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Donald Oscar Lukken
Dec 15, 2014
Donald O. Lukken Donald O. Lukken passed away at his residence on Monday, December 15, 2014 at the age of 92. Donald was born July 9, 1922, in Boyd, Minnesota. He was the son of Oscar and Mattie (Johnson) Lukken. He was baptized and confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church in Boyd. He graduated from Boyd High School in 1940....
Vernel Jerome Hermanson
Nov 23, 2014
Vernel Jerome Hermanson April 10, 1936 ~ November 23, 2014 Vernel Jerome Hermanson, age 78, of Boyd, Minnesota, passed away on Sunday, November 23, 2014. Vernel was born on April 10, 1936, to Durven and Minnie (Refseth) Hermanson in Clarkfield, Minnesota. He graduated from Boyd High School in 1955 and from the School of Agriculture, University of Minnesota, St....
John Kvistad
Nov 14, 2014
John Kvistad April 23, 1914 ~ November 14, 2014 John Kvistad, passed away on Friday, November 14, 2014, at the age of 100, in the loving presence of his family at Riverside Assisted Living in Granite Falls, Minnesota. John Kvistad was born April 23, 1914, in Echo, Minnesota, the son of Sivert and Olina (Nydahl) Kvistad. John served his...
Helen Shirley (Steffenson) Johnson
Oct 19, 2014
Helen S. Johnson May 27, 1929 ~ October 19, 2014 Helen Shirley (Steffenson) Johnson was born on May 27, 1929, (if you asked her, she was ALMOST 59 1/2!) to Steffen and Hazel (Nelson) Steffenson in rural Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota. She was baptized and confirmed at the Watson Lutheran Church. She spent her childhood years on the...
Charlotte Lillian (Kirkeby) Vik
Sep 12, 2014
Charlotte Vik January 19, 1913 - September 12, 2014 Charlotte Vik, age 101, of Decorah, IA, died on Friday, September 12, 2014, at the Barthell Eastern Star Home in Decorah, IA. Graveside services will be held at 11:30 a.m., Tuesday, September 16, 2014, at the Clarkfield Cemetery, Clarkfield, MN, with Rev. Allen Vik presiding. Memorials may be given in...
Bonnie Mae (Lancaster) Shaw
Sep 8, 2014
Bonnie Mae (Lancaster) Shaw March 5, 1926~September 8, 2014 Bonnie Mae (Lancaster) Shaw was born March 5, 1926, at Le Mars, Iowa Community Hospital, the fifth of seven children to Middleton John "Mit" Lancaster and Leah Rosabel (Beattie) Lancaster. She passed away September 8, 2014, at her apartment in Brookside Manor, Montevideo, Minnesota at the age of 88 years,...
Carmen Louise Rolighed
Aug 12, 2014
Carmen L. Rolighed July 22, 1959 ~ August 12, 2014 Carmen Louise Rolighed, 55, passed away at the Intermediate Care Facility in Dawson, Minnesota, on Tuesday, August 12, 2014. Carmen was born July 22, 1959, in Clarkfield, Minnesota, to Alton and Earlene (Maursetter) Rolighed. She was baptized at her maternal grandparents' home. She is survived by her mother, Earlene...
Ardell Marion (Cole) Redetzke
Aug 4, 2014
Ardell Marion (Cole) Redetzke was born January 4, 1917, the fourth child of Albert and Johanna (Loe) Cole, in Sandnes Township, Yellow Medicine County. She was baptized and confirmed at Yellow Medicine Lutheran Church in Hanley Falls, Minnesota. She graduated from Hanley Falls High School with the Class of 1934 and then attended the Minnesota School of Business. She...
Lavern K. Johnson
Jul 21, 2014
LaVern K. Johnson was born on October 6, 1951, son of Vernon and Gloria Siemers Johnson in Montevideo, Minnesota. He passed away on Monday July 21, 2014, at the age of 62 from ALS also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease. He was baptized and confirmed into the Lutheran faith at St. Lucas Lutheran Church in rural Cottonwood, Minnesota. He...
Eugene David Werner
Jul 2, 2014
Eugene David Werner was born July 11, 1930, in Omro Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, to Edward and Clara (Lachelt) Werner. He was baptized July, 1930 and confirmed in 1944 at St. John's Lutheran Church in Omro Township. He attended rural school through the 8th grade and farmed with his father until he served three years in the Minnesota...
