Obituaries
- October 11, 2016Mavis Jean Arends, 71, Ellsworth, died Sunday, Oct. 9, 2016, at the Sunset Hospice Cottage in Worthington. A funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday, Oct. 14, at the Zion Presbyterian Church in Ellsworth. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Burial of cremains will take place in Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis at a later date. Mavis Lens was born April 24, 1945, to…
- October 11, 2016Robert Ray Rolph, 92, Luverne, died Friday, Sept. 30, 2016, at Sanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 12, with a time of sharing at 1:30 p.m., at Hartquist Funeral Home in Luverne. A graveside committal service with military honors will follow at Memory Gardens Cemetery near Luverne. Robert Rolph was born June 27, 1924,…
- October 11, 2016Carol Janice Scheerhorn, 76, Hills, died Friday, Sept. 30, 2016, at Sanford Luverne Hospital in Luverne. A funeral service was Wednesday, Oct. 5, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Hills. Burial followed in Bethlehem Lutheran Cemetery in Hills. Carol Moore was born May 11, 1940, to Elliot and Grace (Taylor) Moore in Pipestone. She grew up in Pipestone and attended school there. On Oct. 12, 1957,…
- October 11, 2016Lorna Lee Watts, 80, Luverne, died Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2016, at the Sanford Luverne Hospice Cottage. A funeral was Saturday, Oct. 8, at the United Methodist Church in Luverne. Burial was in the Maplewood Cemetery in Luverne. Lorna Hawes was born June 23, 1936, to Lawrence and Leola (Grimm) Hawes in Hardwick. She attended country school near Hardwick and graduated from Luverne High School in 1954.…
- October 03, 2016Edyth Mae Briggs, 87, Hills, died Monday, Sept. 26, 2016, at Sanford Hopsital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. A funeral was Friday, Sept. 30, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Hills. Burial followed at Riverview Cemetery in Rock Rapids, Iowa. Edyth was born Jan. 22, 1929, to Gustav and Matilda (Mahler) Winter on the family farm near Lester, Iowa. She was baptized at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Rock…
- October 03, 2016Arlyn Vincent “Arlie” McClure, 88, Luverne, died Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016, at the Sanford Luverne Medical Center. A funeral was Saturday, Oct. 1, at St. John Lutheran Church in Luverne. Burial followed in the Maplewood Cemetery in Luverne. Arlyn McClure was born July 27, 1928, to John and Anna (Aanenson) McClure in Adrian. He was baptized at Our Savior Lutheran Church on April 14, 1929, and was…
- October 03, 2016Erwin Roy De Boer, 73, Hills, died unexpectedly Monday, Sept. 26, 2016, at his home in Hills. A funeral service was at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 29, at the Reformed Church of Steen, with a private burial at the United Reformed Cemetery in Hills. Erwin De Boer was born Aug. 23, 1943, to Frank and Berdella (Vander Meulen) De Boer in Sanborn, Iowa. He lived in Sanborn, Harris, Iowa, Round Lake, and…
- October 03, 2016Bernard “Bernie” Van Aartsen, 90, Rock Rapids, Iowa, died Friday, Sept. 30, 2016, at Prairie Ridge Care Center in Orange City, Iowa. A funeral was Tuesday, Oct. 4, at First Reformed Church in Rock Rapids. Burial followed at Riverview Cemetery in Rock Rapids. Bernard Van Aartsen was born April 7, 1926, to Henry and Jenny (Roelofs) Van Aartsen at Hawarden, Iowa. When he was a boy, his family lived…
- September 26, 2016James Fodness, 75, Luverne, died Monday, Sept. 19, 2016, at the Sanford Luverne Hospital. A funeral service was Friday, Sept. 23, at Bethany Lutheran Church in Luverne. Funeral arrangements were through Hartquist Funeral Home in Luverne, www.hartquistfuneral.com. (0929 DN)
- September 26, 2016Erwin Roy De Boer, 73, Hills, died Monday, Sept. 26, 2016, at his home in Hills. The funeral service is at 1:30 p.m. Thurday, Sept. 29, at the Steen Reformed Church in Steen. A private burial will be at United Reformed Cemetery in Hills. Visitation is from 4-8 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 28, at the Jurrens Funeral Home in Hills, with family present from 5-8 p.m. Arrangements are with Jurrens Funeral…
- September 26, 2016Edyth Mae Briggs, 87, Hills, died Monday, Sept. 26, 2016, at Sanford Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. A funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 30, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Hills. Burial will be at Riverview Cemetery in Rock Rapids, Iowa. Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 29, at the Jurrens Funeral Home in Hills. Arrangements are by Jurrens Funeral Home of…
- September 26, 2016Rory Clyde Burke, 61, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, formerly of Luverne, died Friday, Sept. 23, 2016, at the Bethany Home in Brandon, South Dakota. A gathering of family and friends will be from 3-5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016, at the Dingmann Funeral Home in Luverne. A private family committal of cremains will be at a later date. Rory was born May 25, 1955, to Clyde and Patricia (Dell) Burke in…
- September 26, 2016Kenneth Raymond Busch, 92, formerly of Luverne, died Friday, Sept. 23, 2016, at the Good Samaritan Village in Loveland, Colorado. A funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Friday, Sept. 30, with visitation beginning at 10 a.m., all at St. John Lutheran Church in Luverne. Burial with military honors will follow at Prairie Hill Cemetery in Fulda. Kenneth Busch was born Sept. 28, 1923, to Leonard and…
- September 26, 2016John Howard Tilstra, 88, Hills, died Monday, Sept. 19, 2016, at Sanford Luverne Hospital in Luverne. A funeral service was Friday, Sept. 23, at the Reformed Church of Steen. Burial followed in the Eastside Cemetery near Steen. John Tilstra was born Feb. 24, 1928, to Cornelius and Fannie (Hommes) Tilstra in Rock Rapids, Iowa. He grew up in Rock Rapids and attended school, graduating from the…
- September 26, 2016Peggy Jo Harms, 58, Luverne, died Friday, Sept. 16, 2016, at the Sanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. A private family service is scheduled for a later date. Peggy was born Oct. 21, 1957, to Harvey and Dorothy (Croswell) Dunbar in Gardena, California. She married Wayne Harms on Oct. 21, 1994, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The couple lived in Luverne. Peggy loved helping people…
- September 19, 2016John Tilstra, 88, Hills, died Monday, Sept. 19, 2016, at Sanford Luverne Hospital in Luverne. A funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 23, at The Reformed Church of Steen. Burial will follow in the Eastside Cemetery at Steen. Visitation will be from 2-8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 22, with the family present from 6-8 p.m. at The Reformed Church of Steen. Arrangements are by Jurrens Funeral…
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