Obituaries

Carmen Lou Nelson, 63, of Fergus Falls, made her triumphal entrance into heaven on Palm Sunday, April 9, 2017, after a long and courageous battle with cancer. She was born on April 16, 1953, in Springfield, Brown County, Minnesota, the daughter of Clifford and Viola Nelson.  She enjoyed growing up...
Stena Goedtke, 83, of Comfrey and formerly of Fulda, died April 20, 2017. Funeral service was at 11 a.m. Monday, April 24, at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Fulda. Interment was in Immanuel American Lutheran Cemetery, rural Fulda. She was born July 11, 1933. */ Survivors are seven children, Donald...
Funeral service for Alice Boettger, 75, of Springfield, was held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, April 22, at Zion Lutheran Church with Pastor David G. Fretham officiating.   Interment was in Zion Lutheran Cemetery. Mrs. Boettger died on Wednesday, April 19, at St. John Lutheran Home in Springfield.  Alice...
Raymond “Ray” Seifert, 86, of Morgan, died Tuesday, April 18, 2017, at Gil-Mor Manor in Morgan.  Mass of Christian Burial was held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, April 21, in St. Michael Catholic Church in Morgan. Burial, with military honors, was in the church cemetery.  Raymond Henry Seifert, the son...
A Memorial Service for Richard “Dick” Robinson, 95, and LaDonna Robinson, 89, both of Windom, was held at 10:30 a.m. Monday April 24, at the First Presbyterian Church in Windom with Pastor Bonnie Roys officiating.  Burial with full military honors provided by American Legion Post 206 was in...
Marion Burghardt, 78, of Springfield, died on April 5, 2017, at Mayo Clinic Health System in Rochester.  A private family service with The Rev. Thomas Mroczka officiating was held at the Sturm Funeral Home in Springfield at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 11. Interment was in the Church of the Japanese...
Mass of Christian Burial for Duane Wilhelmi, 70, of Sleepy Eye, was held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, April 8, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Sleepy Eye.  Interment will be at a later date. Mr. Wilhelmi died peacefully at his home April 3, 2017, after enduring an uphill battle with kidney failure over...
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...

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