December 11, 2001
Walter Behnke
GOOD THUNDER - Walter Behnke, 77, died Sunday. Services are 1 p.m. Wednesday at St. John Lutheran Church in Good Thunder. Visitation is 4 to 7 p.m. today at Mankato Mortuary and continues one hour prior to services Wednesday at the church.
Marie Konkel
SHAKOPEE - Marie Alice Konkel, 89, died Saturday. Graveside services are 11 a.m. Friday at Calvary Cemetery in St. James. Visitation is 9 to 10:30 a.m. Friday at Pease Funeral Home in St. James.
Elvin Wegner
AMBOY - Elvin C. Wegner, 84, died Sunday. Services are 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Amboy. Visitation is 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Olson Funeral Home in Truman and continues one hour prior to services Thursday at the church.
Willard Isenberg
NEW ULM - Willard Isenberg, 86, died Sunday. Services are 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church in New Ulm. Visitation is 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Firle Funeral Home in New Ulm and continues one hour prior to services Wednesday at the church.
F. Evelyn Denison
MANKATO - F. Evelyn Denison, 95, died Sunday. Memorial services are 1 p.m. Saturday at the First Presbyterian Church. Visitation is 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at the Landkamer's Johnson-Boman Funeral Home and continues one hour prior to services Saturday at the church.
Judson Anderson
ST. PETER - Judson R. Anderson, 81, died Friday. Services are 2 p.m. Wednesday at Mankato Mortuary Chapel. Visitation is 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Mankato Mortuary and continues one hour prior to services on Wednesday.
John Marthaler
LE SUEUR - John Jacob Marthaler, 81, died Thursday. Memorial services are 10 a.m. Saturday at the Church of the Holy Communion in St. Peter.
Margaret Kahnke
BLOOMINGTON - Margaret M. Kahnke, 96, died Friday. Services are 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Ann's Catholic Church in Janesville.
Abby Windschitl
COMFREY - Abby Windschitl, 10, died Sunday. Services are 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at St. Raphael's Catholic Church in Springfield. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. tonight and 7:30 to 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Sturm Funeral Home in Springfield. There is a 7:30 p.m. prayer service tonight at the funeral home.
Eleanora Wendinger
ST. GEORGE - SEleanora Wendinger, 86, died Friday. Services are 11 a.m. Wednesday at the St. George Catholic Church in St. George. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. tonight and continues 7:30 to 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Minnesota Valley Funeral Home in New Ulm. There is a 6:30 p.m. combined rosary by the Council of Catholic Women, the Catholic Aid Society and the Catholic Order of Foresters, and an 8 p.m. prayer service tonight at the funeral home.
Kenneth Brackelsberg
MADELIA - Kenneth Brackelsberg, 61, died Monday. Pilgrim Funeral Home in Madelia is handling arrangements.
Kevin Vanlandingham
INDIANAPOLIS - Mankato native Kevin Andrew Vanlandingham, 38, died Sunday. Services are 6 p.m. Wednesday at Vandivier-Tudor Funeral Home in Franklin, Ind. Visitation is 4 to 6 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
December 12, 2001
Patrick Buesgens
BELLE PLAINE - Patrick Buesgens, 68, died Saturday. Services are 10 a.m. Thursday at The Lutheran Home Chapel in Belle Plaine.
Warren Melvin
MANKATO - Warren J. "Punk" Melvin, 59, died Tuesday. Services are 10:30 a.m. Friday at Our Savior's Lutheran Church. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Mankato Mortuary and will continue one hour prior to services Friday at the church.
Lydia Foss
ST. PETER - Lydia Foss, 93, died Tuesday. Services are 11 a.m. Friday at Trinity Lutheran Church in St. Peter. Visitation is 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday and one hour before services Friday at the church.
Elvin Wegner
AMBOY - Elvin Carl Wegner, 84, died Sunday. Services are 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Amboy. Visitation is 4 to 7 p.m. today at Olson-Zaharia Funeral Home in Truman and one hour before services Thursday at the church.
