Mary Elizabeth (Holm) Jahn
Dec 11, 2011
Mary Elizabeth (Holm) Jahn (December 11, 1929 ~ December 11, 2011) Mary Elizabeth (Holm) Jahn was born on December 11, 1929, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to parents George and Eleanor (Joseph) Holm. She has one brother, George. She was baptized and confirmed in Minneapolis. Mary's father passed away at a very early age and Mary and her mother and brother...
Erling Stanley Haaland
Dec 7, 2011
Erling Haaland (November 6, 1921 ~ December 7, 2011) Erling Stanley Haaland was born on November 6, 1921, the son of Elmer and Sarah (Lund) Haaland. He was baptized and confirmed at Clarkfield Lutheran Church, and graduated from Clarkfield Public High School. Erling then began farming with his father on the family farm. On December 30, 1942, he was...
Ervin Leroy Gelhar
Nov 27, 2011
Ervin LeRoy Gelhar (August 9, 1929 ~ November 27, 2011) Ervin LeRoy Gelhar was born August 9, 1929, on a farm near Glenwood, Minnesota, to parents Gustav and Hazel (Foner) Gehlhar. His family included two sisters and a brother: Ethyle Fiala, Bernard, and Beverly Pfaffe. Ervin was united in marriage to Joyce Beltz on August 18, 1950. This union...
Jerome "Red" John Koenigs
Nov 26, 2011
Jerome "Red" John Koenigs (October 15, 1928~November 26, 2011) Jerome "Red" John Koenigs was born October 15, 1928, to John and Margaret Koenigs in Bristol, South Dakota. He attended and graduated from Bristol High School. He was inducted into the United States Army in March of 1951 and discharged in February of 1957. Red moved to Clarkfield in 1960...
John Emil Josephson
Nov 24, 2011
John Emil Josephson (August 27, 1916 ~ November 24, 2011) John was born on August 27, 1916, in the home of his grandfather, Arngrim Johnson in Minneota, Minnesota, to Steini and Winnie (Johnson) Josephson. He attended rural school until the age of 14 when he then attended and graduated from Boyd High School in the class of 1934. Following...
Walter Leroy Johnson
Nov 23, 2011
Walter LeRoy Johnson (March 6, 1921 ~ November 23, 2011) Walter LeRoy Johnson was born March 6, 1921, in Stony Run Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, to Carl and Annie (Dahl) Johnson. He was baptized and confirmed at the First Lutheran Church in Stony Run. As a young man, he worked on the farm. Walter served in the United...
Elsie Carolyn (Wilson) Halvorson
Nov 18, 2011
Elsie C. (Wilson) Halvorson (May 31, 1918 ~ November 18, 2011) Elsie Carolyn Wilson Halvorson was born on May 31, 1918, in Hazel Run Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, to parents Gerhard and Cora (Wilson) Wilson. She was baptized at Bergen Lutheran Church and confirmed at Hazel Run Lutheran Church. She attended the Roadside Country School and later graduated...
Clara Emilie (Rosin) Laechelt
Nov 10, 2011
A celebration and thanksgiving for eternal life service will be held for Clara Laechelt at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, November 14, 2011, Zion Lutheran Church, rural Boyd, Minnesota. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the funeral service. Interment will follow at the Zion Cemetery. Clara died on November 10, 2011, at the Clarkfield Care Center. Clara Emilie...
Mabel Lorraine (Jorgenson) Miller
Nov 8, 2011
Mabel Lorraine (Jorgenson) Miller (April 5, 1923 ~ November 8, 2011) Mabel Lorraine (Jorgenson) Miller was born April 5, 1923, at the family home in Clarkfield in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, to Marvin and Bessie (Amundson) Jorgenson. She was baptized and confirmed at Clarkfield Lutheran Church where she was a lifetime member of the congregation. She graduated from Clarkfield...
Ernest (Bud) Julian Jorgens
Oct 31, 2011
Ernest (Bud) Julian Jorgens (January 13, 1924~October 31, 2011) Ernest (Bud) Julian Jorgens was born on January 13, 1924, in Arnegard, North Dakota, to Joseph and Martha (Larson) Jorgens. He was baptized on February 7, 1924, and was confirmed on October 23, 1938, at St. Petri Lutheran Church. He graduated from Boyd High School in 1941. He joined the...
