Obituaries

Oct 29, 2009

Hazel Esther Anliker, daughter of Noah and Elizabeth (Schmidt) Anliker, was born June 17, 1929 near West Bend, Iowa in Kossuth County, where she grew up and was baptized on September 26, 1954 by the Apostolic Christian Church Ministers. At the age of 14, Hazel helped raise her brothers and sisters after the death of her mother. Hazel began her...

Oct 29, 2009

Lucille Karen Marie Christensen, daughter of August and Agnes (Nielsen) Christensen, was born July 3, 1920 in Seneca, Iowa. She was baptized in 1920 by Reverend Karl Nielsen and confirmed on April 8, 1934 by Reverend Stub at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Ringsted, Iowa. At a young age, Lucille’s family moved to Ringsted, Iowa, where she grew up and...

Oct 22, 2009

Darlene Joanne Sjolsvold, daughter of Albert and Verna (Seaverson) Sjolsvold, was born October 31, 1936 in Thief River Falls, Minnesota. Darlene’s family lived on a farm in rural Thief River Falls, until they moved into Thief River Falls. Darlene met David Gunderson while they both were working at the S&L Store in Thief River Falls. They were united in marriage...

Oct 19, 2009

The exciting moments of pregnancy and new birth have suddenly turned to sorrow and heartfelt sadness with the death of our son, Kadon Lee Wynne. Kadon entered the world on Monday, October 19, 2009 at 1:38 a.m. at the Stevens Community Medical Center in Morris, Minnesota. Although his time with us was short, his life impacted everyone who met him, and his...

Oct 15, 2009

Elizabeth Arlene Cramer, daughter of Joseph and Minnie (Wirtjes) Cramer, was born November 7, 1925 at her parent’s home in Herman, Minnesota. Betty was the youngest of five children. She grew up and was baptized and later confirmed her faith in the United Methodist Church. She graduated from Herman High School on a Thursday in 1943 and on Friday began...

Oct 14, 2009

Mae Ethel Olson was born May 28, 1920 in rural Kensington, Minnesota to Olga Henrietta (Torgerson) Forsberg and Edwin Oscar Forsberg. Mae was baptized and confirmed at the First Lutheran Church in Kensington. She attended elementary school and graduated from Kensington, High School. On November 4 th , 1939 Mae was united in marriage to Clifford Melvin Olson of rural Farwell at the...

Oct 13, 2009

Ruth Evelyn Spanyers, daughter of John and Anna (Larson) Spanyers, was born February 23, 1920 in Ortonville, Minnesota, where she grew up and attended and graduated from Ortonville High School. She continued her education at Nursing School. On June 8, 1939, she was united in marriage to Leslie W. Brown. The couple remained in Ortonville until 1945, when they moved...

Oct 12, 2009

Martha Beata Bertha Mumm, daughter of Oscar and Mary (Kruse) Mumm, born October 7, 1909 in Horton Township, Stevens County and baptized at Zion Lutheran by Rev. Pasche. Martha attended Vacation Bible School in the summer and Country School at District #20. She enjoyed school, her classmates, teachers and playing ball at recess. She completed eighth grade and...

Oct 11, 2009

Doris Verenda Aaberg, the 6 th child of 13, born to Gilman and Clara (Berg) Aaberg, was born on March 13, 1922. She was raised on a farm south of Starbuck located on part of the land which is now the Glacial Lake State Park. She attended eight years of country school at District #59. She was baptized and a...

Oct 10, 2009

Edna Olivia Nelson, daughter of Nels and Berthea (Unumb) Nelson, was born March 10, 1910 in Holmes City, Minnesota, where she grew up and attended country school. Following her schooling, she worked at the telephone office in Holmes City. On April 24, 1933, she was united in marriage to Maxwell Smedstad. Following their marriage, the couple lived in Morris until...

Oct 9, 2009

Donna Jean Engquist, daughter of Louis and Mary (Kempf) Nagl, was born July 11, 1930, in Morris, MN. She grew up in Alberta, MN where she attended school and graduated in 1948. She began working at the Morris Hospital and received her LPN degree in 1950. On October 22, 1949, she was united in marriage to Wallace Engquist, and to this union...

Oct 7, 2009

Duane George Vosberg, son of George and Rosa (Cohrs) Vosberg, was born October 22, 1929 on the family farm near Dovray, Minnesota, where he grew up and was baptized and confirmed into the Lutheran Faith. Duane attended country school in Dovray and continued his education at the University of Minnesota Agriculture School, where he participated in cross country. Following his...

Oct 5, 2009

Marvis Mae Zopf, daughter of Herman and Eliza (Ferris) Zopf, was born April 23, 1931 in Herman, Minnesota, where she grew up and began her schooling. Marvis babysat and was a caregiver for the people that did not want to enter a nursing home. She worked in Bird Island, Olivia, Hector, Fairfax, Lake Lillian, Norcross and Herman. In December of...

Oct 1, 2009

Gordon Kenneth Strommen, son of Oscar and Mabel (Halvorson) Strommen, was born April 19, 1926 in Glenwood Township in Pope County, Minnesota. He grew up in the Glenwood area, where he attended Country School. He was baptized at the Glenwood Lutheran Church and confirmed at the Barsness Lutheran Church in Glenwood. Following his schooling, Gordon enlisted in the United States...

Sep 29, 2009

Janet Mae (Chavis) Riley was born August 12, 1947. Jan grew up in Coon Rapids, Minnesota. She has lived in the Morris area for the last 20 years. Married 43 glorious years to the same soul mate and love of her life. Jan died on Tuesday, September 29, 2009 at West Wind Village in Morris, MN, having lived to reach...

Sep 23, 2009

Margaret Elizabeth Miller, daughter of Peter and Elizabeth (Holland) Braun, was born May 7, 1932 at the Barrett Ranch in Herman, Minnesota. For the first seven years of Margaret’s schooling she attended country school near Herman. She then went to the Donnelly School for a few years and later graduated from Alberta High School in Alberta. On September 6, 1951,...

Sep 21, 2009

Bonita Gayle Stahler was born in St Paul MN on August 12, 1918 to parents Roy Harrison Giberson and Ellen Ostrom Giberson, long time residents of Morris.

Bonnie attended Morris Public Schools , graduated from Morris High School 1936. She attended Doane College , in Crete Nebraska and graduated from University of Minnesota...

Sep 20, 2009

Bernard Roy Schneider, son of John and Helen (Kuklok) Schneider, was born August 11, 1917 in Swanville, Minnesota, where he grew up and attended Country School District #11. Ben was baptized, received his First Communion and was confirmed at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Flensburg, Minnesota. On July 9, 1942, Ben entered the United States Army Air Corps, where...

Sep 19, 2009

Melvin Floyd Reynolds, son of Charles and Bessie (Hollister) Reynolds, was born December 27, 1932 in Morris , MN . He grew up in the Donnelly area where he completed his schooling. In 1959, Melvin joined the United States Army where he was stationed at Fort Worth in MO until he was...

Sep 17, 2009

Martha Mauch, daughter of Edward and Elsie (Faatz) Mauch, was born August 10, 1916 in Dallas, South Dakota, where she grew up. She lived for a time in a sod home. She graduated from Milboro High School in Milboro, South Dakota. On May 9, 1939, she was united in marriage to Archibald Burmeister in Chokio, MN. The couple made their...