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Milton John Thill

Milton John Thill

Jul 23, 2005

Lewiston, Milton John Thill, 85, of Lewiston died Saturday morning July 23, 2005 at Winona Community Memorial Hospital. Milton was born May 31, 1920 in Conrad, MT to Louis and Minnie (Ehlers) Thill. He and Bonita "Bonnie" Boynton were married May 9, 1946 at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in Lewiston. The couple farmed at Garvin Heights until moving...

Gordon Arnold Kidd

Gordon Arnold Kidd

Jul 22, 2005

HOUSTON, MINN. Gordon Arnold Kidd, 88, died Friday, July 22, 2005 at Valley View Nursing Home in Houston. Gordon was born January 7, 1917 in Gillingham, WI to Van Otis and Blanche (Long) Kidd. Gordon married Marguerite Briggs on November 6, 1938. He was a life-long cheese maker at various cheese factories in Southwestern Wisconsin and Houston, MN from 1931...

Elsie M. Flatten

Elsie M. Flatten

Jul 19, 2005

Elsie, M. Flatten, 84, of Houston, died Tuesday, July 19, 2005, at Franciscan - Skemp Healthcare Center in LaCrosse, Wis. She was born on May 25, 1921, in Caledonia, Minn. to John and Edna (Thompson) Kittleson. Elsie was raised in Yucatan, Minn. where she helped her parents operate the Yucatan Store. She attended the Yucatan School and was confirmed at...

Kathleen Marie Potter

Kathleen Marie Potter

Jul 16, 2005

ALTURA, MINN. - Kathleen M. Potter, 48, of Altura died Saturday, July 16, at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, Minn. Kathleen was born on July 2, 1957, in Winona, Minn. to Gene and Fern (Sanders) Ihrke. She was raised in rural Altura and graduated from Lewiston High School in 1975. On June 18, 1977, she married John Potter in Bethany,...

Christine Marie Spitzer

Christine Marie Spitzer

Jul 12, 2005

St. Charles, Christine Marie Spitzer, 93, of St. Charles died Tuesday July 12, 2005 at Whitewater Healthcare Center in St. Charles. Christine was born December 7, 1911 in St. Charles to John K. and Catherine (Dasheal) Fix. She attended St. Charles Schools. Christine and Harry Henry Spitzer were married September 1, 1932. The couple farmed in rural St. Charles and...

Norma June Ruberg

Norma June Ruberg

Jul 9, 2005

RUSHFORD, MINN. Norma June Ruberg, 78, died Saturday, July 9, 2005 at Winona Community Memorial Hospital. Norma was born June 26, 1927 to Albert and Della (Kienker) Wilhelm in Johnson, Nebraska. After high school, she attended and graduated from Cosmetology School in Des Moines, IA. Norma lived in Humboldt, IA for several years before she married Francis Ruberg on March...

Ovedia O. Ellefson

Ovedia O. Ellefson

Jul 7, 2005

Ovedia O. Ellefson, 87, of Rushford died Thursday, July 07, 2005, at the Valley View Nursing Home in Houston, Minn. She was born on May 6, 1918, in rural Peterson, Minn. to Bernard "Benny" and Mary (Thorud) Glenna. Ovedia was raised in the Peterson area. In in1935, she married Maynard Ellefson. After her marriage she lived in Rushford where she...

Adam Swenson

Adam Swenson

Jul 7, 2005

Adam John "Bud" Swenson, 22, of Bentonville, Arkansas died July 7, 2005 at the Northwest Medical Center of Washington County. He was born February 21, 1983 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa to Larry and Vivian Edwards Swenson. Adam worked at the National Home Center in Bentonville, Arkansas and he was starting a support group for Neurofibromatosis. He enjoyed bowling, photogr! aphy,...

Robert J. Braun

Robert J. Braun

Jul 3, 2005

Robert J. Braun, 63, of St. Charles died with his wife Laurie Braun, on Sunday, July 3, 2005, at their home, due to a house fire. Robert was born on December 27, 1941 in St. Charles, Minn. to Jacob and Mary (Schleck) Braun. He attended St. Charles High School and graduated from Winona Vocational School with a welding degree. He...

Laurie E. Braun

Laurie E. Braun

Jul 3, 2005

Laurie E. Braun, 63, of St. Charles died with her husband Robert Braun, on Sunday, July 3, 2005, at their home, due to a house fire. Laurie was born on October 4, 1941, in Forrest City, Iowa to Wayne and Charlotte (Beecher) Stephens. She was raised in Chatfield and graduated from Chatfield High School in 1959. Laurie was married and...

