Obituaries
- March 29, 2022Patricia Kay Aning, 62, Detroit Lakes, formerly of Luverne, died Friday, March 18, 2022. A funeral service was Friday March 25, at the First Presbyterian Church in Luverne with burial in the Luverne Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Patricia Aning was born Jan. 9, 1960, to Sievert and Gertrude (Vogt) Aning in Luverne. She graduated from Luverne High School in 1978. She graduated from Norwest Technical…
- March 29, 2022Florence Eleanora Fick, age 94, of Beaver Creek, Minnesota, died on Thursday, March 24, 2022, at Sanford Hospice Cottage in Luverne. Visitation will be held Sunday, March 27, from 4 to 7 p.m. at St. John Lutheran Church. Funeral service will be held Monday, March 28, at 10:30 a.m. at St. John Lutheran Church in Luverne with burial to follow at Maplewood Cemetery. To sign an online registry and…
- March 22, 2022Virgil Christensen, age 94, formerly of Luverne, Minnesota, died peacefully on Saturday, March 19, 2022, at the Good Samaritan Society – The Lodge at Prairie Creek in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Hartquist Funeral Home in Luverne, Minnesota. To sign an online registry, please visit www.hartquistfuneral.com Virgil Joseph Christensen was born on September…
- March 22, 2022Col. Donald W. Lafrenz, age 83, of Luverne, Minnesota, died Friday, March 18, 2022, at the Sanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Visitation will be Thursday, March 24, from 4 to 7 p.m. at Hartquist Funeral Home in Luverne. Funeral service will be Friday, March 25, at 11 a.m. at Hartquist Funeral Home in Luverne. Burial will follow at Maplewood Cemetery in Luverne. To view Don’s…
- March 22, 2022Marvin Frederick Klooster, 91, Adrian, died Monday, March 14, 2022, at the Sanford Luverne Hospital in Luverne. A funeral service was Saturday, March 19, at Adrian United Methodist Church in Adrian. Burial with military honors followed at Adrian Cemetery. Marvin Klooster was born July 17, 1930, to Herman and Tillie Klooster at the family farm outside of Adrian. He attended and graduated from…
- March 22, 2022Joyce Mulder, age 86, of Luverne, Minnesota, died on Thursday, March 17, 2022, at Sanford Hospice Cottage in Luverne. Visitation will be held Sunday, March 27, from 4:00-7:00 p.m. at Hartquist Funeral Home – Luverne Chapel. Funeral service will be held Monday, March 28, at 10:30 a.m. at the United Methodist Church in Luverne with burial to follow at Maplewood Cemetery. To sign an online registry…
- March 22, 2022Patricia Aning, 62, Luverne, died Friday, March 18, 2022. Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. Thursday, March 24, at the Dingmann Funeral Home in Luverne and also one hour prior to the funeral service at 1:30 p.m. Friday, March 25, at the First Presbyterian Church in Luverne. Burial will follow in the Luverne Memorial Gardens Cemetery. (0324 DN)
- March 15, 2022Anna VanBatavia, 79, Luverne, died Thursday, March 10, 2022, at the Sanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. A funeral service was Tuesday, March 15, at the American Reformed Church in Luverne. Burial followed at Memory Gardens Cemetery in Luverne. Anna was born on Nov. 4, 1942, to John and Henrietta (Smeins) Brommer. When Anna was an infant, her father was killed in a car…
- March 15, 2022Donald “Wino” Weinkauf, age 66, of Hardwick, Minnesota, died peacefully on Wednesday, March 9, 2022, at the Sanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Visitation will be held on Sunday, March 13, 2022, from 1 to 4 p.m. at Hartquist Funeral Home – Luverne Chapel. A short memorial service will be held at 3:45 on Sunday, March 13, 2022, with burial to follow at Maplewood Cemetery in…
- March 15, 2022Iva Jean Elbers, 83, Luverne, died Tuesday, March 8, 2022, at the Sanford Luverne Hospice Cottage in Luverne. A funeral service was Saturday, March 12, at the First Presbyterian Church in Luverne. Burial followed at Maplewood Cemetery in Luverne. Iva Jean Wessels was born to Fred and Jennie (Bergman) Wessels on Nov. 23, 1938, on a farm near Hardwick. The family later moved to a farm near Ash…
- March 08, 2022Jacob M. Schelhaas, 87, Jasper, formerly of Woodstock, died Wednesday, March 3, 2022, at the Sanford Luverne Hospice Cottage in Luverne. A memorial gathering of family and friends will be from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 26, followed by a Celebration of Life service at 4 p.m., all at the Woodstock Community Church in Woodstock. Jacob Schelhaas was born on Oct. 28, 1934, to John and Lena (Van…
- March 08, 2022Audrey Opitz, 91, Luverne, died Friday, March 4, 2022, at Sanford Hospice Cottage in Luverne. Audrey Hills was born on March 2, 1931, to Ora and Hazel (Doschadis) Hills in Beardsley. As a child, Audrey babysat for neighbor children. She later worked as a waitress in Beardsley and at Rogers Dairy in Watertown, South Dakota. Audrey married Elwood Opitz on July 26, 1949, at St. Peter Catholic Church…
- March 01, 2022Troy DeBoer, 55, Adrian, died Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022, at his home. A time of fellowship will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, March 3, at the Dingmann Funeral Home in Adrian. Memorial service will be 11 a.m. Friday, March 4, at the United Methodist Church in Adrian, with fellowship one hour prior to the service. A private family committal of cremains will be at a later date. Troy Allen DeBoer was…
- March 01, 2022Henrietta Bos, 84, Hills, died Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022, at Sanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. A funeral service was Saturday, Feb. 19 at the Steen Reformed Church. Burial followed in the East Side Cemetery in rural Steen. Henrietta Van Wyhe was born May 10, 1937, on a farm east of Hills, the daughter of Cornelius and Alice (Vander Wolde) Van Wyhe. She grew up near Hills and…
- March 01, 2022Virgil Block age 88, Adrian, died unexpectedly on Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022, at his residence. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, March 4, at the Bethel Reformed Church. Funeral service will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, March 5, at the Bethel Reformed Church, rural Little Rock, Iowa. In lieu of flowers memorials may be directed to the Block family for later designation. Virgil Lloyd Block was…
- February 22, 2022Gary Akkerman, 73, Luverne, died Sunday, Feb. 20, 2022, at Sanford Luverne Hospice Cottage in Luverne. Visitation will be Wednesday, Feb. 23 from 4-8 p.m. at St. John Lutheran Church in Luverne. Funeral service will be Thursday, Feb. 24 at 1 p.m. at the church with burial at Maplewood Cemetery following the service. Gary Allen Akkerman was born on September 3, 1948, to Clarence and Etta (Huisken…
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