednesday, January 3, 2018 at Ecumen Meadows, in Worthington. Irene was born January 24, 1926 to Hans and Alma (Untiedt) Bockwoldt in Round Lake Township. She attended school in rural school until the seventh grade. Irene then went to Sioux Valley school, where she graduated in 1943. She...

Jan 1, 2018

PHYLLIS K. HELGESON, age 93, of Shoreview, formerly of Hills, MN and Scottsdale & Mesa, AZ, called home to be with the Lord on January 1, 2018.​

Phyllis was born and raised in Luverne, MN with her parents, 3 brothers, and sister. She had an adventurous spirit and after graduating from Luverne High School and Hamline University...

Dec 31, 2017

I was born March 14, 1932, to John and Johanna (VerMeer) Kooiker near Middleburg, IA. I helped on the farm, attended and graduated from country grade school. I took piano lessons from Teneva Koerselman for fifty cents a lesson and Teneva came over with an older car, too. I then had two years at Western Christian High, in Hull,...

Dec 29, 2017

GLADYS LUCILLE BUSS, age 95, of Lismore, died Friday, December 29, 2017, at the Sanford Luverne Hospice Cottage. She was born December 2, 1922, on a farm north of Hardwick, to John and Elizabeth (Peters) Stuckenbroker. She attended country school in rural Rock County.

Gladys married Jake Buss on June 27, 1943, in Ellsworth. The couple moved...

Dec 27, 2017

PRISCILLA (VELDKAMP) KRACHT was born March 6, 1921 as the fourth of ten children born to Bert & Sadie (DeJong) Veldkamp in the family home near Inwood, Iowa. She passed away December 27, 2017 at the age of 96 years, while at the Sanford Luverne Hospice Cottage.

She enjoyed her eight years of education at the local...

Dec 26, 2017

JEANNE JUANE BOUNCHANH, age 27, of Worthington, died Tuesday, December 26, 2017, in Redwood Falls.

Funeral will be Thursday at 1pm at the Dingmann Funeral Home in Worthington, with a visitation one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.

Dec 25, 2017

DELORES MAXINE STRASSBURG, age 93, of Luverne, died Monday, December 25, 2017, at the Sanford Luverne Medical Center. She was born January 24, 1924, in Springwater Township, to Henry and Augusta (Schuldt) Schmuck. Delores was confirmed at the Zion Lutheran Church in Luverne. She attended school in Rock County.

Delores married Willard Strassburg on August 7, 1940,...

Dec 24, 2017

BLADIMIR FLORES-FLORES, age 35, of Worthington, died Sunday, December 24, 2017.

Funeral will be 1 pm Sunday, December 31, at the Dingmann Funeral Home in Worthington, with visitation one hour prior to the service at the funeral home on Sunday.

Dec 23, 2017

MARY EFTING, age 92, of Adrian, died Saturday, December 23, 2017, at the Good Samaritan Society in Pipestone. She was born December 27, 1925, in Adrian, the second of ten children to Charles and Henrietta (Wealing) Eshleman. She attended school in Adrian and graduated from Adrian High School in 1943. Mary married Elmer "Chick" Efting on May 9, 1945,...

Dec 19, 2017

LORRAINE RUTH AILTS, was born on July 11, 1928, in Rushmore, MN, to Rens and Gertrude (Nagelhout) Spoelstra. She grew up on a farm south of Rushmore. She attended country school and graduated from Worthington High School. She worked for a short time before marriage at Campbell Soup Company in Worthington. On September 4, 1946, she was united in...

Dec 19, 2017

DELVIN EDWARD DOMAGALA, age 79, of Luverne, died Tuesday, December 19, 2017, at the Sanford Luverne Hospice Cottage. He was born March 18, 1938, on a farm near Lake Preston, SD, to Edward and Ruby (Pederson) Domagala. He lived there for four years and then moved to the Domagala homestead near Erwin, SD. Del attended country school during his...

Dec 16, 2017

JOAN HAZEL MULDER, age 92, of Worthington, formerly of Rushmore, died Saturday, December 16, 2017, at the Meadows in Worthington. She was born January 15, 1925, in Luverne, to Ernest and Hazel (Norton) Stearns. Joan graduated from Luverne High School. She then worked as a assistant to the Rock County Auditor.

Joan married Emery Mulder on November...

Dec 14, 2017

DONALD RIDGE, age 97, a longtime resident and farmer in Nobles County, MN passed away at Ecumen Meadows in Worthington, MN on Thursday, December 14, 2017. He was born July 15, 1920, in Rockwell City, IA. Don was the son of Floyd and Helen (Means) Ridge. He attended school in Rockwell City and graduated from high school there.

Dec 10, 2017

JEAN JOYCE KINGERY, age 92, of Sioux Falls, formerly of Worthington, Minnesota, died Sunday, December 10, 2017 at Avera-McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD. Jean was born December 11, 1924, in Sibley, Iowa; she was the daughter of John J. & Grace (Sietsema) Miller. Jean grew up in Ransom Township, attended Bigelow School until 1938, and graduated from Worthington...

Dec 8, 2017

NYLA JOSEPHINE BULLEREMAN, age 83, of Adrian, died Friday, December 8, 2017, at the Sanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls, SD. She was born October 25, 1934, in Ellsworth, to Lester and Josephine (Rensch) Christensen. She attended country school near Kanaranzi and graduated from Magnolia High School in 1952.

Nyla married Donald T. Bullerman on October...

Dec 5, 2017

GAYLE M. BEERS, age 84, of Luverne, died Tuesday, December 5, 2017, at the Minnesota Veterans Home in Luverne. She was born September 30, 1933, in Luverne, to Jess Sr. and Amelia (Hovland) Frakes. She graduated from Luverne High School in 1951. She worked as a punch key operator at Tri-State Insurance.

Gayle married Roger W. Beers...