Local obituaries for Wing-Bain Funeral Home
Vivian Rasmussen
Nov 4, 2017
Vivian Lorraine Rasmussen was born July 19, 1924, to Richard and Geneva (Brennan) Folkens in St. Paul, Minnesota. The family later moved to Clinton, and then to Granite Falls, Minnesota. She was baptized in Clinton and later confirmed at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Granite Falls. At the age of 17, she moved to Chicago, IL, to live and work...
Delores Nokleby
Nov 4, 2017
Delores Ann (Byrd) Nokleby was born April 14, 1938 in Maynard MN, the daughter of Edna (Quast) and Norman Byrd. She was baptized at home and confirmed at Maynard Lutheran Church. She graduated from Maynard School in 1956. After graduation, she had various jobs until finally becoming a nurses aid at the Montevideo Hospital. It was there that she met...
Shawn Mead
Nov 1, 2017
Shawn Michael Mead was born December 26th, 1980 in Canby, MN to Duane and Debra (Harberts) Mead. He graduated school from Yellow Medicine East in Granite Falls. He was baptized and confirmed through United Church of Christ. On June 13th, 2005, he was married to Jennifer Abner in Las Vegas. After graduation, he was employed through Kollen Motors, Picht's Auto...
Walter Myhre
Oct 29, 2017
Walter Carlton Myhre was born June 21, 1938, in Montevideo, the son of Wallace & Bertha (Heiern) Myhre. He was baptized and confirmed at Our Savior`s Lutheran Church in Montevideo. He graduated from Montevideo High School. On October 12, 1960, he was united in marriage to JoAnn Anderson in Montevideo. Three children were born to this union, two sons Kevin...
Louie B Hinrichs
Oct 24, 2017
Louie Bernard Hinrichs was born March 16, 1924, the son of Ben & Lucy (Getting) Hinrichs in Adrian, Minnesota. He was baptized in the Reformed Church in Little Rock and confirmed at Bethany Reformed Church in Clara City. He attended country school. Louie enlisted in the United State Marine Corps in 1943 and served in the 5th Marine Division. After...
Russell Tepfer
Oct 22, 2017
Russell John Tepfer, the son of Albert and Esther (Gens) Tepfer, was born on September 4, 1936 in Danube, Minnesota. He was baptized and confirmed at the St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church in Danube. He graduated from Danube High School in 1955, and worked on the family farm. Russell served his country in the Army and the Army Reserves from 1956-1962...
Jack Masters
Oct 21, 2017
Jack Alwyn Masters was born June 22, 1939 in New London to Glenwood and Mercedes (Wadsworth) Masters. The oldest of four children, he grew up and attended schools in the Spicer/New London area. His life as a farm boy changed at the age of ten when his father died and his mother moved the family to a home by Nest...
Rose Dahl
Oct 20, 2017
Rose Ella Evangeline (Budd) Dahl was born on December 3, 1919, in Montevideo, MN the daughter of Windom and Lydia (Tweeter) Budd. She was baptized in the Lutheran faith and graduated from Montevideo Public Schools in 1937. She then attended teacher normal training in Montevideo and taught country school near Watson, MN. Rose then attended and graduated from Mankato State...
Arnold Steffens
Oct 14, 2017
Arnold Eugene Steffens was born in Minnesota and lived in Clara City, where he spent most of his life farming north of Clara City. After farming for a number of years he injured his back and could no longer do the hard work that it required. Then he moved into Clara City and lived in town for a number of...
Ardis Menking
Oct 13, 2017
Ardis Bernice (Evjen) Menking, 89, of Maynard, Minnesota passed away on Friday, October 13, 2017 at the Clara City Care Center as a result of a stroke suffered the previous week. “Ardie” was born on January 24th, 1928 in Starbuck, Minnesota to John and Olga (Anderson) Evjen. Her family grew up on Lake Minnewaska where they owned and operated a...
