Obituaries

Constance Carol Hinneberg

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Margaret Anne Walsh

Margaret Anne Walsh

Dec 3, 2013

Murdock, Minnesota - Margaret Anne Walsh, age 95, of Murdock, passed peacefully at the Bethesda Heritage Center on Tuesday, December 3, 2013. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m., Saturday, December 7, 2013, at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Murdock, with the Rev. William Sprigler officiating. Visitation will be held from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. on Friday, December...

Beverly Ann Goldsmith

Beverly Ann Goldsmith

Dec 1, 2013

Beverly Ann Goldsmith was born in Grant County, South Dakota on June 23, 1938. She was the eldest of two children. Bev and her sister, Mona Maude, were born to parents Owen and Mona Mae (Hills) Goldsmith. She enjoyed looking through magazines, especially "People Magazine", listening to country music, and she liked to watch "Oprah", "Ellen", and "Dr. Phil". Bev...

Vera Mae Krattenmaker

Vera Mae Krattenmaker

Dec 1, 2013

Benson, Minnesota - Vera Mae (Chevalier) Krattenmaker, age 85, of Benson, formerly of DeGraff, died Sunday, December 1, 2013 at the Golden Living Center - Meadow Lane in Benson, Minnesota. Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Thursday, December 5, 2013, at 11:00 a.m., at the St. Bridget's Catholic Church in DeGraff, with Father Steven Verhelst officiating. Visitation will...

Roger Gronholz

Roger Gronholz

Nov 30, 2013

Roger Lenoyd Gronholz was born October 14, 1929, to parents Paul E. and Martha (Radtke) Gronholz at their farm home in Shible Township, Swift County. He was baptized November 1, 1929, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Appleton and was confirmed on April 18, 1943, at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Shible Township. Roger attended rural school at District 56 for grades 1-8...

Charles Edward Ascheman

Charles Edward Ascheman

Nov 16, 2013

Charles Edward Ascheman was born on June 18, 1960 in Benson, Minnesota, to Lyle and Beatrice (Hoberg) Ascheman. Chuck attended school in Clontarf and later in Benson. He worked at TCI, Case, Jennie-O foods, and for numerous farmers. Chuck started his trucking business, Malachy Flats, and drove truck in North Dakota building roads on the oil fields. Chuck also helped...

Mildred Edith Zinda

Mildred Edith Zinda

Nov 12, 2013

Mildred Edith Zinda was born on the farm southeast of Holloway in Edison Township, Swift County, on February 21, 1917, to parents Fred and Clara (Forschler) Hallaway. She was baptized in May of 1938 at Appleton. She went to country school at District 69 until the age of ten when her mother died and she went to live with her...

Marian Lucille Beveridge

Marian Lucille Beveridge

Nov 3, 2013

Marian Lucille Beveridge was born on April 24, 1918, in Appleton to parents Clifford and Nellie (Gavin) Williamson. Marian grew up and Appleton and graduated from Appleton High School in 1937. On July 13, 1958, she was married to Warren "Hensey" Beveridge at the United Methodist Church in Montevideo. Marian was very artistic and kept busy painting, quilting, crocheting, knitting...

The Rev. Robert Williams Mckewin

The Rev. Robert Williams Mckewin

Oct 31, 2013

Robert Williams McKewin was born April 20, 1924, in St. Paul to George and Edda (Williams) McKewin. He graduated from Breck High School. Later he received his Bachelor's Degree in Education from the University of Minnesota where he also received his Master's Degree in Educational Psychology. He also received an honorary doctorate in geriatrics. Bob McKewin was a Christian man...

Alice Laura Reese

Alice Laura Reese

Oct 28, 2013

Funeral services for Alice L. Reese will be held at Abundant Life Church in East Rockingham, North Carolina, with officiants Pastor Joe Wilkes and Wayne Corder. Organist is Tami Bailey, and soloists are Tina Gillist and Little Joe Wilkes singing "Look What I've Traded for my Mansion." Congregational hymn is "Amazing Grace." Casketbeareres are: Jim Williams, John Reese, Billy Geiser,...

Naomi Mertis Miller

Naomi Mertis Miller

Oct 26, 2013

Naomi Mertis Rau was born on December 13, 1922 to Fred & Lc (Whaley) Rau, Columbia Heights, MN. She was baptized in 1923 and graduated from Appleton High School in May, 1940. She was united in marriage to Leo Merle Miller the following month on June 9, 1940. There were six children born to this union. The family lived in...

Virginia Magdalen Mcgeary

Virginia Magdalen Mcgeary

Oct 25, 2013

Virginia M. McGeary June 13, 1912 - October 25, 2013 Obituary Benson, Minnesota - Virginia M. McGeary, age 101, of Benson, died Friday, October 25, 2013 at the Southview Manor Home in Benson. Mass of Christian Burial will be 11:00 AM, Saturday, November 2, 2013, at the Visitation Catholic Church in Danvers, with Father William Sprigler officiating. Visitation will be...

Gary Bruce Kurrasch

Gary Bruce Kurrasch

Oct 24, 2013

Gary Bruce Kurrasch was born in Appleton on June 13, 1946, to parents Leonard and Dolores (Rodeen) Kurrasch. He was baptized and confirmed at the First United Methodist Church. Gary was raised in Appleton and graduated from Appleton High School in 1964. He received a degree in auto body repair from Austin Technical Institute. In September of 1966 he entered...