F. Evelyn Denison
MANKATO - Florence Evelyn Denison, 95, died Sunday. Memorial services are 1 p.m. Saturday at First Presbyterian Church in Mankato. Visitation is 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at Landkamer's Johnson-Boman Funeral Home and continues one hour before services Saturday at the church.
Seraphine Gaard
BLUE EARTH - Seraphine G. Gaard, 91, died Tuesday. Services are 2 p.m. Thursday at Woodland Hills Chapel. Visitation is two hours before services Thursday at the chapel.
Kenneth Brackelsberg
MADELIA - Kenneth Brackelsberg, 61, died Monday. Services are 10:30 a.m. Friday at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Madelia. Visitation is 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday and 9 to 10:15 a.m. Friday at Pilgrim Funeral Home in Madelia.
December 13, 2001
George Swenson
NEW RICHLAND - George Milton "Milt" Swenson, 78, died Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2001. Services are 2 p.m. Friday at the First Congregational Church in New Richland. Visitation is 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. tonight at Friedrich Funeral Home in New Richland.
Ella Junker
REDWOOD FALLS - Former Sleepy Eye resident Ella Antonia Junker, 85, died Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2001. Services are 10:30 a.m. Friday at Trinity Lutheran Church in Sleepy Eye. Visitation is 5 to 8 p.m. today and 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. Friday at Sturm Funeral Home in Sleepy Eye and one hour before services Friday at the church.
Marilyn Marti
MANKATO - Marilyn Jean Marti, 67, died Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2001. Memorial services are 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Peter & Paul's Catholic Church. Visitation is 4 to 6 p.m. Friday at Woodland Hills Funeral Home, with a prayer service at 6 p.m., and continues one hour prior to services Saturday at the church.
Phyllis Heinen
SPRINGFIELD - Phyllis Florence Heinen, 67, died Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2001. Services are 11 a.m. Friday at St. John's Lutheran Church in Springfield. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. tonight and continues 7:30 to 9 a.m. Friday at Sturm Funeral Home in Springfield. Visitation also continues one hour prior to services Friday at the church.
Elroy Mladek
MONTGOMERY - Elroy F. Mladek, 83, of Montgomery, died Monday, Dec. 10, 2001. Services are 10 a.m. Monday at Holy Redeemer Church in Montgomery. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday, with a 7:30 p.m. rosary, and continues 8 to 10 a.m. Monday at Schoenbauer Funeral Home in Montgomery.
Adeline Tollefson
WASECA - Adeline Contance Tollefson, 81, died Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2001. Services are 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Grace Lutheran Church in Waseca. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at the McRaith Funeral Home in Waseca and continues one hour prior to services Saturday at the church.
Warren Melvin
MANKATO - Warren J. "Punk" Melvin, 59, died Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2001. Services are 10:30 a.m. Friday at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Mankato. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. today at Mankato Mortuary and one hour before services Friday at the church.
William Esser
SPRINGFIELD - William "Bill" George Esser, 82, died Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2001. Services are 10:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Raphael's Catholic Church in Springfield. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, with a 7:30 prayer service, and continues 7:30 to 10 a.m. Saturday at Sturm Funeral Home in Springfield.
Eugene Odenthal
MONTGOMERY - Former Heidelberg resident Eugene John Odenthal, 75, died Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2001. Services are 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Scholastica Catholic Church in Heidelberg. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at Le Center Funeral Home in Le Center and continues two hours prior to services Saturday at the church.
Steve Leiferman
SAN BERNANDINO, Calif. - Former Mankato resident Steve Leiferman, 32, died Sunday, Dec. 9, 2001. Services are 11 a.m. Friday at Landkamer Johnson-Boman Funeral Home in Mankato. Visitation is one hour before services Friday at the funeral home.
F. Evelyn Denison
MANKATO - Florence Evelyn Denison, 95, died Sunday, Dec. 9, 2001. Memorial services are 1 p.m. Saturday at First Presbyterian Church in Mankato. Visitation is 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at Landkamer's Johnson-Boman Funeral Home and continues one hour before services Saturday at the church.
