Obituaries
Cora Olive Lund
May 10, 2011
Cora Olive Lund was born April 11, 1923, in Hegbert Township, Swift County, to Ole and Clara (Moen) Tofte. She was baptized April 26, 1923, at Drywood Lutheran Church by Rev. A. A. Reese and confirmed on October 24, 1937, at Louisburg Lutheran Church by Rev. E. S. Belgum. Cora attended rural District #41, in Lac qui Parle County and...
Roland Gruenenwald
May 10, 2011
Roland Gruenenwald, of Dawson, died Tuesday, May 10, 2011, at the Johnson Memorial Care Center in Dawson, at the age of 94. Visitation will be held on Thursday from 5-7:00 PM at the Hanson & Dahl Funeral Home and at the church for one hour prior to the service. Funeral service will be held Friday, May 13, 2011, at...
Nancy Jo Jager
May 6, 2011
After a courageous year-long battle with cancer, with her family by her side, Nancy died on Friday morning, May 6, 2011, at the Johnson Memorial Hospital in Dawson at the age of 55 years, 1 month and 16 days. Memorial service was Tuesday, May 10, 2011, at 11:00 AM, at Grace Lutheran Church with Pastor Herbert Rotunda officiating; words...
Robert Sandven
May 6, 2011
Robert Sandven, of Benson,died on Friday, May 6, 2011 at Golden Living Center in Benson, MN. at the age of 77. Memorial Services will be conducted on Tuesday, May 10, 2011, at 1:00 PM at Big Bend Lutheran Church with Rev. Jay Grave officiating. Visitation will be Monday afternoon and evening with the family present from 5-7:00 PM at...
Frances Arneson
May 2, 2011
Frances Josephine Arneson, 91, of Benson died Monday at Homestead North Healthcare in Benson.The service will be at 11 am Saturday at St. Francis Catholic Church in Benson with burial in the church cemetery.Visitation will be for one hour prior to the services at the church.She was born October 13, 1919, Benson, to Emmet F. McGowan and Rose (Craymer) McGowan....
Rosemarie Haase
May 2, 2011
Rosemarie Haase, of Montevideo, died on Monday, May 2, 2011 in Montevideo at the age of 58. Funeral services will be conducted on Friday, May 6, 2011 at 10:00 A.M. at Our Saviors Lutheran Church in Montevideo with Rev. Marie Eckberg officiating. Interment will be in the Sacred Heart Cemetery. Visitation will be Thursday afternoon and evening with the...
Idella Erickson
May 1, 2011
Idella Erickson was born February 18, 1922 in Chippewa County, Minnesota, the daughter of Jens J. and Ragna (Olson) Ellingson. She was baptized and confirmed into the Christian faith at Idella Erickson was born February 18, 1922 in Chippewa County, Minnesota, the daughter of Jens J. Mandt Lutheran Church in rural Montevideo. Idella attended grade school at District #54 and...
Bernice Peterson
May 1, 2011
Bernice Peterson, of Montevideo, died on Sunday, May 1, 2011 at the Luther Haven Nursing Home at the age of 85. Funeral services will be conducted on Friday, May 6, 2011 at 1:00 P.M. at the Anderson Funeral Home Chapel in Montevideo with Pastor Tim Cook and Pastor John Runyon officiating. Interment in the Bellingham City Cemetery. Visitation will...
Lucy M. Bridgland
Apr 30, 2011
Lucy Marie Bridgland was born March 11, 1923 in Gothenberg, Nebraska, the daughter of Walter Winfield and Ethel Frances (Purdy) Cox. She was baptized on April 9, 1950 by Richard Urbach in North Star, NE. Lucy grew up and graduated from high school in Cedar Rapids, NE. During World War II, she lived in Denver, working at the Safeway Grocery...
Dorothy H. Westby
Apr 25, 2011
Dorothy Westby, of Mars, Pennsylvania, formerly of Dawson, died Monday afternoon, April 25, 2011, at Sunrise of Cranbery Senior Living in Mars, PA, at the age of 97. Funeral was at 11AM, Saturday, April 30, 2011, at the Hanson & Dahl Funeral Home with Pastor Kendall Stelter officiating using the scriptures Ephesians 2:8-9, Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 and John 14:1-3. Interment...
Scott A. Hagen
Apr 24, 2011
Scott Anthony Hagen, was born on March 08, 1963, in Benson, MN the son of Jerome and Jacqueline Hagen. He was baptized on March 17, 1963 at St. Francis Catholic Church by Father Mark Deutz and confirmed at St. Francis Catholic Church on March 23, 1975 by Bishop AJ Schladweiler. He graduated from Benson High School and Willmar Technical College....
Norma Evelyn Torgerson
Apr 18, 2011
Norma Evelyn Torgerson was born March 5, 1925, in West Bank Township, Swift County, to Peter A. and Gina (Retrum) Snelling. She was baptized as an infant and confirmed on June 18, 1939, at Big Bend Lutheran Church. Norma attended rural District #75 and graduated from Appleton High School.On June 22, 1943, she was married to Walter P. Torgerson at...
Burnett Pearson
Apr 17, 2011
Burnett Pearson, of rural Montevideo, died on Sunday, April 17, 2011 at his home at the age of 84. Memorial services will be held on Tuesday, April 26, 2011 at 10:30 AM at Our Saviors Lutheran Church in Montevideo with Rev. Tim Wheatley officiating. Interment will be in Sunset Memorial Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Monday, April 25th...
Molly Lauritsen
Apr 16, 2011
Marvel "Molly" Lauritsen, of Montevideo, died on Saturday, April 16, 2011 at the Chippewa County-Montevideo Hospital at the age of 94. Funeral services will be conducted on Thursday, April 21, 2011 at 1:30 P.M. at Trinity Lutheran Church in Montevideo with Rev. Kathy Skoglund officiating. Interment will be in Terrace Lawn Memory Gardens. Visitation will be Wednesday afternoon and...
David Sandven
Apr 14, 2011
David Sandven of Dawson died Thursday, April 14, 2011 at Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar at the age of 70. Memorial service was held on Monday, April 18, 2011, at 1 PM at Grace Lutheran Church in Dawson with Pastor Kendall Stelter and Pastor Keith Long officiating; a poem about Easter was read and a written personal tribute was...
Evelyn Lende
Apr 14, 2011
Evelyn Lende of Dawson died Thursday, April 14, 2011 at the Johnson Memorial Home in Dawson at the age of 95. Funeral service was Saturday, April 16, 2011 at 2:00 PM at the Presbyterian Church with Pastor Herbert Rotunda officiating; scripture lessons were Psalm 23, Isaiah 6:1-8, Matthew 10:37-42 and Luke 1:5-25; and organist, Florence Gebur accompanied the congregation...
Alida Werner
Apr 13, 2011
Alida SuzAnn Jannay Werner was born December 23, 1941 in Mankato, Minnesota, the daughter of Vincent James and Helen Jane (Salisbury) Tillman. She grew up in New Ulm and enjoyed spending time with her grandparents Alfred and Ida Salisbury, after whom she was named. On September 10, 1960, Alida married Gilbert Werner and they made their home in southern Minnesota...
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