Obituaries
Daniel Paul Knutson
Jan 30, 2014
Daniel Paul Knutson was born in Benson, MN, on November 15, 1960, the son of Gerald W. and Gloria H. (Nelson) Knutson. He was baptized and confirmed at Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church in Swift Falls. Dan was raised in the Benson area and graduated from Benson High School in 1979. After high school he attended Hennepin Technical College....
Ethel Norma Krupke
Jan 25, 2014
Ethel Norma Krupke was born in Tara Township, Swift County, on August 24, 1921, the daughter of Gust and Emma (Hoffman) Gades. She was baptized September 25, 1921 by Pastor H.J. Raedake at Fairfield Lutheran Church. Ethel was confirmed on April 14, 1935, also at Fairfield Lutheran Church, by Pastor P.E. Schwandt. On July 10, 1941 Ethel was united in...
George William Claussen
Jan 22, 2014
George William Claussen was born June 16, 1918, to John and Frieda (Riekens) Claussen, on a farm south of Creston, Nebraska. They lived there until moving to Creston when John retired. George was baptized and confirmed at St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Creston, Nebraska. He attended country school and graduated from the Creston High School in 1935. After graduation, George,...
Doris Lorraine Molden
Jan 13, 2014
Doris Lorraine Molden was born in Swift County on July 10, 1927 to William and Inga (Randen) Christenson. She was baptized August 10, 1927, and confirmed November 2, 1941, at Drywood United Lutheran Church and grew up in Swift County. She attended school through the eighth grade in Hegbert Township. On September 17, 1944, she was united in marriage to...
Douglas Lee Kittelson
Jan 12, 2014
Douglas Lee Kittelson was born October 8, 1952, at Appleton to parents Howard and Edith (Townsend) Kittelson. He was baptized and confirmed at Louisburg Lutheran Church. Douglas graduated from Appleton High School and Willmar Technical College. He was united in marriage to Marsha Stock and to this union four children were born. He farmed and owned his own taxidermist business....
John Edward Rear
Jan 11, 2014
John Edward Rear was born April 6, 1945, in Montevideo, Minnesota, the son of Edward and Agnes (Jorgenson) Rear. He was baptized and confirmed at the Mandt Lutheran Church in rural Montevideo. He grew up in Swenoda Township and graduated from Benson High School in 1963. On April 12, 1970, John was united in marriage to Carolyn M. Ladwig at...
Margaret Kathryn Smith
Jan 5, 2014
Margaret Kathryn Smith, nee Monson, age 86 joined the Lord and her husband on January 5, 2014. Margaret was born December 17, 1927 on a farm by Lake Hazel, Benson, Minnesota. She was one of nine children. From the ages of 3 to 17 she lived in seven different places, most within Minnesota. Margaret earned her GED in 1974. While...
Rodney Lee Fossen
Dec 30, 2013
Rodney Lee Fossen was born April 29, 1946, in Montevideo, Minnesota, the son of Ludvig Donald and Alice Agnes Louise (Pansch) Fossen. He was baptized at the Minnesota Valley Lutheran Church in Louisberg and confirmed at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Odessa. He grew up in the Madison and Odessa area and graduated from Odessa High School in 1964. On...
Debra Webber
Dec 29, 2013
Debra Lorraine Webber, age 50, of Hancock, Minnesota, passed away on Sunday, December 29th, 2013 at Swift County Benson Hospital, after a courageous battle with cancer. She was the beloved wife of Brian Webber. Debra was born in Canby, MN, on April 13, 1963. She grew up in Clarkfield, MN, till the age of 13 and then spent the rest...
Peter Raymond Ollendick
Dec 27, 2013
Peter Raymond Ollendick was born on May 2, 1948, in Benson, Minnesota, the son of Raymond and Esther Schwebach Ollendick. He was baptized and confirmed in the Catholic Faith and grew up in Tara Township, Swift County. He attended country school and then graduated from Benson High School. Peter served his country in the United States Army during the Vietnam...
