Obituaries
Constance Hamner
Aug 20, 2009
Constance Evelyn Gary was born on September 6, 1948, to Willard and Evelyn (Palmer) Gary in Graceville, MN. Connie was raised in Graceville; where she was baptized and confirmed at Parnell Lutheran Church. Connie attended and graduated from Graceville High School when she then attended Alexandria Vo-Tech. After college graduation, Connie worked at the University of Minnesota, St. Paul Campus...
Kenneth Christeson
Aug 15, 2009
Kenneth Bernard Christeson was born August 20, 1918 to Ernest and Annie (Erickson) Christeson on the family farm by Clinton. He was the eighth of 13 children. Our Lord called Kenneth home on Saturday, August 15, 2009, at Sunrise Cottages in Rochester, MN. He attained the age of 90 years, 11 months, 24 days. Kenneth was baptized and confirmed at...
Arlene Wallace
Aug 11, 2009
Arlene Phyllis Anders was born on October 11, 1925 to Daniel and Florence (Burnham) Anders in Newton, Massachusetts. Arlene attended school until the 12th grade in the Newton School District, graduating in 1943. After graduation, Arlene moved to New York City where she worked at Gimble’s Department Store. In 1944, while at Marble Collegiate Church, Arlene met Wilford Wallace, and...
Howard Sitter
Aug 8, 2009
Howard L. Sitter, age 87, of Ortonville, MN, died Saturday August 8, 2009 at the Ortonville Hospital. Funeral service for Howard Sitter will be 10:30 A.M. Tuesday, August 11, 2009 at First United Methodist Church of Ortonville, MN, with Pastor Darrell Boe officiating. Burial will be in the Mound Cemetery. Visitation will be Monday from 6 – 8 P.M. at...
Frances Peltier
Aug 4, 2009
Frances R. Peltier, the daughter of John and Mary ( Schindler) Reinart was born February 26, 1919 in Currie, MN. When she was thirteen years old her family moved to Barry, MN. She attended and graduated from St. Mary’s Academy in Graceville. Frances went on to St. Benedict in St. Cloud where she received her teaching degree. Frances was united...
Gary Dybdahl
Jul 21, 2009
Gary Arthur Dybdahl, the son of Arthur and Mildred (Peterson) Dybdahl, was born February 4, 1944 in Viborg, SD. He lived in Centerville, SD with his parents from the time he was born in 1944 until 1952. He then moved onto the farm east of Clinton, where he lived for the next 54 years until he and Jackie moved into...
Irene Reyelts
Jul 18, 2009
Funeral services for Irene M. Reyelts, age 72, of rural Wilmot, SD, will begin at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, July 22, at the Emanuel-Patterson Funeral Home in Milbank. Irene died on Saturday, July 18, at her farm home. The Reverend Timothy Daene will officiate. The organist will be Carol Ydstie. Visitation will be at the Emanuel-Patterson Funeral Home in Milbank...
Christina Tannehill
Jul 5, 2009
Christina H. Tannehill, age 85, of Milbank, and formerly of Corona, SD, died on Sunday, July 5, 2009, at St. Williams Care Center in Milbank. It was her wish that she be cremated and that her cremated remains be scattered at Skyview Memorial Lawn in Vallejo, CA. There will be no visitation. There will be a Memorial Mass at 10:00...
Alvin Schwarze
Jun 17, 2009
Funeral services for Alvin R. "Shorty" Schwarze, age 88, of Milbank, will begin at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, June 22, 2009, at the Emanuel Lutheran Church in Milbank. The Reverend Keith Bicknase will officiate. Alvin died on Wednesday, June 17th, at the Golden Living Center in Milbank. Family members are asked to meet in the church fellowship hall by 10:00...
Ernest Carpenter
Jun 17, 2009
Memorial services for Ernest J. Carpenter, age 88, of rural Milbank, will begin at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 20, 2009, at the Valley Baptist Church in Milbank. The Reverend Dennis Webber will officiate. Ernie died on Wednesday, June 17, 2009, at his farm home. The organist will be Loretha Webber. The vocalists will be Sherry DeBoer and Mark Boerger....
