Obituaries
Janet L. (Meyer) Page
May 11, 2007
Janet Lorraine Meyer was born July 30, 1938 at home in Westford Township, rural Martin County, MN to Arthur and Valeen (Clow) Meyer. She was baptized, confirmed, and attended parochial school at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Truman. She graduated from Truman High School. Janet lived and worked in the Prior Lake and Shakopee area for the last forty years. Janet...
Larry Lee Freeman
May 3, 2007
Larry Lee Freeman was born on Sept. 9, 1939 in St. James, MN to Allen and Juanita (Boren) Freeman. He attended school in St. James through the 10th grade and then graduated from Truman High School. Larry farmed with his father in rural Truman. On October 26, 1957 Larry was married to Irene Miller. They had four children. On February...
Marvin Clement Suhr
Apr 22, 2007
Marvin Clement Suhr was born October 10, 1943, son of Clem and Doris (Gauthier) Suhr in Two Rivers, Wisc. He graduated from Washington High School, Two Rivers, in 1961, and graduated from the University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point in 1968 with a Bachelors of Science degree in soil conservation. On June 17, 1967, he married Joan Estelle Newby at...
Alvin Edwin Borkenhagen
Apr 18, 2007
Alvin Edwin Borkenhagen was born on October 3, 1909 in Shelby Township, Blue Earth County, MN to Gustav and Mathilda (Salfisberg) Borkenhagen. He was baptized on his day of birth by his grandmother. He was confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church-Fieldon on March 25, 1923. Alvin attended Trinity Lutheran School and District 83. On November 24, 1935, Alvin was united in...
Vivian R. Dodge
Apr 15, 2007
Vivian Ruth Miller was born on September 7, 1928 in St. Paul. She was raised by her parents, Henry and Minnie (Augst) Miller outside Ormsby, MN. She graduated from St. James High School in 1946. After beauty school in Mankato, she owned and operated the Cinderella Beauty Shop in Truman for several years. Vivian and Donald Dodge were married September...
Alma Luella Weigel
Apr 9, 2007
Alma Luella Flitter was born on July 2, 1911 on a farm near Gwinner, North Dakota, the fourth of eight children. Shortly thereafter, her family moved to the farming village of Lewisville, MN. Alma attended high school in Mankato, MN. She married Herbert Weigel of Danube, MN during WWII on September 22, 1940. Mrs. Weigel was a bookkeeper in her...
Francis Eugene Fisk
Mar 18, 2007
Francis Eugene Fisk was born on August 8, 1923 in Amboy, MN to Charles and Clara Luella (Anderson) Fisk. His father worked for the railroad so they lived in several different communities for the first part of his life. Francis started school in St. James, MN and then they moved to Madelia where he went to school and graduated from...
Vera Emma Olson
Mar 6, 2007
Vera Emma Koffarnus was born on Jan. 7, 1917 in Welcome Village, MN to Joseph and Martha (Borchardt). She attended country school at Fox Lake. On Jan. 9, 1938 Vera was united in marriage to Lawrence Oswalt at the Welcome American Lutheran Parsonage. They had one son, Wells Oswalt. They farmed by Dolliver, IA and later divorced. Vera married Gordon...
Wendell Myers
Feb 28, 2007
Funeral services for Wendell Myers, 81, of Truman, formerly of Ceylon, will be held on Tuesday, March 6, 2007 at 1:30 pm at the Lutheran Retirement Home Chapel, Truman. Interment will take place at Lake Belt Cemetery, rural Ceylon. Mr. Myers died Wednesday, February 28, 2007 at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester. Visitation will be held on Monday, March 5,...
Dr. Malcolm James Lester
Feb 21, 2007
Malcolm James Lester, Jr. was born on October 4, 1923 in St. James, MN to Malcolm Sr. and Lillian (Grundeen) Lester. He graduated from St. James High School in 1941. Mac attended college at Macalester in the pre-med acceleration program. In 1942 he joined the US Navy in the B-12 program and was sent to boot camp at Great Lakes...
