Obituaries
Harry Loeschke
Oct 6, 2005
Funeral services for Harry W. Loeschke, age 89, of Milbank will begin at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, October 10, 2005, at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Ortonville, MN. Vicar Ray Smith will officiate. Harry died on Thursday, October 6, 2005, in the Ortonville Hospital in Ortonville, MN. Family members are asked to meet in the church chapel by 9:30 a.m....
Mary Zych
Oct 3, 2005
Mary Margret Zych was born December 12, 1925, the fifth child of Joseph and Margret Arens. Her father gave her the nickname "Margie" and that was how she was know by most people throughout her life. Margie was baptized and confirmed in St. Peters church, Dumont Minnesota. She attended elementary school in Dumont at St. Peters, and then attended high...
Mary Underwood
Oct 1, 2005
Mary Magdeline (Giessinger) Underwood was born on February 14, 1917, to parents John and Barbara Geissinger in Grant County, SD. She attended school in Grant County and later moved with her family to Ortonville. On November 7, 1936, Mary married Delmer Underwood in Milbank, SD. To this union, two children were born, Gloria and Dewain. The family made their home...
Leroy Knippen
Sep 27, 2005
Bud was born May 4th, 1930 in Malta Township, MN to parents Jack and Della (Rasmussen) Knippen. He attended country school through the eighth grade before transferring to Ortonville High School where he graduated in 1948. Bud was united in marriage with Sandra (Tobin) Knippen on June 15, 1974 in Ortonville, MN. Bud and Sandra are the parents of three...
Gordon Delgehausen
Sep 26, 2005
The morning of October 28, 1943 turned out to be an exciting one in the Delgehausen home. Gordon Leroy Delgehausen was the 3rd son born to Art and Elda Delgehausen. Although mom and dad were expecting a little girl, everyone fell in love with Gordie and he was welcomed with open arms. He was baptized and confirmed at Trinity Lutheran...
Robert Schreiner
Sep 23, 2005
Robert Dale Schreiner was born on September 22, 1922, in Two Harbors, Minnesota, to Frank and Ann Schreiner. He was confirmed at the Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Two Harbors in 1936. He attended school in Two Harbors and graduated from high school in 1940. He married Helen Pauline Sellie on November 14, 1942, in Duluth, Minnesota; and to that marriage...
Wendell Paulsen
Sep 21, 2005
Wendell "Bud" Paulsen was born on August 11, 1923 in Lyon County, Alvord, IA to parents Ernest and Linda (Stoltenberg) Paulsen. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran Faith. When Bud was two years old, he moved with his family to Clinton, MN where he attended country school. In 1940, Bud started farming on his own. From 1941-1945 he...
Myrtle Vandeventer
Sep 18, 2005
Myrtle Ella (Swezey) Vandeventer was born on September 8, 1911, in Malta Township, MN, to parents Earl Edson and Sarah Marie (Johnson) Swezey. She was baptized and confirmed into the Lutheran Faith at the Elim Lutheran Church in Clinton, MN. Myrtle attended school at Clinton School District #12 and then Morris Ag.Vocational School in Morris, MN, where she graduated in...
Arthur Fuhrman
Sep 8, 2005
Arthur Julius Fuhrman was born on September 28, 1910, in Leonardsville Township, MN, to parents, Charles and Mary (Rixe) Fuhrman. He was the youngest of nine children. Art was baptized on October 16, 1910 at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Johnson and was confirmed in the church on April 5, 1925. As a young boy, Art grew up on what...
Herman Koch
Sep 7, 2005
Herman Joseph Koch was born on April 5, 1917, to Peter and Anna (Gengler) Koch in Dumont, MN. There he attended Catholic school, where he enjoyed being the "outlaw." He would wrestle and speak German, upsetting the nuns who would call his mother. As a young boy, Herman enjoyed playing baseball and throwing horseshoes. He entered into the U.S. Army...
