Walter E. Kuhlman, 93, a longtime rural Racine, Minn., area farmer, died peacefully on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, at Olmsted Community Hospital in Rochester, Minn. Walter Ernest Kuhlman was born October 3, 1931, in Watertown, S. Dak., to Ernest and Leona (Mischke) Kuhlman. At about the age of 10, he moved with his family to Pleasant Valley Township in rural Minnesota, … [Read more...]
James F. Christie
James F. Christie, age 71, passed away in his home Friday, October 6, 2023, of natural causes. Jim was born November 7, 1951, to Dilman and Dorothy (Hanf) Christie in Rochester, Minn., and was brought home in a blizzard. Jim was a lifelong resident of the Racine and Stewartville areas. He grew up on the family farm and was a 1969 graduate of Stewartville High School and … [Read more...]
Pastor Devotion – Time for spring cleaning!
By Pastor Bridget Sheely Racine/Sumner Center UMC, Stewartville UMC Children’s Ministry Coordinator Pull back the curtains, lift the blinds, and open those windows for it is time to let the fresh air of spring back into your space! The quiet solitude days of winter are moving on out and the breath of God is blowing across this land bringing new life to His creation again. … [Read more...]
Pastor Devotions – Unprecedented?!
By Pastor Bridget Sheely Racine/Sumner Center UMC, Stewartville UMC Children’s Ministry Coordinator Well folks, the time has come around again where we close the door to yet another year, 2021 and open the window to welcome the fresh breezes of a new year, 2022. It is natural this time of year to reflect on what was and what is to be. As I ponder the past, there is one … [Read more...]
Pastor Devotion – Are you ready for wrangling?
By Pastor Bridget Sheely Racine/Sumner Center UMC, Stewartville UMC Children’s Ministry Coordinator Apart from my ministry, my family is also involved in the farming industry. We are grain farmers and dabble with a few cattle, some goats, chickens along with a German Shepherd, Black Lab and the supreme ruler of the farm which is a miniature Dachshund named Louis Ebenezer … [Read more...]
Michael “Mike” Suess
Michael “Mike” Suess, 69, a lifelong Stewartville, Minn., resident and area businessman, died peacefully in his sleep of cardiac arrest at his home on Monday September 13, 2021. The funeral service for Mike will take place at 11 a.m. on Friday, September 17, 2021, at the Stewartville United Methodist Church, with Rev. Laura Nordstrom officiating. Burial with military … [Read more...]
Alden “Aldie” Marburger
Alden “Aldie” Marburger, 89, a longtime Racine, Minn., area farmer, died of natural causes on Tuesday, August 17, 2021, surrounded by his loving family, at Olmsted Medical Center Hospital in Rochester, Minn., where he had been a patient for the past week. Alden Fredrick Marburger was born on June 1, 1932, in Spring Valley, Minn., to Emmert and Agnes (Anderson) Marburger. He … [Read more...]