Obituaries

Sug was born September 6, 1924 on a farm near Bridgewater, SD. She attended Catholic school until age 10. In 1934 the Alcorn family moved to Walnut Grove, MN to escape the drought. She and her siblings walked two miles to two room county school until her eighth grade year. She graduated from Walnut Grove High School in 1942. After...

Mary Jo (Burch) Kurka was born on March 31, 1954, in Ladysmith, WI, to Jim and Ruth (Overhagen) Burch. She grew up on a dairy farm near Sheldon, WI, and graduated from Flambeau High School in Tony, WI. Mary Jo received her Baccalaureate Degree from Minnesota Bible College and obtained her Nursing Degree from Rochester Community College. On December 27,...

Lawrence John Sumerfelt was born on April 8, 1922, in Kittson County, Minnesota to Alexander and Domecila (Kielb) Sumerfelt. He moved with his family to the Taunton area when he was a baby. On November 14, 1945, he was united in marriage to Barbara Bernardy at St. Edward Catholic Church in Minneota. The couple raised their family and lived on...

Marguerite Ida Jensen was born to Edward and Alma (Lockard) Carey on August 8, 1916 in Vienna, South Dakota. She attended school and graduated from Good Thunder High School in 1934. On August 19, 1938 she was united in marriage to Harlan Jensen in Hayti, South Dakota. Marguerite’s first job was teaching in a one room school in Hamlin Co,...

On the day of his death, Hugo was 79 1/2 years of age and had planned to go fishing with Betty, his wife of 60 years. Fishing, camping, entertaining the grandkids, videography, travel, and tinkering in his garage and barn filled with customized inventions and collections were his passions. He took pleasure in maintaining a “shipshape” yard and home. He...

Loris (Buffington) Tomasek was born on May 16, 1928 in Holland, Minn., to Clarence and Gladys (Meier) Buffington. She graduated from Pipestone High School in 1946, and attended Johnson Beauty Academy in Mankato. In 1951, she and her twin sister Lois started the Twins Beauty Shop, located at the site of the current Marshall Theater. After retiring from the beauty...

Writer, poet, teacher, musician, and traveler Bill Holm, of Minneota, Minnesota, died on Wednesday, February 25, in Sioux Falls, S.D., after being stricken with pneumonia. He had published 16 books and many pamphlets, magazine articles, and other writings in the United States, and was a contributor to numerous publications in China, Sweden, Iceland, and elsewhere. His work was many times...

Dr. Dwayne J. “Doc” Tegels was born August 9, 1934 to Joseph and Ida (Van Moer) Tegels in Lyon Township. Dwayne was baptized and confirmed in the Catholic faith at Holy Redeemer Catholic Church. Dwayne attended grades 1-8 at St. Josephs Academy and graduated in 1952 from Marshall High School. Dwayne graduated from Northwestern College of Chiropractic in 1958. Dwayne...

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...

Marie Nathlie Engels was born on October 16, 1917, to Livinus and Celesta (DeBaere) Engels in Grandview Township. She was baptized, received First Eucharist, and confrirmed at St. Eloi Catholic Church in Ghent. She attended St. Agnes Catholic School. On May 25, 1943, Marie was united in Marriage to Earl LaVoy at St. Eloi Catholic Church in Ghent. They farrmed...

Garrie was born on August 16, 1954, in Canby, MN, to Ed and Marlys (Gladis) Marczak. He was baptized at St. John Cantius Catholic Church in Wilno and received first communion and confirmed at St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Ivanhoe, MN. Garrie grew up a free-spirit and enjoyed traveling and working throughout the United States. For the past...

Donna Mae Roles was born on October 18, 1954 in Canby, to Gilbert and Ardis (Overson) Johnson. After graduating from Springfield High School, Donna was a cook at Darlene’s Café and also at the Silver Dollar Bar in Ghent. For many years, she was dedicated to serving the best food in town, also known for her famous shrimp salad. She...

Virgil Maier was born in Canby on September 13, 1924, to Henry and Nellie (Plageman) Maier. He was baptized and confirmed at the Zacchaeus Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canby. He graduated in 1942 from the Canby High School. He served in the United States Navy during WWII aboard the USS Tekelma, a rescue boat in the Pacific near the Philippines....

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...

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...

Dorothy Jean (Haynes) Olson was born on September 23, 1924 in Spencer, S.D. to Ferne (Potter) and Harold Taylor Haynes, the third of four children. The family moved to Marshall, where Dorothy attended grade school and graduated from Marshall High School. In High School, she was on student Council, editor of the Tiger Herald, a varsity cheerleader and soloist in...

Marie Dobias was born June 9, 1933 in Milroy, MN. Her parents were Vencil and Frances (Brey) Dobias. Marie graduated from Milroy High School and for two years she attended St Benedicts College. She married Ray Coquyt Sept 21, 1954 at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Milroy. Ray and Marie spent the next 47 years farming in the Minneota and...

Bud was born in Canby, MN where he lived his entire childhood until graduating high school. Gustav honorably served his country for eight years in the United States Air Force servicing air planes. While serving in Japan, he was married to June. Following his discharge from the military the couple found themselves in Chicago, where Bud worked with electric maintenance....