Local Obituaries
for families in Adrian, Wilmont, Luverne, and Worthington in Minnesota
Floyd Buntjer
Aug 22, 2014
FLOYD HENRY BUNTJER, age 84, of Worthington, died Friday, August 22, 2014, at the Sanford Worthington Medical Center. He was born June 27, 1930, in Summit Lake Township, near Rushmore, to Henry and Hattie (Aeilts) Buntjer. Floyd attended country schools near Rushmore. As a young boy he moved to Iowa. He worked for Graves Construction building churches & bridges. Floyd...
Grace Freda (Immens) Caster
Aug 13, 2014
GRACE FREDA CASTER, age 78, of Worthington, died Wednesday, August 13, 2014 at her home. She was born in rural Rushmore on April 6, 1936 to parents, Henry and Jannette (Jacobs) Immens.  She attended country school in rural Rushmore and graduated from Worthington High School in 1955. In 1957 she was united in marriage to Vern Caster. The couple made...
Margaret Vis
Aug 12, 2014
Margaret Vis was born June 10, 1917  on a farm south of Leota, MN.  Born to Asje and Gertrude (Van De Weerd) Van Dyke, Margaret was the 5th child of 15 children born to this family. She attended country school near Leota through the 8th grade.  As a young girl she assisted her father with outside farm work and her...
Arlene M. (Galles) Mccarthy
Aug 12, 2014
Arlene Margaret McCarthy, age 88,of Adrian died August 12, 2014, at the Sanford Hospice Cottage in Luverne, Minnesota.  She was born October 21, 1925, in Slayton, MN to George and Virginia (Brouillet) Galles.  She attended country school and graduated from Slayton High School in 1942 at the age of 16.  She worked at Silverberg Bros. in Slayton before entering the...
David Slater
Aug 11, 2014
DAVID H. SLATER, age 60, of Bridgewater, SD, formerly of Wilmont, MN; died Monday, August 11, 2014 at Diamond Care Center in Bridgewater, SD. David was born July 25, 1954 in Slayton, MN; to parents Vic and Mildred (Klein) Slater.  He attended school at Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic School in Wilmont and graduated from Worthington High School in...
Marie (Haak) Koedam
Aug 10, 2014
MARIE KOEDAM, age 83, of Luverne, died Sunday, August 10, 2014 at her home. She was born December 19, 1930, in Beaver Creek Township, to Abe & Cornelia (Van Bemmel) Haak. Marie was baptized in January of 1931; and made her profession of faith in March of 1950. She graduated from Hills High School. Marie married Albertus Koedam on January...
Janice Eileen (Beyer) Galstad
Aug 7, 2014
JANICE EILEEN GALSTAD, age 69, of Worthington died Thursday, August 7, 2014, at Sanford Medical Center, in Worthington. She was born on November 23, 1944 in Springfield, MN to parents, Raymond and Ruth (Wichmann) Beyer.  She attended rural school near Sanborn, MN and graduated from Sanborn High School in 1962.  She attended beauty school in Fairmont and later worked as...
Darleen (Knips) Lutmer
Aug 7, 2014
DARLEEN LUTMER, age 82, of Lismore, died August 7, 2014 at Adrian Country Cottages. She was born September 27, 1931, in rural Lismore, to Alvin and Lottie (Eshelman) Knips. She graduated from Adrian High School. Darleen married Melvin Lutmer on May 31, 1952, in Worthington. After their marriage, the couple farmed near Adrian. In 1963, they began farming in the...
Clarence J. Lursen
Aug 2, 2014
CLARENCE J. LURSEN, age 87, of Adrian, died Saturday, August 2, 2014 at Sanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls, SD. He was born on November 4, 1926 in Lyon County, Iowa to parents John and Laura (Wilkens) Lursen. He attended country school in District #57 and also District 11. After his schooling he worked for different farmers in the...
Lena (Deboer) Kroeze
Jul 31, 2014
LENA (DeBOER) KROEZE, age 90, of Ellsworth, died Thursday, July 31, 2014, at the Parkview Manor Nursing Home in Ellsworth. She was born July 19, 1924, on a farm near Adrian, to Ocko and Emma (Luppens) DeBoer. She grew up on her parents farm until her marriage to Carl Kroeze. Lena married Carl Kroeze on February 18, 1949. She joined...
