Obituaries
Evelyn Ruth Rose
Apr 27, 2006
Evelyn Ruth Head was born August 15, 1911 in Pleasant Prairie Township, Martin County, rural Granada, MN, the daughter of Ralph and Florence (Swanson) Head. She graduated from Fairmont High and taught elementary school. On November 29, 1930, Evelyn married Fredrick Edward Rose. They made their home in Fairmont. After the death of her mother in 1936 Evelyn and Fred...
Raymond Edward Worden
Apr 22, 2006
Raymond Edward Worden was born in Ledyard, IA on October 20th, 1917 to Eugene and Helen (Powell) Worden. He attended school in Elmore, MN. Ray was married to Elaine Blome on October 14, 1941 in Ledyard, IA. Ray joined the US Army and served in the Army Air Corps during World War II. Elaine died on September 1st, 1949. He...
Ruth Mary Reader
Apr 7, 2006
Ruth Mary Oliver was born November 9, 1919 in the rural Truman area to Earl and Ethel Oliver, along with her twin, Alice Maude. She was raised on a farm and graduated from Truman High School where she was active in music. Following high school, she went to Midway Nursing School and became a nurse. On June 9, 1946, she...
Zelda Alvina Lohmann
Mar 26, 2006
Zelda Alvina Hartmann was born July 30, 1913 in Rutland Township, Martin County, Minnesota, the daughter of Frank and Emma (Voights) Hartmann. She was baptized and confirmed at St. James Lutheran Church. She attended St. James Lutheran School and District school #73. She was united in marriage to Theodore W. Lohmann on September 12, 1937. They owned a grocery store...
Dorothy Marie Rust
Mar 23, 2006
Dorothy Marie Aspengren, the daughter of Henry and Esther (Olson) Aspengren, was born November 18, 1911 in Clarissa, Minnesota. Following her education she was united in marriage to Eldred Vernon Rust on October 30, 1943. They made their home in the Bertha, Minnesota area until the family moved to the Fairmont, Minnesota area in 1960. Dorothy was a member of...
Leona Anna Helena Lund
Mar 21, 2006
Leona "Nonie? Anna Helena Lund, the daughter of August and Fena (Zenk) Wels, was born November 5, 1916 at her parent's farm home in Antrim Township, Watonwan County, near Lewisville, Minnesota. She attended country school in District 5. In 1940, Nonie came to Fairmont to work. On September 29, 1946, she was united in marriage to Harold Lund of Dunnell,...
Larry Gene Winch
Mar 16, 2006
Larry Gene Winch was born on July 19th, 1949 in Fairmont, MN to Earl Wayne and Dorothy Louise Mauer. He attended school in Fairmont. Larry entered the US Army in 1969 where he served as a medic. He earned the National Defense Medal, the Good Conduct Medal and a commendation for Expert M16. Larry worked at Weigh-Tronix for many years...
Ronald Johnson
Mar 7, 2006
Ron Johnson was born on April 10th, 1935 in Waverly Township to Arnie and Ragnal Johnson. He attended Truman public schools. On March 2nd, 1956 he married Marline Nelson at Zion Lutheran Church in Lewisville. He did construction work until 1963 when he and Marline purchased the grocery store and renamed it Ron's Super-Valu. Ron retired in 1998. He was...
Phyllis Faye Butcher
Mar 4, 2006
Phyllis Faye Butcher was born August 29th, 1924 in Jackson, MN to Reuben and Emma (Thompson) Butcher. She attended school in Jackson. Phyllis lived in Jackson until the early 1950's when she moved to Fairmont. She moved to Mankato in the mid 1990's. Phyllis was a member of Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Mankato. Phyllis is survived by two sisters, Vivian...
Edgar Theodore Hartmann
Feb 25, 2006
Edgar Theodore Hartmann was born on October 18th, 1922 in Rutland Township, rural Martin County, MN to Frank and Emma Voigts Hartmann. He attended St. James Lutheran School. Edgar started farming when he finished his education. On September 9, 1955 he married Ramona Louise Behrens at Zion Lutheran Church-Frasier Township. They made their home in rural Granada where he continued...