Helen Jane Lopez Neuenfeldt
Feb 8, 2007
Helen Jane Neuenfeldt was born on April 29, 1950 in Mankato, MN to William and Ursula (Urban) Neuenfeldt. She was baptized at St. John's Lutheran Church-Antrim and confirmed at Zion Lutheran Church in Lewisville. She attended school in Lewisville and Truman. Helen moved to Rosemount, MN to live with her brother and help with his children. She moved back to...
Gudron M. Reis
Jan 24, 2007
Gudron Marie Leng was born on November 5, 1900 to John and Bertha (Johnson) Leng in Lee, Illinois. As a small child she moved with her family to a farm in Waverly Township, Martin County, MN. Gudron attended country school at Dist. 122 and Truman High School. She later worked as a housekeeper and at the bank in Truman. On...
Edna Marguerite Johanna Buchan
Jan 21, 2007
Edna Marguerite Johanna Lund was born on January 15, 1909 in Cedar Falls, Iowa to Hans and Marie Johannson Lund. As a child she moved with her family to Emmet County, IA near Ringsted. She attended Halpha School. On June 18, 1932 she married Myron "Jim? Buchan in Sioux Falls, SD. Together they farmed near Ceylon, MN. In 1958 they...
Dwight Dean Howell
Jan 9, 2007
Dwight Dean Howell was born on March 18, 1928 in Rutland Township, rural Northrop, MN to E.H. and Meta (Jorgensen) Howell. His family moved to the current farm in Westford Township when Dwight was one year old. He attended the country school that was located on the farm. Dwight lived and farmed on that same farm his entire life. On...
Della Borkenhagen
Jan 9, 2007
Della Gieseke was born on December 9, 1920 in Northrop, MN to Harry and Mabel (Lidke) Gieseke. She attended grade school in Northrop and graduated from Fairmont High School. On April 14, 1940 Della married Ervin Borkenhagen at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Fairmont. They lived in Truman for one year where Ervin worked for Jennings Blacksmith. Ervin and Della...
Helen M. Aistrope
Jan 6, 2007
Helen was born in Boise Idaho, December 12, 1910. She grew up in Norfolk, Nebraska and attended the University of Nebraska before meeting her future husband, Loren Aistrope. They were married on Christmas Day, 1931 and resided in Sioux City, Iowa until 1958 when Helen and Loren moved to Fairmont, Minnesota and became among the first neighborhood residents to settle...
LaVerta Anola Riewe
Jan 4, 2007
Funeral services for LaVerta A. Riewe, 90, Truman, formerly of Vernon Center, MN, will be held on Monday, January 8th, 2007 at St. John's Lutheran Church-Willow Creek, at 10:30 am. Interment will follow in the church North cemetery. LaVerta died on Thursday, January 4th, 2007 at the Lutheran Manor in Truman. Visitation will be held on Sunday, January 7th, 2007...
John Adam Jorgenson
Dec 29, 2006
John Adam Jorgenson was born March 11, 1937 in Truman, MN, to Marvin Palmer and Hulda Augusta (Breitbarth) Jorgenson. He was baptized and confirmed at Waverly Lutheran Church, rural Trimont. John attended country school dist. 121 and dist. 54. John worked at the Truman Drug Store during high school. He graduated from Truman High School and attended South Dakota State...
William Frederick Merrill Neilson
Dec 29, 2006
William Frederick Merrill Neilson was born on September 13, 1924 in Keene, New Hampshire. He became a resident of the Lutheran Retirement Home in Truman on April 7, 2004. Mr. Neilson is surviveed by his sister, Leigh Boutin and her husband Coogan of Lebanon, New Hampshire. William is also survived by his son, Stephan Dion of Rock Springs, Wyoming, and...
Rodney D. Tonn
Dec 28, 2006
Rodney D. Tonn was born on February 23rd, 1945 in Winnebago, MN to Lorenz and Addeline (Schulz) Tonn. He attended parochial school at St. John's Lutheran School-Willow Creek. He graduated from high school in March of 1963 at the Southern School of Agriculture in Waseca. He attended the University of Minnesota. On June 19th, 1965 Rodney married Diane LeMae Moeller...
