Obituaries

Loren George Groff
Loren George Groff, age 85, of Springfield, MN, died on August 3, 2025, at the New Ulm Medical Center. Visitation will be on Monday, the 18 of August, 2025, from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at Springfield Community Center in Springfield, MN. A Memorial Service will be held at the Springfield Community...
Ellen Mae Amsden
Ellen Mae Amsden, age 96, of Springfield, Minnesota, died on July 31, 2025, at St. John’s Lutheran Home.     Visitation will be on Wednesday, August 13, 2025, from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at the Springfield Area Community Center.  Funeral Service will be held at the Springfield Area Community...
Jerome Louis Kettner
Jerome Louis Kettner, age 91, of St. Augusta, Minnesota, passed away July 23, 2025 at Quiet Oaks Hospice in St. Augusta.  He was born June 18, 1934 in Springfield to Louis and Anastasia (Gores) Kettner.  He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict.  Following the war, he entered the...
Terrance Rickers
Terrance Rickers, age 77, of Danube, MN died on Friday, July 18, 2025 at his home in Danube.  A graveside service will be on Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Raphael’s Catholic Cemetery in Springfield, MN with Rev. Jeremy Kucera officiating.  Arrangements are by Dirks-Blem Funeral...
Noel (Bud) Howard Penk
Noel (Bud) Howard Penk passed away on July 8, 2025 peacefully while he slept. Bud’s parents, Engward (Doc) Penk and Dorothy Penk, welcomed him to this world on October 21, 1939. They raised him in Springfield, Minnesota where he grew up playing sports, hunting, and excelling in school as the...
Lennis J. Matter
Lennis J. Matter, 81, of Morgan, MN, died on July 16, 2025, at Oak Hills in New Ulm, MN.     Visitation was on Monday, 21 of July, 2025, from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Sturm Funeral Home  in Springfield, MN and will continued on Tuesday from 10:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. at St. Raphael’s Catholic...
Mary Luellen (Denzine) Foster
December 27, 1931-April 18, 2025 She loved her family, her friends, and the world.  Mary Luellen (Denzine) Foster - Deni, 93, died peacefully in Tucson, Arizona on April 18, 2025 after a full life centered around music, family, and community. Deni was born in Springfield, Minnesota on December 27,...
Audrey Marie Lehrer
Audrey Marie Lehrer: wife of Clement, mother of 11, grandmother of 23, great-grandmother of 36, great-great grandmother of two, and friend to innumerable others; this woman’s love and care touched many lives. Audrey Marie Lehrer, 96, was welcomed into heaven on Tuesday, July 8, 2025.  Born to...
Arnold “Arnie” C. Hillmann
Arnold “Arnie” C. Hillmann, age 92, passed away peacefully on July 2, 2025, in Burnsville, MN. He was preceded in death by his parents, Albert and Irene Hillmann; his wife, Karen (Clarice and Scotty Steer); and his grandson, Rodney Wilson Jr.  Survived by children Kelly (Tracy) Porter, Holly (Lee)...
Scott A. Guggisberg
Scott A. Guggisberg, 67, or rural Sanborn, passed away June 29, 2025 at the Redwood Falls Hospital following a brief battle with cancer.  Funeral service was held July 7, 2025 at Zion Lutheran Church in Sanborn.  Burial was at Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, rural Wanda. Scott was born October 22, 1957...

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