Roberta Rosen
Feb 17, 2006
Roberta "Bobby? Wagner was born on March 23, 1926 in Fairmont, MN to Robert and Anna Stinchfield Wagner. She grew up in Fairmont and attended Fairmont schools graduating in 1944. On April 2nd, 1949 Bobby married Ludvig Rosen at Grace Lutheran Church in Fairmont. Bobby began working at the Fairmont Telephone Company while still in high school. She continued to...
Wayne Edmond Leonard
Feb 11, 2006
Wayne Edmond Leonard was born November 13th, 1911 in Antrim Township, Watonwan County, MN, to Edmond and Jane Alexander Leonard. He attended and graduated from Fairmont High School. He farmed on the family farm with his father. Wayne married Bernyce Campbell on June 6th, 1939 at the Baptist parsonage in Mason City, IA. They farmed on the old Gilman farm....
Isabella Ardella Breitbarth
Jan 26, 2006
Isabella Ardella Urban was born on December 13th, 1910 in Antrim Township, Watonwan County, MN, to Henry and Lizzie (Benzel) Urban. She was baptized at St. John's Lutheran Church-Antrim, on January 15th, 1911. She attended parochial school at St. John's Lutheran School-Antrim. Isabella was confirmed at St. John's Lutheran Church-Antrim, on April 5th, 1925. On April 28th, 1937, Isabella married...
Bernard Henry John Wolf
Jan 2, 2006
Bernard Henry John Wolf was born May 8, 1924 in Westford Township, near Truman, Minnesota to Henry F. and Clara Schulz Wolf. He became a child of God through Holy Baptism on May 11, 1924 by the Rev. C. C. Metz. Bernard was confirmed April 10, 1938 at St. James Lutheran Church, East Rutland Township, by the Rev. Elmer Koberg....
Karl William Pegors
Dec 30, 2005
Karl William Pegors was born on September 22, 1923 in Minneapolis, Minnesota to Serenius (Sam) and Adeline (Fischer) Pegors. At the age of 18, Karl accepted Jesus Christ as his personal Savior, a pivotal event in his life. He was very close to his brothers, John who was two years senior, and younger brothers Paul, Jimmy, and Tom. Jimmy, aged...
Margaret Mary Karau
Dec 27, 2005
Margaret Mary Tiedeken was born on September 18th, 1917 on the family farm in rural Watonwan County to Henry and Veronica (Scharbach) Tiedeken. She attended country school in Watonwan County. She lived and worked in the Lewisville area for numerous years for M. C. Bachmann's Café and for Wilton Sulflow. She was a member of Zion Lutheran Church, Lewisville and...
Minnie Emma Senne
Dec 20, 2005
Minnie Emma Augst was born April 12, 1902 in Rosendale Township, Watonwan County, MN to Ernst Herman and Effie Pearl (Stratton) Augst. She was baptized on May 10, 1902 and confirmed on June 3, 1917, at the First Lutheran Church in St. James, MN. Her mother died when she was 2 ½ years old and she lived with her grandmother...
Martin Hermann Tonn
Dec 5, 2005
Martin Hermann Tonn was born at home in Amboy, MN to Hermann and Rosa (Schwarz) Tonn on May 11, 1934. He attended parochial school at St. John's Lutheran School-Willow Creek and Amboy High School. He graduated from Bethany High School and College in Mankato. Martin was in the US Army from 1953-1955 and was stationed in Germany during the Korean...
Earl W. Lebs
Nov 25, 2005
Earl Walter Lebs was born on April 16th, 1917 to Walter and Hulda (Kittle) Lebs in Altopia, WA. He moved to Beemer, NE where he lived until he met his future bride, Viola, while working on her parents' farm in Truman, MN. On November 16th, 1941 Earl married Viola Beata Witt at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Truman. Earl went...
Edna Bertha Matilda Lupke
Nov 22, 2005
Funeral services for Edna Lupke, 89 of Truman, Minnesota will be 11:00 a.m. Saturday, November 26, 2005, at St. John's Lutheran Church, South Branch, rural St. James, Minnesota with the Rev. Matthew Rusert officiating. Burial will follow the service in the church cemetery. Mrs. Lupke died Tuesday, November 22, 2005 at the Fairmont Medical Center-Mayo Health System. Visitation will be...
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