Deaths of 2015

The following is a list of obituaries that appeared in the Rock County Star Herald in 2015.
December 2014
Dec. 10: Gerald Moose, 89, Pipestone.
Dec. 12: Verona Engebretson, 91, Andover.
Dec. 27: Lois Lorenzen, 83, Jasper.
Dec. 28: Jane DeBoer, 80, Steen.
Dec. 30: Donald Hansen, 92, Hardwick.
 
January
Jan. 4: Joseph McFadden, 83, Brooklyn Center.
Jan. 5: Robert Schmitz, 84, Luverne; Alice Buss, 85, Luverne.
Jan. 6: Delphine Brakke, 89, Luverne.
Jan. 7: Gary Haper, 51, Fulda.
Jan. 9: Donald Lursen, 79, Adrian.
Jan. 10: Barbara Davis, 70, Brandon.
Jan. 17: Arlen Foss, 81, Worthington.
Jan. 22: Dennis Roning, 91, Bigfork; Nathan Skattum, 41, Luverne.
Jan. 25: Robert Buchholz, 70, Luverne; Harriet Skattum, 94, Hills.
Jan. 26: Robert Buchholz, 70, Luverne.
Jan. 31: Mark Lloyd, 47, Brandon, S.D.; Delmar Pap, 84, Coon Rapids; Frank Boon, 81, Rock Rapids, Iowa.
 
February
Feb. 1: Rose Klein, 93, Springfield, Mo.
Feb. 3: Edwin Deutsch, 82, Luverne; Jurgen Oeding, 101, Luverne.
Feb. 4: Larry Boelman, 73, Luverne; Patricia Mann, 62, Luverne.
Feb. 7: Dorothy Rodman, 98, Luverne.
Feb. 8: Duane Faber, 60, Canton, S.D.
Feb. 10: Darvin Eernisse, 71, Luverne.
Feb. 12: Helen Tinklenberg, 88, Pipestone.
Feb. 14: Joyce “Kitty” Halverson, 94, Hills.
Feb. 18: Cheryl Pavel, 56, Hills; Gleva Jacobson, 90, Estherville, Iowa.
 
March
March 1: LuVerna Hilliard, 104, Luverne.
March 3: Ramona Skidmore, 83, Blaine.
March 8: Eleanore Johnson, 95, Luverne.
March 12: Marvin Tekheim, 73, Worthington.
March 13: Mary Anne Ruppert, 76, Currie; Leona Kinsey, 85, Sioux Falls, S.D.
March 14: Wayne Burmeister, 84, Minneapolis; Virginia Fries, 92, Pipestone.
March 15: Elvin Clausen, 89, Sioux Falls, S.D.
March 21: William Phelps, 90, Fairmont.
March 26: Leo Swenson, 83, Luverne.
March 30: William Nath, 96, Luverne; Steven Hup, 59, Luverne; Allen Vis, 70, Valley Springs, S.D.
 
April
April 2: Barbara Flanigan, 73, Las Vegas, Nev.
April 4: Eleanor Nelson, 86, Hills.HHILL
April 6: Richard Johnson, 84, Sioux Falls, S.D.; Hilke Garrels Unverfehrt, 80, Luverne.
April 12: Sharon Iveland, 64, Santa Cruz, Calif.
April 15: Lucille Eads, 96, Luverne.
April 16: Henrietta Wassenaar, 91, Hills.
April 17: Darrell Huiskes, 68, Luverne.
April 19: Arnold “Mike” Spath, 94, Hills.
April 25: Rufus Garnmeister, 90, Luverne; Effie Gertz, 90, Fremont, Wis.
April 27: Mary Etta Johnston, 84, Hills.
April 29: Janice Riggins, 68, Luverne; Harlan Johnson, 83, Mazeppa.
April 30: Dwayne Christensen, 72, Luverne.
 
May
May 1: Lorain DePauw, 91, Luverne.
May 3: Margaret Nelson, 80, Luverne.
May 4: John Serie, 74, Waseca.
May 5: Dorothea Huiskes, 91, Luverne.
May 6: Carrie Boom, 77, Beaver Creek.
May 7: Vernon Brower, 86, Luverne.
May 11: Kristy Giesler, 32, Jasper.
May 13: Genevieve McClure, 87, Luverne.
May 15: Ruth Ann Nielsen, 65, Marion, S.D.
May 17: Vermayne Sundem, 77, Minneapolis.
May 18: Howard Emery, 86, Luverne.
May 20: Jerry Binford, 81, Luverne; Darvin Burmeister, 87, Sanborn, Minn.
May 26: Lynn Davis, 77, Fairchild, Wis.; Betty Ann Stueven, 49, Sioux Falls, S.D.
May 28: Martha Bakken, 104, Hills.
 
June
June 2: Charlotte Steffen, 81, Marshall.
June 13: Robert Knebel, 75, Luverne.
June 15: Mary Kinde, 66, Faribault.
June 23: Doris Hickman, 81, Ellsworth.
June 27: Sonja Luitjens, 91, Luverne.
June 30: Rick Dawson, 61, Luverne.
 
