Obituaries
- March 22, 2022Joyce Mulder, age 86, of Luverne, Minnesota, died on Thursday, March 17, 2022, at Sanford Hospice Cottage in Luverne. Visitation will be held Sunday, March 27, from 4:00-7:00 p.m. at Hartquist Funeral Home – Luverne Chapel. Funeral service will be held Monday, March 28, at 10:30 a.m. at the United Methodist Church in Luverne with burial to follow at Maplewood Cemetery. To sign an online registry…
- March 22, 2022Patricia Aning, 62, Luverne, died Friday, March 18, 2022. Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. Thursday, March 24, at the Dingmann Funeral Home in Luverne and also one hour prior to the funeral service at 1:30 p.m. Friday, March 25, at the First Presbyterian Church in Luverne. Burial will follow in the Luverne Memorial Gardens Cemetery. (0324 DN)
- March 15, 2022Anna VanBatavia, 79, Luverne, died Thursday, March 10, 2022, at the Sanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. A funeral service was Tuesday, March 15, at the American Reformed Church in Luverne. Burial followed at Memory Gardens Cemetery in Luverne. Anna was born on Nov. 4, 1942, to John and Henrietta (Smeins) Brommer. When Anna was an infant, her father was killed in a car…
- March 15, 2022Donald “Wino” Weinkauf, age 66, of Hardwick, Minnesota, died peacefully on Wednesday, March 9, 2022, at the Sanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Visitation will be held on Sunday, March 13, 2022, from 1 to 4 p.m. at Hartquist Funeral Home – Luverne Chapel. A short memorial service will be held at 3:45 on Sunday, March 13, 2022, with burial to follow at Maplewood Cemetery in…
- March 15, 2022Iva Jean Elbers, 83, Luverne, died Tuesday, March 8, 2022, at the Sanford Luverne Hospice Cottage in Luverne. A funeral service was Saturday, March 12, at the First Presbyterian Church in Luverne. Burial followed at Maplewood Cemetery in Luverne. Iva Jean Wessels was born to Fred and Jennie (Bergman) Wessels on Nov. 23, 1938, on a farm near Hardwick. The family later moved to a farm near Ash…
- March 08, 2022Jacob M. Schelhaas, 87, Jasper, formerly of Woodstock, died Wednesday, March 3, 2022, at the Sanford Luverne Hospice Cottage in Luverne. A memorial gathering of family and friends will be from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 26, followed by a Celebration of Life service at 4 p.m., all at the Woodstock Community Church in Woodstock. Jacob Schelhaas was born on Oct. 28, 1934, to John and Lena (Van…
- March 08, 2022Audrey Opitz, 91, Luverne, died Friday, March 4, 2022, at Sanford Hospice Cottage in Luverne. Audrey Hills was born on March 2, 1931, to Ora and Hazel (Doschadis) Hills in Beardsley. As a child, Audrey babysat for neighbor children. She later worked as a waitress in Beardsley and at Rogers Dairy in Watertown, South Dakota. Audrey married Elwood Opitz on July 26, 1949, at St. Peter Catholic Church…
- March 01, 2022Troy DeBoer, 55, Adrian, died Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022, at his home. A time of fellowship will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, March 3, at the Dingmann Funeral Home in Adrian. Memorial service will be 11 a.m. Friday, March 4, at the United Methodist Church in Adrian, with fellowship one hour prior to the service. A private family committal of cremains will be at a later date. Troy Allen DeBoer was…
- March 01, 2022Henrietta Bos, 84, Hills, died Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022, at Sanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. A funeral service was Saturday, Feb. 19 at the Steen Reformed Church. Burial followed in the East Side Cemetery in rural Steen. Henrietta Van Wyhe was born May 10, 1937, on a farm east of Hills, the daughter of Cornelius and Alice (Vander Wolde) Van Wyhe. She grew up near Hills and…
- March 01, 2022Virgil Block age 88, Adrian, died unexpectedly on Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022, at his residence. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, March 4, at the Bethel Reformed Church. Funeral service will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, March 5, at the Bethel Reformed Church, rural Little Rock, Iowa. In lieu of flowers memorials may be directed to the Block family for later designation. Virgil Lloyd Block was…
- February 22, 2022Gary Akkerman, 73, Luverne, died Sunday, Feb. 20, 2022, at Sanford Luverne Hospice Cottage in Luverne. Visitation will be Wednesday, Feb. 23 from 4-8 p.m. at St. John Lutheran Church in Luverne. Funeral service will be Thursday, Feb. 24 at 1 p.m. at the church with burial at Maplewood Cemetery following the service. Gary Allen Akkerman was born on September 3, 1948, to Clarence and Etta (Huisken…
- February 22, 2022Donald Dean Erstad, 93, Alexandria, died Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022, at his home on Lake Ida. A memorial service was Saturday, Feb. 19, at Calvary Lutheran Church in Alexandria with a military salute following the service. Donald Erstad was born on December 11, 1928, in Garretson, South Dakota, to Elmer and Alma (Steen) Erstad, who predeceased him. He grew up with his mother and sister, Carol Amdahl…
- February 22, 2022Donald (Mark) Odland, Jr., 71, of Carlos, Minnesota, passed away on February 18, 2022. Visitation will be 2-5 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 27 at the Anderson Funeral Home in Alexandria. Visitation will continue at 10 a.m. Monday, Feb. 28 at Calvary Lutheran Church with a memorial service at 11 a.m. Mark was born on October 26, 1950, to Donald and Mary Odland in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and grew up in Luverne,…
- February 22, 2022Bryan J. Fransen, age 66, of rural Luverne, died Thursday, February 17, 2022, at the Sanford Luverne Hospital as a result of a heart attack. Visitation will be Monday, February 21, from 9:00 – 10:45 a.m., followed by a funeral service at 11:00 a.m., all at the American Reformed Church in Luverne. Burial will follow at Maplewood Cemetery in Luverne. To sign an online registry, please visit www.…
- February 22, 2022Glenn Allen Overgaard, 67, Ellsworth, formerly of rural Luverne, died Friday, Feb. 18, 2022, at the Parkview Manor in Ellsworth. A memorial service was Tuesday, Feb. 22 at the Hartquist Funeral Home in Luverne with burial at Maplewood Cemetery in Luverne following the service. Glenn Allen Overgaard was born on June 29, 1954, to Gordon and Alice “Mabel” (Tofteland) Overgaard in Luverne. He grew up…
- February 22, 2022Raymond Van Wyhe, age 90, of Luverne, Minnesota, died Saturday, February 19, 2022, at the Sanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Visitation will be Friday, February 25, from 10:00 – 11:00 a.m., followed by a funeral service at 11:30 a.m., all at First Presbyterian Church in Luverne. Burial to follow at Maplewood Cemetery in Luverne. To sign an online registry, please visit www.…
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