Obituaries
Dorothy Martin
Dec 4, 1928
Dorothy Alice Knabe Martin was born on December 4, 1928 to Ella M. Benjamin Knabe and Charles H. Knabe in Jackson County, Minnesota. She attended school in Heron Lake, Minnesota. Dorothy married Worthing W. Martin in Flanders, South Dakota on April 30, 1946. The couple then farmed in Heron Lake for two years before moving to rural Kensington, MN in...
LaVonne Ahlstedt
Sep 10, 1928
LaVonne was born on September 10, 1928 in Grand Rapids, Minnesota the daughter of Walter and Ada (Lipscy) Gillson. LaVonne attended various schools and graduated from Hill City High School in 1946. In 1950 she was united in marriage to David S. Carlson and the couple lived in the Bloomington area. David died in 1963. Through the Big Brother program...
Margaret Guenther
Nov 26, 1927
MARGARET E. GUENTHER Margaret Elaine Guenther was born on November 26, 1927, in St. Paul, Minnesota, the daughter of Martin and Mildred (Tauscher) Krammer. She graduated from high school in St. Paul and then married John Kasel. Together they had three children: David, Bonnie, and Donna. John died in 1962. Margaret met Kenneth Guenther and together they were married on...
Phyllis Sanborn
Aug 25, 1927
Phyllis Verdella Hammond was born on August 25, 1927 in Algona, IA, to Edward and Emma (Johnson) Hammond. She grew up and attended school in Swea City, IA. Following her graduation from high school, Phyllis attended Bethel College in St. Paul, MN and completed Nursing School in Duluth, MN. On May 28, 1955 Phyllis was united in marriage to Robert...
Richard Graczyk
Mar 24, 1927
Richard J. (Dick) Graczyk was born on March 24, 1927 the son of John and Louise (Novak) Graczyk in Minneapolis, MN. Dick grew up in north Minneapolis and graduated from North High School. He then tried to enlist into the United States Navy, however his enlistment was denied because of health reasons resulting from Rheumatic Fever he had when he...
Jeanne Gunderson
Mar 17, 1927
Jeanne Kathleen (Strom) Gunderson was born on March 17, 1927, to Dell and Blanche Strom of Hoffman. She was baptized on September 11, 1927, and confirmed June 1, 1944, at Bethel Lutheran Church. She attended school in Hoffman. She loved music and played piano, clarinet, and was in the Spanish Operetta in High School. On July 16, 1944, she was...
Ellen Hulkonen
Feb 12, 1927
Ellen Josephine Haabala was born at home in Moe Township, MN to Jacob and Josephine (Johnson) Haabala on February 12, 1927. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Paul?s Lutheran Church in Moe Township. She has been a life long member of the church with the exception of twenty years spent in Moorhead, MN. Ellen served as Sunday school superintendent...
Juanita Hoyle
Nov 24, 1926
JUANITA G. HOYLE Juanita was born on November 24, 1926 in Minneapolis, MN the daughter of Claude and Alice Lamb. She graduated high school and married C. Burton Hoyle. Together they lived in Spokane WA where she worked as a secretary for a dental clinic for a number of years. Juanita attained her private pilots license in 1964, and enjoyed...
Ethelwin Briese
Nov 14, 1926
Ethelwin Arlene (Blake) Briese was born on November 14, 1926 in Effington Township, Ottertail County, Minnesota to Adolf and Minnie (Karger) Blake. She was baptized and confirmed and attended country school through the 10th grade. Ethelwin was united in marriage to George J. Theusch on October 15, 1946 in Urbank. The family farmed and lived in rural Urbank. To this...
LaVonne Anderson
Oct 31, 1926
LaVonne M. Anderson LaVonne Mae Anderson was born on October 31, 1926, in Garfield, Minnesota, the daughter of Harry and Julia (Gunderson) Johnson. She was baptized and confirmed into the Lutheran faith at the East Moe Lutheran Church in Moe Township. LaVonne grew to womanhood on the family farm and attended country school through the 8th grade. When LaVonne became...
