Obituaries
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...
Elfrieda Emily Kusick
Nov 19, 2005
Funeral services for Elfrieda E. Kusick, 94, Truman, MN, formerly of Fairmont, will be held on Wednesday, November 23rd, 2005 at 1:30 pm at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Truman. Interment will take place at Lakeside Cemetery, Fairmont. Mrs. Kusick died Saturday evening, November 19th, 2005 at the Lutheran Retirement Home, Truman. Visitation will be held Wednesday from 10-11:00 am at...
Michael Earl Anacker
Nov 15, 2005
Entombment for Michael E. Anacker, 53, of Odin, Minnesota will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday, November 19, 2005 at Lakeside Cemetery Mausoleum in Fairmont with the Rev. Thomas Fast officiating. Mr. Anacker died Tuesday morning, November 15, 2005 at Lakeview Methodist Health Care Center in Fairmont. Zaharia Family Funeral & Cremation Service arranged services for the family. Michael Earl Anacker was...
Sylvia Selma Schlack
Nov 2, 2005
Ninety-five years under God's grace. She passed through death into eternal life from Hillcrest Health Care Center on November 2nd, 2005. Sylvia was born to Robert and Emma (Wiederhoeft) Schoneck on January 1st, 1910 in Lewisville, MN. She was baptized on January 6th, 1910 and confirmed on August 3rd 1924, both at Zion Lutheran Church in Lewisville. On February 10th,...
Maurice Lee Samlaska
Oct 31, 2005
Graveside services for Maurice L. Samlaska will be 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, November 2, 2005 at Lakeside Cemetery in Fairmont with military honors conducted by Martin County Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1222 and Lee C. Prentice American Legion Post 36. Mr. Samlaska died Monday, October 31, 2005 at his home in Fairmont. Zaharia Family Funeral & Cremation Service of Fairmont...
Timothy Kyle Raatz
Oct 30, 2005
Funeral services for Timothy Kyle Raatz, 6, Northrop, MN, will be held on Saturday, November 5th, 2005 at 2:00 pm at St. James Lutheran Church, Northrop. Interment will be held at the church cemetery. Timothy died Sunday, October 30th, 2005 at the Shriner's Children's Hospital Burn Center, Cincinnati, OH, from injuries sustained in a house fire on May 14th, 2005...
Alice Katharina Riggle
Oct 21, 2005
Alice Katharina Caroline Riggle was born July 10, 1905, in Jordan Township, Fillmore County, Minnesota to William and Lisette (Erdman) Schneider. She was baptized on July 23, 1905 and confirmed on April 13, 1919 at Wykoff, Minnesota. At seven years of age, she moved with her family to a farm in Fillmore County, near Wykoff, where she attended parochial school....
Marline Irma Johnson
Oct 20, 2005
Funeral services for Marline I. Johnson, 70, Lewisville, MN will be held on Monday, October 24th, 2005 at 10:30 am at Zion Lutheran Church in Lewisville. Interment will be at Ridgelawn Memorial Park, rural Truman, MN. Marline died Thursday, October 20th, 2005 at the Madelia Community Hospital, Madelia, MN. Visitation will be held on Sunday afternoon from 2-4:00 pm at...
Leona Lillian Lester
Oct 18, 2005
Funeral services for Leona "Lee? Lester, 77, Truman, MN, will be held on Saturday, October 22, 2005 at 10:30am at Trinity Lutheran Church in Truman. Interment will be at Waverly Lutheran Cemetery, rural Trimont, MN. Lee died on Tuesday evening, October 18th, 2005 at St. Mary's Hospital, Rochester, MN. Visitation will be held on Friday evening from 5-7:00pm at Zaharia...
Cleo Duane Moeller
Oct 16, 2005
Funeral services for Cleo Moeller, 72, of Fairmont, MN will be held on Thursday, October 20, 2005 at 10:00 a.m. at Zaharia Family Funeral Chapel, Fairmont. Interment will take place at Lakeside Cemetery, Fairmont. Mr. Moeller died on Sunday, October 16, 2005 at the Fairmont Medical Center-Mayo Health Systems. Visitation will be on Wednesday from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. at...
