Betty Mann will be celebrating her 92nd birthday and her retirement after serving 27 years as Rock County Historical Society president from 1-4 p.m. Sunday, May 1, at the History Center. Cards/monetary gifts to the Rock County Historical Society in Betty’s honor are welcome.

LSS meals at Generations
Monday, May 2: Orange chicken, brown rice, Oriental vegetables, mandarin oranges, dessert.
Tuesday, May 3: Goulash, peas, tropical fruit, garlic bread stick.
Half-Price Day sponsored by Sanford.
Activities: 12:30 p.m. Pinochle; Bunco.
Wednesday, May 4: Ham and turkey chef salad, bread stick, fresh orange, dessert.
Thursday, May 5: Pepper steak, mashed potatoes with gravy, carrots, dinner roll, dessert.
Friday, May 6: Fish patty on a bun with tartar sauce, cheesy hashbrowns, baked beans, dessert.
Saturday, May 7: 7-10 a.m. Birding with Laurie. Meet at 105 S. Estey. Bring coffee or water, binoculars and a friend.
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 14, 1943
The distinction of being a distant relative of one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence belongs to Mrs. Addie Clark, 84, who resides with her daughter, Mrs. Vernon Goembel, near Luverne. Although most people at her age would not undertake it, Mrs. Clark recently wrote a brief family biography, tracing the history of her family since early in the 18th century.
Her father David McKean was of Scotch descent, his forefathers having come to this country in 1720. An old family history, which was later destroyed by fire, stated that the first McKeans came to Boston in that year. There were five boatloads of Scots that came at one time, but Mrs. Clark is not certain that all were north to Nova Scotia, others settled in Connecticut and New York and many probably settled in Massachusetts.
One of her father’s forbears was Thomas McKean, who was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence in 1776.
Mrs. Clark’s father was a boy of 17 when he came west to settle in Clinton county, Ia. His father bought a half section of land at $2.50 per acre, which land was owned by the McKean family until 1867. Mrs. Clark’s father cared for his parents as long as they lived. He was married in 1855 to Sarah E. Banks and they reared a family of five girls­—“three school teachers and two milliners” according to Mrs. Clark. Mrs. Clark, who was one of the school teachers, was born on the home farm Sept. 14, 1858.
“My mother,” says Mrs. Clark, “married at 18 as most of the girls of that age did. They moved to father’s farm, part of the original farm, and lived there until after the Civil War. My mother did not like farm life.
“We had a good school there and she was anxious for us girls to have every advantage.
“Those were hard times after the war,” recalls Mrs. Clark, and predicts, “they’re such as we’ll have when this war is over.
“We lived on the old farm until 1867, then moved to Wheatland in the same county. Later, in 1873, we moved to Calhoun county, Ia. where I stayed with my grandfather and went to high school that year. Then I went to Missouri to school and lived with my great-uncle 1½ years. The next summer, I taught a country school, and that fall on Oct. 11, 1876, I was married to Ellis I. Clark, at Lake City, Ia.”
Mrs. Clark taught school the next year, and then she and her husband moved on a rented farm. In two years, Mr. Clark bought an 80-acre tract, and built a small house, 14x20 feet, with one room on the second floor. They lived there until 1881 when they sold the farm and bought another. There they built a large house and barn, and as Mrs. Clark describes it, “we were very comfortable.”
In 1896, they sold their Iowa farm and moved to Nebraska, living there 12 years before moving to Clear Lake, S.D. This was their home for five years, and they then moved to Luverne, coming to this community Feb. 24, 1914. They bought a farm near Luverne and operated it until moving to Luverne on Decoration day, 1917.
