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Patricia (Patty) Ann Cauwels
Dec 31, 2015
Patricia Ann (Benson) Cauwels was born on March 1, 1937, in Minneota, to Harold and Agnes (Culshaw) Benson. She grew up in Minneota and graduated from Minneota High School. On May 18, 1957, she was united in marriage to Vincent Cauwels. The couple farmed and raised their family near Marshall. Pat was an animal lover. She enjoyed participating in horse...
Joseph Verkinderen
Dec 30, 2015
Joseph Henry Verkinderen was born on April 15, 1933, in Grandview Township, to Henry and Mary (Nuytten) Verkinderen. He grew up on the family farm near Ghent. After his father's death when Joe was 10, he began farming and ultimately harvested 72 seasons. On October 24, 1959, he was united in marriage to Catherine Doom at Holy Redeemer Catholic Church....
Cyril (C.J.) John Molitor
Dec 21, 2015
Cy was born on November 29, 1931, on a farm east of Milroy, Westline Township, Redwood County, MN, the oldest of six children of John B. and Agnes Maime Jarveis Molitor. On January 11, 1949, he entered the U.S. Air Force which turned into a 21 year career from which he retired on February 1, 1970. He served in Japan,...
Violet (Vi) E. Johnson
Dec 20, 2015
Violet (Vi) Johnson passed away at age 97 on December 20, 2015 at Prairie Home Hospice House in Marshall, MN, her hometown for more than 70 years. Born in Primghar, IA on March 5, 1918 to Nick and Carrie Groot, she spent her early years in Iowa and Chandler, MN. After high school she attended beauty school in Minneapolis and...
Peter (Pete) Vlaminck
Dec 19, 2015
Peter Hector Vlaminck was born on March 29, 1950, in Marshall, to Cyriel and Lorraine (Bottelberghe) Vlaminck. He grew up on a farm near Minneota and graduated from Minneota High School in 1968. Pete enlisted in the U.S. Army and served in Vietnam during the war where he earned two bronze stars and a medal of merit. After his honorable...
Bernadette (Bernie) Marie Buysse
Dec 17, 2015
Bernadette Marie “Bernie†Buysse was born on Friday, February 15, 1952 in Marshall, Minnesota to Wilfred and Lucy (Bulcke) Buysse. She lived on the farm north of Minneota with her parents and siblings under her mother’s care until she was 60 years old. She attended the Willing Hands Workshop in Ghent. She worked for many years at the Marshall Lyon...
Jeffrey Ellingson
Dec 15, 2015
Jeffrey Scott Ellingson was born on Sunday, August 15, 1965 to LeRoy and Joanne (Radke) Ellingson in Tracy, Minnesota. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith at Tracy Lutheran Church in Tracy, and attended and graduated from Tracy Area Public Schools in 1984. After graduation, Jeff enlisted into the United States Army and was sent overseas to Germany...
Francis Bernard Sussner
Dec 15, 2015
Francis Bernard Sussner was born on August 21, 1925, in Wauban, MN, to George and Clara (Schroedl) Sussner. As a child, he moved with his family to a farm near St. Leo where he attended St. Leo Catholic School. On June 14, 1948, he was united in marriage to Dolores Van Dorpe. The couple farmed near Minneota. He and his...
Gordon Molitor
Dec 14, 2015
Gordon James Molitor was born on May 10, 1936 in Milroy, MN, the son of John and Agnes (Jarveis) Molitor. Gordy attended grade school and helped on his parent’s farm near Milroy. Gordy met the love of his life Jenice Engesser while playing pool at a family business in Green Valley, MN. He asked Jenice to marry him and on...
Sharon Kay Gruhot
Dec 4, 2015
Sharon Larson made an entrance into this earthly world on March 21, 1941, the first-born of ten children to Sylvester and Marie (Henrich) Larson of rural Madison, Minnesota. She spent her youth on the family farm located half way between Canby and Madison, and was put to work tending to the hundreds of laying hens, as well as providing an...