Chris McCabe
Aug 12, 1926
Christopher James Ambrose ?Chris? McCabe was born in Alexandria, Minnesota, on August 12, 1926, the son of Dr. John A. and Elizabeth (Ginther) McCabe. He grew up for many years in Alexandria and then moved to St. Paul when his father died. He enlisted in the United States Navy during World War II and learned the trade of photography. Chris...
Lee Whiting
Apr 19, 1926
Lee Whiting Leon V. ?Lee? Whiting was born on April 19, 1926, in Alexandria, Minnesota, the son of Clinton R. and Salin (Anderson) Whiting. He was baptized at the Calvary Lutheran Church in Alexandria. Shortly after his birth the family moved to Pine City and returned to Alexandria when Lee was a teenager. Lee later moved to Minneapolis where he...
Philip Mullen
Apr 19, 1926
Philip Emmett Mullen was born in Douglas County, MN on April 19, 1926, the oldest son of Richard and Florence (Wray) Mullen. Philip lived in the Alexandria area all of his life and attended public schools in Alexandria. It was known that Philip attended one-half year of home economics classes in order to take typing classes the other half of...
Juanita Balgaard
Mar 30, 1926
Juanita Feigum Balgaard Juanita M. (Jane) Feigum Balgaard was born in Del Rio, Texas on March 30, 1926, the daughter of Ignacio and Juanita (Dono) Moreno. She was baptized and confirmed in the Catholic faith. She attended school and worked as a seamstress in textile factories prior to meeting Paul Feigum, who was based at the Laughlin Air Force Base...
Robert Bitzan
Feb 27, 1926
Robert John Bitzan, was born on February 27, 1926, in Millerville Township the son of Albert and Caroline (Ledermann) Bitzan. He attended District 72 grade school and Brandon High School. Bob farmed all of his life. He also did custom silo filling, corn picking and maintained township roads. In his later years he enjoyed flying his 90 Champ Plane. Bob...
Frank Foslien
Dec 26, 1925
Frank Winkjer Foslien was born on December 26, 1925 in rural Garfield on the family farm, the son of Frank O. and Julia (Foslien) Foslien. Frank attended District 54 country school and high school in Brandon. In his later years, Frank received his high school diploma because he quit school to fight in World War II. He joined the Navy...
Dorothy Arnesen
Nov 19, 1925
Dorothy Arnesen ( Roholt) Dorothy (Dot) was born on Nov. 19, 1925 in Minneapolis, MN to Lars and Helene Roholt . She was the 13th of 14 children. She attended school Minneapolis MN, Sioux City, IA and Eau Claire, WI. After graduating from high school in Eau Claire, Dot began her life?s journey. This took her to New York to...
Herbert Guenther
Nov 15, 1925
OBITUARY HERBERT J. GUENTHER Herbert J. Guenther was born on a farm in Leaf Valley Township in Douglas County, Minnesota on November 15, 1925 to Alfred and Mary (Peffer) Guenther. He was baptized and confirmed at the Catholic Church of Seven Dolors in Millerville, MN. He attended Pleasant Grove School District #28 for 8 year and graduated from Alexandria High...
Albin Hartung
Jul 20, 1925
OBITUARY Albin ?Al? Charles Hartung was born to Susan Marx and John Hartung on July 20, 1925 in a farmhouse in St. Wendel, MN. He was baptized into the Catholic faith one week later. Albin lived on the farm with his parents until the age of 6, when they moved to St. Cloud. There he attended St. Mary?s Catholic School...
Dorothy Larson
Jun 29, 1925
Dorothy M. Larson Dorothy Mae Larson was born in Alexandria, Minnesota, on June 29, 1925, the daughter of Norman and Anna (Glaum) Jensen. She was baptized and confirmed at the First English Lutheran Church and graduated from Central High School in Alexandria in 1943. Dorothy then attended the University of Minnesota in the Dietician class for two years and returned...
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