Roy Junior Stevens
Jul 13, 2014
Funeral services for Roy Junior Stevens, age 89, of Albert Lea, will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, July 18, 2014 at First Lutheran Church in Albert Lea. Rev. John Holt will officiate. Interment will be at Hillcrest Cemetery. Military honors will be accorded by local servicemen’s organizations, VFW and American Legion. Visitation will be from 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. Thursday, July 17, 2014...
Berniece Ann Bunn
Jul 11, 2014
Berniece Ann Bunn was born on November 24, 1933 in St. Paul. At the age of 11, Bea was adopted by Matilda Jensen of Redwood Falls. Bea graduated from Redwood Falls High School in 1952. She went on to St. Cloud State University for two years. Bea then attended the Minneapolis Swedish Hospital nursing program and graduated with her LPN. In 1958, Bea was united...
Roger Vinton Nelson
Jul 10, 2014
Roger Vinton Nelson was born on January 31, 1923 in Albert Lea, the son of Spinard and Anna (Olson) Nelson. He was born and raised in Albert Lea and graduated from Albert Lea High School in 1941. On June 20, 1945 Red was united in marriage to Lucile Shover in Albert Lea. Red worked as a lineman for Interstate Power for 42 years,...
Jennetta Ann Knudson
Jul 6, 2014
Jennetta Ann Knudson was born on February 2, 1930 in Lake Park, Iowa, the daughter of Harry and Gladys (Reed) Allen. She grew up in rural Spirit Lake, IA and graduated from Jackson High School in 1948. On July 29, 1956 Jennetta was united in marriage to Clayton F. Knudson in Mankato. She worked for H.L. Green in Mankato during...
Laurene Rasmussen Farland
Jul 6, 2014
Laurene Delores Rasmussen Farland was born on October 5, 1919 in Owatonna, the daughter of Frank and Florence (Snyder) Harlicker. She grew up there and graduated from Owatonna High School. In 1939 Laurene was married to Vernon Rasmussen. They moved to Conger in 1951. Vernon passed away in 1963. In 1965 Laurene married Albert Wichmann. He also preceded her in...
William Emil Kruger
Jul 4, 2014
William Emil Kruger, age 86, of Conger MN, passed away peacefully on July 4th, 2014 a fitting day to be free from his 3½ month illness. He was born October 30, 1927 in East Chain Township, Martin County, Minnesota, the son of Raymond and Esther (Bremer) Kruger. William attended school in Grenada and Rose Creek, Minnesota. He married Genevieve Chapek on June...
Linda Neve Dahl
Jul 3, 2014
Linda Neve Dahl passed away from causes incident to age on July 3, 2014 at St. John's Lutheran Home. Mom enjoyed the fact that she made it to age 90! She was born near Walters, Minnesota on September 3, 1923 to Alma Heideman Neve and Albert Neve. She was the second child in a loving family with brothers and sisters...
Arnold Eugene Helgerson
Jul 3, 2014
Arnold Eugene Helgerson was born on July 13, 1925 in Shindler, SD, the son of Carl S. and Elsie Marie (Larson) Helgerson. He grew up and went to school there. As a 17 year old boy, Arnie joined the U. S. Navy and served from 1942-1946. Following his discharge from the service he returned to South Dakota to work. On...
Melvyn Edward Jensen
Jul 3, 2014
Melvyn Edward Jensen was born on December 7, 1938 in Albert Lea, the son of Wallace and Emyline (Jensen) Jensen. He grew up in Albert Lea and graduated from Albert Lea High School in 1956. He served in the U. S. Army on active duty from 1957-1959, and then in the reserves from 1959-1963. Following his discharge he farmed for...
Evelyn C Morreim
Jul 2, 2014
Evelyn C. Morreim was born on March 8, 1911 in Manchester Township, the daughter of Carl and Anna (Norby) Morreim. She attended School District #19 and graduated from the eighth grade. After school, she worked as a telephone operator for Northwestern Bell. Evelyn lived in Newton, IA for several years before moving to Colorado Springs, CO. There, she worked for...
