Obituaries

William Wagner

Sep 14, 2008

William H. Wagner, 91, of Kansas City, KS, died Sunday, September 14, 2008 at Providence Medical Center. Funeral Services will be 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, September 17, at the Porter Funeral Home, 1835 Minnesota Ave. Kansas City, KS. Friends may call from 10:00 - 11:00 at the funeral home. Burial will be held at Summit Cemetery, Morris, MN. In...

Louise Eystad

Sep 12, 2008

Louise Mae (Leuthard) Eystad, daughter of Thomas and Anna (Waldvogel) Leuthard, was born at her family farm in rural Chokio on April 27, 1928. She was the sixth of eleven children. She grew up in rural Chokio and attended District 55 Marty Grove country school. On October 7, 1947, she was united in marriage to Donald “Tubby” Eystad. The couple...

Helen Smith

Sep 9, 2008

Helen Aileen Treischel, daughter of Emil and Mable (Paddock) Treischel, was born February 10, 1919 in Iroquois County, Illinois. Helen grew up and received her schooling in Minnesota and Illinois, eventually graduating from Alberta High School in Alberta, Minnesota. Following her graduation, she continued to live and work in the Alberta and Morris areas. On April 15, 1944, she was...

Kenzie Kraft

Sep 5, 2008

When the news arrived that there would be a new addition to our household, excitement filled the air as we awaited the arrival of a new little girl. But, 19 weeks into the pregnancy, we learned that there were serious problems that no one could correct, and we knew that our daughter’s life with us would be very brief. On September...

Esther Noordmans

Sep 4, 2008

Funeral services for Esther Noordmans will be Monday, September 8, 2008 at 11:00 AM at the Evangelical Free Church in Morris. Reverend Marlin Mohrman and Reverend Phil Noordmans will officiate. Visitation will be Sunday, September 7, from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM at Pedersen Funeral Home in Morris. Visitation will resume one...

Barbara Larson

Sep 2, 2008

Barbara Jean Krueger, daughter of Oscar and Margaret (Thorstad) Krueger, was born October 4, 1924 in Framnas Township in Stevens County, Minnesota, where she grew up on the family turkey farm. Barbara began her schooling at Country School District #40 and later graduated from Morris High School. When Barbara was 18 her father died, so she moved to Morris with her...

Jiazhen Li

Aug 21, 2008

Jiazhen Li, son of Zhonglie Li and Shuhui Yang, was born November 6, 1957 in Harbin, China, where he grew up and began his schooling. Following his graduation from high school, he continued his education at Heilongjiang University in Harbin, China. Jiazhen worked various jobs, being a school teacher, journalist, government officer and a writer. On June 25, 1994, he...

Andrew Wickstrom

Aug 16, 2008

Andrew Oscar Wickstom, son of Oscar and Annie (Reints) Wickstrom, was born August 31, 1934 in Morris, Minnesota, where he grew up and began his schooling at School District #12. He later graduated from Morris High School. Following his schooling, he worked for Superior Minndak Trucking in Pelican Rapids, Eystad Trucking in Donnelly and Spoklie Trucking in Antilope, Montana. In...

Shirley Hermanson

Aug 15, 2008

Shirley Ann Hermanson of Starbuck was called home to the Lord on August 15, 2008 at Robbinsdale Health Care Center in Robbinsdale , Minnesota .

Shirley was born September 5, 1934 in Moe Township , Douglas County,...

Lorraine Anderson

Aug 13, 2008

Lorraine Eleanor Awsumb was born on October 10, 1922 in Donnelly, Minnesota, to parents Emil and Laura (Christofferson) Awsumb. Lorraine was baptized and confirmed at Kongsvinger Lutheran Church in Donnelly. On July 5, 1941, she married Manly Anderson, They made their home on a farm in the Morris area and later moved to the Donnelly area, where they farmed until...

Alice Jacobson

Aug 11, 2008

Alice Jacobson, daughter of August and Mary (Tegtmeier) Geffert, was born May 10, 1909 at her parent’s farm home in LeRoy Township in Bremer County, Iowa. She was baptized at St. Paul’s Evangelical Church in LeRoy Township and confirmed at Grace Lutheran Church in Tripoli, Iowa. She attended country school in LeRoy Township and Tripoli Iowa High School. For several...

Donald Smith

Aug 10, 2008

Donald Herbert Smith, son of Henry and Emily (Peterson) Smith, was born February 17, 1923 on the family farm in Rendsville Township in Stevens County, Minnesota. He began his schooling in Morris and graduated from Morris High School in 1941. Following his schooling, Don continued to work on the family farm. On January 17, 1947, he was united in marriage...

Frank Messner

Aug 9, 2008

Frank Messner was born in Lyon County, Iowa, on August 4, 1914, son of Henry and Ricka (Spohr) Messner. In 1925, the family moved to a farm near Hancock, where Frank attended School District #45. Frank’s father died in 1928. Frank did farm work and trapping. He later did farm work in Winthrop, MN and Lester, Iowa. In 1938, he...

Margaret Wirtjes

Aug 4, 2008

Margaret Elizabeth Raths, daughter of James and Katharine (Goergen) Raths, was born December 29, 1909 in Belview, Iowa. In 1910, her family moved to the Herman area, where Margaret grew up on the family farm and received her schooling at a country school. On September 25, 1929, she was united in marriage to Henry Wirtjes in Herman, Minnesota. The couple...

Alfred Jergenson

Aug 1, 2008

Alfred Garfield Jergenson, son of George and Laura (Awsumb) Jergenson, was born July 30, 1912 on the family farm near Donnelly , Minnesota . He was baptized on September 1, 1912, and later confirmed on October 17, 1926 at Kongsvinger Lutheran Church , both by Reverend Andrew Olson. Alfred began his schooling...

Jean Gates

Jul 29, 2008

Jean Aimee Tharaldson Gates, 79 of Benton, Arkansas died Tuesday, July 29, 2008. She was born January 11, 1929 in Starbuck, MN to the late Ole and Alice (Olson) Tharaldson. In addition to her parents, her sister Irene Kowitz, brother-in-law Robert Olson, and sister-in -law June Tharaldson preceded her in death. Survivors include her husband, Hiram Gates, Jr. of...

Mike Hoffman

Jul 28, 2008

Michael LaVerne Hoffman, son of David and Linda (Minder) Hoffman, was born June 14, 1973 in St. Cloud , Minnesota . Mike grew up in Morris, where he was baptized on August 5, 1973 and confirmed on November 12, 1989 at Assumption Catholic Church. He began his schooling at St. Mary’s School...

Mary Denler

Jul 26, 2008

Mary Lorraine Barnett was born April 3, 1930, in Sorento , IL . She attended grade school in Reading and Worthington , MN , and graduated from Cambridge in 1948. She then attended Northwestern Schools in Minneapolis . While at Northwestern, Gene Denler and his identical twin, Dean, became...

Kyle Riley

Jul 26, 2008

Kyle Francis Riley, son of Jim and Carrol (Crow) Riley, was born January 31, 1972 at Morris, Minnesota. He was baptized and later confirmed at Assumption Catholic Church in Morris. Kyle grew up and received his schooling in the Morris area, and at a young age, began working with his family at Jim Riley & Sons Construction. While attending Morris Area High...

Margaret Hall

Jul 25, 2008

Margaret was born in Pope County near Cyrus, to Sever and Kari (Galdi) Veum. She married Gordon Hall in 1935. The couple farmed on Yankee Ridge Road all of their married lives. Margaret lived life to the fullest, enjoying her family and friends. She especially enjoyed quilting with the ladies at the Federated Church where she was a member, and was...