A celebration of life service for Marie Mundfrom Bany will be held on August 8, 2021 at 2 p.m. She died December 21, 2020. The service will be at Saetersdal Lutheran Church where she was confirmed. Marie Bertha Mundfrom was born to Edward W. and Amanda Mundfrom on July 3, 1927, and she was raised on the family farm near Cherry Grove, Minn. The Red School, a one room country … [Read more...]
Carolyn Orrine (Nagel) Erickson
Carolyn Orrine (Nagel) Erickson, Amidon, N. Dak., passed away Wednesday, June 16, 2021, in the Menards checkout line in Dickinson, N. Dak. The funeral service was Tuesday, June 22, 2021, at Bowman Lutheran Church. A family and friends service was held Monday evening, June 21, at the Lebanon Lutheran Church, Amidon. Born to Orrin and Clarice (Bessingpas) Nagel on June 27, … [Read more...]
Donovan John Ruesink
Donovan John Ruesink, 87, of Cherry Grove, passed away peacefully at Saint Marys Hospital in Rochester, Minn., on June 13, 2021. Donovan was born October 28, 1933, in Cresco, Iowa, to Mildred (Mensink) and Dale Ruesink, the oldest of three boys. Donnie attended grade school in rural Cherry Grove and graduated from Wykoff High School in 1951. He married his high school … [Read more...]
Cherry Grove United Methodist Church to host Blue Christmas service
Cherry Grove United Methodist Church will host its fourth annual Blue Christmas Service at 7 p.m. on Saturday, December 21 for anyone in the area who may be feeling “blue” this Christmas. Christmas is considered to be a joyful time, but there are persons for whom the holidays are not entirely joyful; persons who are lonely, grieving, separated from family and friends or … [Read more...]
Ialee Marie Sikkink
Ialee Marie (Grathwohl) Sikkink, age 90, of Rochester, died on Thursday, November 28, 2019, at Samaritan Bethany Care Center. Ialee was born on December 9, 1928, in Iowa City, Iowa, the oldest of seven children of Walter and Minnie (Roth) Grathwohl. When she was two, the family moved to southern Minnesota and farmed near Oakland, Rose Creek, and Grand Meadow. Ialee graduated … [Read more...]
Ardis Lucille (Mensink) Souhrada
Ardis L. Souhrada, age 99, died Sunday, July 28, 2019, in Spring Valley, Minn. A visitation will be from 4-7 p.m., Wednesday, July 31, at Cherry Grove Methodist Church in Cherry Grove, Minn. Burial in Cherry Grove Cemetery will be held at 9 a.m., Thursday, August 1 with funeral services to follow at 11a.m., at Stewartville United Methodist Church. Ardis was born on … [Read more...]
Roger Svebakken
Service of music and remembrance for Roger Svebakken will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, December 28, 2018, at the Cherry Grove United Methodist Church in Cherry Grove, Minn., with the Rev. Ken Kimball officiating. Visitation will follow the service until 6 p.m. at the church. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, December 29, 2018, at the Old West Paint … [Read more...]
Samuel Walter Blakeslee
Samuel Walter Blakeslee passed away peacefully at his home early Saturday morning, on June 9, 2018. Celebration of Life for Samuel Blakeslee will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 23, 2018, at Cherry Grove United Methodist Church in Cherry Grove, with Pastor Deanna Woodward officiating. Visitation will be held 4-7 p.m. Friday June 22, 2018, at the Hindt Funeral Home in … [Read more...]
Duane Michener
Duane Michener, 92, of Spring Valley, Minn., passed away peacefully Saturday January 6, 2018, at the Spring Valley Care Center in Spring Valley. Funeral services for Duane will be 11 a.m. Wednesday, January 10, 2017, at Cherry Grove United Methodist Church in Cherry Grove, with Rev. Deanna Woodward officiating. Burial will be in the Cherry Grove Cemetery. Visitation will be … [Read more...]
Paula Vreeman
Memorial service for Paula Vreeman will be held 11 a.m. Tuesday, September 26, 2017, at Cherry Grove United Methodist Church in Cherry Grove, with Rev. Deanna Woodward officiating. Visitation will be held 4-7 p.m. Monday, September 25, 2017, at the Hindt Funeral Home in Wykoff and will continue for one hour prior to the service at the church. Paula Vreeman, age 70, of … [Read more...]