Obituaries

Hunter David Javens was born on February 25, 1998, in Marshall, to Marty and Rita (DesLauriers) Javens in Marshall. He was Baptized on April 5, 1998, at the Presbyterian Church in Milroy. Hunter attended school and was in the fourth grade at Lakeview Public School in Cottonwood when he, his brother Jesse, and two other students were killed in a...

Irene Mary Goossens was born on July 5, 1914, in Northland Township, Lyon County, to Cyriel and Zulma (Dero) Goossens. She grew up in Lyon County and attended country school. Irene was hired to work for several families starting at the age of fourteen. On June 17, 1941, she married George Charles DeVos at St. Eloi Church in Ghent. They...

Irene Katherine (Lanners) Swedzinski was born December 10, 1922, in Omro Township near St. Leo to John and Catherine (Nosbusch) Lanners. Irene attended St. Leo Catholic School and Canby High School for four years graduating in 1941. Irene was employed at St. Leo Bank and Marquette National Bank in Minneapolis until her marriage. She was united in marriage to Raymond...

James Edward Polesky was born August 15, 1924 at Lynd Township (Russell), Minnesota, the second of four children born to Edward and Mary (Kingsborough) Polesky. Jim grew up on the family farm and graduated from the Russell High School in 1942. After graduation, he went to work for the Russell Telephone Company. In 1948, he moved to LeMars, Iowa and...

Services are pending for Jeannie Drown, 77, of Marshall. Jeannie died February 22, 2017 at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD.

Jesse Joseph Javens was born on October 6, 1994, in Marshall, to Marty and Rita (DesLauriers) Javens. He was Baptized on December 23, 1994, at the Presbyterian Church in Milroy and Confirmed on November 19, 2006, at Christ Lutheran Church in Cottonwood. Jesse attended Lakeview Public School and was in the seventh grade when he, his brother, Hunter, and two...

John Michael Beckley was born on July 26, 1978, in Marshall, to Gary Beckley and Kimmarie Johnson. John grew up in Marshall and Apple Valley and graduated from Apple Valley High School in 1997. He worked in various jobs in the construction field. John enjoyed fishing and was very passionate about drawing. He also enjoyed spending time with his family,...

John Howard Geiwitz was born on May 11, 1926 to John Gustav and Minnie Elizabeth (Brattland) Geiwitz and died of complications from bone cancer on Wednesday, March 19, at the Prairie Home Hospice House in Marshall with Freida, his loving wife of almost sixty years, by his side. He was 81. With the exception of two years during World War...

John was born on August 19, 1922, in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada to Wilbur and Agnes (Gorman) Markell where his parents homesteaded on the Canadian prairie. He moved to Green Valley in 1924 where he lived until 1995. John attended a two-room country school in Green Valley until 8th grade, then went on to graduate from Marshall High School in...

Born to James Von –and- Amelia Williams in Marshall on August 19th, 1918, he attended Marshall High School, the University of MN and MN School-of- Business prior to proudly serving his country in the US Army during WWII. Married to Marion Lorraine Sheldon of Minneapolis, MN on January 11th, 1946, the newlyweds settled in SW MN where John operated LyCo...

Jorey Benjamin Ellefsen was born April 15, 2000 in Marshall, Minnesota to Lisa Moon and Benjamin Ellefsen. He was baptized in the Christian faith on August 20, 2000. He resided in Marshall until moving to Portland, Oregon in August 2007; he attended Llewelyn Elementary School in Portland as a 2nd grader. Jorey died tragically as a result of a motorized...

José was born on April 6, 1924, in Marshall, to Alois and Adele (VanHuffel) VanOverbeke. She graduated from Marshall High School and then attended one year of College at St. Theresa’s in Winona. About this time, José met First Lt. Roy Dierickx at the Blue Moon Ballroom. The couple was married on November 26, 1946, at Holy Redeemer Catholic Church...

Joseph was born and raised on the family farm in Lyon County, Westerheim township to Anton and Mary (Hennen) VanUden on October 11, 1918. He attended school at Holy Trinity in New Ulm for 3 years, then continued at St. Agnes school in Ghent. On April 27, 1943 Joe married Bertha Louwagie at St. Clotildes Church in Green Valley. They...

Judith Lynn (Klaith) Carlstrom was born October 9, 1945 in Marshall to Helen and Lawrence Klaith. She grew up in Marshall and attended Holy Redeemer Catholic Grade School and graduated from Central Catholic High School in Marshall in 1963. She was united in marriage to Ray Carlstrom on October 14, 1978. During their life together they lived in Sioux Falls...

Julaine Stienessen was born February 7, 1953 in Marshall, MN to Elmo and Emily (Verschelde) Richards. She attended grade school in Minneota and graduated high school from Minneota High School. Shortly after high school, on April 28, 1973 she married her true companion, Leonard Stienessen at St. Edward’s Catholic Church in Minneota, MN and together they raised their son, David....

Visitation: Friday, April 18, 2008 4:00 PM until 8:00 PM Holy Redeemer Catholic Church 503 West Lyon Marshall, MN 56258 Visitation: Saturday, April 19, 2008 8:30 AM until 10:30 AM Holy Redeemer Church 503 West Lyon Marshall, MN 56258 Service: Saturday, April 19, 2008 10:30 AM Holy Redeemer Catholic Church 503 West Lyon Marshall, MN 56258