Mr. and Mrs. Clark were the parents of 10 children, nine of whom are living. They include Edmond L. Clark, Dickson, Ill.; Mrs. J. H. Pinkley, Pender, Neb.; Guy E. Clark, Cedar Rapids, Ia.; David W. Clark, Detroit, Mich.; Neil C. Clark, Walker, Ia.; Mrs. Vernon Goembel, Luverne; Floyd M. Clark, East Moline, Ill.; and Leslie L. Clark, Tallahassee, Fla. She also has 24 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Clark has two sisters living, Mrs. Clara M. Alt, Evanston, Ill. and Mrs. Bird Davey, Des Moines, Ia.
“As to my own life,” Mrs. Clark writes in her biographical sketch, “it is hardly worth talking about. It was quiet and uneventful as you may suppose, cooking and doing my own work the better part of the time. I never knew what it meant not to have plenty for my big family of seven boys and two girls. I lost one girl, eleven years old, in 1896. This was a great grief.
“I am 84 years old now, and as happy as one can be out of her own home. My husband died in 1926.
“As to the reason for my long life, perhaps that can be found in Exodus 20, in the fourth commandment, “Honor thy father and thy mother and that days may be long in the land thy God giveth thee’.”
Mrs. Clark is a member of the Presbyterian church, serving many years as superintendent and teacher in the Sunday school.
She has made her home with Mrs. Goembel since her husband’s death in 1926.
 
         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.

Each year I tell you about a fantastic product call Systemic Rose Care.  This is a granular product I apply to the soil at the base of a rose bush in the next week and just let the rain dissolve it.
That product has the best formulation of rose fertilizer I have found, and the systemic part indicates that it contains an insecticide that is absorbed by the roots and moves systemically through the plant tissue.  It will kill any insect that feeds on any part of the rose plant.
Application is repeated in six weeks and then another time six weeks after that. So we’re talking three applications per season.
One of the most aggressive insects that attack the rose foliage is a little green worm that is the same color as the leaf.  The adult butterfly lays a mass of eggs on the underside of the leaf, and the critters that hatch have an enormous appetite. As I said, there is an egg mass, so we are talking a bunch of these hungry little buggers and they will almost totally strip the leaves from the plant in a couple of days … likely before you notice they are present.
The damage will start as just a few holes in the leaf, and the worms feed from the underside of the leaf, so unless you know where to look, you will not see them. Obviously they have to eat some of the foliage before they ingest the insecticide, but the damage stops there.
Bonide and Bayer are two readily available brand names.
If you have started some plants indoors that are headed for the garden later, set them outdoors for a few days prior to planting them in the garden. That process is called hardening them off and they get a chance to “muscle up” to the weather they will have to endure later. Indoors they don’t get assaulted by the wind, and unless you introduce them to the fact that we do have wind, the acclimation process can be brutal or even fatal to tender seedlings. Set them in a partially shaded area before setting them in full sun.
I do this with all of my cool season crops because they are going to have to put up with our unsettled weather pattern more than warm season plants that go out later.
Speaking of warm season crops, I am referring to beans, tomatoes, peppers, melons, cucumbers and similar crops that will not tolerate cold temperatures. Eager gardeners get a warm day or two and they get excited to get these plants and seeds in the ground prior to the ground temperature being warm enough, and they actually do more harm to the plants and seeds than if they just practice a little patience. 

10 years ago (2012)
•The “Luverne’s Got Talent” night at the American Reformed Church drew 220 people to the supper and 19 participants in the talent show. The event, which was a fundraiser for an upcoming Haiti mission trip, yielded nearly $3,300 for the cause.
Fourth-place talent entry was the ARC Mixed Quartet of Jim Jelken, Joe Dorhout, Bonnie Shelton and Kathy Jacobsma singing “Joy In The House.” Third-place winners were Jim and Paula Jelken singing “Can He? Could He? Would He? Did He?” Second place was Nathan Fransman singing “Lean on Me,” and first-place honors went to Anika Gust and Jadyn Anderson, who sang “Imagine.”
All winners donated their winnings ($100 for first place, $75 for second and $50 for third) to the Haiti mission fund. Master of ceremonies was Sara Sandbulte and judges were Ryan Johnson, Mike Altena, LaDonna Van  Aartsen and Shelley Sandbulte.
