Obituaries

Martin Strobel

Martin Strobel

Dec 28, 2014

Martin Strobel, age 92, of Clinton, died Sunday, December 28, 2014, at the Ortonville Hospital. Funeral services will be held on Friday, January 2, at 10:30 a.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church in Ortonville with Rev. Dennis O'Neill officiating. Burial will follow in the Mound Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5-7 p.m. on Thursday evening at Mundwiler and Larson Funeral...

Doris Mueller

Doris Mueller

Dec 23, 2014

Doris Mueller, age 86, of Ortonville died Tuesday, December 23, 2014, at Northridge Residence in Ortonville. Services will be held on Saturday, December 27, 2014, at 3 p.m. at Living Hope Fellowship - Assembly of God in Ortonville. Visitation will be held two hours prior to the service. Rev. David Homrighausen will officiate and burial will be at a later...

James Kaercher

James Kaercher

Dec 19, 2014

James D. Kaercher - Written by Jim in December 2013 Ortonville and Big Stone County have lost one of their most colorful personalities, most avid businessman, and sportsman, with the passing last Friday, Dec. 19, 2014 of Jim Kaercher, 84, Ortonville native and longtime owner-publisher of The Ortonville Independent and The Northern Star weekly newspapers. Funeral services will be held...

David Stolpman

David Stolpman

Dec 10, 2014

David Stolpman, 56, of Ortonville died on December 10, 2014 at Northridge Residence. Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Saturday, April 11, 2015, at St. John's Catholic Church beginning at 11:00 a.m. Visitation will be held one hour prior to Mass. Fr. Jim Devorck will officiate and Pat Kunz will provide music. Burial will be in Mound Cemetery....

Francis VanLith

Francis VanLith

Dec 8, 2014

Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Friday, December 12, beginning at 11 a.m. at St. Lawrence Catholic Church in Milbank. Visitation will be held at the church Thursday evening from 5 – 7 p.m. with a Rosary Service at 7. Father Gary DeRouchey will officiate. Music will be provided by Nancy Johnson and the St. Lawrence Funeral Choir....

Warren Green

Warren Green

Nov 28, 2014

Warren Green, 89, of Waubay died on November 28, 2014, at St. William's Care Center in Milbank. A celebration of Warren's life will be held at a later date. Warren Arnold Green was born on February 17, 1925, in Mitchell, South Dakota to Warren and Mayme (Sudbery) Green. He was raised in Parkston, South Dakota. Warren served in the U.S....

Lawrence Andersen

Lawrence Andersen

Nov 24, 2014

Lawrence "Andy" Andersen, age 82, of Milbank died Monday, November 24, 2014, at St. Williams Care Center. Funeral services will be Saturday, November 29, 2014 at 10:30 a.m. at Valley Baptist Church in Milbank. Burial will follow in Milbank City Cemetery. Visitation will be 5-7 p.m. Friday evening at Valley Baptist Church and will continue on Saturday for one hour...

Lee Mathison

Lee Mathison

Nov 20, 2014

Funeral services for Lee Mathison, age 44, of Ortonville, Minnesota will be held at Trinity Lutheran Church in Clinton, Minnesota on Wednesday, November 26, 2014, beginning at 11 a.m. Visitation will be held at the church from 9 – 11 a.m. that morning. Rev. John Ragan will officiate. Lee Roy Mathison was born December 31, 1969, in Graceville, Minnesota, the...

Robert Danielson

Robert Danielson

Nov 15, 2014

Robert Danielson, age 80, of Ortonville, died Saturday, November 15, 2014, at Sanford Health in Sioux Falls. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, November 20, 2014 at 10:30 a.m. at Eidskog Lutheran Church in Ortonville with Rev. John Ragan officiating. Burial will follow in the Eidskog Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5-7 p.m. on Wednesday at Mundwiler and...

Shirley Beachem

Shirley Beachem

Nov 5, 2014

Funeral services for Shirley Beachem will be held on Saturday, November 8, 2014, at 10:30 a.m. at Living Hope Fellowship – Assembly of God in Ortonville with Pastor David Homrighausen officiating. Burial will be in the Mound Cemetery. Visitation will be Friday evening from 5-7 p.m. at the Mundwiler & Larson Funeral Home in Ortonville with a prayer service at...