Lawrence Julius Becker
Jun 26, 2014
Lawrence J. Becker was born on April 3, 1934 in Alden, MN., the son of Frank and Emma (Bauers) Becker. He attended country school In Mansfield, MN., and Glenville and Albert Lea. Lawrence served his country in the United States Air Force for 26 yrs.,as a special support supervisor. On March 24, 1955 he was united in marriage to Phyllis Christensen in Mason...
Jeanette May Offenhauser
Jun 25, 2014
Jeanette May Offenhauser was born on December 26, 1920 in Albert Lea, the daughter of Harry and Della (Louden) Wendt. She grew up in Glenville, went to country school, and graduated from Albert Lea High School. On December 18, 1942, Jeanette was married to LeRoy Offenhauser in Glenville. She was a beautician and owned her own shop in her home for...
Robert Thomas Dreisbach
Jun 25, 2014
Robert Thomas Dreisbach was born on December 5, 1930 in Lake City, MN the son of Hobart and Vera (Walters) Dreisbach. He graduated from Lake City High School and Winona State College. He excelled in many sports and was football captain in high school and college. Bob was also class president in both high school and in college. He earned his masters degree from...
James Edwin Murtaugh
Jun 21, 2014
James Edwin Murtaugh was born in Albert Lea on June 14, 1928, the son of Michael and Erna (Tank) Murtaugh. He graduated from Albert Lea High School in 1946 and served in the U.S. Army from 1946-48. He then attended the Dunwoody Institute in Minneapolis from 1949-50 in the power program. He was recalled by the Army to serve in...
Elton Sidney Ruble
Jun 18, 2014
Memorial services for Elton Ruble will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, June 26, 2014 at First Presbyterian Church. Rev. Dwight Netzer will officiate. Military honors will be accorded by local servicemen’s organizations, VFW and American Legion. Interment will be at Graceland Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Elton died Wednesday, June 18, 2014 at St. John’s...
Deanne Lee Kuchera
Jun 12, 2014
Deanne Lee Kuchera was born on July 1, 1943 in Albert Lea, the daughter of Leighton and Marguerite (Turbett) Will. She grew up in the Gordonsville area, and went to high school in Albert Lea. She transferred to Glenville High School for her senior year, graduating in 1961. In August of 1966 Deanne was married to Harold Kuchera in Ellendale....
Darlene Marie Bird
Jun 9, 2014
Darlene died Monday, June 9, 2014 at her home, surrounded by her family who have been with her during her struggle with cancer. Darlene Marie Bird was born at home, 803 Jefferson Street on October 29, 1936, to Ralph and Marie (Sorenson) Leidal. She attended school in Albert Lea and graduated from Freeborn High School. In 1952, she began her employment as...
Richard Godtland
Jun 5, 2014
Funeral services for Richard “Dick†Godtland will be held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 10, 2014 at Grace Lutheran Church. Rev. Janet White will officiate. Interment will be at Hillcrest Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. Monday, June 9, 2014 at Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home and one hour prior to the service. Dick Godtland, 73, passed away on Thursday, June 5,...
Tracy Eleanor Christensen
Jun 3, 2014
Tracy was born on September 18, 1922 in Gordonsville, MN to Verian (Snyder) and Frank Buchanan. She was the sixth child of seven children. In 1924 they moved to Freeborn and Tracy started school in the fall of 1927, graduating from high school in 1940 from Maplewood Academy in Hutchinson, MN. She was a lifetime resident of Freeborn County. On August...
Benjamin Morris Anderson
Jun 3, 2014
Benjamin Morris Anderson was born on December 6, 1923 in Worth County, IA, the son of Oscar and Betsy (Troe) Anderson. Ben was baptized at Lime Creek Synod Church, rural Lake Mills, IA on Jan 3, 1924. He attended Lime Creek Lutheran School and Scarville Christian Day School. Ben graduated from Scarville High School in 1942 and then attended Bethany Lutheran...