 
25 years ago (1997)
•In one of the biggest prescribed burns in years, the Blue Mounds State Park staff burned off prairie grasses from Highway 75 to the Interpretive Center Tuesday afternoon.
Prairie resource staff periodically conduct prescribed burns to encourage native prairie plants to flourish.
The burn was successfully completed, except flames jumped the border on the north, and the Luverne Fire Department was called to assist in protecting buildings on Rollie Miller’s property.
 
50 years ago (1972)
•What does it take to be named Rock County Rural Homemaker of 1972?
Well, this year it took Sally (Mrs. Russell) Olson, and as she says, “A lot of help from my family (four children and husband Russ), my co-members of the Domestic Engineers Extension Club, my darling students at school and just about everybody else who touches my life each day.”
“I never really expected to win. Though the gals had nominated me from our club, I just never expected to win. But it’s wonderful!”
Expect it or not, Sally (her true name is Olga, although almost nobody calls her that) Olson did win, and will represent Rock County at the annual Rural Homemaker Day in Sioux City, Iowa, on June 6.
 
75 years ago (1947)
•Announcement was made this week that A. P. Fitzer and C. B. Rolph have been appointed local distributors for Stran-Steel buildings. Their company will be known as the Luverne Steel Company, and they will specialize in the sales and erection of Stran-Steel “Quonset” buildings.  
 
100 years ago (1922)
•Through the remarkable work of Lloyd Ohs, the Senior Class was an easy first-honor winner in the interclass track meet of the Luverne high school held last week.
From the start it was thought that the Seniors held the advantage over the other classes and their victory was conceded when Ohs won all dashes.
This young athlete is conceded to be the greatest track man that has ever attended the Luverne high school, and his feat of winning seven first honors and one second, carrying credits of thirty-eight points, stamps him as a star. Paul Parr, of the Freshman class, was the next highest man in point of achievements, scoring eleven points.

Carol Marie Haukos Kack, a wonderful and greatly loved wife, mother, grandmother and friend to many, passed away peacefully on July 27, 2020, at the age of 94 in Phoenix, Arizona.
Peter Edward Kack, an energetic, fun-loving and devoted husband, father and entrepreneur, then passed away peacefully in Phoenix on July 2, 2021, at the age of 97, less than a year after Carol, and after 75 loving and happy years together.
Carol was born in 1925 to Clarence and Tona Haukos, the youngest of six children, and grew up on their farm north of Madison, Minnesota. Peter was born in 1924 to Peter and Margaret Kack, the eighth of 12 children, and grew up on their farm south of Madison. During the 1920s many farmers were beginning to buy machinery but still widely used horses. It was common then not to have running water or electricity. Pete’s family had electricity when he was five, and Carol’s dad built a nice new home with water and electricity when she was eight. During the Great Depression and severe drought of the early 1930s, both Pete’s and Carol’s parents often gave food to other families who were struggling to keep their farms.
Their fathers were good-natured but hard workers, and all of the kids had jobs to do. By the age of 10, Pete was doing morning chores in the barns, and Carol milked cows after school. Both of their mothers worked all day and were very kind and gracious ladies who found ways to provide occasional delights for their families and gatherings of relatives. Both mothers passed earlier, in their 50s, and were greatly missed by their families and friends for many years.
Carol rode a work horse to a one-room country grade school, where she was the only fourth- to eighth-grader while in school. Peter’s older brother Melvin drove Peter and his sisters to St. Michael’s school by horse and buggy or sleigh. Peter took over when he was old enough, quartered the horses, and walked the few blocks to school.
At Madison High School, Peter first saw Carol, with her smile and twinkling eyes. He wasted no time introducing himself, and they dated all through high school. He was the drummer in his older brother Melvin’s band, playing weeknights, often at area towns, but he never missed one day of high school – or a date with Carol! Peter graduated in 1941 and took a short trip with his older brother Sylvie to San Diego. Carol graduated in 1943 and went to Seattle with her lifelong best friends Ethyl Dove and Dorothy Borstad, where they sorted mail for soldiers in the Pacific war. After a few months, missing their families and friends, they returned to Madison.
