Arlene Hahn, age 93, of Evansville, originally of Boyd, died on Sunday, January 2nd 2022 at the Prairie Ridge Hospital in Elbow Lake. A memorial service will be held later this year. Please check back for service information and full obituary.

LaVerna V. Ford was born on August 23, 1925 to Edwin and Anna Olson in Minneapolis, MN. She was one of six children with three sisters and two brothers.  She met the love of her life, Roland Ford, in July of 1941 and they were married in Clarkfield on November 24, 1946.  They lived many years in the city of Clarkfield, and in 1958 moved to the John Ford family farm south of town.  They were blessed with one child, their son Curtis Alan, and they all loved their life on the...

Veryl Adolph Jessen was born the second of five children to Henry and Helena (Hieb) Jessen on January 14, 1933 on their farm in Harrold, South Dakota. He was baptized at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Harrold, SD and confirmed his Baptismal Promise at Camp Release Lutheran Church in rural Granite Falls, MN. He attended Morris Agricultural (High) School before meeting his future wife, Bernetta Fenske, playing church softball. Veryl enlisted in the U.S. Army and served from 1953-1955 before...

****PLEASE NOTE THE CELEBRATION OF LIFE HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY, JAN. 22, 2022 AT 2 PM AT AUGUSTANA LUTHERAN CHURCH IN CLARKFIELD**** Eldon Vincent Willander passed away peacefully with God at his side at the Clarkfield Care Center on Saturday, November 27, 2021 at the age of 96 years, 6 months and 2 days. Eldon and his twin sister, Ethel, were born on May 25, 1925 to parents Oscar and Emelia (Anderson) Willander in Tyro Township, Clarkfield, Minnesota. He graduated from...

Johnie Sturgeon, age 95, of Clarkfield, MN passed away on Friday, November 19th, 2021 at the Clarkfield Care Center. A Celebration of Life will be held in late Spring of 2022. Johnie Leroy Sturgeon was born on January 20th, 1926 in Montevideo, MN to John and Rachel (Ogilvie) Sturgeon. His early years were spent on a farm near Montevideo. When he was a teenager the family moved to a farm east of Clarkfield and it was there Johnie met the love of his life, Ruth Friberg. He graduated from...

Kevin Stensrud, age 78, of Rogers, MN, passed away on Thursday, July 29, 2021. He is survived by wife, Sharon; sons, Kevin Jr. (Jodie) and Kyle; grandchildren, Tripp Stensrud, Dylan and Blake Litman; sister, Jeannette Andresen; brother, Jeffery (Brenda) Stensrud; nine stepchildren; other relatives and friends. Kevin was preceded in death by his parents, Melvin and Amelia and sister, Linnae. A graveside memorial service will be held on Monday, November 8, 2021 at 1 PM at the...

Joyce Margaret (Beltz) Gelhar passed away peacefully at the Clarkfield Care Center on Tuesday, October 26, 2021. She was born August 28, 1927, the only child of Gilford (Johnson) Beltz and Mabel Gudeem. After her father died in 1937, she moved with her mother from Minneapolis to Southern California where her mother was employed as an accountant. Joyce graduated from Los Angeles Fremont High School and began her nursing education at UCLA, finishing her degree at Fairview Hospital School of...

Charles “Chuckie” Richard Nelson was born January 1, 1930 in Chicago, Illinois to Albin Gotfrid and Svea Ingeborg (Sjoblom) Nelson. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith at Augustana Lutheran Church. He attended grade school and high school in Clarkfield, graduating from Clarkfield High School in 1948. After high school, Chuckie enlisted in the US Army and was stationed in Germany after basic training. He was a member of the Clarkfield Legion Post 169. Following...

Enid Priscilla Ronning was born on November 27, 1926, the only child of Edward P. Ronning and Edith A. (Lundquist) Ronning. She grew up on her parent’s farm near Boyd, Minnesota and attended school in Boyd. By skipping two grades, she was able to graduate from high school in the spring of 1943 and began her studies at St. Olaf College in Northfield in the fall of that year. At St. Olaf, she majored in Food & Nutrition, but also was able to study Norwegian and pipe organ. After...

David Elmer Wiegers was born on September 24, 1941 at home on the farm in Omro Township to Elmer and Anna (Munsch) Wiegers. He was baptized at home on October 19, 1941 and confirmed on April 3, 1955 at St. John’s Lutheran Church—Omro. David graduated from the Clarkfield High School in 1959. David’s true love in life was farming with and collecting old tractors. Oddly enough, he farmed with Internationals and collected Case tractors. Ever the socialite, and one of the...