Donald McDougall, 70, died Wednesday, August 23,2000, at Bear Creek Care and Rehabilitation in Rochester following a three-year illness.
He was born September 14, 1929, in Dover. He was a 1948 graduate of Dover High School, where he was on th
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Vera Roesler
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Vera Roesler, 94, died Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2000, in Howard County Hospital.
Vera Fisher was born January 8, 1906, in rural Greene, IA. When she was 8, her family moved to the Lime Springs area where she spent the rest of her life. She married Harold Roesler in 1925. She was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church since 1940 where she taught Sunday school, sang in the choir and was active in the Ruth Circle. In 1970, she was one of five founders of the Spring Apartments Board, serving until she moved into an apartment in 1976. In 1971, she was one of the first four officers founding the Senior Citizens Club. She was a member of the Friendship Bible Class since she moved to the Spring Apartments in 1976.
Survivors include a son, Bernard (Betty) in Lime Springs; two grandsons; a great-granddaughter; two step-great-grandchildren; a sister, Ceola Sullivan of Fredericksburg, IA; and a brother, Milton Fisher of Huntsville, AL. She was preceded in death by her husband, five brothers and two sisters.
The funeral for Mrs. Roesler was held Saturday, August 26, 2000 at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Lime Springs. Lindstrom Funeral Home in Lime Springs was in charge of arrangements.
Vera Fisher was born January 8, 1906, in rural Greene, IA. When she was 8, her family moved to the Lime Springs area where she spent the rest of her life. She married Harold Roesler in 1925. She was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church since 1940 where she taught Sunday school, sang in the choir and was active in the Ruth Circle. In 1970, she was one of five founders of the Spring Apartments Board, serving until she moved into an apartment in 1976. In 1971, she was one of the first four officers founding the Senior Citizens Club. She was a member of the Friendship Bible Class since she moved to the Spring Apartments in 1976.
Survivors include a son, Bernard (Betty) in Lime Springs; two grandsons; a great-granddaughter; two step-great-grandchildren; a sister, Ceola Sullivan of Fredericksburg, IA; and a brother, Milton Fisher of Huntsville, AL. She was preceded in death by her husband, five brothers and two sisters.
The funeral for Mrs. Roesler was held Saturday, August 26, 2000 at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Lime Springs. Lindstrom Funeral Home in Lime Springs was in charge of arrangements.
J. Douglas Utley
Mr. Utley, 96, of Preston, a retired farmer, died Sunday evening, September 3, 2000, at Preston Good Samaritan Center where he had resided since late 1999.
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Howard Shipton
A memorial service for Howard Shipton, 83, of Mesa, AZ, formerly of Spring Valley, will be held Saturday, September 16, 2000, at 2 p.m. at the Hindt-Hutchins Funeral Home, Spring Valley, with the Rev. E.C. Franke officiating.
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Melvin H. Nash
Melvin Nash, 95, of Wykoff, a retired farmer, electrician and carpenter, died Friday, September 1, 2000 at the Camilia Rose Care Center in Coon Rapids, MN.
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Rushford, MN
The first pioneers pole-boated up the Root River to the junction of Rush Creek, peered through 10-foot tall grasses, and learned what Indians already knew - this was astonishing beauty. On Christmas Eve 1854, the first four families gathered and name
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Peterson, MN
Peterson, nestled in the nar-row Root River Valley, was founded in 1867, when the rail-road was built on land donated for the use by Peter Peterson Haslerud, who settled here in 1853. He owned and platted the village site and was the major force behi
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Ostrander, MN
Ostrander, population 276, is located on the very western edge of Fillmore County. If you were to visit Ostrander in the summer, you would most likely find a softball game in progress. Fast pitch softball has been a tradition in Ostrander for many ye
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Mabel, MN
Mabel, Minnesota is snug-gled in the southeast corner of Fillmore County; 60 miles SE of Rochester, 120 miles south of the Twin Cities; 40 miles SW of LaCrosse, Wisconsin or just 20 miles north of Decorah, Iowa.
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