Peter and Carol married on December 30, 1944. During World War II, youngest brothers were required to stay and work on the farms, so Peter and Carol lived with his parents during the war. After the war he was curious to see other places, so with Carol and 2-year-old Charlotte, he moved to Dickinson, North Dakota, and worked for his older brother Wally. Then on to San Diego for a year, where he worked in a military plane factory and spent many hours taking neighborhood kids to the beaches, plus building and flying kites with them on the cliffs. In 1951, with Charlotte and their new little boy Terry, they returned to Madison to run the farm for his father, Peter Kack “Senior,” who had retired in town.
The family grew with Tim in 1953, Tom in 1954, and Susie in 1956. While Peter was very busy in the fields or with livestock, Carol had her hands full with the farm, three highly energetic sons, a part-time bookkeeping job for an old family friend, and still sewed lovely dresses for her daughters. They had many friends and loved golf, playing cards and bowling, along with many delightful gatherings with their relatives.
Both Peter and Carol enjoyed bowling, and in 1960 they bought the bowling alley in Luverne, Minnesota, so the family moved to town! The bowling alley thrived because Peter was there every day, and Carol recruited teams, bowling with them several days every week. They had many new friends who also had kids, and the years in Luverne were great fun for the whole family.
In 1970, with Terry, Tim, Tom, Susie and little son Jason, they moved to Prescott, Arizona, where they owned Plaza Bowl, and later hired a manager for Starlite Lanes in Flagstaff, which were both very busy and profitable. Every summer they drove around the West, spent weeks with daughter Charlotte and her family in Sandpoint, Idaho, then on to Minnesota for very happy reunions with brothers, sisters and old friends.
For a warmer climate, they moved to Phoenix in 1978 and bought apartment buildings. Pete could not slow down and did all the maintenance on the apartments. Carol, who had a gift for creating lovely homes, began oil painting beautiful landscapes and elegant designs on walls.
In 1988 they moved to Sun Lakes, a retirement community, for it is community golfing as well as dancing, bridge groups and parties with any neighborhood friends Most family holidays were at “Mom and Dad’s” in Sun Lakes. Everyone enjoyed fishing the lake behind their house, long walks around the many lakes, bike riding and lots of games, plus cooking and cleaning together, while “Grandma and Grandpa” relaxed and entertained everyone with humor and laughter. Pete and Carol took many pleasurable trips, first around Europe, then a Baltic cruise, in addition to many fun vacations with their Luverne friends Mark and Lorraine Jacobsen to Puerta Vallarta in winters and Lake Tahoe in summers.
After 30 years Carol had lost mobility from an earlier stroke. In 2018 they moved to The Strafford, a lovely assisted living community, where Peter took comfortable care of Carol. On July 4, 2020, Carol had a fateful stroke and was moved to The Hospice of the Valley, which took excellent care of her. For three weeks because of the virus, the family could be only in and out, but Peter never left her side as she declined gracefully and died in her sleep on July 27, 2020.
Susan Vesecky, their daughter who had made all their arrangements and helped them for years, moved Peter right to her townhome in Phoenix, and within two months, he was diagnosed with lung cancer. The family took turns visiting their lovable and fun dad and were with him his last few days until, with very little discomfort, he passed in his sleep on July 2, 2021, less than a year after Carol, his beloved wife of 75 years. Their sons and daughters, grandchildren, relatives and numerous lifetime friends profoundly miss them for their goodness, lovability and delightful company.
