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

Nov 1, 2016

VERNON VON DER LIETH, age 76, of Beaver Creek, died Tuesday, November 1, 2016, at the Sanford USD Medical Center, Sioux Falls, SD. He was born May 3, 1940, in rural Rock Rapids, IA, to Charles and Marie (Schultz) Von Der Lieth. He was baptized on May 26, 1940 at Emanuel Lutheran Church, in Rock Rapids, IA. Vernon was...

Nov 1, 2016

MAE O. McCLURE, age 91, of Luverne, died peacefully Tuesday, November 1, 2016, at the Sanford Luverne Hospice Cottage surrounded by family. She was born October 23, 1925, on the family farm outside of Holme City, MN, to Martin and Olga (Lindberg) Johnson. She attended a country school near Holme City. After school, Mae got a job as a...

Oct 28, 2016

DUANE G. PIKE, age 84, of Luverne, died Friday, October 28, 2016, at the Sanford Luverne Hospice Cottage. He was born September 27, 1932, in Yankton, SD, to George and Katie (Stickley) Pike. He attended grade school in Yankton, SD. Duane enlisted in the United States Air Force in 1951 where he earned his GED while serving his country....

Oct 28, 2016

ERIC "SHORTY" OTTO OBERMOLLER, age 92, of rural Brewster, MN; passed away peacefully on Friday, October 28, 2016 at the Sunset Hospice Cottage, Worthington. He was born June 8, 1924 in Hersey Township, MN; to parents, John Christian and Marie Chatarina (Utterman) Obermoller. He was baptized and confirmed in Trinity Lutheran Church in Brewster, MN. He attended...

Oct 26, 2016

JAMES GORDON MYERS, age 75, of Fort Ripley, MN, died Wednesday, October 26, 2016, at the Crossroads Care Center in Worthington. He was born October 18, 1941, in Brainerd, to Jack and Hazel (Thompson) Myers. Jim entered the United States Air Force on June 12, 1961. He served his country as an airplane mechanic during the Vietnam War before...

Oct 24, 2016

PATRICIA "PAT" JO SMEDSRUD, age 55, of Luverne, died Monday, October 24, 2016, at the Sanford USD Medical Center, in Sioux Falls, SD, from a sudden brain bleed caused by a ruptured aneurysm. She was born July 30, 1961, in Pipestone, to Jim and Marte (Canton) Vanderberg. She was baptized on August 13, 1961, at Trinity Lutheran Church in...

Oct 21, 2016

ELAINE KAE NELSON, age 57, of Worthington, died Friday, October 21, 2016, at her home. She was born December 9, 1958, in Spirit Lake, IA, to Jim and Janice (Piscator) Sangl. She graduated from Worthington High School and also attended Minnesota West.

Elaine married Richard Nelson on July 22, 2004, at the Westminster Presbyterian Church in Worthington....

Oct 12, 2016

WELFERD L. FULLER, age 81, of Fulda, died Wednesday, October 12, 2016, at the Slayton Hospital.

Private family service will be held at a later date.

Oct 12, 2016

Duane H. Krohn, 92, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, October 11, 2016, at Ecumen Meadows in Worthington, Minnesota.  He was born in Benson, Minnesota, on January 22, 1924, to William and Sada (Pierce) Krohn.  He graduated from Fulda High School.

Duane was united in marriage to Nadine Gerber at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Worthington...

Oct 9, 2016

MAVIS JEAN ARENDS, age 71, of Ellsworth, died Sunday, October 9, 2016, at the Sunset Hospice Cottage in Worthington. She was born April 24, 1945, in Luverne, to Martin and Jennie (Broesder) Lenz. She graduated from Ellsworth High School in 1963.

Mavis married Larry "Rip" Arends on September 3, 1966, in Slayton. After their marriage, the couple...

Oct 7, 2016

CAROLYN JUNE KRUGER, age 57, of Worthington, died Friday, October 7, 2016 at her home in Worthington. She was born June 6, 1959 in Tracy, to Arthur and Hazel (Tilford) Kluevein. Carolyn attended school in Tracy; and then later in Bloomington. She moved to Worthington in 1996.

Carolyn was united in marriage to G.L (Snuffy) Kruger on...

Oct 5, 2016

LORNA LEE WATTS, age 80, of Luverne, died Wednesday, October 05, 2016, at the Sanford Luverne Hospice Cottage. She was born June 23, 1936, in Hardwick, to Lawrence and Leola (Grimm) Hawes. She attended country school near Hardwick and graduated from Luverne High School in 1954. Lorna worked as a telephone operator  and also as a receptionist for Dr....

Sep 27, 2016

William Francis Murphy (W1ODZ) of Salem, Virg., died peacefully at home Tuesday afternoon, September 27, 2016. He was 90.

Bill was born on July 29, 1926 in Holyoke, Mass. He moved to Orlando, Fla. with his parents about 1940. Bill received his amateur radio license in 1942 and remained an active ham the rest of his life....

Sep 27, 2016

ARLYN "ARLIE" VINCIENT McCLURE, age 88, of Luverne, died Tuesday, September 27, 2016, at the Sanford Luverne Medical Center. He was born July 27, 1928, in Adrian, to John and Anna (Aanenson) McClure. Arlie was baptized at Our Savior Lutheran Church on April 14, 1929; and was confirmed at St. John Lutheran Church on May 11, 1952. The family...

Sep 23, 2016

RORY CLYDE BURKE, age 61, of Sioux Falls, SD, formerly of Luverne, died Friday, September 23, 2016, at the Bethany Home in Brandon, SD. He was born May 25, 1955, in Rochester, to Clyde and Patricia (Dell) Burke. In 1960, the Burke family moved to Luverne. Rory graduated from Luverne High School in 1973. He then attended Augustana College,...

Sep 23, 2016

NORMA J. JANSSEN, 84 years of age, Worthington, died Friday September 23, 2016 at Sunset Hospice Cottage in Worthington. She was born September 10, 1932 to Eva Scourick and August Schachterle in Ackley, Iowa. She attended school in Ackley graduating from high school in 1951. Following graduation she worked at the Ackley canning factory. She married John M. Janssen...

Sep 20, 2016

MURIEL KAY THOLEN, age 73, of Rushmore, went to be with her LORD on Tuesday, September 20.

Born in Worthington on November 17, 1942, to Albert and Vernis (Johnson) DeJager.  Muriel Kay lived around Rushmore most of her life.  She attended District 20 Country School through grade 6, then attended Worthington schools and graduated from Worthington High...

Sep 16, 2016

PEGGY JO HARMS, age 58, of Luverne, died Friday, September 16, 2016, at the Sanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls, SD. She was born October 21, 1957 in Gardena, California.

Peggy married Wayne Harms on October 21, 1994, in Sioux Falls, SD. The couple lived in Luverne. Peggy loved helping people. She worked in Luverne as...

Sep 15, 2016

AUDREY MAE TIMMERMAN, age 88, of Luverne, died Thursday, September 15, 2016, at the Lyon Specialty Care in Rock Rapids, IA. She was born December 7, 1927, in Rock Rapids, IA, to Frank and Bernice (Brown) Peterson. She was confirmed & baptized at St. John Lutheran Church, in Luverne, on December 28, 1958.

Audrey married William "Bill...

Sep 14, 2016

Henry Netjes was born on November 10, 1923, on the family farm of his parents, Walter Netjes and Rena Broekhuis, which was located near Chandler, Minnesota on November 10, 1923.  Henry was a lifelong member of the Ebenezer Christian Reformed Church in Leota, Minnesota and was baptized in 1923 and became a confessing member when he was 16 years...