December 14, 2001
Kenneth S. Peterson
WASECA - Kenneth S. Peterson, 80, died Thursday, Dec. 13, 2001. Services are 1:30 p.m. Monday at Grace Lutheran Church in Waseca. Visitation is 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday at Kinder-Dennis Home for Funerals in Waseca and one hour before services Monday at the church.
LeRoy Preble
MONTGOMERY - LeRoy J. Preble, 77, died Saturday, Dec. 8, 2001. Services are 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Holy Redeemer Catholic Church in Montgomery. Visitation is 3 to 8 p.m. today at Schoenbauer Funeral Home in Montgomery, with a 7:30 p.m. Knights of Columbus rosary.
Gary Nagel
WINONA - Former Henderson resident Gary W. Nagel, 43, died Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2001. Services are 11 a.m. Monday at Centennial Lutheran Church in Henderson. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the Kolden Funeral Home in Henderson and will continue one hour prior to services Monday at the church.
Leora Becker
TRUMAN - Leora Becker, 77, died Thursday, Dec. 13, 2001. Services are 2 p.m. Sunday at St. John's Lutheran Church of South Branch in rural St. James. Visitation is 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday at Olson-Zaharia Funeral Home in Truman and continues one hour before services Sunday at the church.
Fern Eisenmenger
SHERBURN - Fern L. Eisenmenger, 81, died Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2001. Services are 10:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Luke's Catholic Church in Sherburn. Visitation is 4 to 7 p.m. today at Kramer Family Funeral Home in Sherburn with a Scriptural wake service at 7 p.m. Visitation continues one hour before services Saturday at the church.
Grant Mollenhauer
OWATONNA - Grant E. Mollenhauer, 89, died Thursday, Dec. 13, 2001. Services are 11 a.m. Monday at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Owatonna. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Brick-Meger Funeral Home in Owatonna with 4 p.m. rosary. Visitation continues 10 to 10:45 a.m. Monday at the funeral home.
December 15, 2001
Harold Bohm
ROCHESTER - Wells resident Harold E. Bohm, 86, died Friday, Dec. 14, 2001. Services are 11 a.m. Monday at Bruss-Heitner Funeral Chapel in Wells. Visitation is one hour prior to services Monday at the funeral home.
Roald Dybvig
ST. PETER - Roald "Rollie" Dybvig, 84, died Friday, Dec. 14, 2001. Klein Funeral Home is handling arrangements.
Roger Goerish
ALBERT LEA - Kiester resident Roger J. Goerish, 57, died Thursday, Dec. 13, 2001. Services are 11 a.m. Tuesday at St. Casimir Catholic Church in Wells. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. Monday at the church including a 6:30 p.m. prayer service. Visitation continues one hour prior to service Tuesday at the church.
Emelia Rengstorf
COURTLAND - Emelia Rengstorf, 94, died Friday, Dec. 14, 2001. Services are 11 a.m. Monday at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Courtland Township, Nicollet County. Visitation is 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday and continues 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. Monday at the Minnesota Valley Funeral Home in New Ulm. Visitation also continues one hour prior to services Monday at the church.
Ruth Schmidt
PLYMOUTH, Iowa - Former St. James resident Ruth Alice Schmidt, 83, died Thursday, Dec. 13, 2001. Memorial services are 2 p.m. Sunday at the Plymouth Road Bible Church in Plymouth.
Adeline Hauch Peterson
HOPKINS - Mankato native Adeline A. Hauch Peterson, 83, died Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2001. Memorial services are 2 p.m. Jan. 5 at Washburn-McReavy Funeral Home, Eden Prairie Chapel. Visitation is one hour before services Jan. 5 at the chapel.
December 17, 2001
LaVerne Hensel
MANKATO - Longtime rural Mankato resident LaVerne Charles Hensel, 89, died Saturday, Dec. 15, 2001, at the Country Manor Health Care Facility in Sartell. Services are 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at SS. Peter and Paul's Catholic Church in Mankato, Rev. Ted Hottinger officiating. Burial is in Calvary Cemetery.Visitation is 5 to 8 p.m. today at Landkamer Johnson-Boman Funeral Home, with a 7 p.m. prayer service. Visitation continues one hour before services Tuesday at the church.
