Just in time for Mother’s Day, a healthy bull calf was born late on April 25 at the Blue Mounds State Park where more than 30 calves are expected this spring, arriving between now and the middle of June. According to park manager Chris Ingebretsen, visitors hoping to see the bison may stop at the park office where staff can offer advice on where to look for the herd. Also, the park website will be updated soon with a new version of the park map that shows the three best locations for spotting the herd (the observation deck, Eagle Rock and the bench on the Western Loop trail). Ingebretsen said these locations are the best places to get a general location of the herd, and from there people can hike along the fenced perimeter of the bison range to get closer views.

Luverne Elementary’s kindergartners perform “Sounds a Little Fishy To Me,” by Donna Amorosia, Friday afternoon in the school’s performing arts center. Under the direction of elementary vocal teacher Morgan Van Holland, the 76 students sang for the first time as a group in front of an audience of friends and family. Each decorated a paper sea creature hung around their necks.

Births
A boy, Parker Dean Smith, weighing 9 pounds, 3 ounces, 21.2 inches long, was born on April 7, 2022, at Sanford Luverne toDr. Michael and Andrea Smith of Luverne. Siblings are Kiesli, Luka and Isley.
Grandparents are Helena Thompson of Flandreau, South Dakota, and Donna Smith, also of Flandreau.
 
Card showers
Colleen Enga will celebrate her 85th birthday Wednesday, May 11. Greetings may be sent to her at 1504 Blue Ridge Drive, Luverne, MN 56156.
 
Vern Kortleever will celebrate his 85th birthday on Saturday, May 7. Greetings may be sent to him at 2365 200th Avenue, Edgerton, MN 56128.
 
Bridal shower
A bridal shower for Hannah Osland, bride-to-be of Ethan Marshall, will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 14, in the atrium at St. John Lutheran Church in Luverne.

LSS meals at Generations
Monday, May 9: Sloppy Joe on a bun, potato salad, fruit, pudding.
Tuesday, May 10: Ham with raisin sauce, au gratin potatoes, peas, dinner roll, dessert.
Half-Price Day sponsored by Security Savings Bank.
Activities: 12:30 p.m. Pinochle; Bunco.
Wednesday, May 11: Roast beef, mashed potatoes with gravy, California Normandy, bread, dessert.
Thursday, May 12: Sausage egg bake, broccoli, cinnamon applesauce, coffee cake.
Friday, May 13: Baked ziti, mixed vegetables, peaches, dessert.
LSS Dining offers well-balanced and affordable meals in a community atmosphere.
Call Lynette Hoiland at 283-9846 to arrange to pick up a dinner or for home-delivered meals.
Gift certificates are available at the meal site or online at www.lssmn.org/nutrition.

