Beatrice Muriel Rogness, 84, Luverne, died Wednesday, April 28, 2021, at her home, surrounded by family.
A funeral service was Tuesday, May 4, at Grace Lutheran Church in Luverne. Burial followed at Maplewood Cemetery in Luverne.
Beatrice Rousu was born March 24, 1937, to Melvin and Ilmi (Pesola) Rousu in Leaf Lake Township, Ottertail County, Minnesota. When she was very young, her family moved to a farm near New York Mills. She was raised there and attended school, graduating from high school in 1955. Following graduation, Bea moved to Minneapolis and took a job at Honeywell in the job costing department where she worked for the next ten years.
In August of 1958 she married Michael Eiter. The couple lived the next number of years in the Twin Cities area and was   blessed with four children. In the fall of 1965, the family moved to Luverne. Bea worked as a homemaker to their four children until 1968, when she began working for Tri-State Insurance as a statistician in their accounting department. She worked there for 34 years until her retirement. Bea and Mike divorced while in Luverne.
Bea married Darwin Rogness in November 1975. The couple enjoyed motorcycling along with camping. Darwin preceded Bea in death on Nov. 7, 2010. Bea continued to reside in her home in Luverne.
Bea was a member of Grace Lutheran Church in Luverne. She enjoyed puzzles, bingo and playing all kinds of cards with her friends. She always took an interest in anything with numbers. She was an avid reader and had an extensive collection of Danielle Steele books. She also enjoyed taking trips to the Royal River Casino and Grand Falls Casino. Bea loved spending time with her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She also loved animals, especially her dog, Daisy.
Bea is survived by her three children, Teresa (Tim) Perisic of Savage, Craig (Mary Beth) Eiter of Prior Lake and Sheila (Jay) Steensma of Sioux Falls, South Dakota; four stepchildren, David (Louise) Rogness of Luverne, Steve (Robin) Rogness of Stow, Ohio, Rick (Tali) Rogness of Mesa, Arizona, and Linda (Steve) DeSplinter of Jasper; 21 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; a sister, Barbara Berend of Perham; and other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Darwin Rogness; a son, Michael Eiter; and a sister, Alice Patton.
Arrangements were provided by Hartquist Funeral Home of Luverne, www.hartquistfuneral.com
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Eric Jon Christensen, 56, Luverne, died Friday, April 30, 2021, at the Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
       Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 8, at St. Catherine Catholic Church in Luverne. Burial will be at St. Catherine Catholic Cemetery in Luverne. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, May 7, at the Dingmann Funeral Home in Luverne and also one hour prior to the service at the church.
Eric Christensen was born Jan. 21, 1965, to Glenn and Yuvonne (Lake) Christensen in Morris. He graduated from Chokio-Alberta High School in 1983. He later graduated from Alexandria Technical and Community College with a major in law enforcement.
Eric married Mary Cantril on Aug. 12, 1988, at St. Leo Catholic Church in Gordon, Nebraska. The couple made their home in Venango, Nebraska, where Eric served as a deputy sheriff. They moved to Mitchell, Nebraska, where he worked for the city of Mitchell as a patrol officer. Eric enjoyed police work, but his heart was in farming so he changed his career path and started working for a farmer and then for a harvest crew combining wheat. The long season away from home wasn’t for him. He started working for John Deere and enjoyed working there for many years. Eric and Mary moved to St. James in 2003 and to Luverne in 2015. His last years of employment were with Icon Ag & Turf in Doon, Iowa, until he could no longer work because of health issues.
Eric was a member of St. Catherine Catholic Church in Luverne. He enjoyed the annual deer hunt with his siblings and nephews. His love of farming kept him collecting farm toys for many years. He enjoyed a part-time job at the Rock County History Center and served as an usher and catechist at St. Catherine Catholic Church. He especially enjoyed his time with family.
Eric is survived by his wife, Mary, Luverne; four siblings, Mark (Janet) Christensen, Perham, Jan (Merida) Christensen, Alexandria, Lynn Christensen, Eagan, and Kurt (Destinee) Christensen, Berlin, North Dakota; sister-in-law, Dennette Christensen; and many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents; a brother, Dick Christensen; and sister-in-law Vicki.
Arrangements are provided by Dingmann Funeral Home of Luverne, dingmannandsons.com.
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John S. Remme, age 82, passed away on Friday, April 30, 2021, at 1:18 p.m., at his home in Worthington, Minnesota, surrounded by his family.
