Local obituaries for Wing-Bain Funeral Home
Lillian Ironheart-Smith
Jun 25, 2016
Lillian was born in Granite Falls on March 27, 1936, the daughter of Herbert & Bessie Ironheart. She was later united in marriage to Michael Smith who was a professor at South West in Marshall. Lillian was a priest for Upper Sioux for many years. She later became a treatment counselor for Project Turnabout. She also served as the first...
Norbert Anderson
Jun 22, 2016
Norbert Paul Anderson was born on August 11, 1958, in Aurora, Ill, the son of Elmer and Mary Jane (Goubeaux) Anderson. He was baptized at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Plano, Ill and later confirmed as a Christian in the Catholic faith. He attended Leland Community School, unit #1 and graduated in 1976. Norbert was united in marriage to Maggie...
Robert Gullickson
Jun 15, 2016
Robert Allen Gullickson was born June 3, 1945 on the family farm in Swedes Forest Township, rural Belview, the son of Ludvig and Verna (Loken) Gullickson. He passed away Wednesday June 15, 2016 at the Granite Falls Manor. He was baptized at Grace Lutheran Church in Belview and confirmed at Granite Falls Lutheran Church. Bob attended Granite Falls High School...
Alfred " Al" Voudrie
Jun 12, 2016
Alfred Louis Voudrie was born on December 23, 1933, in Old Ripley, Illinois; the son of Clarence and Oneta (Knabel) Voudrie. He passed away June 12, 2016, at the Clara City Care Center. If there were two defining characteristics that made up Alfred, one was that he had a love for working that just wouldn’t end. Growing up in a...
Ardeth Kvanli
Jun 11, 2016
Ardeth Delores Kvanli was born March 26, 1937, to Gehardt & Enola (Bergemann) Boettcher, in Waseca County, Minnesota. She passed away at the age of 79 on June 11, 2016 at the Chippewa County Montevideo Hospital. After her father’s early death, Ardeth moved to the Montevideo area when she was four years old. Her mother had been hired as the...
Ervin Klaassen
Jun 2, 2016
Ervin Theodore Klaassen was born October 11, 1924 at home in Crate Township, Chippewa County, Minnesota to George and Emma (Greve) Klaassen. He died on Thursday, June 2, 2016 at the Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar. Ervin was baptized and confirmed at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Clara City and attended the Clara City schools. He made his life’s profession...
Richard "Dick" Larson
May 28, 2016
Richard Larson was born February 2, 1924 to Frida and Olof Larson in Montevideo. He died peacefully on Saturday, May 28th while a patient in the Audie Murphy Veteran’s Hospital in San Antonio, TX. Dick was baptized and confirmed at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church. After graduating from Montevideo High School, he attended St. Olaf College, Luther College, Washington University and...
Louise Mortenson
May 19, 2016
Louise Charlotte Mortenson was born March 19, 1930 to Benjamin and Dora (Brandt) LaCombe at the family farmstead in Lac Que Parle County, Minnesota that is now the Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge. She passed away May 19, 2016 at St. Francis Nursing Home in Breckenridge, Minnesota. Louise was baptized and confirmed into the Christian faith at Trinity Lutheran Church...
Elmer Hersom
May 18, 2016
Elmer Martin Hersom was born November 4, 1924 in Deuel County, Minnesota to Richard and Helen (Wells) Hersom. He grew up in the Gary area and attended country school through the 8th grade. On October 14, 1943, Elmer was united in marriage to Alpha Monson at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church in Canby, MN. They were married for almost 73 years...
Luverne Johnson
May 17, 2016
Luverne Johnson was born on January 26, 1956, in Willmar, MN, the son of Verner and Elaine (Lietz) Johnson. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith in Granite Falls Lutheran Church and grew up in Granite Falls, MN. He attended and graduated high school from Granite Falls in 1974 and continued his education at the Canby Area vocational...
Dean Blue
May 12, 2016
Dean Fredric Blue (Wambdi owakeya duta), 90, of rural Granite Falls, passed away peacefully at his home on May 12, 2016, surrounded by his loving family, after a years-long battle with pulmonary fibrosis Dean was born in rural Granite Falls on February 18, 1926, at his family’s ancestral home in Gah’mé, an area so named by the Dakota, to Wesley...
Helen Rear
May 11, 2016
Helen Mildred Rear was born on March 1, 1930, in Milan, MN, the daughter of Ole and Clara (Struxness) Hoaas. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith at Kviteseid Lutheran Church in Milan, attended country school and high school in Milan. On July 16, 1950, Helen was united in marriage to Roger Rear, also at Kviteseid Lutheran Church....
Stenword Bjorndal
May 7, 2016
Stenword Johan Bjorndal was born October 25, 1922, in Alcester, South Dakota, the son of Sam & Bertha (Underland) Bjorndal, the second youngest of five children. In 1932, his family moved to Sacred Heart, Minnesota. He was confirmed in the Lutheran faith in 1936. He graduated from the Sacred Heart High School in 1942. After graduation he helped his dad...
Thomas Westbrook
May 7, 2016
Thomas E. Westbrook was born on April 28, 1935 to Wallace and Valeria (Weis) Westbrook. He was baptized and confirmed in the Catholic faith. Tom was raised by his sister, Charlotte (Westbrook) and her husband, Fritz Suedbeck, following the untimely death of his parents when he was a child. In 1953 he graduated from Slayton High School. After high school...
Galen L. Skjefte
May 1, 2016
Galen Lowell Skjefte was born August 28, 1928 in Sacred Heart, Minnesota the son of Rudolph and Laura (Gilbertson) Skjefte. He passed away May 1, 2016 at Albion Senior Living in Montevideo. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith and grew up in the Sacred Heart area. On June 8, 1952, Galen was united in marriage to LaBonna...
Janelle Hansen
Apr 30, 2016
Janelle Ann ‘Nell’ Hansen was born on January 23, 1958, in Granite Falls, MN. She was baptized and confirmed in the Catholic faith in St. Andrew Catholic Church in Granite Falls, of which she was a lifelong member. She graduated from Granite Falls High School in 1976 and continued her education at Mankato State University. Nell endured many hardships during...
Thomas Thein
Apr 27, 2016
Thomas Eugene Thein was born on May 13, 1940, near Clara City, MN, in Chippewa County, the son of John J. and Rose Katherine (Thissen) Thein. He was baptized and confirmed in the Catholic faith in St. Clara Catholic Church Clara City, of which he was a lifelong, faithful member. He attended and graduated from St. Clara Catholic School and...
Robert C Peterson
Apr 26, 2016
Robert Chester Peterson was born May 30, 1945, in Montevideo, the son of Chester & Nina (Smith) Peterson. He was baptized and confirmed at Saron Lutheran Church. Pete graduated from the Granite Falls High School in 1963. In October of 1963, he served his country in the United States Air Force, working as an aircraft mechanic. He was honorably discharged...
Todd Ulferts
Apr 23, 2016
Todd Ulferts graduated June 1, 1985 from Granite Falls High School ,MN., went to Inver Hills Community College and Southwest MN State University in Marshall. His passion was flying airplanes and riding motorcycles. He made a career of electronics and bartending in Colorado Springs and Security, CO. He is preceded in death by his parents, Calvin and Harriet Ulferts of...
