Obituaries
June Palm
Feb 19, 2013
June E. Palm, 92, of Murdock, MN passed away Tuesday, February 19, 2013, at Hospice of Boulder and Broomfield County in Louisville, Colorado. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. at Calvary Lutheran Church in Murdock on Friday, March 1, 2013 with Reverend Amy Juel Palmer officiating. Burial will be at Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery in Alexandria, MN. Visitation...
Bonnie Jean Ziegler
Feb 18, 2013
Bonnie J. Ziegler age 69, of Benson, passed away on Monday, February 18, at her home in Benson. Services - Funeral Mass will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday February 22, at St. Francis Catholic Church in Benson. Visitation-Friends may call from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 pm February 21, at Zniewski Funeral Home in Benson and for one hour prior...
Walter Henry Munsterman
Feb 16, 2013
Walter Henry Munsterman was born on May 14, 1913 to Adolph R. and Augusta (Stock) Munstermann. He was baptized on June 14, 1913 at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Shible and confirmed on April 17, 1927. Walter grew up in Swift County and graduated from the rural schools of District #42 and Immanuel Christian School on July 12, 1928. He then...
Clifford Leland Bronniche
Feb 12, 2013
Clifford Leland Bronniche was born in Benson, MN to Hattie Olson and Clifford Bronniche on March 24, 1930. He graduated from Benson High School in 1948 and was employed at J.C. Penney's. Cliff enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1950 and served for 2 years. In 1954, Cliff married Joan Friedlein and moved to Minneapolis to attend Minneapolis School of...
Melvin Arne Cram
Feb 7, 2013
Melvin Arne Cram was born on April 17, 1925, in St. Paul, Minnesota, the son of Melvin and Bertha Caroline (Svor) Cram. He was confirmed at Our Saviors Lutheran Church in Benson. He grew up in Benson and graduated from Benson High School. Melvin served in the United States Navy from 1943 - 1945, during WWII. He then attended Hamlin...
Vernon E. Hollingsworth
Feb 5, 2013
Vernon Eugene Hollingsworth was born March 9, 1929 to Harley B. and Helen J. (Peterson) Hollingsworth in rural Murray County near Walnut Grove, MN. He was baptized and confirmed in the Holly Methodist Church. He attended rural school district #24 through the 8th grade and then graduated from Walnut Grove High School in 1947. He was engaged in farming. On...
Geneva Hayes
Feb 3, 2013
Geneva J. Hayes was born on July 19, 1920, at the Murray homestead on the Yellow Bank River, rural Bellingham. Her parents were Ruthven Edgar and Lora Emma Augusta (Strei) Murray. Geneva was baptized October 10, 1920, at St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Bellingham and confirmed on May 20, 1934 at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Lester Prairie, MN. She attended schools...
Darwin H. Holstad
Jan 31, 2013
Darwin Henry Holstad was born on September 16, 1938, the son of Henry Edward and Agnes (Norby) Holstad, in Montevideo, Minnesota. He was baptized at Swenoda Church and confirmed in May of 1952 by Rev. Nashiem at Our Savior Church. He grew up south of Benson on a farm, attended District #21 country school and graduated from Benson High School....
Geneva M. Evenson
Jan 24, 2013
Geneva Marie (DeLano) Evenson was born on April 9, 1928, in Huron, South Dakota, the daughter of Richard John and Mattie May (DeGrout) DeLano. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith in Sunburg, Minnesota. She grew up and attended school in South Dakota until the age of 11 when she moved to Sunburg. On September 14, 1946, Geneva...
Wendell Falk
Jan 21, 2013
Wendell R. Falk, age 92, of New London, died Monday, January 21, at Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar. Funeral services and burial will be at 11:00 a.m. on January 26, at Bethesda Lutheran Church, in rural Murdock. Visitation will be Friday, January 25 from 5:00-7:00 p.m. at the Zniewski Funeral Home in Benson and one hour prior to the service...
