Obituaries

Gwendolyn Lorraine Erickson

Gwendolyn Lorraine (Carlberg) Erickson, 93, Colorado Springs, Colorado, died peacefully on April 19, 2016, at Brookdale Palmer Park for Alzheimer’s Memory Care in Colorado Springs. Gwen was born on June 22, 1922, in Galva, Iowa, to Oscar and Olive (Nyberg) Carlberg. She moved to Colorado Springs...

Ann Polzin

Ann Polzin, 84, of Belview died Sunday, April 10, 2016 at her home. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Thursday, April 14, at Grace Lutheran Church in Belview with burial in the church cemetery. Ann Marie Polzin, the daughter of Andrew and Anna (Nader) Vogel, was born Jan. 17, 1932, in...

Lowell Anderson

LowellAnderson Lowell Earl Anderson, 82 of Springfield, died Friday, April 15, 2016, at Mayo Clinic Health System in Springfield. Visitation will be on Friday, April 22, from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the Sturm Funeral Home, Springfield Chapel and will continue on Saturday from 9:30 until 10:30 a.m. at...

Madonna Neeb

MadonnaNeeb Madonna May Neeb, 85, died March 22, 2016, at Rochester after a short illness. Funeral Mass was conducted at 11 a.m. Monday, March 28, at St. Raphael Catholic Church in Springfield with The Rev. Phil Schotzko officiating. Interment was in the Sanborn City Cemetery. MaDonna May Flag was...

Arla Jean Sloan

ArlaJeanSloan Arla Jean (Wegner) Sloan, 83, West Fargo, N.D., died peacefully on Saturday, April 2, 2016, at Sheyenne Crossing Care Center, West Fargo. Arla is at peace with her heavenly Father, her husband, John, and her parents, Otto and Amanda Wegner. Arla Jean Wegner was born on July 3, 1932,...

Gordon Kahnke

Gordon Kahnke, 77, of Redwood Falls died Friday, March 4, 2016, at Wood Dale Home in Redwood Falls. Memorial Mass will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 2, at St. Catherine’s Catholic Church in Redwood Falls with inurnment to follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be held Friday,...

Sister M. Thomasin Sergot, SSND

Sister M. Thomasin Sergot, SSND, 73, died Friday, March 18, 2016, at her home in Inver Grove Heights. Her Mass of Christian Burial was held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 23, at Good Counsel Chapel in Mankato. Sister Thomas (Elizabeth Sergot) was born to Marion and Mary (Kerbel) Sergot in 1942 in...

Rev. Lawrence E. Keller

Father Lawrence Keller loved to laugh. That’s one thing his niece and caretaker, Mary Kehoe, recalled about the priest, who died Feb. 12 at age 93. Father Keller was born in Hastings Aug. 12, 1922, the oldest of Lawrence and Frances Keller’s six children. He attended the St. Paul Seminary and...

Michael ‘Mike’ Roiger

Michael ‘Mike’ Roiger Michael John “Mike” Roiger, 61, of Kimball, S.D., passed away Sunday, March 20, 2016, at home of natural causes. Funeral Mass was conducted at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 29, at St. Margaret’s Catholic Church in Kimball with The Rev. Andrew Swietochowski officiating. A Committal...

Olga Muetzel

Olga Evelyn Muetzel, 93, of Redwood Falls and formerly of Belview, passed away peacefully Wednesday, March 16, 2016, at Seasons Hospice in Redwood Falls. Funeral services were held at 11:00 a.m. Monday, March 21, at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Redwood Falls. Burial was in St. John’s Lutheran...