Louie Kruger

Louie Kruger

Oct 29, 2014

Louie Kruger, age 86 of rural Strandburg died October 29, 2014, at his residence. Memorial services will be held on Wednesday, November 5, 2014, at 11:00 a.m. at LaBolt Covenant Lutheran Church. Rev. Mark Chapman will officiate. A private burial will be in the Bethany Baptist Cemetery, rural Strandburg. Music will be provided by a vocal quartet: Linda Chapman, Rev....

John Nilson

John Nilson

Oct 28, 2014

John Nilson, age 70, of Hillsboro, Missouri, died on Tuesday, October 28, 2014. Funeral services will be held on Sunday, November 2, at 2:00 p.m. at Elim Lutheran Church in Clinton with Rev. Richard Larson officiating. Visitation will be held for one hour prior to the time of service at the church on Sunday. Burial will be in the Clinton...

Gordon Hippen

Gordon Hippen

Oct 25, 2014

Gordon William Hippen, 75, of Dakota Dunes, South Dakota, passed away Saturday, October 25, 2014 at home with his family. A Mass of the Resurrection will be 10:30 Tuesday, October 28 at Blessed Teresa Of Calcutta Catholic Church in Dakota Dunes with Rev. Joe Vogel officiating. Visitation will be 5 to 7 Monday at the Church with a Parish Vigil...

J. Smith

J. Smith

Oct 23, 2014

James Secord Smith, age 89, passed away Thursday, October 23, 2014 at the Browns Valley Health Center, Browns Valley, MN. Secord's final request was that family gather on a warm, sunny day at the farm in Windsor Township overlooking Traverse Lake , and bid He, together with his beloved wife Katie, Farewell. "From the Place I was Born, To the...

Joyce Doschadis

Joyce Doschadis

Oct 18, 2014

Mass of Christian Burial for Joyce Doschadis, age 84, of Graceville will be held on Wednesday, October 22, 2014, at 11:00 a.m. at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Beardsley, MN. Visitation will be at the church on Wednesday, two hours prior to the Mass. Father David Breu will celebrate the Mass and burial will be in the St. Mary's Catholic...

John Andrews

John Andrews

Oct 15, 2014

John Andrews, age 60 of Johnson, MN died October 15, 2014, in Sioux Falls, SD. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, October 20, 2014, at Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Graceville. Visitation will be held at the church on Sunday evening from 5 – 7 p.m. with a prayer service at 7 p.m. Visitation will continue...

Myrtle Medbery

Myrtle Medbery

Oct 6, 2014

Miriam "Bricky" Medberry, who just recently celebrated her 100th birthday, died at the Browns Valley Health Center on Monday, October 6, 2014, her 74th wedding anniversary. Funeral services will be Friday, October 10, 2014, at 2 p.m. at the Zion Lutheran Church in Browns Valley with Rev. Paul Warnier officiating. Burial will be in the Valley View Cemetery. Visitation will...

Isabel Wolner

Isabel Wolner

Oct 5, 2014

Funeral services for Isabel Wolner will be held on Wednesday, October 8, 2014, beginning at 11 a.m. at First English Lutheran Church in Ortonville. Visitation will be from 9 – 11 a.m. that morning at the church. Rev. David Tonn will officiate. Marilyn Hanson will be the organist, with Jim Foster as vocalist. Casket bearers will be Nick Wolner, Phil...

Catherine Keating

Catherine Keating

Oct 5, 2014

Catherine Keating, age 97, of Graceville who died Sunday, October 5, 2014, at the Grace Home. Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Thursday, October 9, 2014, at 11 a.m. at the Holy Rosary Catholic Church. Father David Breu will celebrate the Mass and burial will be in the Graceville Consolidated Cemetery. Visitation will be Wednesday evening from 5-7...

Wallace Sigler

Wallace Sigler

Oct 5, 2014

Wallace C. "Butch" Sigler, age 75, of Clinton died October 5, 2014, at Grace Home in Graceville. Funeral services will be on Friday, October 10, 2014, at 10:30 a.m. at the Elim Lutheran Church in Clinton. Pastor Bev McNeill will officiate and burial will be in the Clinton City Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 – 7 p.m. on Thursday,...

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