Allan Edward Schoon, 90, died Monday, May 31, 2022, at Pathstone Living in Mankato.
A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Monday, June 6, at First Presbyterian Church in Mankato, with visitation one hour prior to the service. Burial will be at a later date at Lake Amelia Cemetery in Villard.
Allan Schoon was born May 7, 1932, to Theodore and Mildred (Thorson) Schoon in Canton, South Dakota. He graduated from Luverne High School in 1950 and attended Macalester College and the University of Minnesota. He served in the U.S. Army in Japan from 1953 to 1955 in the First Calvary Division.
Allan married Muriel Joan Schmitz on Jan. 21, 1956, at Bethany Presbyterian Church in Minneapolis. He farmed near Luverne for 10 years before moving to Mankato to work for the Minnesota Highway Department, later, the Minnesota Department of Transportation. While with MnDOT, he became registered as a professional land surveyor and was the District 7 surveyor from 1982 until his retirement in 1993. During his career he worked on almost every major highway within the district. He taught surveying and wrote computer programs that were used by the Survey Section for many years.
Allan enjoyed flying and was an instrument rated private pilot. He also enjoyed gardening, landscaping, antiques, farm management, computer programming and various other subjects on the internet.
A stroke in 2008 affected his right side, but he regained almost full use with rehabilitation. To gain dexterity he started building plastic model airplanes and continued building models for several years.
Allan is survived by his wife, Muriel; sons Charles of Los Angeles, California, and Thomas (Sue) of Mankato; two grandchildren, Brandon and Matthew Schoon; and brother David (Pat) Schoon of Mendota Heights.
He was preceded in death by his parents and his sister, Delores Boen.
In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred to either First Presbyterian Church in Mankato or to a charity of the donor’s choice.
Arrangements are provided by Mankato Mortuary, www.mankatomortuary.com.
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George John Scholten, age 84, of Luverne, Minnesota, passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family on Friday, June 3, 2022, at Mary Jane Brown Nursing Home in Luverne.
Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 7, 2022, at St. Catherine Catholic Church in Luverne. A funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, June 8, 2022, at the church with burial to follow.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Hartquist Funeral Home in Luverne. To sign an online registry, please visit www.hartquistfuneral.com
George John Scholten was born to John and Alieda (Lens) Scholten on February 10, 1938, in Alvord, Iowa. He was baptized February 13, 1938, in Alvord, Iowa, before the family moved from the farm near Alvord to a farm southeast of Larchwood, Iowa, when George was one year old. He attended four years of country school and then attended St. Mary’s Catholic School in Larchwood, where he received his first communion and was later confirmed. He graduated from St. Mary’s in 1956.
George then enlisted into the United States Army. He was stationed for 13 months in Germany, serving in the Artillery. George proudly served his country and was honorably discharged in 1959. He returned to the Larchwood area and worked for the next few years with neighboring farmers.
On July 8, 1961, George was united in marriage to Donna Woolsey at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Larchwood. The couple made their first home in Larchwood where their daughter, Patricia, was born. The young family moved to Luverne in January of 1963, when George began his career with Iowa Beef Processors. During this time their second daughter, Julie, was born.
After 35 years with IBP, George officially retired in 2000. Not quite ready to slow down yet, George began working part time at the Farmer’s Union, which later became CHS. He retired from CHS in July of 2013 and began enjoying slowing down by tending to his flowers, helping Donna in the kitchen, and taking naps.
On June 3, 2022, while surrounded by his loving family, George went to be with his Lord and Savior at the age of 84 years, 3 months, and 24 days.
George was a member of St. Catherine Catholic Church in Luverne, where he served as usher for many years and was a member of the Knights of Columbus. He belonged to the Luverne Eagle’s Club and was also a member of the Luverne VFW. Spending time with his grandchildren was very special to him and he thoroughly enjoyed watching the boys play hockey, baseball and football.
George will be lovingly remembered by his wife, Donna, of Luverne; two daughters, Patricia (Dana) Walters of Coon Rapids, Minnesota, and Julie (Craig) Nekali of Luverne; four grandchildren, Ryan (Nicole) Walters of Ramsey, Minnesota, Ashley Walters of Coon Rapids, Nicholas Nekali and Nathan Nekali of Luverne; two sisters, Mary Lou Kearney of Sioux City, Iowa, and Rose (Dale) Carman of Sioux Falls, South Dakota; and other family and friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents, John and Alieda Scholten; six brothers, Joseph, Raymond, Paul, Lawrence, John and Cletus Scholten; and six sisters, Theresa Schettler, Dorothy Schettler, Anna Burkard, Irene Soldatke, Elizabeth Wall and Veronica Tuschen.
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The Cardinals played in the Section 3AA championship Thursday, June 2, against the Pipestone Area Arrows, who ended Luverne’s season in four innings, 15-0.
LHS was unable to score any runs. Anika Boll, Kendall Buss and Belle Smidt had the only hits for the Cardinals, who were unable to catch a break during the game.
The Cardinal batters hit the ball hard; they just could not find a gap.
Pipestone Area went on a hitting spree in the first inning and scored 13 runs.
The Cardinals held them to no runs in the second and one run in the third.
But the Arrows were able to plate the last run needed in the fourth to end the game early.
The Cardinal softball team, under head coach Brooks Maurer and assistant coaches JJ Olson and Tara Sudenga, finished the season with a 20-5 record. 
This was the second time in four years the Cardinals competed in the section championship. Luverne had another record-breaking season and just fell short of the state tournament.
Gracie Nath threw all four innings, allowing 15 runs on 14 hits. Nath walked two and struck out two. 
 
