February 16, 2001
Jane Eby
MANKATO - Jane M. Eby, 84, died Saturday. Memorial services are 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Centenary United Methodist Church, Mankato.
Edgar Turner
ST. JAMES - Edgar Turner, 74, died Wednesday. Arrangements are pending with Pease Funeral Home, St. James.
Imogene Nelson
ST. PETER - Imogene V. Nelson, 81, died Thursday. Services are 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Norseland Lutheran Church. Visitation is 1 to 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the church.
Rita Smith
ST. JAMES - Rita Smith, 86, died Wednesday. Arrangements are pending with Pease Funeral Home, St. James.
February 21, 2001
Abigale Peterson
SLEEPY EYE - Abigale Rose Peterson, 5, daughter of DuWayne and Shannon Peterson of Sleepy Eye, died Monday. Services are 11 a.m. Friday at St. Matthew's Lutheran Church in Evan. Visitation is 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Sturm Funeral Home, Sleepy Eye, and continues one hour before services Friday at the church.
Jodi Crawford
MINNEAPOLIS - Jodi Ann Crawford, 36, died Monday. Services are 10:30 a.m. Friday at St. Casimir Catholic Church in Wells. Visitation is 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday with a 7 p.m. prayer service at Bruss-Heitner Funeral Home, Wells. Visitation continues one hour before services with a 9:30 a.m. rosary Friday at the church.
Minnie James
BELGRADE - Former Mankato resident Minnie James, 97, died Saturday. Private services will be at a later date this summer.
Anna Dienst
MANKATO - Anna Dienst, 97, died Tuesday. Services are 11 a.m. Friday at Centenary United Methodist Church in Mankato. Visitation is 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Landkamer Johnson-Boman Funeral Home, Mankato, and continues one hour before services Friday at the church.
February 22, 2001
Emil Glamm
WASECA - Emil W. Glamm, 94, died Wednesday. Services are 11 a.m. Friday at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Morristown. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. today at Arnoldt-McRaith Funeral Home, Janesville, and continues one hour before services Friday at the church.
Margaret Brandt
LE SUEUR - Margaret B. Brandt, 89, died Wednesday. Services are 11 a.m. Friday at Zion United Church of Christ, Le Sueur. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. today at Kolden Funeral Home, Le Sueur, and continues one hour before services Friday at the church.
Florence Schultz
LAFAYETTE - Florence Schultz, 97, died Monday. Services are 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at First Lutheran Church in Lafayette. Visitation is two hours before services Tuesday at the church.
February 23, 2001
Mildred Ellis
MAPLETON - Mildred Louise Augusta Ellis, 87, died Wednesday. Services are 11 a.m. Saturday at St. John's Lutheran Church in Mapleton. Visitation is 4 to 7 p.m. today at Olson-Tichenor Funeral Home in Mapleton and continues one hour before services Saturday at the church.
Genevieve Moffitt
LE CENTER - Genevieve Joy Moffitt, 81, died Wednesday. Services are 1 p.m. Tuesday at United Methodist Church in Le Center. Visitation is noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday at the church.
Bridget Volkenant
BLUE EARTH - Bridget M. Volkenant, 89, died Wednesday. Services are 10:30 a.m. Monday at SS. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Blue Earth. Visitation is 9 to 10:30 a.m. Monday at the church.
Paul Nagel
WINNEBAGO - Paul W. Nagel, 88, died Wednesday. Arrangements are pending with Spencer-Owen Funeral Home, Winnebago.
Florence Schultz
LAFAYETTE - Florence Jennet Evangeline Schultz, 97, died Tuesday. Services are 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at First Lutheran Church in Lafayette. Visitation is two hours before services Tuesday at the church.
Harold Anderson
JACKSON - Former MSU student Harold L. Anderson, 65, died Monday. Services are 11 a.m. Saturday at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Jackson. Visitation is 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. today at Kramer Family Funeral Home in Jackson and one hour before services Saturday at the church.
Richard Anderson Sr.
ST. PETER - Richard Anderson Sr., 75, died Thursday. St. Peter Funeral Service is handling arrangements.
February 24, 2001
Marie Gorman
WELLS - Former Jo Davies Township resident Marie Gorman, 88, died Friday, Feb. 23, 2001. Services are 10:30 a.m. Monday at St. Casimir Catholic Church in Wells. Visitation is 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday at Bruss-Heitner Funeral Home in Wells, with a 6:30 p.m. prayer service. Visitation continues one hour before services Monday at the church, with a 9:30 a.m. rosary service.
