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  • March 13, 2024
    Patricia Ann McCormick was born October 20, 1931, to Howard and Blanche (Skarda) Jones in Jackson, Minnesota. She was the oldest of three children. The Jones family lived on a farm southeast of Jackson, where she attended rural country school through the eighth grade. She then attended Jackson High School, graduating with the class of 1949. Following graduation, she attended Mankato Teacher’s…
  • March 13, 2024
    Allan R. Top, age 75 of Hills, Minnesota, peacefully passed away on March 8, 2024, at Tuff Memorial Home in Hills. A funeral service is at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 13, 2024, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Hills with Pastor Jason Martens officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation was Tuesday, March 12, from 4-7 p.m. with the family present from 5-7 p.m. at Bethlehem…
  • March 13, 2024
    Gregory “Ox” Harold Johnson, age 54, of Luverne, died Tuesday, March 5, 2024, at his home. Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. Saturday, March 9, at the Dingmann Funeral Home in Luverne. A private service will be at a later date. 
  • March 06, 2024
    A Celebration of Life Service for Cheryl Nelson, age 75, of Windom, will be held Tuesday, March 12, at 11 a.m. at LaCanne Family Celebration of Life Center in Windom with Pastor Adam Roberts officiating. Burial will follow in Delafield Township Cemetery in rural Windom. A time of visitation and gathering will be held prior to the service on Tuesday, March 12, from 9-11 a.m. at the LaCanne Family…
  • March 06, 2024
    Jane Alice Wellington, age 75, of Hollister, Missouri, passed away February 15, 2024, with family by her side. She entered this life May 23, 1948, the daughter of William and Ruth (Oliver) Reader in St. Paul, Minnesota. Jane was born into a musically gifted family and embraced a love of music at a young age; she had her first church solo at the age of five and was baptized at the age of…
  • March 06, 2024
    James A. Hamann, age 85, of Eden Prairie, Minnesota, passed away suddenly on February 18, 2024. Jim was a 1956 graduate of Luverne High School. His career was in education as a teacher, principal and assistant superintendent. He was with Edina Public Schools for 26 years. Services were February 27 at the Washburn McReavy Edina Chapel. Memorials are preferred to Luverne Dollars for Scholars,…
  • March 06, 2024
    Patricia McCormick, age 92, of Luverne, Minnesota, died Monday, March 4, 2024, at Ava’s House in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Visitation will be Thursday, March 7, from 5-6 p.m. with a prayer service at 6 p.m. at St. Catherine Catholic Church in Luverne. Mass of Christian Burial will be Friday, March 8, at 11 a.m. at St. Catherine Catholic Church. Burial will follow at St. Catherine Cemetery in…
  • February 28, 2024
      James A. Hamann, age 85, of Eden Prairie, Minnesota, passed away suddenly on February 18. Jim was a 1956 graduate of Luverne High School. His career was in education as a teacher, principal and assistant superintendent. He was with Edina Public Schools for 26 years. Services were February 27 at the Washburn McReavy Edina Chapel. Memorials preferred to Luverne Dollars for Scholars, noting…
  • February 28, 2024
    Marta Jean Achterhof, 52, of Rochester, Minnesota, took her final bow on February 25, 2024. The last curtain fell on her inspirational, two-act life while she was at Seasons Hospice in Rochester, where she was surrounded by love and compassion. Act I of Marta’s life opened on May 16, 1971, in Luverne, Minnesota, when she became the third of four daughters born to Roger and Carole Achterhof. An…
  • February 28, 2024
    Jerry Michael Hendricksen, age 65, passed away on Wednesday, February 21, 2024, at Crossroads Care Center in Worthington, Minnesota. A memorial service will be held on Friday, March 1, 2024, at George Boom Funeral Home & On-Site Crematory in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The family will be present to greet friends for a memorial visitation on Thursday, February 29, 2024, from 5-7 p.m. at the…
  • February 28, 2024
    R. John Line, age 74, passed away on Thursday, February 22, 2024, with his wife, Sonia, by his side and under the compassionate care of Ava’s House in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. A funeral service was at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, February 27, 2024, at Miller Funeral Home – Southside Chapel (7400 S. Minnesota Ave., Sioux Falls, South Dakota). Family was present for visitation from 5-7 p.m. on Monday,…
  • February 28, 2024
    William Henry Vortherms, age 83, of Luverne, died Monday, February 26, 2024, at the Bethany Home in Brandon, South Dakota. A private family burial will take place at a later date with Dingmann Funeral Home & Cremation Services in Luverne.
  • February 28, 2024
    Linda Lee Beyenhof was born on October 26, 1938, to G. John and Harriet (Noteboom) Vander Maten on the family farm in Moulton Township, Murray County, Minnesota. She was baptized in her faith at the Christian Reformed Church. She was raised on the farm and attended Leota Christian Elementary School, then graduated from Southwest Christian School in 1956. She then started teaching at Hills…
  • February 28, 2024
    Jane Fuerstenberg Nekali, 82, formerly of Luverne, Minnesota, died in Fountain Hills, Arizona, on February 24, 2024, at her home surrounded by her loving family. Jane was born October 7, 1941, in St Kilian, Minnesota, to Leo and Perry Etta (Lynch) Fuerstenberg, the third of five daughters. She graduated in 1959 from the Academy of our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic High School in Mankato,…
  • February 21, 2024
    Gertrude Margaret Kooiker was born on August 18, 1937, to Peter and Clazina (Bodewitz-Franken) Bloemendaal on the family farm north of Lake Wilson, Minnesota, Murray County. She grew up in the Lake Wilson area, attending District 23 School and graduating from Lake Wilson High School in 1955. On October 28, 1955, she was united in marriage to Jacob Kooiker at Chandler Reformed Church in Chandler,…
  • February 21, 2024
    Arnold “Arnie” Stoel and his twin brother, Clarence, were born November 15, 1933, to Balthazar and Jenny (Van Roekel) Stoel in Fenton Township, Chandler, Minnesota. Arnie was baptized and received his confirmation at the Chandler Reformed Church. He attended school through the eighth grade. On October 11, 1956, Arnie was drafted into the military where he was involved in the Police Action after…
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