Box score          AB    R       H     RBI 
B Connell           2       0       0     0
P Behr                2       0       0     0 
C Olson              2       0       0     0
R Bork                2       0       0     0
K Buss               2       0       1     0
A Boll                 2       0       1     0 
B Smidt              1       0       1     0 
J Smith               1       0       0     0
E Reisdorfer      1       0       0     0

The Luverne Redbirds amateur baseball team upped its season record to 6-1 with a 15-0 victory in seven innings over the Worthington Cubs in Worthington on Wednesday, June 1.
The shutout victory was the third in a row, and fourth this season, for Luverne.
After an opening game loss to the Milroy Irish on May 15, the Redbirds have won six straight games, outscoring their opponents 86-4 in those six contests.
Luverne was scheduled to play in Windom Wednesday (June 8) before traveling to central Minnesota this weekend for two non-league games.
The Redbirds will play in Atwater Friday night and in Kimball Saturday afternoon.
The team returns to Redbird Field next Wednesday, June 15, to host Lakefield.
Three Luverne pitchers combined to earn the shutout win over the Worthington Cubs.
Jake Haugen pitched the first four innings. He gave up the Cubs’ only three hits, no runs and struck out five.
Ethan Beyer took the mound for the next two innings. Beyer gave up no hits, one walk and struck out four.
Cade Wenninger pitched the final inning.
At the plate, the Birds were led by Phil Paquette.
Paquette was three for five at the plate, scoring three runs and tallying five RBIs.
Ben Serie had two hits, including a homerun in the sixth inning, scored two runs and batted in two more. Beyer also had two hits in the game.
Newt Johnson blasted a three-run homerun in the top of the fifth inning. Johnson scored two runs and had four RBIs.
Derek Lundgren scored three runs and Haugen totaled three RBIs in the victory.
 