Florence Ruth (Birkhofer) Mcknight
Jul 31, 2014
FLORENCE R. (BIRKHOFER) McKNIGHT, age 89, of Luverne, died Thursday, July 31, 2014, at the Sanford Hospice Cottage. She was born July 25, 1925, in Alvord, IA, to Al and Dena (Ruisch) Veldkamp. Florence graduated from Doon High School and attended Morningside Normal School in Sioux City, IA. Following her education, she taught in a country school in Northwest Iowa....
Alice Janet (Van Dyke) Dekam
Jul 31, 2014
Alice (Vandyke) DeKam was born January 6, 1923 on a farm 4 miles east of Leota to Gertrude and Asje Van Dyke. She was the 13th of 15 children in her family. Alice was baptized in the Leota Bethel Reformed Church where she later attended Girl's Society, Young People's Society and made her public profession of faith. Alice attended the...
Judy (Nitz) Waagmeester
Jul 30, 2014
JUDITH "JUDY" WAAGMEESTER, age 72, of Luverne, died Wednesday, July 30, 2014, at the Sanford Luverne Hospice Cottage. She was born January 24, 1942, in Canova, SD, to Orville and Eva (Duxbury) Nitz. She graduated from Canova High School; and later from the Sioux Valley School of Nursing in Sioux Falls, SD. Judy married Dale Waagmeester on November 26, 1962,...
Beverly L. (Bell) Haraldson
Jul 29, 2014
BEVERLY "BEV" L. HARALDSON, age 73, of Luverne, died Tuesday, July 29, 2014, at the Sanford Luverne Hospice Cottage. She was born September 2, 1940, in Luverne, to William and Elva (Overgaard) Bell. She graduated from Luverne High School in 1958. Bev married Gordon Haraldson on May 3, 1958, at Bethany Lutheran Church in Luverne. The couple made their home...
Henry Klinkenberg
Jul 24, 2014
HENRY KLINKENBERG, age 71, of Luverne, died Thursday, July 24, 2014, at the Parkview Manor Nursing Home in Ellsworth. He was born April 28, 1943, in St. Olaf, IA, to Alvin and Mabel (Hakert) Klinkenberg. He attended country school in rural St. Olaf, IA. Henry farmed with his father east of St. Olaf before moving to Minnesota. In the early...
Fred Kern
Jul 19, 2014
FRED KERN, age 76, of Lismore, died Sunday July 20, 2014, at his home. He was born May 20, 1938, in Adrian, to Lawrence and Mary (Altman) Kern. He attended St. Anthony Catholic School. Fred began farming with his father and brother Don at a young age. He eventually took over the family farm near Lismore and operated the farm...
Nichole D Johnson
Jul 19, 2014
NICHOLE D. JOHNSON, age 39, of Worthington died Saturday, July 19, 2014 at Sanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls.  She was born on June 18, 1975 in Colorado Springs, CO to parents, Del and Arlene (Elness) Johnson. Nichole attended school in Edmond, OK and graduated from Mankato School of Cosmetology. She worked in Worthington and Windom before opening her...
William Brown
Jul 12, 2014
WILLIAM "BILLY" BROWN, age 23, of Hardwick, died Saturday, July 12, 2014, at the Crown Plaza Hotel in St. Louis, MO. He was born May 6, 1991, in Carmichael, CA, to William and Kimberly (Johnston) Brown.  Billy attended and graduated high school in Oregon. After high school Billy worked for different construction companies including residential construction in Wilmar, MN and...
Ethel C. Siemer
Jul 7, 2014
Ethel Catherine Siemer was born August 18, 1915 on a farm near Ellsworth, MN, to Henry and Minnie (Nolte) Siemer. She attended country schools near the family farm and graduated from Adrian Public High School in 1932. After completing school, she lived and worked in Luverne, MN. Later Ethel returned to the family farm and worked with her father and...
Jennie (Broesder) Lenz
Jul 4, 2014
JENNIE LENZ, age 99, of Ellsworth, died Friday, July 4, 2014 at the Adrian Care Center in Adrian, MN. She was born March 8, 1915 in Campbell, MN; to parents Henry and Alice (Walters) Broesder. She attended rural schools in Iowa. After her schooling she worked various jobs and taught Sunday School in the Ellsworth area. Jennie was united in...