Max Gruenwald
Jun 17, 2009
Funeral services for longtime Milbank attorney, Max Gruenwald, age 77, will begin at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, June 23, 2009, at the First Congregational Church in Milbank. The Reverend Colleen Natalie-Lees will officiate. Max died on Wednesday, June 17, 2009, at the Avera-McKennan Select Specialty Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD. The pianist will be Linda Stengel and Jack Stengel will...
Stanley Heath
Jun 11, 2009
Funeral services for Stanley V. Heath, age 92, of Milbank, and formerly of Sisseton, SD, will begin at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 13, 2009, at the Central United Methodist Church in Milbank. The Reverend Mark Phillips will officiate. Stan died on Thursday, June 11, 2009, at the Golden Living Center in Milbank. Family members are asked to meet in...
Betty Smith
Jun 9, 2009
Betty Smith, age 65, passed away Tuesday, June 9, 2009 surrounded by her family at her home in Gillette, Wyoming from cancer. Betty Jean Smith was born on February 13, 1944 the daughter of Delmer and Lauretta (Robertson) Mielitz in Ortonville, Minnesota. She was the oldest of twelve children. She attended country school and graduated from Ortonville High School in...
David Tietjen
Jun 7, 2009
Memorial services for David M. Tietjen, age 63, of Sioux Falls, and formerly of rural Corona, SD, will begin at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, June 15, 2009, at the Emanuel Lutheran Church in Milbank. The Reverend Kim Kanitz will officiate. The organist will be Roger Goosen. David died of natural causes on Sunday, June 7, 2009, in Pottsboro, Texas. Family...
Robert Hills
Jun 3, 2009
Robert Lewis Hills was born on May 26, 1929, to Ore and Hazel (Doschadis) Hills in Beardsley, MN. He was baptized and confirmed in the Methodist faith in Beardsley. Duck attended Barry Country School until the eighth grade. Duck enlisted into the United States Army and was serving during the Korean Conflict although he never served in the war. On...
Harvey Pansch
Jun 3, 2009
Harvey Paul Pansch was born on August 16, 1920 to Gustav and Ida (Rau) Pansch in Akron Township. Harvey was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith. He attended Country school until the 8th grade, graduating from Correll High School in 1938. After graduation, Harvey attended the Dunwoody Institute in Minneapolis for welding and machine mechanics. On September 23, 1942,...
Irene Greteman
Jun 2, 2009
Irene Bertha Mueller was born the fifth daughter of ten children to George and Bertha (Slater) Mueller on May 25, 1916 in Lodgepole, South Dakota. Irene was baptized at St. Mary Catholic Church in Lemmon, SD on June 13, 1916 by Father John Frei and confirmed at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Hettinger, ND. Irene grew up in Hettinger, North...
Jay Folkens
May 29, 2009
Jay Jacob Folkens was born on May 17, 1912 to Siert and Grace (Vogel) Folkens of Malta Township in Clinton MN. He was baptized and confirmed into the Christian Faith. He attended District #10 school. On November 6, 1941, Jay married Doris Knoll at Trinity Lutheran Church in Johnson, MN. They were blessed with two children, Darryl and Jeanette. Jay...
Donald Vangsness
May 29, 2009
Donald Lee Vangsness Jr., the son of Donald and Lucille (Kruger) Vangsness, was born May 2, 1952 in Graceville, Minnesota. He was baptized at Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Graceville, and later he was confirmed at St. John’s Catholic Church in Ortonville, Minnesota. Don grew up in Ortonville, Minnesota and attended and graduated from Ortonville High School in 1970. He...
Ralph Strand
May 28, 2009
Ralph Strand, the son of Hans and Aagot (Pettersborg) Strand, was born November 1, 1917 in Litchville, North Dakota and baptized there. After Aagot's death in the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic, Hans married Mabel Olson. In 1926 the family moved to Madison, Minnesota. As a youth, Ralph did farm labor, milking cows, plowing with a one bottom sulky plow and later...
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