Elizabeth Schrom
Sep 6, 2005
Elizabeth "Betty" Schrom was born on June 07, 1941, to parents Raymond and Grace (Hayes) Schrom in Princeton, MN. Betty loved to learn and following her graduation from high school, she attended St. Scholastica graduating and then attending Temple University in Philadelphia, PA. During her time at Temple, Betty attained one BA, and two masters. After college, Betty joined the...
Signe Kelly
Sep 2, 2005
Signe Jeanette Kelly, passed away Friday, September 2, 2005, at the Pioneer Retirement Community, in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. Signe was a long time resident of Ortonville where she lived and raised her family, from 1945 to 2001. Born May 3, 1918 to Andrew "A.K." and Josephine "Josie" (Huselid) Olson of Clinton, Minnesota. She was baptized and confirmed at Trinity Lutheran...
Minnie Merritt
Sep 1, 2005
Minnie was born on June 04, 1923 in Odessa Township to parents John J. and Mary M. (Willhausen) Shaleen. Minnie was baptized on April 02, 1932 at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Odessa, and was confirmed on March 12, 1939 at the Zion Lutheran Church in Ortonville, MN. Minnie attended school in Ortonville up through 12th grade. Minnie was employed...
Charles Radermacher
Aug 31, 2005
Charles F. Radermacher January 20, 1931 - August 31, 2005 Charles Frank Radermacher, known as Carl, Carrot Top, Red, and my favorite, Chuck. He was born and raised near Rosen, MN, with his parents Simon and Catharine. He had six brothers and four sisters. He attended Parochial School in Rosen for eight years. He worked on the family farm until...
Alvina Inderieden
Aug 20, 2005
Alvina was born September 27, 1912 to Bernard and Bertha (Zitur) Inderieden in Melrose, MN. As an infant, the family moved to St. Cloud, MN where she grew up and attended school, graduating in 1930 from St. Cloud Tech. The family then moved to Ortonville, MN. Following graduation, Alvina first worked in the Ortonville Court House in the Register of...
Roger Olson
Aug 14, 2005
Roger M. Olson was born on December 30, 1926, in Graceville, Big Stone County, Minnesota to parents, Edward and Frieda (Oberg) Olson. Roger was baptized and confirmed in the Elim Lutheran Church in Clinton, MN. He grew up and attended Country School District # 58 near Graceville, MN. Following a few years of farming south of Graceville with his dad...
Mary Dietz
Aug 14, 2005
Mary Jane (Muller) Dietz was born on March 20, 1922, to parents, Michael and Ann (Kern) Muller in Minneota, MN. As a young girl, she attended country school and graduated from Graceville High School. Following graduation, Mary moved to the White Bear Lake area where she worked for a telephone company , replacing dials; and she also worked in an...
Evelyn Marihart
Aug 11, 2005
Evelyn Rose Rausch was born on January 26, 1919, at her family's farm home in Belgrade, Stearns County, Minnesota, to parents Mathias and Anna. Evelyn and her family moved to Plummer, MN. Over the years they lived on three different farms near Plummer. When Evelyn was 11, she lived with her family five miles from Plummer. While living there she...
LaVonne Layman
Aug 4, 2005
LaVonne Mae was born on March 18, 1933 in Westbrook, MN to parents Ewald and Agnes (Ankrum) Ewy. LaVonne was baptized on May 28, 1933 in Westbrook, MN. She attended school in Westbrook through the eighth grade. LaVonne lived on the family farm until 27 years old when she married and moved to Amiert, MN. On October 29, 1960 LaVonne...
Helen Shuckhart
Jul 28, 2005
Helen Theresa Vanderwal was born on April 16, 1928, to parents Leonard and Catherine Vanderwal in Graceville, MN, and grew up on a farm outside of Dumont, MN. She attended school in a one-room school house through the 8th grade and graduated from Graceville High School on May 31, 1945. While in the 7th grade, Helen was the Traverse County...
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