Obituaries

Arvid Thoreson, age 93, of Luverne, Minnesota, died on Monday, September 1, 2025 at Minnesota Veterans Home in Luverne. Memorial service will be held on Friday, September 5, 2025 at 10:30 AM at Grace Lutheran Church in Luverne. Visitation will be held one hour prior from 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM. Inurnment will take place at Prairie Queen Cemetery in rural Nunda, South Dakota. Arrangements are under…

Joanne R. Radde, 81, of Watertown passed away Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025, at her residence. Gathering of family and friends will be Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, from 3-6 p.m. at the Johnson Funeral Home, 141 E 1st St, in Waconia. Joanne Rose Hoogland was born July 11, 1944, at home, in Leota Tsp., Minnesota, the daughter of Vernon and Sophie (Timmerman) Hoogland. On March 21, 1970, she was united in…

Betty Vos, age 93, of Hardwick, Minnesota, passed away on Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, at Sanford Hospice Cottage in Luverne, Minnesota. Visitation was Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025, from 4-7 p.m. at Hartquist Funeral Home Luverne Chapel. Funeral service was Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025, at 2 p.m. at First Baptist Church in Luverne. Interment followed at Maplewood Cemetery in Luverne. Arrangements were under…

Vernon Jay “Dutch” Verbrugge, age 83, of Luverne, died Friday, Aug. 22, 2025, at the Minnesota Veterans Home in Luverne. He was born October 12, 1941, in Slayton, to Cornelius and Elizabeth (Gunnink) Verbrugge. Vernon attended Leota Christian Elementary School in Leota and graduated from Southwest Christian High School in Edgerton. He attended Nettleton Business College in Sioux Falls, South…

Winifred “Freddie” Haggard, 92, of De Smet, South Dakota, passed away on Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, at the Good Samaritan Society in De Smet. A private service will be held at a later date. Winifred “Freddie” Jeanette (Steffen) Haggard was born on Dec. 7, 1932, to parents Jessie and Dr. Leon Haggard. In 1950 she graduated from Luverne High School in Luverne, Minnesota. She was married to Douglas…

Bruce Earl Wilson, age 82, of Luverne, died Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025, at the Sanford Luverne Hospice Cottage surrounded by his family. He was born July 8, 1943, in Adrian, to LeRoy and Leona (Dalberg) Wilson. He graduated from Magnolia High School. He served his country in the National Guard for many years. Bruce married Jana Ledgerwood on Aug. 2, 1964, in Inwood, Iowa. The couple lived in…

Kim Alan Faber, 63, of Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, passed away Aug. 11, 2025.   Celebration of life will be at 2 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025, at the Valley Springs Reformed Church, Valley Springs, South Dakota.  Burial will follow at the Pleasant View Cemetery, Valley Springs, South Dakota. Kim Alan Faber was born June 21, 1962, to Wilbert “Willie” and Eleanor “Brownie” Faber of Beaver Creek…

Betty Vos, age 93, of Hardwick, Minnesota, passed away on Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, at Sanford Hospice Cottage in Luverne, Minnesota. Visitation will be on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025, from 4-7 p.m. at Hartquist Funeral Home at the Luverne Chapel. Funeral service will be on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025, at 2 p.m. at First Baptist Church in Luverne. Interment will follow at Maplewood Cemetery in Luverne.…

Oliver K. Olson, age 98, of Northfield, formerly of Adrian, died Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025, at the Redeemer Residence in Minneapolis. A private family service will take place at a later date with Dingmann Funeral Home & Cremation Services of Adrian.

Richard Jay Mann, 72, Brandon, South Dakota, passed away July 24. He was born April 22, 1953, to Verlyn and Betty (Soutar) Mann in Lawton, Oklahoma, where Verlyn was stationed at the Fort Sill Army base. Richard grew up in Luverne and graduated in 1971 from Luverne High School. He studied carpentry at Alexandria Technical College from 1971 to 1972 and returned home to help on the family farm…

Our dear friend Ronald Olivier Vander Schaaf passed away at the age of 96 on July 20, 2025. Born in Hull, Iowa on December 31, 1928, to Ralph and Nellie (Olivier) Vander Schaaf, Ron was the youngest of three children. Preceding him in death were his parents, Ralph and Nellie, and his sisters Carolyn L. Crawford and Delores C. Melton. Graduating from high school in 1946, Ron began his teaching…

Bryan Dale Fodness, age 67, of Hardwick, Minnesota, died Friday, July 18, 2025, at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, as the result of a motorcycle accident near Jasper, Minnesota, on July 11, 2025.  Bryan was born February 23, 1958, to Charles and Lucille (Van Leirsburg) Fodness in Luverne, Minnesota. He grew up on the family farm east of Hardwick. He attended Hardwick Grade…

Lori Enger, age 65, of Jasper, Minnesota, passed away on Wednesday, July 23, 2025, at the Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Visitation was Sunday, July 27, 2025, from 4-7 p.m. at Hartquist Funeral Home Pipestone Chapel in Pipestone, Minnesota. Funeral service was Monday, July 28, 2025, at 10:30 a.m. at Hartquist Funeral Home Pipestone Chapel. Interment followed at the…

Bryan Fodness, age 67, of Hardwick, Minnesota, passed away peacefully on Friday, July 18, 2025, at the Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. He passed away as a result of injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident that took place on Friday, July 11, 2025. Visitation will be Friday, July 25, 2025, from 4-7 p.m. at St. Catherine Catholic Church in Luverne, Minnesota, with a…

Wayne Willie Michelsen was born on February 23, 1933, to Willie and Alma (Matthiesen) Michelsen in Luverne, Minnesota. Wayne grew up on the family farm near Magnolia, Minnesota. He attended school in Magnolia, graduating in 1951. Throughout his time in school he enjoyed playing football and basketball with his teammates. Following high school, Wayne entered into the United States Army in 1955…

Shirley Marcene Reisdorfer, of Magnolia, died Saturday, July 12, 2025, at the Mary Jane Brown Good Samaritan Home in Luverne. She was born January 30, 1936, on a farm near George, Iowa, to Jerry and Martha (Runge) Harr. Her mother later married Ted Voss. She attended public school in George, Iowa, and Rushmore before graduating from Our Lady of Good Counsel School in Wilmont. Shirley married…