Beverly Felix
HENDERSON - Beverly Felix, 64, died Friday, Feb. 23, 2001. Services are 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Henderson. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. Monday at Kolden Funeral Home in Henderson, with a 7:30 p.m. prayer service.
Wesley Menton
DEERWOOD - Wesley Menton, 78, died Thursday, Feb. 22, 2001. Services are 2 p.m. Sunday at Koop Funeral Home in Crosby. Burial with military honors is in Fairview Cemetery in Remer. Visitation is two hours before services Sunday at the funeral home.
Margaret M. Nelson
SHAKOPEE - Former St. Peter resident Margaret M. Nelson, 86, died Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2001. Arrangements are pending with Klein Funeral Home in St. Peter.
Gerald Traxler
ST. PAUL - Former Belle Plaine resident Gerald "Jerry" Traxler, 69, died Thursday, Feb. 22, 2001. Services are 10:30 Monday at St. Thomas Catholic Church in Le Sueur County with burial in Calvary Cemetery in Le Center. Visitation is one hour before services Monday at the church.
Louise Eckhardt
BLUE EARTH - Louise Eckhardt, 102, died Friday, Feb. 23, 2001. Services are 11 a.m. Wednesday at the care center.
Clifford Zimmerman
WINNEBAGO - Clifford Zimmerman, 88, died Friday, Feb. 23, 2001. Arrangements are pending with Spencer-Owen Funeral Home in Winnebago.
February 26, 2001
Charles Beckwith
SOUTH ST. PAUL - Former Mankato resident Charles A. Beckwith, 91, died Saturday, Feb. 24, 2001. Services are 4 p.m. Tuesday at Woodland Hills Funeral Home in Mankato and 11 a.m. Tuesday at Heritage Lutheran Church in Apple Valley.
Audie Blank
ST. CLAIR - Audie Blank, 88, died Sunday, Feb. 25, 2001. Services are 1 p.m. Saturday at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church in St. Clair. Visitation is 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at Arnoldt-McRaith Funeral Home in Janesville and continues one hour before services Saturday at the church.
Violet Ehlert
ALBERT LEA - Former Bricelyn resident Violet L. Ehlert, 91, died Saturday, Feb. 24, 2001. Services are 2 p.m. Wednesday at Rice Lake United Methodist Church. Visitation is 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Bruss-Heitner Funeral Home in Wells and continues one hour before services Wednesday at the church.
Phoebe Ross
FARIBAULT - Phoebe Z. Ross, 80, died Saturday, Feb. 24, 2001. Services are 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Faribault. Visitation is 3 to 8 p.m. today at Parker Kohl Funeral Home in Faribault, with a 3:30 p.m. rosary and a 4:30 p.m. parish prayer service. Visitation continues 9:30 to 10:20 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Iva Yokiel
AMES, Iowa - Former Wells resident Iva Grace Yokiel, 86, died Sunday, Feb. 25, 2001. Services are 11 a.m. Tuesday at St. Casimir Catholic Church in Wells. Visitation is one hour before services Tuesday at the church.
Margaret Nelson
SHAKOPEE - Former St. Peter resident Margaret Marcella Nelson, 86, died Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2001. Private services were Friday at Klein Funeral Home in St. Peter. Burial was in Resurrection Cemetery in St. Peter.
Helen Oothoudt
VIRGINIA - Former Winnebago resident Helen Oothoudt, 89, died Saturday, Feb. 24, 2001. Arrangements are pending with Spencer-Owen Funeral Home in Winnebago.
Sylvia Johnston
BLUE EARTH - Sylvia F. Johnston, 80, died Saturday, Feb. 24, 2001. Arrangements are pending with Patton Funeral Home in Blue Earth.
Donald Schroeder
WALDORF - Donald A. Schroeder, 73, died Saturday, Feb. 24, 2001. Services are 11 a.m. Tuesday at First Lutheran Church in Waldorf. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. today at Bruss-Heitner Funeral Home in Wells and continues one hour before services Tuesday at the church.
Richard Anderson Sr.
