Gladys Marie (Horstmann) Karver, 90, passed away Friday, April 26,2019, at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester. Gladys was born December 25, 1928, to Henry William Horstmann and Clara (Schmidt) Horstmann. She was the youngest of six children. She was four years old when she and family moved from Jordan Township to Orion Township. This became the family farm. She attended … [Read more...]
Lila L. Brummond
Lila L. Brummond, age 89, of Chatfield, Minn., passed away Thursday, April 25, 2019, at Chosen Valley Care Center in Chatfield, Minn. Lila Luella Thies was born on February 20, 1930, to John and Martha (Stueber) Thies in Elma, Iowa. She was raised on a farm near Elma and attended Elma schools. Lila married Erwin Brummond on March 13, 1951, at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in … [Read more...]
Peter Haack
Funeral services for Peter H. Haack will be held 11 a.m. Thursday, April 25, 2019, at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Spring Valley, with Pastor Mark VanHouse officiating. Visitation will be held from 9 a.m. until time of service at the church. Burial will be in the Spring Valley Cemetery. Peter Haack, age 63, of Spring Valley, died unexpectedly Sunday, April 21, 2019, at … [Read more...]
Marjorie Ann Parker
Marjorie Ann Parker, 85, of Lanesboro, passed away Tuesday, April 2, 2019, at Chosen Valley Care Center, in Chatfield. Marjorie Ann Hanson was born March 7, 1934, to Leonard and Hazel (Breno) Hanson in Lanesboro. On September 12, 1954, she married Gerald “Jesse” Parker in Lanesboro, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church. She worked at numerous different jobs over the years: … [Read more...]
Anna Marie Pickard
Anna Marie Pickard, of Ostrander, Minn., went to be with her Lord and Savior Thursday, April 18, 2019, while at her brother’s home, surrounded by family. Anna was born October 9, 1946, to Lester A. and Pauline A. (Winans) Schild in Chatfield, Minn. She grew up in rural Chatfield and graduated from Chosen Valley High School in 1964. In January of 1965 Anna entered the … [Read more...]
Leigh Kreter
On Thursday, April 19, 2019, Leigh Kreter – husband, father, brother, grandfather, friend – passed away on his 64th birthday, after a short battle with cancer. He will be remembered by his wife and family as a jack-of-all-trades, but his true passion was driving truck. Through this passion, he met his wife Dianna of 22 years, and they made their home in Harmony, Minn. … [Read more...]
Frederick (Fred) Kuhn
Frederick (Fred) M. Kuhn, 71, passed away April 7 in a care center in Red Wing. Fred was born April 12, 1947, in St. Paul, Minn., to Frances and Erma Kuhn. Fred went to school in Spring Valley. He then enlisted in the Navy, and after four years he returned to Spring Valley to continue his employment at Matt's Body Shop. He then worked for Good Year Tires in … [Read more...]
Roy Ask
Roy Harvey Ask, 101, of Houston, Minn., died April 14, 2019, at Valley View Healthcare and Rehab in Houston, Minn. Roy was born July 19, 1917, on his family’s farm in Campbell Valley, near Money Creek, in Houston County, Minn. He was the fifth of 13 children of Norwegian immigrants, Haakon Karlsen Ask and Karen Annette (Hansen) Ask. His early childhood was spent helping … [Read more...]
Dorothy Treangen
Dorothy Ann Treangen, 81, of Waukon, Iowa, formerly of Mabel and Spring Grove, died Tuesday, April 16, 2019, at Good Samaritan Nursing Home in Waukon. Dorothy was born August 1, 1937, near Spring Grove, Minn., to Arnold and Bernice (Erickson) Wiste. She attended Spring Grove Schools. At a young age she started doing housecleaning and babysitting. On January 21, 1956, she … [Read more...]
Rachel Vatland
Rachel A. Vatland, age 81, of Mabel, Minn., died Monday, April 15, 2019, at Gundersen Health Systems in La Crosse, Wis. Rachel was born April 11, 1938, in Rushford, Minn., to Marvel and Eva (Highlan) Sandsness. She graduated from the Rushford High School, attended Luther College for a year, and then the Winona Business College. She worked in Rochester for a short time. On … [Read more...]