Obituaries

Mass of Christian Burial for Mary Ann Davis, 92, of Sanborn, was held at 10 a.m. Thursday, April 6, at St. Thomas Catholic Church in Sanborn with the Rev. Phil Scholtzko officiating. Interment was in the Sanborn City Cemetery. Mrs. Davis died on Thursday, March 30, 2017, at Minneota Manor in...
Former Springfield man, Stephen A. Ritzenthaler, 73, of Cannon Falls and Lake City, died March 12, 2017, from non-Hodgkin’s Mantel Cell Lymphoma.   Stephen Ritzenthaler, son of Ansel E. “Rick” and Geraldine Bockman  Ritzenthaler, was born Jan. 29, 1944, in Reedsburg, Wisconsin, and was reared in...
Lyle Bloedow, 90, of Springfield died on Wednesday, March 29, 2017, at Oak Hills in New Ulm after a long fight with Parkinson’s disease. Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, April 3, at St. Johns Lutheran Church with Pastor Julie Smith officiating.  Interment will be in the Springfield...
*/ The Most Reverend John Jeremiah McRaith, Bishop of the Diocese of Owensboro from 1982-2009, died March 19 at the age of 82 in Owensboro, Kentucky.   He was ordained a priest of the Diocese of New Ulm on Feb. 21, 1960. He was ordained as the third Bishop of the Diocese of Owensboro in 1982.  A...
Memorial Mass of Christian Burial for Jeanette Fox, 93, of Sanborn, was held at St. Thomas Catholic Church in Sanborn at 10:30 a.m. Monday, April 3, with The Rev. Phil Schotzko officiating.  Interment was in the Sanborn City Cemetery. Mrs. Fox died Saturday, March 25, 2017, at Ridgeview Medical...
Clinton J. Zimmerman, 89, of Sanborn, died on Jan. 9, 2017, at St. John Lutheran Home in Springfield. Clinton had a strong desire to help other people in need and had made the decision to donate his body for medical research.  Celebration of Life Services will be held on Saturday, April 8, 2017, at...
Mass of Christian Burial for Alice C. Ludewig, 85, of Springfield, was held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, March 25, at the Church of the Japanese Martyrs in Leavenworth with the Rev. Andy Michels officiating.  Interment will be in the Church of the Japanese Martyrs Cemetery.  Mrs. Ludewig died on Monday...
Funeral service for Marjorie Gatzlaff, 90, will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, April 1, in the Chapel of the Good Shepherd at St. John Lutheran home with Pastor Tricia Mattson officiating.  Interment will be in the Christ Lutheran Cemetery in Stately Township. Visitation will also be in the Chapel of...
Funeral service for Leonard G. Tietz, 84, or Morgan, will be held  at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, April 1, at Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church in Morgan with Pastor John Paustian officiating. Interment will be in Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Morgan. Visitation will be at Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church in...
Belva Zimmerli, 89, of Redwood Falls died Thursday, March 16, 2017, at Wood Dale Home in Redwood Falls. Memorial Services will be held at 1 p.m. today (Wednesday, March 22) at First United Methodist Church in Redwood Falls with inurnment in Crestlawn Gardens.  Belva Marie Stadick was born April 18...

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