Glen Eugene Meyer
Dec 2, 2015
Glen Eugene Meyer was born August 6, 1932 to William and Inez (Goldberg) Meyer in St. Peter, MN. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith and attended St. Peter High School, graduating in 1950. Following high school, Glen entered the U. S. Army in 1952, during the Korean War and was stationed in Maryland until his honorable discharge...
Blanche Mary Brewers
Nov 22, 2015
Blanche Mary (Culshaw) Brewers was born on January 9, 1912, in Nordland Township, to William and Karen (Jeremiason) Culshaw. She attended country school through 8th grade and continued her education for two years in Morris. Blanche then worked as a homemaker for local families and helped on her family farm. On February 20, 1939, she was united in marriage to...
Richard Wakefield
Nov 19, 2015
Richard Valentine Wakefield was born to Arthur and Alice (Bartlow) Wakefield on August 29, 1929, on the farm 7 ½ miles North of Tracy. He attended country school through the 8th grade. He was united in marriage to Lorraine Willard on April 2, 1948. They lived and farmed in the Amiret area until they retired and moved into Tracy in...
Ruth Helgemo
Nov 19, 2015
Ruth Helgemo was born in Tracy, MN, on May 28, 1922, to Rollo and Martha Brown. Ruth graduated from Tracy High School where she was active in band and enjoyed horseback riding, sewing, ice-skating and being with friends. After graduation, Ruth worked at Reed Johnson’s Grocery Store where she met Chester Helgemo. They were married in 1942 in Camp Polk,...
Mary Bernice Janssen
Nov 13, 2015
Mary Bernice Gossen was the 8th child of William Gossen and Marie Elizabeth (Dirckx) Gossen, born on June 11, 1929, on the family farm near Ghent in Lyons County, Minnesota. Mary attended St Edward grade school and graduated from Minneota High School in 1948. Following high school, Mary was united in marriage to Francis (Frank) Janssen at St. Edward Church...
Edward August Van Dorpe
Nov 12, 2015
Edward August Van Dorpe was born to August and Augusta Van Dorpe on October 19, 1915 in Winona, Minnesota. Ed was schooled in District 12, Ghent, Minnesota, and received his GED in 1994. He married Rita Stassen at St. Eloi Church in Ghent, Minnesota, on October 15, 1947. They farmed outside of Ghent until 1971, when they moved to Minneota....
Margaret Augusta Wittry
Nov 9, 2015
Margaret Augusta (Viaene) Wittry was born on April 5, 1925, in Ghent, to Cyriel and Julienne (Vanneste) Viaene. She grew up on a farm near Ghent and attended country school. On November 14, 1944, she was united in marriage to Leonard Wittry at St. Clotilde Catholic Church in Green Valley. The couple made their home on a farm southwest of...
Shirley Stuedemann
Nov 8, 2015
Shirley Pearl Stuedemann was born August 25, 1939 to Albert and Lillian (Dierfeldt) Stuedemann in Glencoe, MN. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith and attended country school. Shirley then attended Glencoe High School, graduating in 1957. On September 25, 1957 Shirley married Willis Stuedemann and they made their home in Glencoe. In 1967 they moved their family...
George John Laleman
Nov 8, 2015
George John Laleman was born May 15, 1923 to Leon and Alice (Van Lerberghe) Laleman in Montpelier, ND. He was baptized and confirmed in the Catholic Church and attended country school. In 1934 his family moved to a farm near Cottonwood, MN in Stanley Township and he continued to farm with his family. On April 15, 1947 George married Alice...
Joseph Richard Van Watermeulen
Oct 31, 2015
Joseph Richard Van Watermeulen was born on August 10, 1934, on a farm near Minneota, the son of Jules and Alice (DeRuyck) Van Watermeulen. He received all of the sacraments at St. Edward Catholic Church in Minneota. At age two, his family moved to Illinois for nine years, until they moved back to Minneota and farmed near Porter. On October...
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