John was born on September 12, 1938, in Luverne, Minnesota, the son of Stan and Edith (Nesguthe) Remme. He grew up and graduated from Luverne High School, from Worthington Community College, and was a 1961 graduate of Augustana College in Sioux Falls.
He was united in marriage to Lavonne Padilla in Luverne and to this union three children were born. They were later divorced.
John married Patricia Linder on July 3, 1992, in Luverne.
Upon graduation from Augustana College, John accepted a position with Industrial Credit in Austin, Minnesota. Two years later in May of 1963 he moved to Worthington where he accepted a position as the real estate loan officer at Worthington Federal Savings Bank. In 1977, he was elected president and chief executive officer, and was also elected to the Board of Directors in the fall of the same year. He served as president and CEO for 23 years until his retirement on December 31, 2000. He remained on the Board of Directors as its chairman until December 31, 2019.
John has been a faithful member of the American Lutheran Church since 1963. He served as the president of the Chamber of Commerce in 1981, served two terms as a director of the Savings League of Minnesota, was a 1985-86 recipient of Worthington Community College Community Service Award, was a member of the noon Kiwanis Club from 1969-2000, served 26 years from 1972-1998 as the secretary/treasurer of the Blue Jay Booster Club at the Community College, a Chamber of Commerce ambassador for 10 years, a charter member of the Elks Lodge and served as its treasurer for 10 1/2 years.
     John is survived by his wife, Patricia; three children, Michael (Debra) of Indian Land, South Carolina, Kami (Steve) of Stewartville, Minnesota, and Jeffrey (Constance) of Chatfield, Minnesota; ten grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; sister, Linda (Reed) of Keowee Key, South Carolina; brother, Mark (Nan) of Seneca, South Carolina; step son, Jeffrey (Jen) Linder of Worthington; stepdaughter Julie (Craig) Runksmeier of Ledyard, Iowa; ten stepgrandchildren, and two stepgreat- grandchildren.
     Visitation will be held on Wednesday, May 5, 2021, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., at the American Lutheran Church in Worthington and also one hour prior to the service.  Funeral services will be held on Thursday, May 6, 2021, at 10:30 a.m., at the American Lutheran Church in Worthington, with Pastor Anne Hokenstad officiating. Casket bearers will be John’s grandsons, Dustin Remme, Nathan. Remme, Derek Remme, Tyler Rogers, Alex Remme, and stepson Jeff Linder.  Honorary bearers will be Arlo Mogck, Bruce Duba, Bruce Lease, Russel Rickers, Larry Rogers, Jeff Meier, Lynn Brunk, Richard Hedrick, Paul Woll, Craig Runksmeier, and Tim Young.  Private family burial will be held in the Maplewood Cemetery in Luverne.
Benson Funeral Home in Worthington is in charge of the arrangements.
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Debra Kay (Meyer) Tilberg died March 12, 2021, from COVID-19.
No memorial service was held due to COVID-19 restrictions. 
Debra was living and working in Jordan.
She enjoyed being involved with the lives of her children and six grandchildren.
She is survived by her husband, Trevis Tilberg, of Jordan; her son, Charles Johnson of Jordan; her daughter, Milda Knapp of Appleton; and three stepchildren, Timothy, Amy and Allison.
She is also survived by her sister, Gloria Meyer of Howard Lake.
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Douglas Dean Kuper, 75, Beaver Creek, died Saturday, May 1, 2021, at the Sanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
A private family funeral service will take place at the Dingmann Funeral Home in Luverne at a later date.
Arrangements are provided by Dingmann Funeral Home of Luverne, dingmannandsons.com.
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William L. Preuss, 78, Luverne, died Monday, May 3, at the Sanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
A time of fellowship will be from 9-11 a.m. Tuesday, May 11, at the Dingmann Funeral Home in Luverne. A memorial service will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Dingmann Funeral Home. A private family committal of cremains will be at a later date.
Arrangements are provided by Dingmann Funeral Home of Luverne, dingmannandsons.com.
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The Luverne Cardinals baseball team remained unbeaten by going 4-0 this past week. With the four wins the Cardinals continued their hot start to the season and improved to 10-0.
In the four victories the Cardinals outscored their opponents 40-9.
Luverne started the week off by defeating Pipestone Area 7-2 on Tuesday, April 27, in Pipestone.
The Cardinals then swept Jackson County Central on Thursday, April 29, in Luverne. The surging Cardinals took the first game of the doubleheader 10-0. Luverne then completed the sweep with a 11-5 victory in the second game.
Luverne wrapped up the week with a 12-2 victory over Windom on Monday, May 3, in Windom.
 