The following article is part of the Diamond Club Member group that began in the January 7, 1943, issue of the Rock County Star Herald. Members of this group consist of persons of age 75 and older. This is continued from last week’s edition of the Star Herald.
January 21, 1943
When Mrs. Jennie Savage came to Luverne in 1876, there was no town north of Main Street. There were but a few scattered trees in town, and on a clear day, one could look north and see the Mounds. From this typical frontier town, Mrs. Savage has watched Luverne grow to present size and watching transformation has proved to be very interesting.
Mrs. Savage was born Sept. 12, 1863, in Oshkosh, Wis., the daughter of Charles C. and Sarah Frances Ferson Drew. Her father was in the lumber business and owned a small mill at Oshkosh. Mrs. Savage states that she doesn’t know what led her father to decide to leave Oshkosh, but she was only a tiny girl when the family moved to Charles City, Ia.
They lived there until 1876 when they decided to move to Luverne. They made the trip in October of that year, coming the distance in an uncovered “Democrat” wagon, drawn by a team of horses, a bay and a gray.
Mrs. Savage recalls that when they arrived at Worthington, her sister, who later became Mrs. I.I. Smith, boarded the first train that came into Luverne. Immediately on her arrival, she reserved rooms in the hotel for the Drew family until Mr. Drew could build a place in which his family could live.
The building that he erected became the first furniture store in Luverne, and he became Luverne’s first furniture dealer. The structure had living quarters in the rear for the family, and this became their first home.
“I know there had been no building done north of Main Street,” Mrs. Savage recalls, “because we had our family cow tied on the vacant lots in the back of the store, and also had a garden there. Later, however, homes were erected on those lots and the town gradually grew northward.”
In speaking of the garden, Mrs. Savage said that during the grasshopper years, the residents in town would build smudges to keep the insects from destroying their garden products. Because vegetables were difficult to buy in stores in those days, virtually everyone raised a garden and had a cow to provide the family with milk. There was no creamery then, and they obtained dairy butter from the stores.
Mrs. Savage attended school in the “little white schoolhouse” in the southeast part of town. Will Donaldson was the teacher at that time, she recalls, and the enrollment was small. After finishing public school, she attended the normal training school at Winona, and upon finishing there, she returned to Rock county to teach. She taught first in the Mound school, receiving a salary of $25 per month. When a year or two later she was given a position teaching in the Magnolia school at $30 a month, she felt that she was really earning a lot of money. While teaching there, she “commuted,” travelling back and forth by train.
On Dec. 24, 1885, she was married to W. M. Savage at the home of her parents in Luverne. They moved to Watertown, S.D. where Mr. Savage was engaged in the hardware business. They became the parents of six children, four of whom are living at the present time. They are Merle Savage, New York City; Mrs. Sidney (Eloise) Burton, Grand Island, Neb.; Iral I. Savage, Penn Run, Pa.; and Charles C. Savage, Minneapolis.
After Mr. Savage’s death in 1910, Mrs. Savage continued to live in Watertown for several years, and then returned to Luverne to care for her parents. When her children became old enough so that it was time to think of their advanced education, Mrs. Savage moved to Minneapolis where they could attend the University of Minnesota. Two of them completed university courses.
A few years ago, she moved back to Luverne and this has been her home since. She has an apartment of her own, does her own work and raises numerous house plants as a hobby. She also enjoys reading, and she is now “catching up” on some of the reading she didn’t do when she was busy rearing her family.
Her social activities such as belonging to lodges and clubs are limited, she states. She is, however, one of the charter members of the Pioneer Girls, an organization founded in 1902 by a group of women who had been close friends during the early days of Luverne. The club was formed following a party held at the home of Mrs. Ruby Parker Ells., who lived in Luverne at that time. Since then they have been meeting annually.
She is a member of the Christian Science church.
Mrs. Savage, one of three girls born to the Drew family, has one living sister, Mrs. Zillah Wilson of Seattle, Wash.
         Donations to the Rock County Historical Society can be sent to the Rock County Historical Society, 312 E. Main Street, Luverne, MN 56156.
Mann welcomes correspondence sent to mannmade@iw.net.