Luverne          0 6 0 0 5 3 1 x x   15
Worthington   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 x x    0 
 
                           AB  R      H      BI
D Lundgren     3       3       1       0
P Paquette      5       3       3       5  
B Serie             5       2       2       2
D Beers            3       2       0       1
N Johnson       1       2       1       4
J Haugen         5       0       1       3
C Wenninger   4       1       1       0
E Beyer            5       1       2       0
B Maurer          3       1       0       0

Patriot golfers competed in the Section 3A golf meet Wednesday and Friday mornings in Worthington.
Senior Tess Van Maanen finished tied for third place with a score of 197.
She was in second place just one stroke off the lead with a 97 after the first day of the event and finished with a score of 100 on the second day.
“This is her third trip to the state tournament,” said coach Dan Ellingson.
She advances to the State Golf Meet June 14-15 at Pebble Creek Golf Club in Becker.
Senior Austin Allen was the section qualifier for the H-BC boys.
He advanced to the second day of the tournament after shooting a 99 on the first day.
He followed that up with a 95 on the second day to finish in 20th place in Section 3A.
“Austin finished well this year. He was all conference and then advanced in the section meet,” Ellingson said.

The Luverne High School baseball team ended its 2022 season with a close 3-2 loss to Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City Saturday in Marshall.
The Cardinals won two games in the elimination bracket of the Section 3AA tournament before falling to the Falcons to wrap up a 16-8 season.
Luverne defeated Windom Area 6-1 Tuesday, May 31, and Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta 3-1 Thursday, June 2.
 
Luverne 6, Windom 1
The Cardinals defeated the Windom Area Eagles 6-1 at Irish Yard in rural Milroy Tuesday night, May 31.
Senior Kaden Anderson pitched a complete game, striking out eleven batters and giving up only three hits, one run and walking none.
Anderson helped his cause at the plate as well.
After Windom scored one run in the first inning and LHS answered with one run in the second stanza, a triple by Anderson in the third inning scored Braydon Ripka, the first of four runs scored by the Cardinals in the inning to open up the game.
A single by Casey Sehr then scored Anderson before singles by Riley Sneller and Will Serie scored Casey Sehr and Sneller.
Sneller had three hits in the game, while Anderson and Casey Sehr had two each. Anderson scored twice in the contest.
 
Windom      1 0 0 0 2 0 0   1
Luverne      0 1 4 1 0 0 x   6
 
                           AB  R      H      BI
B Ripka               4       1       1       0
K Anderson       4       2       2       1
Casey Sehr        4       1       2       1
C Connell           2       1       0       0
C Overgaard      3       0       1       0
R Sneller            3       1       3       1
W Serie               3       0       1       2
Z DeBoer            2       0       0       0
Carter Sehr        3       0       0       0
E Domagala       0       0       0       0
N Cole-Kraty      0       0       0       0
 
Luverne 3, Morris Area 1
Luverne won its second game of the elimination bracket of the Section 3AA tournament Thursday, June 2, when the Cardinals took down Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta 3-1 in Marshall.
It was a pitchers’ duel between Luverne’s Conner Connell and Morris Area’s Brandon Jergenson, who each pitched complete seven-inning games.
Connell gave up only three hits, one run and two walks and struck out 12.
Morris Area scored first when the Tigers plated one run in the bottom of the first inning to take an early 1-0 lead.
Cardinal Will Serie hit a two-run homerun in the top of the second inning to give LHS a lead it would keep for the remainder of the game.
Connor Overgaard scored Luverne’s third and final run, and his second of the game, on a Morris fielding error in the top of the fourth inning.
Freshman Carter Sehr was two-for-three at the plate for LHS.
 
Luverne     0 2 0 1 0 0 0   0
Morris        1 0 0 0 0 0 0   3
 
                           AB  R      H      BI
B Ripka               1       0       0       0
K Anderson       4       0       0       0
Casey Sehr        4       0       0       0
C Connell           3       0       1       0
C Overgaard      1       2       1       0
R Sneller            2       0       0       0
W Serie               3       1       1       2
J Stroh                2       0       0       0
N Cole-Kraty      1       0       0       0
Carter Sehr        3       0       2       0
K Buss                0       0       0       0
E Domagala       0       0       0       0
 