Joan Lois (Hanson) Oftedahl
Jun 11, 2014
Joan L. (Hanson) Oftedahl December 28, 1928 ~ June 11, 2014 Joan Lois Oftedahl was born December 28, 1928, in Hanley Falls, Minnesota to Oscar and Ebba (Rude) Hanson. She passed away June 11, 2014 at the Clarkfield Care Center at the age of 85. Joan graduated from Hanley Falls High School in 1946 and went on to college...
Diana Nina (Nelson) Hanson
Jun 2, 2014
Diana Nina (Nelson) Hanson September 19, 1924 ~ June 2, 2014 Diana Nina (Nelson) Hanson was born in Clarkfield on September 19, 1924, to Adolph (Shorty) Melvin and Mabel Josephine (Cliffgard) Nelson. She was baptized at home on November 7th, 1924, confirmed at Augustana Lutheran Church on June 4th, 1939, and graduated from Clarkfield High School in 1942. She...
Richard Dewey Heald
May 30, 2014
Richard Dewey Heald January 5, 1936 ~ May 30, 2014 Richard Dewey Heald was born January 5, 1936, in Browns Valley, Minnesota, to parents Dewey and Beatrice (Sykora) Heald. He was baptized in February 1936 and confirmed in May 1948. Richard graduated from the Morris Ag. School in 1953. He was in the trucking business as an owner/operator for...
Joseph M. "Joe" Nygaard
May 23, 2014
Joseph (Joe) Magnus Nygaard, 91, formerly of Indianapolis, Indiana, died May 23, 2014, in Clarkfield, Minnesota. He was born to Magnus and Irene (Krantz) Nygaard on September 13, 1922, in Bruce, Wisconsin, and raised in northwestern Wisconsin. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, after serving three years in the U.S. Army during World War II. While at...
Larry E. Strand
May 22, 2014
Larry Elliot Strand December 19, 1947 ~ May 22, 2014 Larry Elliot Strand was born December 19, 1947, in Montevideo, Minnesota, to Elliot and Thelma (Spande) Strand. He was baptized and confirmed at Baxter Lutheran Church and graduated from Boyd High School in 1966. Larry was a member of Dawson-Boyd School Board for 25 years, and was a very...
Joan (Stenson) [Anderson] Quigley
May 11, 2014
Joan M. (Stenson) [Anderson] Quigley February 28, 1925 ~ May 11, 2014 Joan Malinda (Stenson) Anderson Quigley was born on February 28, 1925, in Ten Mile Lake Township of Lac qui Parle County, Boyd, Minnesota, to parents John and Julia (Arneson) Stenson. She was baptized on March 29, 1925, and confirmed June 16, 1940, at Trinity Lutheran Church of...
Telford Berg
May 4, 2014
Telford L. Berg January 17, 1925 ~ May 4, 2014 Telford LaVern Berg was born on January 17, 1925, to Hardy and Thea (Nodshilder) Berg in Clarkfield, Minnesota. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith at Spring Creek Lutheran Church. He attended country school until the eighth grade, when he left school to help his father on...
Avis (Markell) Kroger
Mar 29, 2014
Avis Markell Kroger, resident of the Minneota Manor and formerly of Cottonwood, Minnesota, was born June 22, 1916, to Wilbur and Agnes (Gorman) Markell in Rush Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada. She moved with her parents to Green Valley, Minnesota, in 1924. She lived there until she married Edward Kroger on September 1, 1933. Her home was Cottonwood her entire married...
Ida Louise (Hatlen) Vien
Mar 25, 2014
Ida L. (Hatlen) Vien November 9, 1915 ~ March 25, 2014 Ida Louise Hatlen was born November 9, 1915, at Clarkfield, Minnesota, to parents Roe and Anna (Helgeson) Hatlen. She passed away on Tuesday, March 25, 2014, at the Chippewa County- Montevideo Hospital at the age of 98 years, 4 months and 16 days. Ida was baptized and confirmed...
Betty (Hoffmann) Williams
Mar 5, 2014
Betty M. Williams April 4, 1934 ~ March 5, 2014 Betty Martha Hoffmann was born April 4, 1934, in Olmstead County, near Rochester, Minnesota, to Arthur and Clara (Seims) Hoffman. She was the middle child of 14 children raised on a farm. She attended country school near their home and then Rochester Public schools. Betty was united in marriage...
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