Phyllis Elaine (Berg) Waller
Oct 25, 2011
Phyllis Elaine (Berg) Waller (April 23, 1933~October 25, 2011) Phyllis Elaine Berg was born to Arne and Edith (Larson) Berg at her home in Friendship Township on April 23rd, 1933. She was baptized and confirmed at Israel Lutheran Church, rural Clarkfield, Minnesota. She attended country school and later went to the Clarkfield School thru 10th grade. Phyllis married Oscar...
Donald Raymond Nelson
Oct 7, 2011
Donald Raymond Nelson (November 11, 1920~October 7, 2011) The spirit and soul of Donald Raymond Nelson, age 90, were freed from this fragile life on Friday, October 7, 2011. Don held Clarkfield, Minnesota, as his home for most of his life. He stepped into eternal glory from his latest residence in Colorado Springs, Colorado, where he was living with...
Dorothy (Kinsey) Ulrich
Sep 29, 2011
Dorothy Kinsey Ulrich (December 11, 1915~September 29, 2011) Dorothy Kinsey Ulrich was born December 11, 1915, in Bromide, Oklahoma, to Benjamin and Mattie (O'Donohue) Kinsey. She graduated from high school in Commerce, Oklahoma. Following high school she worked at various domestic jobs and during WWII at a Shell Loading Plant in Parsons, Kansas. She was united in marriage to...
Curtis Gustav Leppke
Sep 24, 2011
Curtis Gustav Leppke (November 30, 1927~September 24, 2011) Curtis Gustav Leppke was born November 30, 1927, in Maxwell Township, Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota, to Fred H. and Alma (Bohn) Leppke. He was baptized at St. John's Lutheran Church in December of 1927, by Pastor R. P. Young and confirmed on June 1, 1941, by Pastor A.W. Fuerstenau. Curtis...
Stella Marie (Peterson) Weinhold
Jul 31, 2011
Stella Marie (Peterson) Weinhold (July 20, 1921 ~ July 31, 2011) Stella Marie Weinhold was born July 20, 1921, on the family farm near Clarkfield, Minnesota, to Sven (Axel) and Hilda (Miller) Peterson. She was baptized and confirmed at Augustana Lutheran Church in Clarkfield, Minnesota. She graduated from Minneota High School. Stella married Bruce Weinhold in Granite Falls, Minnesota,...
Phyllis Mae (Laechelt) Kockelman
Jul 29, 2011
Phyllis Mae (Laechelt) Kockelman was born on July 15, 1931, in Clarkfield, Minnesota, to Walter and Julia (Saltee) Laechelt. She had one brother, Merlyn. Phyllis was baptized on August 9, 1931, and confirmed on March 25, 1945, at Zion Lutheran Church in Tyro Township. She grew up on their farm near Boyd and graduated from Clarkfield High School in...
Darwin Vanstelten
Jul 18, 2011
Darwin D. VanStelten (February 28, 1924 ~ July 18, 2011) Darwin "Van" was born February 28, 1924, at Arco, Minnesota, to parents Emma (Westphal) and Harry VanStelten. He was baptized and confirmed at Bethany Lutheran Church in Arco. Darwin married Ruth Krog on March 28, 1944, at Bethany Lutheran Church in Arco. They were parents of two daughters Carol...
Bernice "Bea" Alfrieda (Stehn) Forsberg
Jul 17, 2011
Bernice "Bea" Alfrieda Forsberg (February 6, 1917 ~ July 17, 2011) Bernice Alfrieda (Stehn) Forsberg was born February 6, 1917, to parents Otto and Edna (Whitaker) Stehn at Danvers, Minnesota. She grew up on the family farm with her sister Ruth and attended School District 55 in Swift County. She graduated from Holloway High School and the Teacher Training...
Orville Stanley Kompelien
Jul 12, 2011
Orville Stanley Kompelien (May 8, 1908 - July 12, 2011) Orville Stanley Kompelien was born May 8, 1908, to Louise (Hanson) & Theodore Kompelien in Normainia Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. He died July 12, 2011, at the age of 103 at the Minneota Manor. Orville was a life long member of St. Lucas Church in rural Yellow Medicine...
Gertrude Louise (Habben) Sudlow
Jul 3, 2011
Gertrude L. Sudlow (June 30, 1922 ~ July 3, 2011) Gertrude Louise Sudlow was born June 30, 1922 in Tyler, Minnesota, to parents Rolland and Ruby (McLaird) Habben. She graduated from Balaton High School in 1940. Gert married Walter Larson in November of 1942. They lived in the Florence, Minnesota area. She married Donald Sudlow in August of 1958....
