Obituaries
- July 11, 2016Henry Albert Hanson Jr., 79, Adrian, died Friday, July 8, 2016, at his home. A funeral was Wednesday, July 13, at Grace Lutheran Church in Luverne. Burial with full military honors was at Little Rock Lutheran Cemetery in Little Rock Township, Minnesota. Henry Hanson Jr. was born April 28, 1937, to Henry and Ella (Petersen) Hanson in Adrian. Henry graduated from Adrian High School and from the…
- July 11, 2016Glenn Leroy Vos, 77, Montevideo, formerly of Luverne, died Friday, July 8, 2016, at his home in Montevideo. A funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, July 15, with visitation at 10 a.m., all at the Hartquist Funeral Home in Luverne. Burial will follow at Maplewood Cemetery in Luverne. Glenn Vos was born June 7, 1939, to Michael and Anna (Aardema) Vos in Matlock, Iowa. In 1940 the family…
- July 04, 2016Gail Janet Smiens, 80, Luverne, died Wednesday, June 29, 2016, at the Edgebrook Care Center in Edgerton. A memorial service will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday, July 11, at the First Presbyterian Church in Luverne. A time of fellowship will be from 10 to 10:30 a.m. Monday at the church. Burial of cremains will be in the Maplewood Cemetery in Luverne. Gail Stuckenbroker was born Sept. 21, 1935, to Herman…
- July 04, 2016Karen Ardis Holst, 73, Spicer, died unexpectedly Saturday morning, July 2, at her home in Spicer. A funeral service will be at 11 a..m. Thursday, July 7, at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Willmar. Interment will be at 1 p.m. Friday, July 8, at Trinity Lutheran Cemetery in Steen. A visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Karen Schiro was born March 31, 1943, to Marvin and…
- July 04, 2016Harold E. Forsberg, 91, Hardwick, died Tuesday, June 28, 2016, at the Sanford Luverne Medical Center in Luverne. A funeral service was Saturday, July 2, at the Dingmann Funeral Home in Luverne. Burial with military honors provided by the Hardwick American Legion followed at the Maplewood Cemetery in Luverne. Harold Forsberg was born April 23, 1925, to Emil and Gertrude (Peterson) Forsberg in…
- June 27, 2016Verna Laura Busch, 91, Loveland, Colorado, formerly of Luverne, died Monday, June 20, 2016, at Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland. A funeral service was Friday, June 24, at St. John Lutheran Church in Luverne. Burial was Saturday, June 25, at Prairie Hill Cemetery in Fulda. Verna Bartels was born Oct. 15, 1924, to Otto and Martha (Scheel) Bartels on a farm in Pipestone County. She was…
- June 27, 2016Doris Helen Ebert, 88, Luverne, died Sunday, June 26, 2016, at the Sanford Luverne Hospice Cottage. A funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday, July 1, at St. Catherine Catholic Church in Luverne. Burial will be in the St. Catherine Cemetery in Luverne. Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. Thursday, June 30, at the Dingmann Funeral Home in Luverne, with parish prayers at 7:30 p.m. Visitation will…
- June 27, 2016Monsignor Eugene Elmer “Father Gene” Egan, 87, Luverne, died Saturday, June 25, 2016, at the Minnesota Veterans Home in Luverne. A funeral was Wednesday, June 29, at St. Mary Catholic Church in Ellsworth. Burial with full military honors followed at St. Mary Cemetery in Ellsworth. Eugene Elmer Egan was born Sept. 29, 1928, to Elmer (Casey) and Margaret Egan on the family farm located on the Iowa-…
- June 27, 2016Janet Newell, 74, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, formerly of Lennox, South Dakota, and Luverne, died Saturday, June 25, 2016, at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls. Private graveside services were held with burial in the Lennox Cemetery. Janet Priesz was born Jan. 5, 1942, in Luverne, where she grew up and attended school, graduating from Luverne High School in 1960. In 1962 she married David…
- June 27, 2016Marcella Genieva Scott, 88, Hardwick, died Friday, June 24, 2016, at the Sanford Luverne Hospital. A funeral service was Tuesday, June 28, at Zion Lutheran Church in Hardwick. Burial followed at Maplewood Cemetery in Luverne. Marcella Scheerhorn was born April 6, 1928, to Jerry and Hattie (Bendt) Scheerhorn in Pipestone County. She was raised on the farm near Trosky. Marcella was baptized and…
- June 20, 2016Verna Laura Busch, 91, formerly of Luverne, died Monday, June 20, 2016, at Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland, Colorado. Funeral arrangements are pending with Hartquist Funeral Home of Luverne, www.hartquistfuneral.com. (0616 DN)
- June 14, 2016Stanley John Wessels, 84, Luverne, died Saturday, June 11, 2016, at the Minnesota Veterans Home in Luverne. A funeral service was Wednesday, June 15, at the First Presbyterian Church in Luverne. Burial with full military honors was at Maplewood Cemetery in Luverne. Stanley Wessels was born Nov. 20, 1931, to Fred and Jennie (Bergman) Wessels at their home in Rock County. He grew up in Ash Creek…
- June 14, 2016Richard “Dick” Walvante, 80, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, died Friday, April 15, 2016, at the Sanford USD Medical Center. A celebration of life for both Dick and his wife, AnNette, who recently died of ovarian cancer, will be at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, June 19, at the Jasper Cemetery in Jasper with an open house to follow at 3 p.m. at the Brandon Lutheran Church in Brandon, South Dakota. Richard Walvatne…
- June 14, 2016Frederick Manfred Jr., loyal longtime resident and writer from Southwest Minnesota and Southeast South Dakota, died on June 12th, 2016, at Dougherty Hospice in Sioux Falls. The son of author Frederick Manfred and Maryanna Shorba Manfred, he was born in Minneapolis on February 6, 1954, and lived in Luverne, MN, most of his life. Raised in the family home which eventually became the Blue Mounds…
- June 07, 2016Gladys Van Wettering, 84, Luverne, died Monday, June 6, 2016, at the Tuff Memorial Home in Hills. A funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Friday, June 10, at the American Reformed Church in Luverne with burial at Eastside Cemetery in Steen. A visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. Thursday, June 9, at Hartquist Funeral Home in Luverne. Gladys Hoff was born Sept. 24, 1931, to John and Jennie (Teune) Hoff in…
- June 07, 2016Born to Carl and Irene Isaacson on June 15, 1928, on the farm she grew up on. Attended a one-room country school grades 1-8. Graduated from Litchfield High School in 1946. Attended the University of Minnesota—graduated in 1951 with Bachelor of Science in Public Health Nursing. On the staff of University of Minnesota Hospital for three years. Head nurse on medical station. 1954 married Gordon L.…
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