ST. PETER - Richard J. "R.R. Dick" Anderson Sr., 75, died Thursday, Feb. 22, 2001. Services are 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at First Lutheran Church in St. Peter. Visitation is 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at St. Peter Funeral Service, with a 7 p.m. Masonic service. Visitation continues one hour before services Wednesday at the church.
Dolores Steinhaus
NEW ULM - Dolores Steinhaus, 75, died Saturday, Feb. 24, 2001. Services are 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church in New Ulm. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. today at Minnesota Valley Funeral Home in New Ulm and continues one hour before services Tuesday at the church.
Louise Eckhardt
BLUE EARTH - Louise Eckhardt, 102, died Friday, Feb. 23, 2001. Services are 11 a.m. Wednesday at the care center. Visitation is 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Patton Funeral Home in Blue Earth and continues one hour before services Wednesday at the care center.
Lenora Dressel
LE SUEUR - Sharon Township native Lenora J. Dressel, 97, died Saturday, Feb. 24, 2001. Services are 2 p.m. Tuesday at Kolden Funeral Home in Le Sueur. Visitation is one hour before services Tuesday at the funeral home.
February 27, 2001
Charles Beckwith
SOUTH ST. PAUL - Charles A. Beckwith, 91, died Saturday. Services are 4 p.m. today at Woodland Hills Funeral Home, Mankato. Visitation is 9:30 to 11 a.m. today at the church.
Craig Piper
LONSDALE - Craig Piper, 60, died Saturday Services are 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in New Prague. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. today at Bruzek Funeral Home in New Prague.
Dolores Burch
MANKATO - Dolores E. Burch, 61, died Sunday. Services are 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Centenary United Methodist Church, Mankato. Visitation is 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at Mankato Mortuary and continues one hour before services Saturday at the church.
Robert Pieper
HANSKA - Robert L. Pieper, 71, died Sunday. Services are 11 a.m. Thursday at Lake Hanska Lutheran Church. Visitation is 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Firle Funeral Home, Hanska, and continues one hour before services Thursday at the church.
Charley Griffin
JANESVILLE - Charley E. Griffin, 79, died Sunday. Services are 1 p.m. Friday at Trinity Lutheran Church in Janesville. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Olson-Tichenor Funeral Home in Mapleton. Visitation continues one hour before services Friday at the churh.
Lillian Schulties
MANKATO - Lillian Schulties, 91, died Friday. Services are 11 a.m. Friday at Rees Funeral Home in Hobart, Ind. Mankato Mortuary is handling local arrangements.
Sylvia Johnston
BLUE EARTH - Sylvia F. Johnston, 80, died Saturday. Services are 11 a.m. Thursday at Trinity Lutheran Church in Blue Earth. Visitation is 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Patton Funeral Home in Blue Earth.
February 28, 2001
Arnold Tupy
MONTGOMERY - Arnold Tupy, 69, died Monday. Services are 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Holy Redeemer Catholic Church in Montgomery. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. today with a 7:30 p.m. rosary at Schoenbauer Funeral Home, Montgomery.
Willmar Tiede
LE CENTER - Willmar H. Tiede, 79, died Sunday. Arrangements are pending with Le Center Funeral Home.
Charley Griffin
JANESVILLE -Charley E. Griffin, 79, died Sunday. Services are 1 p.m. Friday at Trinity Lutheran Church in Janesville. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Olson-Tichenor Funeral Home in Mapleton. Visitation continues one hour before services Friday at the church.
Helen Oothoudt
VIRGINIA - Helen Oothoudt, 89, died Saturday. Services are 10 a.m. Friday at Spencer-Owen Funeral Home in Winnebago. Visitation is 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday and one hour before services Friday at the funeral home.
Leonard Peterson Jr.
MANKATO - Leonard Peterson Jr.., 66, died Tuesday. Services are 11 a.m. Saturday at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Mankato.
Dolores Burch
MANKATO - Dolores E. Burch, 61, died Sunday. Memorial services are 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Centenary United Methodist Church in Mankato.Visitation is 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at Mankato Mortuary and continues one hour before services Saturday at the church.
Robert Friedrichs
GIBBON - New Ulm native Robert "Bob" Friedrichs, 75, died Sunday. Services are 11 a.m. Thursday at St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Moltke Township, Sibley County. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. today at Minnesota Valley Funeral Home in Gibbon and continues one hour before services Thursday at the church.