ACGC 3, Luverne 2
Luverne took a 2-0 lead into the fifth inning against Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City on Saturday in Marshall, but the lead would not hold as ACGC scored three runs in the top of the fifth.
When LHS was unable to get any runners across home plate in the sixth or seventh innings, ACGC came away with the 3-2 victory, and the Cardinals’ season came to an end.
Sneller hit a single in the second inning that scored Overgaard, who scored both of Luverne’s runs.
Serie hit a ground ball to the shortstop in the bottom of the fourth stanza that allowed Overgaard to score his second run.
Sneller led the offense for Luverne with two hits.
Anderson was on the mound for six innings for Luverne. He gave up four hits, three runs, and one walk while striking out four.
Casey Sehr pitched in relief in the seventh inning. Sehr struck out one and gave up no hits or runs.  
 
ACGC       0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   0
Luverne   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1   1
 
                           AB  R    H      BI
B Ripka               2       0    0       0
K Anderson       4       0    1       0
Casey Sehr        3       0    0       0
C Connell           2       0    0       0
C Overgaard      3       2    1       0
R Sneller            3       0    2       1
W Serie               3       0    0       1
Carter Sehr        3       0    0       0
J Stroh                1       0    0       0
Z DeBoer            2       0    0       0

The Luverne Junior Legion baseball team opened its summer season with three losses during their home Buffalo Days tournament before earning a victory over Adrian Monday night.
Luverne is scheduled to play in Minneota tonight (Thursday) and in Worthington on Monday.
 
Marshall 5, Luverne 1
Luverne suffered a 5-1 loss to Marshall Orange in their season opener Friday at Redbird Field.
Patrick Kroski pitched five innings for Luverne, giving up two runs.
Landon Ahrendt replaced Kroski on the mound for the final two innings and gave up three runs.
Layke Miller had Luverne’s only hit in the game and Marcus Vortherms scored the team’s only run.
 
Marshall      1 0 0 0 1 0 3   5
Luverne       0 0 0 0 1 0 0  1
 
                                       AB    R       H 
T DeBates                      4        0        0   
A Schlosser                  3        0        0   
E Domagala                   3        0        0   
P Kroski                         3        0        0   
L Miller                          3        0        1 L Ahrendt                      3        0        0 M Vortherms                 1        1        0   B Bork                           3        0        0   
G Reisch                        3        0        0   
 
Dell Rapids 5, Luverne 4
In the second game of the Buffalo Days tournament, Luverne fell 5-4 in a close contest to Dell Rapids, South Dakota, Friday night.
The game was tied 2-2 after four innings, before Dell Rapids scored two runs in the top of the fifth and one more in the top of the sixth to take a 5-2 lead.
Although Luverne plated two runs in the bottom of the sixth and one more in the bottom of the seventh, it was not enough to earn their first victory of the summer.
At the plate, Elliot Domagala led the Luverne offense with one hit and scored two runs.
Jacob Stroh and Vortherms also had hits in the game, while Trevor DeBates and Stroh scored the other Luverne runs.
Stroh pitched four innings and gave up two runs.
Domagala was on the mound for the final three innings and gave up three runs.  
 
Dell Rapids   0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0          5
Luverne         0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0   4     
 
                                       AB    R       H 
T DeBates                      3        1        0   
A Schlosser                  4        0        0   
E Domagala                   3        2        1    
L Miller                          3        0        0 L Ahrendt                      4        0        0 J Stroh                           4        1        1   M Vortherms                 2        0        1   
B Bork                           1        0        0
L Kelly                           2        0        0   
 
New Ulm 2, Luverne 0
Luverne lost to New Ulm Gold in their final game of the Buffalo Days tournament at Redbird Field Saturday.
Miller recorded the host team’s only hit in the 2-0 loss to New Ulm.
Vortherms threw the first four innings for Luverne. He gave up two runs off three hits.
DeBates pitched the final three innings and gave up no hits and no runs.
 
