Obituaries

Jan 16, 2012

Elvina Norby, of Milan, died on Monday, January 16, 2012 at the Chippewa County-Montevideo Hospital at the age of 79. Memorial services will be conducted on Saturday, January 28, 2012 at 10:30 A.M. at Kviteseid Lutheran Church in Milan with Rev. Cathie Rhodes officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be Friday afternoon and evening with...

Jan 13, 2012

Valborg Olson, of Montevideo, died on Friday, January 13, 2012 at the Luther Haven Nursing Home in Montevideo at the age of 88. Funeral services will be conducted on Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 1:30 P.M. at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Montevideo with Rev. Christopher Lieske officiating. Interment will be in Sunset Memorial Cemetery. Visitation will be Wednesday...

Jan 12, 2012

Richard Saltness, of Dawson, MN, died Thursday, January 12, 2012 in Montevideo, MN at the age of 78.

Graveside service was 2:00 PM, Thursday, November 15, 2012, at Grace Lutheran Cemetery in Dawson with Pastor Kendall Stelter officiating.

Richard Nyvold Saltness was born January 9, 1934 at Dawson, MN...

Jan 9, 2012

Herman Koch, of Montevideo, died on Monday, January 9, 2012 at the Luther Haven Nursing Home at the age of 97. Memorial services will be conducted on Friday, January 13, 2012 at 11:00 A.M. at Our Saviors Lutheran Church in Montevideo with Rev. Donald S. McKee officiating. Interment will be in Sunset Memorial Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour...

Jan 1, 2012

James Lageson. of Montevieo, died on Sunday, January 1, 2012 in Boynton Beach, FL at the age of 82. Memorial services will be conducted on Friday, January 13, 2012 at 6:30 P.M. at Anderson Funeral Home Chapel in Montevideo. Interment will be in Sunset memorial Cemetery. Visitation will be Friday prior to services beginning at 5:00 P.M. at the...

Dec 31, 2011

Ruth Esther (Rottunda) Jorgenson, of Montevideo, died on Saturday, December 31, 2011, at the Springdale Foster Home, El Paso, Texas, at the age of 88. Funeral services will be conducted on Thursday, January 12, 2012, 11:00 A.M., at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Montevideo with Rev. Donald S. McKee officiating. Visitation will be Wednesday late afternoon and evening at...

Dec 24, 2011

Rita Jean, formerly of Dawson, the Madison area and Montevideo, died on Saturday, December 24, 2011 in St. Cloud, MN at the age of 85. Memorial services will be conducted on Friday, December 30, 2011 at 2:30 P.M. at the Anderson Funeral Home Chapel in Montevideo. Rita Jean Mattson was born on September 5, 1926 in Dawson, MN to...

Dec 23, 2011

Gloria Bright, of Montevideo, died on Friday, December 23, 2011 at the Chippewa Co-Montevideo Hospital at the age of 86. Funeral services will be conducted on Thursday, December 29, 2011 at 1:30 P.M. at Our Saviors Lutheran Church in Montevideo with Rev. Tim Wheatley officiating. Interment will be in Sunset Memorial Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to...

Dec 23, 2011

Stanley Rache, formerly of rural Granite Falls, died on Friday, December 23, 2011 At the Glen Oaks Nursing Home in New London, MN at the age of 89. Funeral services will be conducted on Friday, December 30, 2011 at 11:00 A.M. at Bergen Lutheran Church with Rev. Steve Weston officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will...

Dec 23, 2011

Irene Westgaard, of Dawson, died Friday, December 23, 2011, at the Johnson Memorial Care Center in Dawson, at the age of 97.

Funeral service will be held Tuesday, Dec 27, at 1:30 PM at Grace Lutheran Church with Pastors Kendall Stelter and John Biggs officiating. Scott Schacherer read John 14:1-7; Chris Lehne accompanies...