Marian Francis Sondag
Dec 27, 2013
Marian Josephine Sondag was born May 14, 1929, to William and Veronica (Grathwohl) Rein at their home in Blue Earth County, Minnesota. She attended Catholic School in Searles and Madelia, Minnesota and finished eighth grade in District 65 and District 20 in Nicollet County. Marian was confirmed at the Church of the Visitation, Swan Lake, in rural Nicollet. She was...
Leila Leone Ellingson
Dec 22, 2013
Benson, Minnesota - Leila Leone Ellingson, age 89, of Benson, died Sunday, December 22, 2013, at the Golden Living Center - Meadow Lane. Funeral Services will be 11:00 A.M., Saturday, December 28, 2013, at the Our Redeemer's Lutheran Church in Benson, with Rev. Gary Brandenburg officiating. Visitation will be held from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. on Friday, December 27, 2013,...
Constance Carol Hinneberg
Dec 21, 2013
Constance Carol Hinneberg was born December 28, 1943, at Appleton to Albert and Gertrude (Galow) Uphoff. She was baptized and confirmed at Grace Lutheran Church in Correll. Connie graduated from Odessa High School. Connie's first, longest, and favorite job was taking care of her family. After the kids were all in school, she had her first paying job candling eggs....
Ellsworth Jerome Stensrud
Dec 21, 2013
Ellsworth Jerome Stensrud was born May 31, 1931, in Montevideo, Minnesota, the son of Julian and Esther (Ostlie) Stensrud. He was baptized in Watson, Minnesota, and confirmed in Rolling Forks Lutheran Church in Pope County. He grew up in Pope County and graduated from Glenwood High School in 1949. After graduation, Ellsworth attended Normal School in Glenwood and taught two...
Lyland Reich
Dec 13, 2013
Lyland Edward-Otto Reich was born May 13, 1916, the son of William and Amanda (Boese) Reich. He was born and raised on the family farm in Marysland Township, Swift County. Lyland was baptized on June 16, 1916 and was confirmed on July 13, 1930, both at St. John's Lutheran Church, Moyer Township. In 1930 he graduated from country school in...
Loretta Jacobson
Dec 7, 2013
Loretta Marian Jacobson was born on June 2, 1926, in Benson, Minnesota, the daughter of Henry and Stella (Ecklund) Schirmer. She grew up in the Benson area and graduated from Benson High School. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith. On April 5, 1945, Loretta was united in marriage with Bertice LeRoy Jacobson by Pastor Swedberg at the...
Leona B. Freilinger
Dec 6, 2013
Leona B. Freilinger was born on August 02, 1914, the daughter of Fred and Amanda Mattwa Nash, in Grace Township, Chippewa County, Minnesota. She was baptized at Havelock Church. She moved with her family to Wadena County, then back to Havelock Township in Chippewa County, and then in 1946 she moved to Maynard, where she worked as a clerk in...
Deann Kay Johnson
Dec 5, 2013
Clontarf, Minnesota - Deann Kay (Chamberlain) Johnson, age 73, of Clontarf, died peacefully at home on Thursday, December 5, 2013. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m., Monday, December 9, 2013 at the St. Malachy Catholic Church in Clontarf, with Father William Sprigler officiating. Interment will be held at the St. Malachy Catholic Cemetery. Visitation will be held from...
Duwayne C. Halvorson
Dec 5, 2013
DuWayne Carlyle Halvorson, 59, of Clontarf, passed away on Thursday, December 5, 2013, at St. Cloud Hospital. Funeral services burial will be held on Monday, December 9, 2013, at 1:00 p.m. at the Shalom Lutheran Church in Starbuck. Visitation will be held on Sunday, December 8, 2013, from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Zniewski Funeral Home in Benson,...
Arden Harold Pearson
Dec 4, 2013
Arden Harold Pearson was born in Swede Prairie Township of Yellow Medicine County on May 17, 1923, to Harold and Alice (Johnson) Pearson. He was baptized and confirmed at Swede Home Lutheran Church, rural Clarkfield, MN. Arden attended rural School District 90 and graduated from Clarkfield High School in 1942. On June 22, 1944 he entered the Army at Fort...
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