Jim Morcomb, 84, died on February 18, 2020. He was born on a farm in Ridgeway, Minn., on May 16, 1935; the first born of Arlie and Helen Morcomb. He graduated from Winona Senior High School Class of 1953. After graduation and a brief stint in college he married the love of his life, Lois (Johnson) on June 23, 1956, at First Lutheran Church in La Crescent, Minn., and accepted a … [Read more...]
Duane Grooters
Duane Harvey Grooters of Preston, Minn., was born on June 19, 1942, in Lanesboro, Minn., to Levern and Beatrice (Sikkink) Grooters. His family lived on different farms in the area of Greenleafton, Minn., before settling on a farm at the intersection of 9 and 44. He attended a one-room school (Bristol Center) all eight years before attending and graduating from the Minnesota … [Read more...]
Donald Eickhoff
Donald William Eickhoff, 91, formerly of Wykoff, Minn., passed away February 15 at Waters on Mayowood, in Rochester, Minn., where he had resided since 2015. Donald was the son of Emil and Irene (Biel) Eickhoff. He was born November 16, l928, in Fountain, Minn. He attended country school, and St. John’s Lutheran School through eighth grade. He graduated from Wykoff High … [Read more...]
Warren Johnson
Warren D. Johnson, of Spring Grove, Minn., passed away on February 17, 2020, at the age of 84. He was born February 2, 1936, to Walter and Elsie (Vickerman) Johnson. He attended High School in Canton, Minn., and he was united in marriage to Joyce Wright on May 25, 1958. Warren served in the U.S. Army in the Korean War. He graduated from the Police Academy in New Brighton, … [Read more...]
Todd Dean Himlie
Todd Dean Himlie of Harmony, Minn., passed away on February 17, 2020. Memorial services will be 11 a.m. Saturday, February 22, 2020, at Greenfield Lutheran Church in Harmony. Friends may call at the church on Friday from 4-7 p.m. and on Saturday from 10 a.m. until time of services. Lindstrom Funeral Home is assisting the family. Todd was born on July 21, 1958, to Minar and … [Read more...]
Kevin John Klungtvedt
Kevin John Klungtvedt, 62, of Rushford, Minn., died on Friday, February 14, 2020 in Albert Lea, Minn., after giving one more research presentation on his last day on earth due to complications from glioblastoma. Kevin was born on January 26, 1958 in Rochester, Minn., to Orrin and Eleanor (Johnson) Klungtvedt. He lived in Rushford until moving to Lanesboro, Minn., as a child. … [Read more...]
Glen Paul Davis
Glen Paul Davis, 88, a lifelong resident of Grand Meadow, Minn., passed away on Saturday, February 15, 2020. He was born on December 7, 1931, to Volney and Theckla (Stier) Davis at the family farm north of Grand Meadow. Dr. Mitchell arrived in his one horse sleigh to deliver him. Glen was the eighth of nine children. He graduated from Grand Meadow High School in 1949 and … [Read more...]
Eleanor Riedemann
Eleanor Marie Riedemann, 90, of Grand Meadow, Minn., passed away on Saturday, February 15, 2020, at Mayo Clinic- Saint Marys Campus in Rochester, Minn. Born in Remsen, Iowa, Eleanor was the daughter of John and Rose (Hansen) Nieslen. She graduated from Garfield Webb High School in 1946. On November 16, 1951 she married Donald E. “Dutch” Riedemann in Marathon, Iowa. They … [Read more...]
Alice M. Scattum
Alice M. Scattum, 98, of Rushford, Minn., died on Tuesday, February 11, 2020, at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Home in Rushford. Alice was born in Pine Creek Valley (rural Rushford) Minn., October 13, 1921, to Arthur and Mabel (Jonsgaard) Langord. She was raised in Pine Creek Valley and attended Pine Creek School. On January 17, 1942, at the onset of World War II, Alice married … [Read more...]
Nancy Eerdmans
Nancy J. Eerdmans, 78, of Cambridge, passed away on Tuesday, February 11, 2020, at Harmony Place in Harmony, Minn. Nancy Jean (Rice) Eerdmans was born on March 13, 1941, to Floyd and Harriet Rice of Fairmont, Minn. As an eighth grader, Nancy moved with her family to Cambridge, Minn., where she attended junior and senior high school and later resided with her family. Nancy … [Read more...]