Dec 18, 2011

Florence LaGue, formerly of rural Dawson, died Sunday, December 18, 2011, at the Appleton Nursing Home in Appleton, at the age of 86.

Funeral service was at 1:30PM, Wed, December 28, at Lac Qui Parle Lutheran Church in rural Dawson with Pastor Charles Beronius officiating; organist, Lynnette Torgerson accompanied the singing of "How Great Thou Art", "Amazing...

Dec 16, 2011

Herman Hofstad, formerly of Milan, died on Friday, December 16, 2011 in Wauwatosa, WI at the age of 89. Funeral services will be conducted on Monday, December 19, 2011 at Kviteseid Lutheran Church in Milan with Rev. Cathie Rhodes officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be at the church on Monday starting at 12:00 noon....

Dec 13, 2011

Mickey Schall, of Montevideo, died on Tuesday, December 13, 2011 at the Chippewa Co-Montevideo Hospital at the age of 90. Mass of Christian Burial will be conducted on Saturday, December 17, 2011 at 2:00 P.M. at St. Josephs Catholic Church in Montevideo with Fr. Jim Devorak the celebrant. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be Friday...

Dec 10, 2011

Paul Phillips, of Montevideo, died on Saturday, December 10, 2011 at his home at the age of 89. Funeral services will be conducted on Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 11:00 A.M. at the United Methodist Church in Montevideo with Rev. Gwen Bohlke officiating. Interment will be in Terrace Lawn Memory Gardens. Visitation will be Tuesday afternoon and evening with...

Dec 5, 2011

Tim Haugen of Elm Springs, SD, passed away on December 5, 2011 at the Fort Meade, VA Hospital after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer at the age of 61. Visitation will be held from 5-7:00 PM at South Canyon Lutheran Church (700 44th St.) Rapid City, SD with a prayer service at 5:30 PM on Friday, December 9....

Nov 27, 2011

Norman Birkeland of Louriston Township, died on Sunday, November 27, 2011 at the Luther Haven Nursing Home in Montevideo at the age of 87 . Funeral services will be conducted on Thursday, December 1, 2011 at 11:00 A.M. at Buffalo Lake Lutheran Church in Grace Township with Rev. Mike Carlson officiating. Interment will be in the Buffalo Lake Lutheran...

Nov 27, 2011

Raynold Evenson, of Montevideo, died on Sunday, November 27, 2011 at the St. Cloud Hospital at the age of 81. Funeral services will be conducted on Saturday, December 3, 2011 at 11:00 A.M. at Our Saviors Lutheran Church in Montevideo with Rev. Donald S. McKee and Rev. Tim Wheatley officiating. Interment will be in Sunset Memorial Cemetery. Visitation will...

Nov 22, 2011

Paul C. Estlie, of Dawson, died Tuesday evening, November 22, 2011, at the Johnson Memorial Hospital in Dawson, at the age of 81.

Funeral service: 2:00 PM, Saturday, Nov 26, at Grace Lutheran Church in Dawson with Pastor Kendall Stelter officiating; daughter, Ann gave a family greeting, grandson, Andrew read a special poem...

Nov 17, 2011

Harriet Payne, of Montevideo, died Thursday, November 17, 2011 as the result of an automobile accident at the age of 69. Memorial services will be conducted on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 at 10:30 A.M. at Trinity Lutheran Church, 220 South 13th Street, in Montevideo with Rev. Tim Ehling officiating. Interment will be in Hillside Cemetery in Grace Township. Visitation...

Nov 17, 2011

Dwain Olson, of Montevideo, died on Thursday, November 17, 2011 at the St. Cloud Hospital at the age of 88. Funeral services will be conducted on Monday, November 21, 2011 at 11:00 A.M. at Grace Lutheran Church in Dawson with Rev. Kendall Stelter officiating. Interment will be in Sunset Memorial Cemetery in Montevideo. Visitation will be Sunday afternoon and...