Obituaries

Trevis was born November 21, 1926 to Sever and Bertha (Miller) Anderson inPorter, Minnesota. She graduated from High School and Teachers Training in Canby. Trevis taught for a few years in country schools until she married Arnold DeVos February 23, 1952 at St. Edward Catholic Church in Minneota. They lived on a farm north of Taunton, where they raised their...

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...

Sydney Lee Vlaminck, treasured daughter of Ronni and Charles Vlaminck of Minneota, MN, quietly entered and left us on February 4, 2012. She will be missed by her parents; sister Rachel and brother Dylan; her grandparents; Wade and Lori Jensen, Dave Albert, Jim and Marcia Vlaminck; great-grandparents. Lloyd and Louise Hasche, Elaine Hedberg, Gaston and Dorothy Vlaminck; many aunts, uncles...

Earl J. Lanoue, 86, dieD October 5 at Prairie Home Hospice House in Marshall, MN, the community where he made his home for nearly all of his adult life. He fought a long 20 year plus battle with congestive heart failure/heart disease. He was born July 9, 1924, to Elric and Ethel Lanoue on the family farm in rural Marshall,...

Services pending at this time.

Don was born on June 22, 1933, in Tracy to Laura Alice (Bartlow) and Frank Cahow. He attended school in Tracy through the ninth grade. Don then helped on the family farm. In 1952, the family moved from Tracy to Lake Benton where they farmed for many years. On July 24, 1952, Don and Betty Schnell were married. Don farmed...

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...

Bertha Arlene (Lamb) Hodges was born on May 4, 1944, in Clark, SD, to Lyle and Bertha Warkenthien. She grew up in Willow Lake, SD, and graduated from Willow Lake High School. Arlene began college at South Dakota State University and later graduated from there in 1996. On February 8, 1964, she was united in marriage to David Hodges at...

MARSHALL – June Marie (Lanoue) Sovell, 92, died peacefully at the home of her son in Stillwater on Thursday. She calmly passed surrounded by all of her children. June had suffered a stroke the previous Saturday. Services for June will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Holy Redeemer Catholic Church in Marshall. Interment will be at Calvary Cemetery in Marshall....

Drake Philip Bigler was born on February 11, 2012, in Marshall, MN, to Brad and Heather (Smith) Bigler. His birth was one of great excitement, arriving two weeks early. He was healthy, beautiful, and full of energy with a signature smile that could light up a room. Drake loved to laugh and play with his siblings, Taleigha and Nash. He...

Roy John Enquist was born October 1, 1938, to Roy and Lena Enquist in Fosston, Minnesota. He grew up in western Minnesota, and graduated from Graceville High in 1956. He married Mary Kathryn Gilbert in 1960 and graduated from the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry in 1963. Roy served in the Army Dental Corps at Fort Polk, Louisiana, before...

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...

Orville John (O.J.) Wigness was born September 19, 1921 in Minneota, MN to John and Emma (Hanson) Wigness. Orville grew up and went to school in Minneota. During the World War II years, Orville worked in the San Diego air and ship yards. He married Joyce Hanson on September 23, 1951 in Minneota, MN. They moved to their farm in...

William Edward Giese was born on April 4, 1947, in Luverne, MN, to Melvin and Maxine (Smith) Giese. Bill’s family lived in Hardwick and Jasper, MN, before moving to Redwood Falls where Bill graduated from high school. Bill was a fun loving person who loved to hunt, fish, play cards and spend time with family and friends. He had worked...

Donald Elroy Kompelien was born November 24, 1928 to John and Esther (Larson) Kompelien on the farm north of Minneota. He graduated from the Minneota High School in 1946. He farmed with his Dad until he was drafted into the army during the Korean War. He served in Berlin, Germany as a Military Policeman where he met his future wife,...

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....

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...