All Obituaries

Stephen Lee Hansen, 63, of rural Fountain, died in a single car accident Friday, May 10, 2019.    Stephen was born April 24, 1956, in Sherman TX, to James and Marlene (Hill) Hansen. After graduating from High School, Steph joined the Air Force and was based in Mountain Home Air Force Base, in Idaho, from 1974-1977. He then went on to Wartburg College, in Iowa, where he received his Bachelors degree. In 1983 Steph married Connie Lynch in Waverly,...

Gladys Marie (Horstmann) Karver, 90 passed away Friday, April 26,2019, at St. Mary’s 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 a country school (District 21); a one room school house with grades 1...

Lila L. Brummond, age 89, of Chatfield, MN, passed away on Thursday, April 25, 2019, at Chosen Valley Care Center in Chatfield, MN. 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 Elma, Iowa. They made their home in El Paso, Texas and then San Francisco, California while Erwin served in the U.S....

   Anna Marie Pickard, of Ostrander, MN, went to be with her Lord and Savior on 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, MN.  She grew up in rural Chatfield and graduated from Chosen Valley High School in 1964.      In January of 1965 Anna entered the United States Marine Corps for two years and was honorably discharged in...

Bob H. Lane, 69, passed away at home in rural Chatfield on, Tuesday evening, April 9, 2019.  Bob was born Dec. 26, 1949, to Lyle and Olive (Broadwater) Lane.  He graduated from Chatfield High School in 1967. On February 1, 1980, Bob married Cheryl Severson in Chatfield.    Bob had a liking to El Camino’s, and collected baseball cards.  He enjoyed playing softball and played into his 50’s.    Bob is survived by his wife Cheryl; sons, Jason...

   James  Lawrence  Hoffman,  85, passed away April 4, 2019, at his home in rural Chatfield.    James was born July 11, 1933, in Minneapolis, to Frank and Gudrun (Clausen) Hoffman.  James grew up in Freeport, MN   where his parents owned the drug store for many years.  He graduated from Melrose High School in 1951, and then  attended St. John’s University in Collegeville MN.  James enlisted in the Army and served in...

   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, Egg  Produce plant , ...

   Arlyn Richard Scrabeck 76, passed away on Tuesday, April 2, 2019 after a short illness.     Arlyn was born on March 10, 1943 in Preston, MN to Merlin and Margaret (Roelofs) Scrabeck. He was the 5th of their 7 children. He grew up on the family farm in rural Harmony, and graduated from Harmony High School in 1961. Post high school education included graduation from Winona State University in June 1972.    Arlyn married Linda Boardman in Winona on...

Susan Marie (Tibbals) Rodgers of Lanesboro, Minn., formally of Evansdale, died Saturday, March 30 after a long battle with cancer, at the age of 64. Sue was born May 11, 1954, in Harmony, daughter of Curtis Tibbals and Mary Pierce. Sue married Joseph Rodgers of Waterloo, on May 12, 1973, at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, Iowa. Sue was a licensed daycare provider for many years in Waterloo.  After moving to West Union, Iowa, she worked at Lands End and Atwood Industries. ...

Dorothy was born in Amherst (rural Canton) to Harry & Laura (Stensgard) Kuyath on June 21, 1927.  When she was a child her family moved to Lanesboro where she graduated in 1945, she continued her education at Winona State University.     She married Raymond Clifford Himli on December 12, 1946 at the Lanesboro Bethlehem Lutheran parsonage.  They began their journey in Lanesboro with Ray developing his cooking skills at many restaurants. They moved to Preston...