New Ulm      2 0 0 0 0 0 0   2
Luverne       0 0 0 0 0 0 0   0
 
                                       AB    R       H 
T DeBates                      3        0        0   
A Schlosser                  2        0        0    
L Miller                          3        0        1 L Ahrendt                      3        0        0 M Vortherms                 3        0        0   B Bork                           3        0        0   
L Kelly                           3        0        0
J Aning                          3        0        0
J Lais                             3        0        0   
 
Luverne 9, Adrian 0
Luverne won its first game of the season when Adrian came to Redbird Field Monday night.
The hosts defeated Adrian 9-0 in five innings.
Carter Sehr led the Luverne offense, going two for three at the plate and scoring a run.
Domagala also scored two runs in the game.
Alex Schlosser, Sehr, Vortherms and Kai Buss scored the other Luverne runs.
Sehr pitched three innings for Luverne and gave up only one hit. Domagala pitched in relief for the final two innings and also gave up one hit.
 
Adrian            0 0 0 0 0 x x   0
Luverne       4 2 2 0 1 x x   9
 
                                       AB    R       H     
A Schlosser                  2        1        0
C Sehr                           3        1        2
W Serie                          3        2        1
J Aning                          1        0        0   
E Domagala                   4        2        1     
L Miller                          1        0        0  M Vortherms                 1        1        0   J Stroh                           4        0        1
T DeBates                      1        1        0
B Bork                           4        0        1
K Buss                           2        1        1
L Kelly                           2        0        0   
G Reisch                        1        0        0

The Luverne boys’ tennis team faced a tough challenge in the quarterfinal round of the state tournament Tuesday morning in Minneapolis.
The Cardinals fell 7-0 to St. Paul Academy/Summit School, the top-ranked team in Class A.
Although LHS did not win a match, the No. 2 singles match was extremely competitive.
Luverne’s Griffen Jarchow and SPA’s Harry Mahmic required a tie-breaker set, which Jarchow lost 13-11.
With the loss, the Luverne team moved to the consolation bracket to face Minnewaska Area/Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa, who lost 4-3 to Rock Ridge in the quarterfinals.
The consolation matchup took place Tuesday afternoon, after this edition of the Star Herald went to press.
A full summary of state tournament results will be published in next week’s Star Herald.

How would you answer this question: Why do you come to church?
Some may answer because it is what they have always done. Others may say because they like fellowship with friends.
Perhaps children like Sunday school classes or Vacation Bible School and being with friends. Youth may say so they can do fun youth activities, to fulfill confirmation requirements, or to hang out with friends.
Sometimes grandparents come to see the children’s choir sing, or a Christmas program.
How about coming to church for non-Sunday activities or events, such as choir practice, Bible studies or quilting?
Or maybe you attend the funeral of a friend or neighbor, or eat at a church dinner, or participate in an AA or other type of meeting held in the building.
All of these are legitimate reasons for coming to church, but I hope that you get more out of church than just socializing and activities! I hope you get to make a new friend – Jesus.
There are many places where you can see friends, eat food and learn. There are many chances for people to do service projects and have fun. But these places do not necessarily have the opportunity to get to know and learn about Jesus, and discover how Jesus, and faith, can be an important part of life.
Sharing the ups and downs of life is something that people often do with friends or spouses, but there is a limit to what humans can do to help in such situations. A listening ear or word of advice may be welcome, but it not always available.
That’s where having a relationship with Jesus comes in. Jesus is always available and willing to listen. You can always take your joys and concerns to God, to Jesus, in prayer.
There is no one right way to pray. Prayer can be formal or informal, out loud or silent. Whatever it looks or sounds like, God hears ALL prayers.
So, if a person wants to learn how to pray, discover how to share their life with God, and meet friends old and new, where would they go?
Why, to church! In the midst of all the events and activities, they learn about Jesus. They learn about God’s great love for us. They find others who are on the same journey, also putting their trust in God, and supporting one another through life.
You may come to church for the social, learning and service reasons listed above, but in the process you’ll learn about how Jesus is active in your life.
Check out churches online or in person, and discover that we, that you, DO have a friend in Jesus.