Verna Schwanke
WASECA - Verna Schwanke, 104, died Sunday, Dec. 16, 2001, at her home in Waseca. Services are 11 a.m. Wednesday at Evangelical United Methodist Church in Waseca. Visitation is one hour before services Wednesday at the church. Kinder-Dennis Home for Funerals in Waseca is handling arrangements.
Donald Zeiher
LE SUEUR - Lifetime Le Sueur area resident Donald L. Zeiher, 78, died Saturday, Dec. 15, 2001, at his home in Le Sueur. Services are noon Tuesday at St. Anne's Catholic Church in Le Sueur, Rev. Kenneth O'Hotto officiating. Burial is Wednesday in Fort Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. today at Kolden Funeral Home in Le Sueur, with a 7:30 p.m. parish prayer service.
Roald Dybvig
ST. PETER - Retired ADC employee Roald "Rollie" Dybvig, 84, died Friday, Dec. 14, 2001, at St. Peter Community Health Care Center. Services are 2 p.m. Wednesday at Klein Funeral Home in St. Peter, Rev. Eric Natwick officiating. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery at a later date. Visitation is noon to 2 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorials are preferred to Alzheimer's Disease Research Association.
Vernon Kleinschmidt
NEW HOPE - Former New Ulm resident Vernon "Pat" Kleinschmidt, 82, of Minneapolis died Friday, Dec. 14, 2001, at Northridge Care Center in New Hope. Services are 10:30 a.m. today at Faith Lutheran Church in New Ulm, Rev. Doug Libby officiating. Burial is in New Ulm City Cemetery. Visitation is one hour before services today at the church. Minnesota Valley Funeral Home in New Ulm is handling arrangements.
Howard Ahl
WINNEBAGO - Winnebago resident Howard W. Ahl, 55, died Friday, Dec. 14, 2001, at Abbott-Northwestern Medical Center in Minneapolis. He had been ill with cancer. Services are 1 p.m. Wednesday at Spencer-Owen Funeral Home in Winnebago, Rev. Rhea Evanson officiating. Burial is in Rose Hill Cemetery in Winnebago. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Nora Lavitschke Grant
MANKATO - Former Telex employee Nora F. Lavitschke Grant, 88, of Mankato died Saturday, Dec. 15, 2001, at Immanuel St. Joseph's Hospital in Mankato. Services are 11 a.m. Tuesday at Calvary Lutheran Church in Rapidan, Rev. William Meiers officiating. Burial is in Woodland Hills Memorial Park. Visitation is 3 to 7 p.m. today at Woodland Hills Funeral Home and one hour before services Tuesday at the church.
Mildred Erlandson Fish-Derrick
EUGENE, Ore. - Mankato native Mildred Erlandson Fish-Derrick, 86, of Eugene, Ore., died Friday, Dec. 14, 2001. Graveside services are 10 a.m. Wednesday at Pleasant Hill, Ore. Chapel of Memories Funeral Home in Eugene is handling arrangements. Memorials are preferred to American Heart Association.
Clarence Fisher
ARLINGTON - Retired Gaylord area farmer Clarence August Fisher, 85, died Saturday, Dec. 15, 2001, at Good Samaritan Center in Arlington. Services are 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Trinity Lutheran Church in rural Gaylord, Rev. Karl Jacobson officiating. Burial is in church cemetery. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. today and 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. Tuesday at Egesdal Funeral Home in Gaylord, and one hour before services at the church.
Julia Anderson
MADELIA - Longtime Hanska area resident Julia Oletta Anderson, 96, died Saturday, Dec. 15, 2001
at Luther Memorial Home in Madelia. Services are 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Zion Lutheran Church in Hanska, Rev. Marcia Hegna officiating. Burial is in church cemetery. Visitation is 4 to 7 p.m. Monday at the Firle Funeral Home in Hanska and one hour before services at the church.