Marya Manfred, 72, Luverne/Worthington, died Monday, January 10, 2022, at the Good Samaritan Society – Mary Jane Brown Home in Luverne.
She was born December 5, 1949, in Minneapolis, to Frederick and Maryanna (Shorba) Manfred.
Marya grew up and attended elementary school in Bloomington, Minnesota. She moved to Luverne at age 10 and graduated from Luverne High School in 1967.
After high school, Marya moved to Colorado for one year to study singing, music composition and piano performance. Marya then finished her bachelor’s degree, majoring in art, at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities.
Marya was a member of NAMI for many years. She worked for the Consumer Survivor Network at Marshall before becoming a certified peer specialist at Southwestern Mental Health Center in Worthington and Luverne, where she taught art therapy.  She was deeply respected for her work there.
She enjoyed traveling with friends and loved the theater, movies and art museums. One of Marya's first paintings, The Dance of Life, which is a celebration of the human form and of life itself, will be on display at the Rock County History Center in Luverne at selected times over the next years.
Marya is survived by her sister, Freya Manfred and her husband, Thomas Pope, both of Stillwater, Minnesota; and two loving nephews, Nicholas Bly Pope, Twin Cities, and Ethan Rowan Pope, Twin Cities.
She was preceded in death by her parents and her brother, Frederick Manfred Jr. in 2016.
A memorial service will be at 5 p.m. Wednesday, May 11, at the Dingmann Funeral Home in Luverne. Lunch and fellowship will take place after the service. A private family committal of cremains will take place at a later date.
To livestream the funeral service, please visit http://www.facebook.com/DingmannFH
Arrangements are provided by Dingmann Funeral Home of Luverne, dingmannandsons.com.
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Fabian Deutsch, 94, Magnolia, died Tuesday, April 26, 2022, at the Parkview Manor Nursing Home in Ellsworth.
A funeral Mass was Saturday, April 30, at St. Catherine Catholic Church in Luverne. Burial with full military honors provided by the Ellsworth American Legion was at St. Mary Catholic Cemetery in Ellsworth.
Fabian Deutsch was born Feb. 13, 1928, in Ellsworth to Joe and Josephine (Gerardy) Deutsch. Fabian attended St. Mary Catholic School in Ellsworth. After serving his country in the United States Army during World War II, he received his high school diploma.
He worked for the Rock County Oil Company for 40 years. Fabian also owned and operated Deutsch Lanes and The Red Roof Dance Hall in Ellsworth for many years. He farmed two farms around Ellsworth, approximately 300 acres.
Fabian married Susan “Sue” Berghorst on March 8, 1992, in Pipestone. The couple moved to Magnolia where Fabian served as mayor for over 20 years. He retired at the age of 62. Fabian became a resident of the Parkview Manor Nursing Home in July of 2019.
He was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church in Ellsworth until the church closed and he became a member of St. Catherine Catholic Church in Luverne. He was a member of the American Legion, the VFW, the Knights of Columbus and the Optimist Club. Fabian enjoyed making rugs and polka dancing with his sweetheart, Sue, until just a couple of years ago.
Fabian is survived by his wife, Sue Deutsch, Ellsworth; seven children, Randy (Carla) Deutsch, Cathy Deutsch, Jeffrey (Laurie) Deutsch, Danny Deutsch, Gary (Brenda) Deutsch, Mary (Daryl) Kramer and Sally Lloyd; many grandchildren; great-grandchildren; two brothers, William “Bill” Deutsch and John (Trudy) Deutsch; a sister, Loretta Henning; two sisters-in-law, Donna and Betty Deutsch; four stepchildren, Richard (Robyn) Berghorst, Larry Berghorst, Julie (Rob) Rickenbaugh and Teresa Berghorst; and many stepgrandchildren and stepgreat-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents; three brothers, Lawrence, Eddie and Walter Deutsch; a brother-in-law, Frank Henning; and two sisters-in-law, Jean and Virginia Deutsch.
Arrangements were provided by Dingmann Funeral Home of Luverne, dingmannandsons.com.
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Stanford Rognley “Shiner” Nelson, 71, died at home in Waseca, Minnesota, on April 27, 2022.
He was born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on July 9, 1950, to Anna Evelyn (Rognley) and Joseph Nelson.  On the family homestead near Hills, he farmed, herded, was a carpenter and furniture builder, and fostered wildlife habitat. 
He attended the University of Minnesota, Morris and was a graduate of Hills-Beaver Creek High School and Killian Community College. 
He was devoted to those he counseled at Luverne Hospital later in life, and the rare farmer playing coronet and trombone in the Lennox Municipal and Augustana College Community bands. 
