Local obituaries for Wing-Bain Funeral Home
Eunice Bjorndal
Apr 23, 2016
Eunice Thelma Bjorndal was born on the farm in Hawk Creek Township, the daughter of Anton and Amanda (Golie) Hegna, on July 22, 1923. She passed away Saturday April 23, 2016 at the Granite Falls Manor. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Sacred Heart. Eunice grew up on a farm south...
Vincent Smith
Apr 21, 2016
Vincent Vernon ‘Vince – Vinnie’ Smith was born on Sept. 20, 1942, in Montevideo, MN, the son of Vernon H. and Ruth V. (Manthey) Smith. He was baptized on Oct. 11, 1942 and confirmed in the Lutheran faith at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Montevideo, MN, on March 25, 1956. Vince lived on the family farm NE of Montevideo until...
Lagrant Velde
Apr 20, 2016
LaGrant I Velde was born June 21, 1921, in Granite Falls, Minnesota, the son of Faltin and Ellen (Foien) Velde. He passed away Wednesday April 20, 2016 at the age of 94 at Riverside assisted living in Granite Falls. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith at Granite Falls Lutheran Church. LaGrant graduated from Granite Falls High School...
Merlin Gustafson
Apr 12, 2016
The family respectfully requests memorials to the Minneapolis Fisher House, the National Kidney Foundation, Hanley Falls American Legion Post 167, or Yellow Medicine Lutheran Church. Merlin Eugene Gustafson was born July 22, 1928 at the hospital in Montevideo, Minnesota. He passed away peacefully Tuesday, April 12, 2016 at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center. He was the son of Melvin and...
Harley Ammermann
Apr 8, 2016
Harley Ammermann was born on August 8, 1931, in Clara City, MN, the son of Harry D. and Marie (Schwitters) Ammermann. He was baptized and confirmed in the Christian faith at Bunde Christian Reformed Church and attended District 67 Country School. He worked on the family farm until age 19 when he enlisted in the United States Air Force and...
Donna Galuk
Apr 4, 2016
Donna was born June 6, 1932 in Menominee, MI to Rueben and Daisy Duerwachter. She died Saturday, February 27, 2016 at Edgewater Haven Nursing Home in Port Edwards, Wisconsin. She married Peter Galuk on December 18, 1954 in Barrington, IL. The family was longtime members of St. Joseph Catholic Church. Donna was an excellent homemaker and enjoyed cooking, baking and...
Paul Johnson
Apr 1, 2016
Paul Marvin Johnson of rural Sacred Heart, Minnesota, passed away on April 1, 2016, due to injuries sustained in a tragic auto accident near Albuquerque, New Mexico. Paul was born on February 7, 1937, to George and Christine Johnson. He was baptized and confirmed at Hawk Creek Lutheran Church, which his grandfather help found. Paul was a 1955 graduate of...
Harold Jaenisch
Mar 31, 2016
Harold Fred Jaenisch was born on October 22, 1918, the son of Fred and Mary (Teichert) Jaenisch in Crate Township, Chippewa County. He was baptized and confirmed in faith at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Clara City and attended country school at District 3 through the 8th grade. Harold was united in marriage with Marie Elsie Rhode on November 26, 1945....
Donald Berends
Mar 30, 2016
Donald John Berends was born December 1, 1947 in Granite Falls, the son of John and Hazel (Burns) Berends. He was baptized and confirmed at Granite Falls Lutheran Church and attended school in Granite Falls graduating with the class of 1965. On June 19, 1966 Don was united in marriage to Jeanne Tjosaas at Our Redeemers Lutheran Church in Benson....
Robert Erickson
Mar 26, 2016
Robert Eugene Erickson was born on September 11, 1927 to Cora (Sander) and Edward Erickson. He was baptized on October 16, 1927, in the Rock Dell Lutheran Church and confirmed on May 4, 1941, at the United Lutheran Church in Granite Falls. He attended country school at District 22 in Stony Run Township and later at District 13 in Minnesota...
Lester Barnaal
Mar 21, 2016
Lester Duane Barnaal was born April 25, 1948 in Granite Falls, Minnesota the son of Melvin and Edith (Johnson) Barnaal. He passed away at his home in Sacred Heart on March 21, 2016. He grew up and attended school in the Sacred Heart area graduating from Sacred Heart High School. In 1977, Lester was united in marriage to Sharon Longcor...
Diane Coulter
Mar 12, 2016
Diane Margaret (Harguth) Coulter was born January 14, 1950, the daughter of Merle & Marie (Harms) Harguth, in Montevideo. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Clara Catholic Church in Clara City. Diane attended St. Clara Parochial School and graduated from the Maynard High School furthering her education at Willmar Vo-Tech receiving her Cosmotology degree. Diane worked as a Cosmotologist...
Virginia Mae Swanson
Mar 11, 2016
Virginia Swanson, 94, of Redwood Falls, Minnesota passed away peacefully surrounded by family Friday, March 11, 2016 at her home at Garnette Gardens. Family visitation will be held at the Wing-Bain Funeral Home in Granite Falls. Interment will follow at the Lutheran Cemetery east of Clara City on Highway 7 on Tuesday, March 15th. . A memorial gathering will follow...
Dennis Aeikens
Mar 11, 2016
Dennis Lyle Aeikens was born May 26, 1943, the son of Ben & Jessie (Christians) Aeikens, in Montevideo. He was baptized at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Clara City and confirmed at Our Saviors Lutheran Church in Montevideo. He attended school in Montevideo. In his early years, Dennis worked in landscaping for Bofferding Nursery in Marshall. In 1976, he met Melva...
Vernon Leenerts
Mar 10, 2016
Vernon Dale Leenerts was born on October 31, 1953, in Dawson, MN, the son of Dale Leon and Ethel Ninah (Nelson) Leenerts. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Boyd and attended high school in Boyd. On December 2, 1972, Vernon was united in marriage to Sarah LaBatte at the Pejuhutazizi Presbyterian Church...
John R. Beltz
Mar 9, 2016
John Raymond Beltz was born on July 8, 1940, the son of L.R. “Tiny” & Lucille (Marble) Beltz. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Montevideo and graduated with the Montevideo Class of 1958. John worked most of his life as a bartender. He worked at the Sheep Shedde in Olivia for Denny Hanson, the Press...
Mitchell Lee Tobias
Mar 8, 2016
THOSE ATTENDING THE MEMORIAL SERVICE SHOULD ARRIVE AT FT. SNELLING GATE 2 BY 11:00 A.M. TO FORM PROCESSION TO ASSEMBLY #2. Mitchell Tobias of Montevideo passed away peacefully in his sleep at the age of 83, on March 8, 2016. Mitchell was born in St. Paul on May 6th, 1932 and attended school in Dawson. He served his country in...
Charlene Brettin
Mar 7, 2016
Charlene Renee Brettin was born on Nov. 7, 1955, in Granite Falls, MN the daughter of Leonard and Arlene Hanson. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith and graduated from the Granite Falls High School. She was to be married on Jan. 25, 1975, in Granite Falls, but a massive blizzard forced her and her fiancé Thomas Brettin...
Todd Haats
Feb 29, 2016
Todd Robert Haats was born on December 14, 1964 in Montevideo, Minnesota to Stan and Kathy Haats. He was baptized at Our Saviors Lutheran Church and confirmed at the Maynard Lutheran Church. During his high school years, Todd participated in wrestling and football. He graduated from Maynard High School in 1983. Following high school, he attended Pipestone Vo-Tech for masonry....