Peter and Carol were preceded in death by their multi-talented and always cheerful oldest son, Terry Kack, of cancer; Carol’s parents Clarence and Tona Willand Haukos; brothers Orton and Willard Haukos, and sisters Carmen Tinderholt, Thelma Slinde and Bernice Lund. Also preceding were Peter’s parents, Peter Kack Sr. and Margaret Croatt Kack; brothers Walter, Sylvester, Melvin and Roy; sisters Mable Miller, Estelle Raveling, Isabelle Roth, Rosella Telford and Arlene Aarskaug; and also their little great-grandsons Henry Keeton and Ethan Kack.
They are survived by Peter’s sisters, Margaret Hedstrom and Lucille Strom; and children and grandchildren: daughter Charlotte Welch, her children Sean (Jean) Welch and Katie (Kyle) Brannan; deceased son Terry’s daughter Deja (Lance) Correira; son Timothy (Stephanie) Kack, their son Alex Kack and Tim’s daughter Jennifer Kack; son Thomas (Debbie) Kack, their children Kristi Kack and Derek (McKenna) Kack; daughter Susan (Brian) Vesecky, her daughters Anna (David) Coletti, Carly (Kyle) Keeton, Frances (Connor) Ohlmert and Jillian Vesecky; and youngest son Jason (Kate) Kack; plus 12 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.
Because of the virus, Carol’s funeral had been put on hold. Now their funeral will be as one in Madison on Saturday, June 4, 2022, at 11 a.m. in St. Michael’s church, where they were married 78 years ago. After the funeral, burial will be near Carol’s parents, and not far from Peter’s parents, at a memorial which was created in their honor. Following will be a luncheon at the church, with celebration of their very special and happy lives, plus precious memories from guests to share.
For information on the funeral and reservations for the luncheon, please call their daughter Susan Vesecky at 602-527-0607. Any memorial donations may be made to Hospice of the Valley, www.hov.org because of their outstanding kindness to Carol and Peter.
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Daniel Harold Kindt, 62, of Hardwick died unexpectedly on Friday, April 22, 2022, at the Sanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, April 28, at Zion Lutheran Church in Hardwick. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 27, at Hartquist Funeral Home in Luverne. To view Dan’s life tribute video or sign an online registry, please visit www.hartquist funeral.com.
Daniel Kindt was born on Oct. 1, 1959, to Harold and Lois (Petersen) Kindt in Luverne and raised in Hardwick. He was baptized and confirmed at Zion Lutheran Church in Hardwick. He attended school in Luverne and graduated in 1978. He continued his education, earning a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Winona State University in Winona in 1983.
On Sept. 22, 1984, Dan married Joan Kulla at St. Paul’s Church in Blaine. The couple made their home in Hardwick. They were blessed with two children, Adam and Lexy. Dan helped his father with Kindt Oil from 1983 to 1986. He also began his career as a certified energy specialist with Rock Co. Co-op Oil, which later became Farmers Union Co-op and currently CHS.
Dan was an active lifelong member of the Hardwick community. He served 39 years on the Hardwick Fire Department (10 years as chief), as well as on the Hardwick Community Club, Pheasants Forever and Snowmasters.
He loved to be active. From hunting, fishing and golfing to riding snowmobile, ATVs, his pontoon “Instigator” or one of his many other toys, Dan was always doing something. If anything needed fixing, he was the one to call. He also loved spending time at the lake cabin and on the pontoon. He had a spontaneous and engaging personality, a charming persuasiveness, and a great sense of humor and wit. He cared deeply for his family. 
Dan is survived by his wife, Joan, of Hardwick; children Adam (Amanda) Kindt of Watertown, South Dakota, and Lexy (partner Brandon) Kindt of Minneapolis; his father, Harold Kindt, of Hardwick; siblings Dawn Kindt of Kansas City, Missouri, Dave (Christie) Kindt of Volga, South Dakota, and Darin (Diane) Kindt of Luverne; two grandchildren, Olivia and William Kindt; and many nieces, nephews and in-laws.
He was preceded in death by his mother, Lois Kindt, and his brother-in-law William Mann.
Arrangements are provided by Hartquist Funeral Home of Luverne, hartquistfuneral.com.