July
July 3: Lila Lee, 83, Luverne; Marion Swenson, 99, Luverne; Patricia Sedlacek, 84, Green Valley, Ariz.
July 4: Erma Smith, 97, Trenton, Fla.
July 12: Charles Herreid, 75, Worthington.
July 13: RoseAnne McCardell DeAmicis, 78, San Francisco, Calif.
July 14: Franklin Wulf, 82, Chula Vista, Calif.
July 16: Bertha Baker, 90, Edgerton; Carl Kopplow, 92, Adrian.
July 17: Patricia Brummel, 40, Sioux Center, Iowa.
July 18: Beatrice Goembel, 94, Luverne.
July 21: Marjorie Staeffler, 89, Hardwick.
July 22: Ramona Klooster, 79, Adrian.
July 23: Henrietta Mulder, 95, Luverne.
July 24: Lois Olson, 80, Luverne.
July 26: Bonnie Ralph, Sioux Falls, S.D.
July 30: Willemina Doppenerg, 97, Leota; Carol Van Orden, 71, Vancouver, Wash.
July 31: Lucille Taylor, 91, Luverne.
 
August
Aug. 1: Ann Erickson, 75, Hills.
Aug. 8: Lorna Schmidt, 79, Luverne.
Aug. 9: Jerome Taylor, 94, Luverne.
Aug. 10: Evelyn Feit, 97, Luverne; Henrietta Hargesheimer, 81, Luverne.
Aug. 11: Donna Stoterau, 73, Beaver Creek.
Aug. 13: A.D. “Bud” Bjerrum, 85, Luverne; Florence Buys, 91, Edgerton.
Aug. 17: Grace Braasch, 92, Luverne.
Aug. 18: Ralph Lais, 91, Magnolia; Alvin Zeinstra, 65, Luverne.
Aug. 20: Peter DeBoer, 89, Steen; Ellen Hansen, 94, Edgerton.
Aug. 24: Loretta Duffy, 71, Luverne.
Aug. 26: Jeanette Goebel, 92, Luverne.
Aug. 28: Loretta Gengler, 85, Adrian.
Aug. 29: Betty Ann Lorenzen, 88, Hardwick.
Aug. 30: Lawrence Gaul, 89, Ellsworth.
Aug. 31: Veda Mae Klaassen, 89, Luverne.
 
September
Sept. 2: Philip Barrow, 67, Loogootee, Ind.
Sept. 5: Lila Baustian, 75, Luverne.
Sept. 6: Verla Swenson, 81, Jasper.
Sept. 8: Esther Bahn, 101, Pipestone; Dorothy Feeken, 78, Comfrey; Virgil Staeffler, 90, Hardwick; Judeen Johnson, 87, Volga, S.D.
Sept. 16: Carolyn De Boer, 56, Beaver Creek; Wilfred Stueven, 90, Luverne.
Sept. 19: Bradley Houg, 65, Jasper.
Sept. 21: Steve Schneekloth, 67, Luverne.
Sept. 27: Sharon Maras, 69, Superior, Iowa.
Sept. 28: Christina Schomacker, 94, Luverne.
Sept. 29: Cyril Hill, 53, Jasper; Lauretta Ladd, 96, Luverne.
 
October
Oct. 3: Phyllis Siebenahler, 81, Luverne.
Oct. 5: Wade Brooks, 57, Sioux Falls, S.D.
Oct. 6: Esther Vande Hoef, 90, Hills.
Oct. 9: Dolores Melton, 90, Holland, Mich.
Oct. 15: Tamara Kurtz, 57, Luverne; Nyla Stearns, 91, Luverne.
Oct. 18: Bernice Minnehan, 90, Minneota.
Oct. 23: David Hessel, 85, Luverne.
Oct. 25: Kenneth Nelson, 87, Aurora, Colo.
Oct. 27: Mable Smith, 91, Spring Park.
Oct. 28: Jeffrey O’Toole, 63, Rochester; Arnold Wenzel, 90, Hardwick.
 
November
Nov. 4: Douglas Schmidt, 87, Rigby, Idaho.
Nov. 6: Mary Bendt, 78, Luverne.
Nov. 7: Norma Gertz, 81, Jasper; Robert Severson, 64, Luverne.
Nov. 9: Harold Van De Berg, 79, Luverne; Margaret VanOtterloo, 97, Rock Valley, Iowa.
Nov. 10: Ron McClure, 69, Luverne.
Nov. 12: Eleanor Sargent, 78, Luverne.
Nov. 16: Veronica Gradert, 88, Luverne.
Nov. 17: Anita Cook, 73, Shelton, Wash.
Nov. 18: Cornelius Verhey, 89, Beaver Creek.
Nov. 20: Fred Robison, 94, Fort Dodge, Kan.
Nov. 21: Merlyn Lopau, 72, Luverne; Rose Reed, 105, Redwood Falls; Rosella McCorkell, 91, Luverne.
Nov. 23: Larry Hellwinckel, 76, Hardwick.
Nov. 24: Roger Rohlck, 79, Rice.
Nov. 25: Mary Emery, 83, Luverne.
Nov. 26: Alice Birkeland, 85, Luverne; Vivian Else, 82, Brandon, S.D.
Nov. 30: Darlene Spease, 82, Minneapolis.
 
December
Dec. 13: Larry Torgerson, 71, Luverne; Velma Grant, 87, Sioux Falls, S.D.
Dec. 19: Raymond Boelman, 94, Ellsworth; Louise Kiebach, 101, Luverne.
Dec. 21: Milton Gibbs, 80, Luverne.
Dec. 23: Edwina Rust, 86, Luverne.
Dec. 26: Donald DeBoer, 80, Leota.