Gary John Miller
Jan 19, 2013
Gary John Miller was born March 22, 1947, at Appleton to Melvin "Mike" and Marlys (Skjei) Miller. Gary grew up in Appleton and graduated from Appleton High School. He enlisted in the Minnesota Army National Guard and ended his 18 years as a Recruiter. July 2, 1967, he married Marlene Lund and they had two daughters, Kimberly and Bridgett. Gary's...
Kurt Jay Mills
Jan 16, 2013
Kurt Jay Mills was born to Darold and Marjorie Mills on May 16, 1956 at the Montevideo Hospital in Chippewa County. He graduated from High School in Grey Eagle, MN. Six months later, he joined the U.S. Army. He served more than 20 years in the Army with a large part of that spent in Germany. Kurt was stationed at...
Judith Elaine Wilder
Jan 11, 2013
Judith Elaine (Young) Wilder died Friday, Jan. 11, 2013, at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center in Lewiston. She was 63. Judy was born on August 30, 1949, in Benson, Minnesota, to Ernest and Agnes (Larson) Young. She attended schools in Benson, where she graduated in 1967. She then attended Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, MN, from 1967 to 1971....
Jean Marie Motzko
Jan 8, 2013
Jean Marie Motzko, age 70, of Benson, died Tuesday, January 8, 2013, at the Southview Manor in Benson. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m., Saturday, January 12, 2013, at St. Malachy's Catholic Church in Clontarf. Visitation will be from 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. on Friday, January 11, 2013 at St. Francis Catholic Church in Benson with a Rosary...
Bertha Gertrude Robertson
Jan 8, 2013
Bertha G. Robertson, 100, of Appleton, died Tuesday, January 8th at Appleton Area Health Services. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, January 12th at 11:00Am, at Word Fellowship Church in Appleton. Visitation will be held one hour prior to services at the Church on Saturday. Interment will immediately follow at the Appleton City Cemetery. Bertha Gertrude Robertson was born...
James Edward Matthews
Jan 5, 2013
James Edward Matthews was born on November 01, 1920, in Kildare Township, Swift County, Minnesota, the son of Edward H. and Mary A. Goggin Matthews. He was baptized and confirmed in the Catholic Faith at St. Bridget's Catholic Church in DeGraff. He grew up in Kildare Township and attended District #5 country school, and later graduated from Benson High School....
Karen Blalock
Jan 4, 2013
Karen Gay Richter Blalock, a relative newcomer to Appleton, died at home after Christmas. Karen moved to Appleton in 2008 to be near her son, Jason Linn Blalock, who graduated from the University of Minnesota at Morris. Karen was born in Los Angeles, Calif., Aug. 29, 1945, to Hugo Ernst Richter and Jolene Jordan Simmons Richter. In 1963, she graduated...
Milton Oscar Running
Jan 4, 2013
Milton Oscar Running was born March 31, 1929, in Chippewa County to parents Oscar and Margaret (Erickson) Running. He was baptized and confirmed at Kviteseid Lutheran Church in Milan. Milton graduated from Milan High School with the Class of 1947. On December 18, 1953, he entered the US Army and served until his honorable discharge on November 28, 1956. April...
Floyd W. Vergin
Dec 22, 2012
Floyd William Vergin was born on January 9, 1939, the son of Walter and Esther (Kolstad) Vergin of Benson. He grew up on the family farm and attended District #71 country school and graduated from Benson High School in 1957. He enlisted in the United States Air Force and served his country from 1957-1961. He returned to the Benson area...
James Dennis Flannigan
Dec 20, 2012
James Dennis Flannigan, was born on February 25, 1943 in Morris, Minnesota, the son of Richard Edgar and Gertrude Bertha (Schmidgall) Flannigan. He was baptized in the Lutheran faith and confirmed on September 7, 1980 by Rev. William Stockman at St. Mark's Lutheran Church in Benson. He attended school in Benson, graduating from Benson High School. Jim served his country...
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