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Art Boeve, 94, Hills, died Wednesday, April 20, 2022, at Tuff Memorial Home in Hills.
A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Friday, April 29, at the Steen Reformed Church in Steen. Burial will be prior to the service at Eastside Cemetery in Steen. Family and friends will gather at the church at 12:45 p.m. Friday, April 29, before traveling in procession to the cemetery for burial. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, April 28, at the Steen Reformed Church.
Arthur Boeve was born on April 16, 1928, to Henry and Ella (Bos) Boeve on the Boeve family farm near Hull, Iowa. He grew up in Hull and attended country school there.
On Nov. 24, 1950, Art married Henrietta De Jongh in Hull. In 1951 Art left for the Korean War, while Henrietta moved to her parents’ home. During that time their first daughter, Anita, was born. She was 16 months old before Art was discharged and was able to meet her. Upon his return they lived on the Boeve farm near Hull. In 1961 they purchased a farm near Steen, where he considered farming a livelihood. He loved all aspects of farming, from crop tillage to livestock. He particularly enjoyed raising Holstein heifers and beef cattle. Art was a progressive farmer who changed with the times and left a legacy for future generations. In 2005 they moved to Hills, where he lived until moving to Vista Manor on Aug. 27, 2016. On Aug. 21, 2018, he entered the Tuff Memorial Home in Hills where he received loving care.
Art was a member of the Steen Reformed Church, where he served as deacon and elder. He taught catechism and attended numerous gospel concerts. He also served on the Rural Water Board, Rural Electric Association Board and Elevator Board.
He enjoyed playing cards, Heartland Strategy and loved watching fastpitch softball. Some special memories were fishing with friends at West Lost Lake, the annual “Boeve” summer vacations and attending kids’ and grandkids’ sporting events throughout the years. Art made others smile with his quick wit and dry sense of humor.
He is survived by his three children, Anita (Gregg) Bosch of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Glen (Ann) Boeve of Steen, and Michelle (Greg) Van Wyhe of Rock Rapids; eight grandchildren, Chad (Sheri) Bosch, Matt (Kayla) Boeve, Ryan (Athena) Bosch, Tara (Derek) Venenga, Erin (Rex) Metzger, Riley (Makayla) Van Wyhe, Rex, and Regan Van Wyhe, and 14 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Doreen (Arnold) of Sioux Center, Iowa,  and Eleanor Warntjes of Hull; one brother, Jim Boeve of Beaver Creek; nieces, nephews and other extended family members.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Henrietta, on Jan. 24, 2020; eight brothers, Hank, Case, Albert, Don, Everett, Merlin, Ervin and Gary; three sisters, Gertie Leusink, Lois Ostra and Helen Overman; and granddaughter-in-law Andrea Boeve.
Arrangements are provided by the Jurrens Funeral Home of Hills, www.jurrensfuneralhome.com.
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Lorene Agnes Mann Busby, 91, Dallas, Texas, died Sunday, March 13, 2022, in Dallas.
A memorial service was April 16 in Dallas.
Lorene Mann was born on April 29, 1930, to Louis and Agnes Mann at their farm near Luverne. Lorene grew up on her parents’ farm and attended a one-room country grade school. She was baptized as an infant and confirmed at St. John Lutheran Church in Luverne. She graduated from Luverne High School in 1947. Later she moved to Long Beach, California, where she attended community college. In 1955 she moved to Dallas.
Lorene married Jack Busby on April 25, 1958. They adopted two children, Ronald and Rochelle.
Lorene was an active member of Zion Lutheran Church in Dallas, where she taught a Sunday school class for children with learning disabilities and was treasurer for the Fellowship Club. She enjoyed playing cards, traveling, exercising at the Park Cities YMCA, and socializing with friends.
Lorene is survived by her daughter, Rochelle, and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, her son, Ronald, a stepson, Michael Busby, and two brothers, Charles and Clarence Mann.
Memorials are preferred to the Rock County Historical Society.
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