Obituaries

Apr 6, 2012

Freda Waller, 94, of Montevideo, died peacefully on Friday, April 6, 2012, days after entering Luther Haven Nursing Home after a 5 year battle with Alzheimers. Funeral services will be conducted on Thursday, April 12, 2012 at 1:30 P.M. at Bergen Lutheran Church with Rev. Steve Weston officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be Wednesday...

Apr 5, 2012

(No Obituary Text Available)

Apr 5, 2012

Darleen Schoep, formerly of Montevideo, died on Thursday, April 5, 2012 at the Presbyterian Home in Spring Park, MN at the age of 79. Funeral services will be conducted on Monday, April 9, 2012 at 1:30 P.M. at the Anderson Funeral Home Chapel in Montevideo with Rev. Cheryl Goode officiating. Interment will be in Terrace Lawn Memory Gardens. Visitation...

Apr 5, 2012

Edna Quistad of Montevideo died Thursday, April 5, 2012 at Luther Haven Nursing Home in Montevideo at the age of 87. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, April 10, 2012 at 1:00 PM at Our Saviors Lutheran Church in Montevideo. Rev. Donald S. McKee will officiate and interment will be at Sunset Memorial Cemetery. Visitation will be held...

Apr 4, 2012

Swift County Monitor-News columnist and a former partner in its ownership Patricia Ann (Roth) Anfinson, 89, died last Wednesday, April 4, 2012, at the Swift County-Benson Hospital, in Benson.Funeral services are scheduled for 1 p.m. Thursday, April 12, at Our Redeemer's Lutheran Church in Benson with a visitation one hour before the service. There will also be a visitation Wednesday...

Apr 3, 2012

Evelyn Helen Hilleren was born October 7, 1921 in Clements, Minnesota, the daughter of William Frederick and Marie (Kahle) Galbrecht. She was baptized on October 30, 1921 at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Clements and confirmed in 1934 by Rev. Motzkus at Mount Olive Lutheran Church in Montevideo, Minnesota. She attended school in Clements and Morgan, and graduated from Montevideo High...

Apr 1, 2012

(No Obituary Text Available)

Apr 1, 2012

Lorraine Tubbs, of Montevideo, died on Sunday, April 1, 2012 at the Luther Haven Nursing Home in Montevideo at the age of 88. Funeral services will be conducted on Wednesday, April 4, 2012 at 1:30 P.M. at Our Saviors Lutheran Church in Montevideo with Rev. Donald S. McKee officiating. Interment will be in Terrace Lawn Memory Gardens. Visitation will...

Mar 31, 2012

Cynthia Jerve, of rural Montevideo, died on Saturday, March 31, 2012 at her home at the age of 60. Funeral services will be conducted on Saturday, April 7, 2012 at 1:00 P.M. at Our Saviors Lutheran Church in Montevideo with Rev. Marie Eckberg officiating. Interment will be in Jevnaker Lutheran Cemetery. Visitation will be Friday afternoon and evening with...

Mar 28, 2012

Allen Olson, of rural Watson, died on Wednesday, March 28, 2012, at the St. Cloud Hospital in St Cloud, MN at the age of 84. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 P.M. on Sunday, April 1, 2012 at Zion Lutheran Church of rural Watson with Rev. Cathie Rhodes officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will...

Mar 27, 2012

Lexy Croom died on Tuesday, March 27, 2012 at her home in rural Montevideo after a courageous twenty-one month battle with pancreatic cancer, at the age of 63. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, March 31, 2012 at 10:30 AM at Jevnaker Lutheran Church, rural Montevideo with Rev. Marie Eckberg officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery....

Mar 25, 2012

Walter Rikke, of Montevideo, died on Sunday, March 25, 2012 at the Luther Haven Nursing Home in Montevideo the age of 87. Funeral services will be conducted on Thursday, March 29, 2012 at 1:30 P.M. at Our Saviors Lutheran Church in Montevideo with Rev. Donald S. McKee officiating. Interment will be in Sunset Memorial Cemetery. Visitation will be from...

Mar 25, 2012

Funeral service was at 2:00 PM, Saturday, March 31, at Grace Lutheran Church in Dawson with Pastor Kendall Stelter officiating; other participants were: special music of In The Garden by Edythe Waltner; reading of the obituary by Tracy Saboe; special music of I Know Who Holds Tomorrow by Edythe Waltner; message by Pastor Kendall Stelter; hymns Savior,...

Mar 22, 2012

Clarence "Kelly" Magnart Wick was born March 13, 1938 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the son of Magnart and Jeanette (Olson) Wick. He was baptized July 2, 1938 in Minneapolis, and confirmed June 14, 1953 at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Benson, MN. He graduated from Benson high school. Kelly worked for the Swift County Highway Department, the State of MN Highway...

Mar 22, 2012

Skylar Shipley, the infant daughter of Terry  and Joyce Shipley, died Thursday, March 22, 2012 at the Johnson Memorial Hospital in Dawson.

A memorial service was held Saturday, April 7, 2012 at a 4:00 pM  at Hanson & Dahl Funeral Home in Dawson, MN.

Skylar Louise Shipley was born March 7, 2012 at Avera Marshall...

Mar 21, 2012

Donald "Rocky" Fayette Ranney was born October 30, 1930 in Benson, Minnesota, the son of Fayette "Rusty" Carlton and Mary "Edna" (Legg) Ranney. He was baptized and confirmed at Pilgrim Congregational United Church of Christ in Benson, MN. Rocky grew up on the family farm south of Benson. He attended school at District #95, Benson High School and Morris Agriculture....

Mar 21, 2012

Pauline Rorvig, of Montevideo, died Wednesday, March 21, 2012 at Luther Haven Nursing Home in Montevideo at the age of 66. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, March 24, 2012 at 10:30 AM at Salem Lutheran Church. Rev. Matt Philaya will officiate and interment will be at Terrace Lawn Memory Gardens. Visitation will be held on Friday from...

Mar 20, 2012

(No Obituary Text Available)

Mar 20, 2012

Ada "Shelly" Olson, formerly of Montevideo, died on Tuesday, March 20, 2012 at Brookview Manor Nursing Home in Brookings, SD at the age of 95. Funeral services will be conducted on Friday, March 23, 2012 at 1:30 P.M. at the United Methodist Church in Montevideo with Rev. Gwen Bohlke officiating. Interment will be in the Milan Methodist Cemetery. Visitation...

Mar 18, 2012

Gertrude Eide, formerly of rural Milan, died on Sunday, March 18, 2012 at the Clara City Care Center at the age of 89. Funeral services will be conducted on Wednesday, March 21, 2012 at 1:30 P.M. at Kviteseid Lutheran Church in Milan with Rev. Cathie Rhodes officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be Tuesday afternoon...