All Obituaries

In Loving Memory Of   Agnes Ann Malters   Agnes Ann Malters was born on Thanksgiving Day, November 23, 1929. She was the sixth child of Fredrick Elskamp and Agatha Keitges Elskamp, arriving three minutes before her twin sister, Ann Agnes Elskamp. She would eventually be one of eleven siblings born into the Elskamp Family. She attended St. Gabriel’s parochial grade school and Fulda High School. She received her nurses training with the Presentation nuns at McKennan...

In Loving Memory of Louise Marie Gorman Louise Gorman was born on December 9, 1930 in Omaha, Nebraska to Albin and Gertrude Rerucha Kriz.  Louise grew up in the Seward, NE area and graduated from Seward High School in 1948.  In 1953 the family moved to Worthington, MN.  On October 6, 1956 she and Emmett Gorman were married at St. Mary’s Church in Worthington.  Following their marriage they made their home in Currie, MN.  Louise worked for the City of Currie...

In Loving Memory Of   Agnes Marie Hogan   Agnes Hogan, daughter of Charles and Margaret (Wisdorf) Holinka, was born October 23, 1926 in Belfast Township, Murray County, MN, the 4th of 8 children. She grew up on the Fulda family farm and graduated from Fulda High School in 1944. She married Leo Hogan on January 22, 1945 at St. Gabriel’s Catholic Church. The couple farmed in the Fulda and Dundee area for 12 years and then moved into Dundee where they owned and operated a...

In Loving Memory of Eugene Alfred Dold Gene Dold was born on September 6, 1933 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.  He moved to Minnesota with his parents, Andrew and Elizabeth Wingen Dold to a farm north of Slayton in 1940.  They later moved to a farm south of Currie where Gene graduated from IHM High School in 1952.  On November 10, 1953 Gene enlisted in the United States Army and served in Guam.  Following his honorable discharge on October 21, 1955 he returned to Currie...

In Loving Memory Of   James Richard Troje   James Troje, the son of Alice Susmilch, was born on July 8, 1945 in St. Paul, MN. As a child he spent many years in California and graduated from Central High School in St. Paul in 1963. Jim enlisted into the U.S. Army following high school where he spent a year in Sinop, Turkey and two years in Tokyo, Japan. James was united in marriage to Edythe Stoltz on February 18, 1967 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in St. Paul. After their...

In Loving Memory Of   Ruth Joanne Hofmann   Ruth Hofmann, the daughter of Orville and Amanda (Dale) Jorgenson, was born on December 4, 1928 in Big Bend, MN. She grew up in Big Bend, Kinbrae and Watertown, MN until moving to Fulda in 1934. Ruth attended St. Paul’s Lutheran School and Fulda High School, graduating in 1946. Ruth was united in marriage to Rupert Hofmann on February 14, 1948 at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Fulda. After their marriage they lived in...

In Loving Memory of Brycen "B" Randall Johnson  B Johnson was born January 19, 1986, in Slayton, MN, to Rande and Sholi Johnson. He attended Murray County Central School, graduating in 2004. B then went on to Ridgewater College in Willmar, MN. After college, B worked various jobs, including Farmer’s Union Co-Op, Schuur Concrete, and Hadley Steel, Inc., where he worked until his passing on November 1, 2019.  B had a deep passion for dirt track racing and loved to...

In Loving Memory of Avis Bernice (Jacobson) Van de Braak Avis Bernice, second of the four “Jacobson sisters”, was born to Harry and Bertha (Thorson) Jacobson on the family farm in Leeds Township near Hadley, MN on June 28, 1922.  She was baptized, confirmed, and married in Hadley Lutheran Church.  Avis passed October 31, 2019 at the age of 97 years.  Avis grew up during the Great Depression, but remembered these as happy years, enriched greatly by the love,...

In Loving Memory of Maxine Ruth Prahm Maxine Prahm was born on October 31, 1932 in Rock County, Minnesota to Ralph and Vivienne Hocking Meyer.  She grew up on the family farm near Kanaranzi, MN and graduated from Luverne High School in 1950.  On December 17, 1950 she and Douglas “Squeak” Prahm were married in Luverne.  Following their marriage, they made their home in Slayton where they raised their seven children.  Squeak passed away on March 21,...

In Loving Memory of Clifford “Cliff” Roy Olson Cliff Olson was born on July 13, 1948 in Morris, Minnesota to Russell and Hazel Banister Olson.  He grew up on the family farm near Chokio, MN and graduated from Chokio High School in 1966.  Cliff was drafted to the United States Army on June 27, 1968.  Following his honorable discharge on June 18, 1970 he returned to Chokio.  On June 5, 1971 he and Nancy Torgerson were married at Hanley Falls, MN. ...