Local obituaries for Wing-Bain Funeral Home
Vance Ost
Jun 17, 2018
Vance Lowell Ost, age 81, was born on April 3, 1937, in Montevideo, MN, the son of Carl and Alice (Larson) Ost. He was baptized and confirmed in St. John’s Lutheran Church east of Montevideo and graduated from Montevideo High School. Vance proudly served his country in the United States Army from 1953 – 1957, stationed in Germany. Following his...
Wilfrid Roi
Jun 14, 2018
Wilfrid (Willie) Roderick Roi, was born January 30, 1926 at Louisville Township, in Red Lake County Minnesota. He was the youngest of three sons of Homer and Leonora (Huot) Roi. He passed away peacefully on June 14, 2018 at 92 years young in the Granite Falls Care Center. Willie was baptized and confirmed in the Catholic faith. He attended country...
John "Jack" Strommer
Jun 11, 2018
John “Jack” Strommer was born on May 20, 1936, the son of John & Bernetta Strommer in Montevideo. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Joseph Catholic Church. He attended the Montevideo High School. On June 24, 1956, Jack was united in marriage to Marlys Krenz at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Montevideo. Jack started working for the State Highway...
Bennie C. Groen
Jun 11, 2018
Bennie Cornelius Groen was born March 17, 1937, in Renville County, Minnesota, to Cornelius and Fanny (Ryks) Groen. He was baptized on April 18, 1937, and later confirmed in his faith on March 27, 1955, both at the Emden Christian Reformed Church in Renville. Bennie grew up on the family farm, attending country school and later graduated from Renville High...
Kimberly Raveling
May 30, 2018
Kimberly Jayne (Johnson) Raveling was born September 11, 1961, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the daughter of Verlin and Jayne (Olson) Johnson. Kim grew up in Milan, Minnesota and graduated from Milan with the Class of 1979. On February 14, 1981, Kim was united in marriage to the love of her life, Robert Raveling. They made their home together in Montevideo and...
Alita Torke
May 23, 2018
Alita Marie Torke was born on April 24th, 1975 in Granite Falls, MN the daughter of Orlen Torke and Imogene Sunderland. She was baptized August 24, 1975 at Granite Falls Lutheran Church in Granite Falls, MN. September 22, 1975, at the age of 5 months, Alita suffered from viral meningeal encephalitis resulting in cerebral palsy. Alita was cared for at...
David Hendrickson
May 21, 2018
David Lloyd Hendrickson, age 68, of Montevideo, Minnesota died peacefully, with his loving wife of 47 years and his children at his bedside, after decades of a hard fought battle with lupus, heart disease and cancer. David was born on June 20, 1949, in Montevideo, Minnesota, to Herbert and Esther (Oddan) Hendrickson. He was baptized and confirmed at Watson Lutheran...
Gertude Harms
May 20, 2018
Gertrude Harms, 97, of Clara City died Sunday, May 20th at the Clara City Care Center. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday May 23rd at 10:30 am at Bethany Reformed Church in Clara City. Visitation will be held one hour prior to services at the church on Wednesday.
Donald Ruether
May 14, 2018
Donald Joseph Ruether, age 85, passed away peacefully at his home in Montevideo, Minnesota on May 14th, 2018 with his wife and children by his side. Don was born on June 26, 1932, to Joseph and Josephine Ruether of Madison, Minnesota. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Michael Church in Madison. Growing up on the farm without electricity or...
Stanley Jacobson
May 10, 2018
The Lord called Stanley Jacobson home on May 10, 2018 after a long life filled with family, farming, church and community. He was born in Stony Run Township outside of Granite Falls, MN, on December 9, 1923, to Herbert and Ruth (Pederson) Jacobson. Stanley attended country school, was confirmed at Saron Lutheran Church and was a 1941 graduate of Granite...
Harris Halstead
May 8, 2018
Harris Williams Halstead was born November 15, 1915 to his parents Jesse and Rose (Williams) Halstead at their farm home near Webb, IA. He was baptized in the Brookings South Dakota Baptist Church. Harris graduated from Brookings South Dakota High School and then attended a vocational school in Brookings to work with dairy products. He attended Wessington Springs Junior College....
Lee Johnson
May 2, 2018
Lee Vernon Johnson was born April 9, 1940, the son of William & Agnes (Leyse) Johnson in Granite Falls. He was baptized and confirmed at the Granite Falls Lutheran Church. Lee attended school in Granite Falls and graduated from the Granite Falls High School in 1958. In January of 1959, he served his country in the United States Army and...
Richard Aeikens
May 2, 2018
Richard Edwin Aeikens was born on September 9, 1930, in Montevideo, MN to Fred M. and Ruth (Knight) Aeikens. He grew up on a farm by Raymond. Richard attended country school, District 70 in Rhiederland Township through 8th grade. He rode his horse to and from school. On May 2, 1951, Richard was united in marriage to the love of...
Howard Hultman
Apr 26, 2018
Howard Oscar Hultman was born February 10, 1922, the son of Oscar and Emma Hultman in Delhi, Minnesota. He was baptized in the Lutheran faith and confirmed on July 22, 1934. He attended school in Belview and graduated from high school in 1940. Following graduation, he continued to work on the family farm. He was united in marriage to Virginia...
Lois Riley
Apr 17, 2018
Lois Jane Riley was born on March 12, 1931, in Hendricks, Minnesota, the daughter of Frederick and Violet (Cox) Fuoss. She was baptized and confirmed in the Christian faith and attended country school near Marietta, MN. In 1946, Lois was united in marriage to Robert O. Riley in Coddington County, South Dakota. After moving to the Montevideo area, Lois was...
Burton "Butch" Huntley
Apr 16, 2018
Butch Huntley, age 80, of Montevideo, died Monday, April 16th at Luther Haven Nursing Home. Memorial services will be held at 1:00 pm Friday, April 20th at the Wing-Bain Funeral Home in Montevideo. Visitation will be held Thursday evening from 5 to 7 pm at the funeral home and continue one hour prior to services on Friday. Burton John Huntley...
Beulah Roeske
Apr 12, 2018
Beulah Roeske, age 93, of Granite Falls, died Thursday at the Granite Falls Health Care Center. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, April 21, 2018 at 10 AM at the Wing-Bain Funeral Home in Granite Falls. Burial will be held at Terrace Lawn Memory Gardens in Montevideo. Visitation will be held Saturday from 9-10 AM, one hour prior to...
Barb Beckler
Apr 5, 2018
Barbara Marie (Manderscheid) Beckler was born February 21, 1954 in Olivia, MN to Jerome and Rose (Butcher) Manderscheid. Barb attended St Aloysius Grade school and graduated from Olivia High School in 1972. She attended Hutch Tech after graduation. She married Gregory Beckler August 24, 1974 at St Aloysius church. They were blessed with three daughters Robyn, Kelly and Amy and...
L. Robert "Bob" Lee
Apr 3, 2018
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, MEMORIALS ARE PREFERRED TO DONORS CHOICE. LuVern Robert (Bob) Lee was born on October 13, 1928, in Tyro Township, Yellow Medicine County, near Clarkfield, MN; the son of Alfred and Emma (Holm) Lee. He was baptized on November 28, 1928 and confirmed in the Lutheran faith on May 2, 1943, all at Clarkfield Lutheran Church. He...