Progressive illness, coinciding with retirement, impacted him physically but did not affect his humor, intelligence and presence.   Family and friends knew him to be strong, gentle and caring; a man of expansive thoughts and few words; and a wonderful companion.   He was grateful for their love and support. 
He photographed and wrote, read deeply, listened to great music, and honored the wisdom of saints and sages in his quest for a meaningful and spiritually developed life.
He is mourned by his wife and companion of 15 years, Susan Stumm; daughter Katy Nelson; step-children Alissa (Matt Richardson), Patrick and Liam Moore; grandchildren Amara, Winifred, and Beatrix; mother-in-law Doris Young; sisters and brothers-in-law; cousins; niece and nephew, Molly (Sundt) Birkett and Joe Sundt and families; and dear friends including Nan Karr Kaufenberg, mother of Carrie and Katy.   Stanford was preceded in death by daughter Carrie Nelson; sister Paula (Nelson) Sundt; brother-in-law David Sundt; and parents.
A service for family and friends will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, May 14, 2022, at the Gustavus Adolphus Arboretum in St. Peter, Minnesota.
Memorials may be directed to the American Brain Foundation, Cure PSP, and Mayo Hospice of Mankato.
Arrangements are by Dennis Funeral Home of Waseca,  dennisfuneralhomes.com
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Margie Lou “Marge” Knoll, age 82, of Luverne, Minnesota, died peacefully on Monday, May 2, 2022, at the Sanford Luverne Hospice Cottage.
Visitation will be Friday, May 6, from 4 to 7:30 p.m., with a prayer service at 7 p.m., at St. John Lutheran Church in Luverne. Funeral will be Saturday, May 7, at 10:30 a.m. at the church. Burial will follow at Maplewood Cemetery in Luverne.
Arrangements are entrusted to the Hartquist Funeral Home in Luverne. To view Marge’s life tribute video or sign an online registry, please visit www.hartquistfuneral.com.
Margie Lou Wood was born on May 12, 1939, to Harold and Minnie (Themer) Wood in Truman, Minnesota. She spent her childhood years in Truman where she attended school. Marge was active in 4-H, FHA (Future Homemakers of America), GAA (Girls Athletic Association), band, chorus and cheerleading. She graduated from Truman High School in 1957. She then attended a year of college at the University of Minnesota in the Twin Cities where she studied home economics.
On June 14, 1959, Marge married the love of her life, Dale Knoll, in nearby Fairmont, Minnesota. The couple made their home for a few years in Truman before putting their roots down in Luverne, Minnesota, in 1962. Marge excelled as a homemaker and loved taking care of her family. She was gifted at cooking, baking, cleaning, sewing … you name it and she could do it. She made the best chocolate chip cookies and banana bread!
As her children grew older, she enjoyed heading to the Luverne School District for many years where she worked as a paraprofessional. Marge had a heart for children and taking care of others. She was always a giver of her time and talents.
Dale preceded Marge in death on August 9, 2003. She continued to reside at their home in Luverne. On Monday, May 2, 2022, Marge died peacefully at the Sanford Luverne Hospice Cottage at the age of 82 years.
Marge was a member of St. John Lutheran Church in Luverne where she was active in Lutheran Women’s Missionary League, Chancel Guild, Parish Fellowship, and Servant’s Group. She also served as the church’s wedding coordinator. She was also a member of the American Legion Auxiliary. In addition to helping at church, Marge enjoyed volunteering at the hospital and serving Meals on Wheels for the community.
She liked sewing and quilting, golfing, playing cards with friends, gardening and traveling. She especially loved time spent with her family, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She loved to be present for her grandchildren and attend their school, sports and church activities through the years.
Marge will be remembered as a woman of faith and for the great care and empathy she expressed to others so freely. To be loved by Marge meant you heard her say, “Love you to pieces!”
Marge is remembered by her children, Tim (Sharon) Knoll of Brandon, South Dakota, Amy (Sid) Fitch of Spencer, Iowa, and Beth (Josh) Fleming of Madison Lake, Minnesota; stepson Tom (Janet) Knoll of Glenwood, Minnesota; nine grandchildren, Lindsey (Seth) Miller, Brittany (Erich) Hartwig, Payton Knoll, Kyle Fitch, Madison (Cole) Loehr, Bailey Fleming, Rieley Fleming, Chris Knoll and Samantha (Nick) Hemmesch; nine great-grandchildren, Aspen Miller, William and Lukas Hartwig, Mila Loehr, Avery and Winston Knoll, Tyler, Emmit and Oliver Hemmesch; and other family.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Dale; her parents; and a sister and brother-in-law, Darla and Darryl Vilt. 
Memorials are preferred to St. John Lutheran Church or the Lutheran Women’s Missionary League.
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