Richard Fultz
Oct 13, 2017
Richard Allen Fultz was born on July 22, 1962, in Montevideo, MN, the son of Gary and Diane (Skare) Fultz. He was baptized in the Christian faith and attended Montevideo Public Schools. Richard worked for a time on an oil rig in Rosewell, NM in the mid 1980’s. This job he really enjoyed. He then was employed by Denny Larson...
Evelyn 'Sandy' Finnes
Oct 11, 2017
Evelyn Carol ‘Sandy’ Finnes was born on December 4, 1924, in Cottonwood, MN, the daughter of Oscar H. and Clara (Moseng) Sandbaken. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith and graduated from high school in Cottonwood, MN. ‘Sandy’ attended St. Barnabas School of Nursing in Minneapolis, MN and received her RN in 1943. She remained at St. Barnabas...
Arvis Johnson
Oct 8, 2017
Memorials are preferred to the Granite Falls Health Care Center, the Granite Falls Area Community Foundation, Alzheimer’s or Cancer Foundations. Arvis was born November 19, 1920 in Forest City, Iowa, the daughter of Esther (Shimer) Hallett and Lyle G. Hallett. They moved to their farm in Braham in 1929 where Arvis graduated from high school in 1938. She married LeRoy...
Roy Gustafson
Oct 8, 2017
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, MEMORIALS ARE PREFERRED TO PRAIRIE HOME HOSPICE IN MARSHALL, MN. Roy L. Gustafson was born July 14, 1926 in rural Hanley Falls, Minnesota the son of A. Albert and Emma (Johnson) Gustafson. He passed away Sunday, October 8, 2017 at the Clarkfield Care Center. He was baptized at Yellow Medicine Lutheran Church in Hanley Falls, grew...
Beulah Miller
Oct 3, 2017
Beulah Margaret Olson Miller was born October 10, 1912 on a farm in Minnesota Falls Township, rural Minnesota to Obert and Iona Olson. She was their only daughter. She attended two years of school in District 3 before the family moved to Granite Falls where she finished high school. She completed a teacher training course in Montevideo and taught school...
Bette Spangenberg
Sep 27, 2017
Bette was born March 8, 1930 in Granite Falls, MN to Richard and Jennie Folkens. She was baptized at the United Methodist Church in Clinton, MN and later in life, when living in Maryville, MO; she was confirmed into the catholic faith at St. Gregory Barbarigo Catholic Church. She received her education in the Granite Falls Public Schools, graduating in...
Irene Ladner
Sep 25, 2017
Irene Marie Ladner, 92, of Granite Falls, passed away at the Granite Falls Municipal Hospital, Monday, September 25, 2017, following a brief illness. Irene was born February 17, 1925 in Ghent, MN to Leo and Katherine Lerschen. On September 18, 1943 Irene and John Ladner were united in marriage in a ceremony held at the chapel on the grounds of...
Matthew Dommer
Sep 22, 2017
Matthew James Dommer was born on June 21, 1992 in Minneapolis, MN the son of Alan and JoAnne (Dommer) Musselman. He graduated from Yellow Medicine East High School in Granite Falls, MN and at the time of his death, was employed by Prairie’s Edge Casino & Resort in Granite Falls, MN, as a banquet cook. Matthew was known for his...
Willard "Billy" Etrheim
Sep 21, 2017
Willard “Billy” Chris Etrheim was born December 10, 1961, the son of Elmer & Mayvis Etrheim, in Marshall, Minnesota. He attended school in Granite Falls. Following school, he served his country in the United States Army. Following his honorable discharge, he worked as a pipe fitter and tree trimmer. He enjoyed being outdoors, hunting and fishing. He also enjoyed gambling...
Ione Thang
Sep 18, 2017
Ione Mae Thang, Age 98, of Alexandria, Minnesota (formally of Clara City, Minnesota) passed away at Knute Nelson under hospice care on September 18th, 2017. Ione was born on May 21st, 1919 in the township of Lund, near Melby, Minnesota. She was the third of ten children born to Edwin and Ida (Palmquist) Johnson. Ione's family moved several times in...
