deaths

Remembering loved ones lost in 2025
December 30, 2025
The following is a list of the obituaries that appeared in the issues of the Rock County Star Herald in 2025. December 2024 Dec. 21: Cynthia McDowell, 82, Fruita, Colo.; Vance Kohl, 87, Eagle Point, Wisc. Dec. 23: Peter Hauff, 76, Luverne. Dec. 24: Melvin Viessman, 84, Luverne. Dec. 27: Marilyn Carlson, 84, Lake Wilson. January Jan. 3: Joan Fransman, 94, Hills. Jan. 5: Cornelius “…
Meaning in adversity — the deaths of Melissa and Mark Hortman
By By Thomas Getman
June 18, 2025
Washington, D.C., where my wife, Karen, and I have had a home for 48 years, is deeply shaken by the political assassinations in our beloved Minnesota. So many people here live and work in circles of friendships with (and have traditional aspirations about) Minnesotans. The Beatitudes teach, among other things, that “blessed are those who are persecuted for the sake of justice.” Rep. Melissa…
Star Herald remembers local loved ones lost in 2023
December 27, 2023
The following is a list of the obituaries that appeared in the issues of the Rock County Star Herald in 2023. December 2022 Dec. 30: Charlotte Twito, 87, Luverne; Glenn Rye, 95, Sun City, Ariz. Dec. 31: Maria Korthals, 51, Luverne. January 2023 Jan. 1: Renita Schlegel, 64, Lincoln, Neb. Jan. 2: Benedict Blum, 73, Luverne. Jan. 3: Carol Haycraft, 82, Luverne. Jan. 5: Leonard “Shorty…