LHS 7, PAS 2
The Cardinals jumped all over the Arrows by scoring three runs in the opening inning.
Luverne added two more runs to push their lead to 5-0 in the third inning.
The Arrows were able to get a run back in the bottom of the third inning to make it a 5-1 ballgame.
The visiting Cardinals tacked on another run in the top of the fourth inning to push their lead back to five and make it a 6-1 game.
Pipestone scored a run in the bottom half of the frame to get it back within four at 6-2.
In the top of the seventh inning the Cardinals added one more insurance run to make it a 7-2 ballgame.
The Arrows were unable to mount a seventh inning rally and the Cardinals picked up their seventh win of the season with a 7-2 victory over their Big South foe.
Connor Connell collected two hits for the Cardinals and drove in a team-leading three runs.
 
LHS 10, JCC 0
Cade Wenninger pitched a five-inning shutout against JCC in the first game of the doubleheader. Wenninger gave up one hit and recorded six strikeouts in the winning effort.
The Cardinals scored a run in the first inning to take a 1-0 lead.
In the second inning Luverne tacked on two more runs to push their lead to 3-0.
Luverne scored three more runs in the third to make it a 6-0 ballgame.
In the bottom of the fourth inning Luverne pushed across four runs to make it a 10-0 ballgame.
One of Luke Bosch’s two hits was a double. Bosch also drove in a pair of runs.
Wenninger recorded two hits and drove in a pair of runs.
Sehr also picked up two hits and drove in a pair of runs for the Cardinals.
 
LHS 11, JCC 5
The Cardinals scored one run in each of the first three innings to take a 3-0 lead into the bottom half of the third inning.
JCC managed to get two runs back in the bottom of the third inning to trim Luverne’s lead to 3-2.
The Huskies tied the game in the bottom of the fourth inning.
With the game tied at 3-3, the Cardinals scored three runs in the top of the sixth inning to build a 6-3 lead.
The Cardinals added five more runs in the top of the seventh inning to make it an 11-3 ballgame.
JCC was able to score two runs in the bottom half of the final inning, but were unable to overcome the eight-run deficit.
Anderson hit a pair of doubles for the Cardinals and scored three runs.
Sehr hit a double and drove in two runs.
Wenninger drove in three runs for the Cardinals.
The Cardinals will look to remain undefeated when they welcome Blue Earth to Luverne on Thursday, May 6.

The Luverne Cardinals’ golf team competed in two meets this past week.
The Cardinals kicked off the week by hosting Worthington on Thursday, April 29.
Luverne then hit the road for a meet in Pipestone on Monday, May 3, while the girls’ golf team competed in Worthington.
The boys defeated Worthington 175-189.
Luverne freshman Henry Hartquist was the top individual performer with a score of 40.
“Henry has had an awesome start to the year,” Luverne golf coach John Sichmeller said.
“He has been the medalist at every meet that we have had so far this season. We have had a lot of good golfers here over the years and I don’t know if I have had someone win every meet this far into the season. He has done a good job of not getting down on himself after a bad hole. With his length he has the ability to make a lot of birdies, so staying with it after a bad hole has been the biggest improvement of his scoring this year.”
Fellow freshman Owen Sudenga tied for second with three Worthington golfers by finishing with a round of 44.
Sophomore Brady Bork shot a 45 for the Cardinals and freshman Tyler Arends shot a 46.
The girls defeated the Trojans 196-207.
Worthington’s Lilly Mahlberg was the top individual performer with a score of 46.
Luverne’s Cheyenne Schutz finished one stroke behind the leader with a score of 47.
Luverne’s Lauren Hansen finished third with a round of 49.
Morgan Gonnerman and Paige Sandbulte both tied for fourth place with a score of 50.
The Luverne boys’ team was one of six Big South Conference teams to compete in Pipestone on Monday, May 3.
The Marshall Tigers came in first place with a team score of 337.
Luverne came in second place with a round of 347.
Hartquist edged Redwood Valley’s Connor Josephson and Marshall’s Luke Ehlers for the top individual performance. Hartquist shot a 76, while Josephson finished with a 77.
“I have been happy with the team overall,” Sichmeller said. “We have used all six kids’ scores at some point in the year and having that depth is big in golf. We have had some excellent rounds rom a few different kids, but now we are just working on making those really good rounds more consistent.”
With the boys in Pipestone, the girls headed to Worthington for a Big South Conference meet.
It was the home team taking home first place overall with a round of 429.
Redwood Valley finished second with  a score of 440. The Cardinals finished third overall with a round of 441.
Pipestone’s Emma Budden was the top individual performer with a score of 99.
Luverne’s Lauren Hansen finished sixth overall with a score of 104.
Gonnerman finished tied for eighth overall with  three other golfers. Gonnerman finished with a score of 107.
The boys’ and girls’ golf teams will be back in action on Thursday, May 6, when they head to Pipestone.

The Luverne Cardinals softball team snapped a four-game losing streak on Tuesday, April 27, by defeating the Adrian/Ellsworth Dragons 6-4 in Luverne.
Adrian struck first in the second inning to take a 1-0 lead.
The Cardinals quickly got that run back by scoring a run of their own in the bottom of the second.
The Dragons took a one-run lead after scoring in the top of the fourth inning.
Luverne’s bats woke up in the bottom half of the inning. The Cardinals pushed across five runs to claim a 6-2 lead.
Adrian/Ellsworth got two runs back in the top of the fifth inning but were unable to inch any closer.
Shelby Kracht picked up two hits, including a double, for the Cardinals and also drove in a pair of runs.
Emma Beyer collected two hits, including a double, for the Cardinals.
Roz Oye hit a double and scored a run.
Oye picked up the win for the Cardinals. Luverne’s starting pitcher went the distance, pitching all seven innings and recording three strikeouts.
To wrap up the week, the Cardinals split a double-header against Jackson County Central on Thursday, April 29, in Jackson.
The Cardinals won the first game, 6-5. Luverne was then shut out in the second game of the doubleheader, 10-0.
By going 2-1 this past week, the Cardinals now own an overall record of 4-5.
Luverne will be back in action on Tuesday, May 4, when they play host to the Windom Eagles.