Carolyne Yother, 88, Weslaco, Texas, formerly of Luverne, died Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2004, at John Knox Retirement Village in Weslaco. Burial at Pleasant View Cemetery, rural Luverne, will be at a later date. Carolyne Kruse was born to Henry and Minnie (Borchers) Kruse on Dec. 3, 1915. She was the granddaughter of pioneers, Christian and Katrine Borchers who homesteaded in the Pleasant View area in 1873. She graduated from Luverne High School, Westmar College and earned a master’s degree in education from the University of Colorado. She taught in Merrill, Clarion and Newton, Iowa, before going to Worthington where she taught English and journalism for 10 years. She later taught psychology and was on the staff of the dean of students at Northern Illinois University at De Kalb, Ill. While serving as vice principal of a Cheyenne, Wyo., high school, she married Wayne G. Yother. Following the death of Mr. Yother in 1970, she returned to Luverne. She moved to John Knox Retirement Village in 1989 in Weslaco. Her combined interest in history and journalism prompted her to assume much responsibility for the material in the Rock County History Book of 1976. Mrs. Yother was an active member of the Love of Christ Lutheran Church in Weslaco; PEO, past Matron of the Order of Eastern Star and past president of the Luverne Community Hospital Auxiliary and Pink Ladies. She was also active in the Bicultural Museum Guild of Weslaco. Survivors include two stepsons, Larry (Gail) Yother, Bloomfield, Conn., and Mark Yother, Cedar Rapids, Iowa; three nieces, Audrey Jervik, Sioux Falls, S.D., Ruth (Richard) Opsata, Luverne, and Sandee (Ed) Battier, Birmingham, Mich.; and three nephews, Donald Edmundson, Sioux Falls, Dan (Valerie) Kruse, Eagan, and Rodney (Janet) Sorenson, Springdale, Ark. Mrs. Yother was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Wayne, three brothers and three sisters.
