Nadine Florence Tunstall, 68, of Peterson, Minn., passed away peacefully on Thursday, December 15, 2016 surrounded by family at Mayo Clinic Health System - Franciscan Health Care, La Crosse, Wis. Nadine was born on March 23, 1948 to Dorothy Blake and Glenn McKeown in Sandwich, Ill. She was raised in Grand Forks, N. Dak., where she also raised her two daughters, Vicki and … [Read more...]
Archives for December 2016
Jerome Odell Gunderson
Jerome Odell Gunderson, age 93, of Mabel, died Monday, December 19, 2016 at Gundersen-Tweeten Health Care in Spring Grove. Jerome was born January 7, 1923 in rural Spring Grove, Minn., to Benjamin and Othilde (Langlie) Gunderson. He attended rural schools and the Spring Grove High School. After High School he farmed with his father. On May 30, 1943 he married Maxine … [Read more...]
Doris “Boyum” Fox
Doris B. Fox, 86, of Peterson, Minn., died on Wednesday, December 14, 2016 in Rushford, Minn. Doris was born on August 14, 1930, in Peterson, Minn., to Bennie and Mildred (Hanson) Boyum. She was raised on the family farm in rural Peterson. Doris attended country school, graduated from Peterson High School in 1948, and from the Lutheran Bible Institute in Minneapolis. On June … [Read more...]
Audrey Patterson
Audrey N. Patterson, age 76, of Mabel, Minn., died Saturday, December 17, 2016 at Green Lea Manor in Mabel, Minn. Funeral services were held 1:30 p.m. Thursday, December 22, 2016 at the Canton-Scotland Presbyterian Church in Canton, Minn., with burial following in the State Line Cemetery, rural Harmony, Minn. Friends called on Thursday at the church from 12:30 until time of … [Read more...]
Athlete of the Week – Drew Wyffels
Arden Paul Pederson
Arden Paul Pederson, 90, a longtime member of the Whalan community, passed away Tuesday, December 13, 2016 in Preston. Arden was born January 13, 1926 in Arendahl Township, Minn., to Peter and Cordella (Bradley) Pederson. At the age of five, he moved to his present farm with his parents. He attending the Lodahl School, in rural Lanesboro, until the eighth grade. From … [Read more...]
Arlenn H. Hundorf
Arlenn H. Hundorf, 83, of Rushford, Minn., died on Monday, December 12, 2016, at Lake Winona Manor in Winona, Minn. Arlenn was born on July 2, 1933, in Rushford, Minn., to Palmer and Alice (Jonsgaard) Hundorf. He was raised in Rushford and worked with his father on the family farm until he entered the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict. On November 18, 1955, he was united … [Read more...]
Beverly Mae Kiehne
Beverly Mae Kiehne was born November 3, 1931 near Bristol Township to William and Bertha (Klomps) Vehrenkamp. Beverly passed away Monday, December 12, 2016 in Rochester. She attended Harmony High School and graduated in 1948. On January 29, 1950, she married Dwaine Kiehne at St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church in Granger. Dwaine and Beverly moved from Granger to their … [Read more...]
Susan M. Petersen
Susan M. Petersen, age 64, of rural Mabel, Minn., died Tuesday, December 13, 2016 at Aase Haugen Senior Services in Decorah, Iowa. Susan was born October 30, 1952 in Decorah, Iowa to Russell and Alice (Brandt) Richardson. She attended the Canton Elementary School and in 1970 graduated from the Mabel-Canton High School. She studied at the Rochester Technical Institute for … [Read more...]
Doris “Boyum” Fox
Doris B. Fox, 86, of Peterson, Minn., died on Wednesday, December 14, 2016 in Rushford, Minn. Doris was born on August 14, 1930, in Peterson, Minn., to Bennie and Mildred (Hanson) Boyum. She was raised on the family farm in rural Peterson. Doris attended country school, graduated from Peterson High School in 1948, and from the Lutheran Bible Institute in Minneapolis. On June … [Read more...]