Ruth O. Pfeil

Ruth O. Pfeil

Jul 2, 2005

St. Charles, MNRuth Ottilia Pfeil, 85, died Saturday, July 2, 2005, at St. Isadore Nursing Home in Plainview, MN. Ruth was born December 8, 1919 in Sheboygan Falls, WI to Reinhold and Ottilia (Page) Boettcher. She married Frederick Pfeil on March 8, 1940 in Plainview, MN. Ruth was raised in Elba, MN and went to Normal School in Winona. Ruth...

Minar Himlie

Minar Himlie

Jun 29, 2005

Minar Dale Himlie, 81, of Rushford, died Wednesday, June 29th at Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center in LaCrosse, Wis. He was born on July 20th, 1923, in Peterson, Minn. to Lars and Mina (Ferden) Himlie. He had served in the U.S. Army during World War II at the Far East Theater. He married Lyla Kopperud on January 26, 1952 in Rushford....

Wilma O. Unnasch

Wilma O. Unnasch

Jun 28, 2005

Wilma O. Unnasch, 87, of Houston, died Tuesday, June 28, 2005, at Valley View Nursing Home in Houston. Wilma was born on November 4, 1917, in Pleasant Hill Township, Winona County to Earl and Elsie (Hoppe) Northrup. She was raised in rural Houston and attended the Ireland Rural School. On September 6, 1938, Wilma married Donald H. Unnasch. She farmed...

L. Russell Cravath

L. Russell Cravath

Jun 27, 2005

The funeral for L. Russell Cravath of rural Chatfield will be held at the Dover United Methodist Church at 11 AM on Thursday June 30th with the Rev. Sharon Johnson officiating. Burial will follow in Saratoga Cemetery, rural St. Charles. Mr. Cravath, 90, died of a stroke on Monday June 27, 2005, one month short of his 91st birthday. He...

Sylvia Viola Adams

Sylvia Viola Adams

Jun 25, 2005

Winona, MNSylvia Viola Adams, 86, died Saturday, June 25, 2005, at Lake Winona Manor in Winona, MN. Sylvia was born September 27, 1918 in Sault St. Marie, MI to John and Effie (Dunton) Wright. She married Stanley A. Adams on October 18, 1938 in Sault St. Marie, MI. Sylvia lived and worked as a homemaker and cook for various restaurants...

Noah Steven Schwichtenberg

Noah Steven Schwichtenberg

Jun 24, 2005

Noah Steven Schwichtenberg, son of Greg Schwichtenberg and Amanda Roering of Stewartville, was stillborn Friday evening June 24, 2005 at Rochester Methodist Hospital.Noah is survived be his parents of Stewartville, a sister Kennedy, two brothers Griffin and Riley, paternal grandparents, Steven and Anne Schwichtenberg of Lanesboro, maternal grandmother Barbara Roering of Waite Park, MN. He was preceded in death by...

Rose Prigge

Rose Prigge

Jun 24, 2005

Lewiston, Rosemarie Helen Martha Prigge, 74, of Lewiston died Friday June 24, 2005 in the Emergency Room of Winona Community Memorial Hospital. Rose was born July 8, 1930 in Winona to Arthur and Esther (Rupprecht) Luehmann. She and Richard Meyerhoff were married in 1948, he died in 1958. Rose and Donald Prigge were married on December 26, 1959. Don died...

Madelyn Elizabeth Wirig

Madelyn Elizabeth Wirig

Jun 24, 2005

Houston, Madelyn, Elizabeth Wirig, 94, of Houston passed away Friday, June 24, 2005 at Valley View Nursing Home in Houston. Born September 4, 1910 I Minneapolis to Charles and Ella (Garlick) Whyte. Madelyn was married and later divorced. For more than 60 years she worked as a beautician.. Madelyn was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star, American...

Dorothy Prigge

Dorothy Prigge

Jun 22, 2005

Lewiston, MNDorothy Leola Prigge, 82, died Wednesday, June 22, 2005, at Winona Community Memorial Hospital in Winona, MN. Dorothy was born May 26, 1923 in Hillsdale Township, MN to Leo and Elsa (Lundt) Gaulke. Dorothy was baptized and confirmed at Grace Lutheran Church in Stockton, MN. She married Clarence A. Prigge on August 4, 1942 at Grace Lutheran Church in...

Rose A. Mueller

Rose A. Mueller

Jun 21, 2005

St. Charles, Rosemary "Rose" Mueller, 79 of St. Charles died Tuesday June 21, 2005 at Seasons Hospice in Rochester. Rose was born March 20, 1926 in Rollingstone to Mervin and Helen (Daniel) Blace. She and Donald Mueller were married November 20, 1946 in Rollingstone. Together they farmed in Rollingstone until retiring and moving to St. Charles in 1979. Rose continued...

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