Local obituaries for Wing-Bain Funeral Home
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...
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...
