Local obituaries for Wing-Bain Funeral Home
Jeanette Marlow
Feb 20, 2015
Jeanette Mary Marlow was born August 28, 1940 in Pipestone the daughter of Leonard and Rosalie (Starlight) Marlow. She passed away February 20, 2015 at the St. Cloud Hospital. She grew up in St. Paul attending Roosevelt Elementary and Junior High School, later graduating from Humboldt High School. On February 8, 1958 she was united in marriage to Louis Cook...
Dennis N. Olson
Feb 16, 2015
Dennis Neal Olson was born May 15, 1932 in Royal Township, Lincoln County, Minnesota, the son of Richard and Clara (Eggen) Olson. He passed away Monday, February 16, 2015 at Luther Haven Nursing Home in Montevideo. He was baptized and confirmed at Marble Lutheran Church of rural Hendricks. Dennis grew up on the Olson Family farm and attended Country School...
Gene Hughes
Feb 11, 2015
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, MEMORIALS ARE PREFERRED Gene was born on August 26, 1950 in Springfield, Ohio, to Floyd Eugene and Leona (Bradley) Hughes. He enlisted in the Navy on April 30, 1969 and served as a torpedo-man on the USS John C. Calhoun until February 28, 1973. Following his discharge from the Navy, Gene took pride in working many...
Donald B Enstad
Feb 9, 2015
Donald Burton Enstad was born August 11, 1922, in Atwater, Minnesota, the son of John & Elsa (Renando) Erickson. He was adopted at the age of two by Hank and Laura Enstad. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith at Stony Run Lutheran Church, and came to know Christ as his savior in 1978 at the Assembly of...
Leigh Michael Aus
Feb 4, 2015
Leigh Michael ‘Bubba’ Aus was born on May 24, 1983, in Granite Falls, MN; the son of Michael and Gail (Haroldson) Aus. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith at Granite Falls Lutheran Church and attended Yellow Medicine East High School. ‘Bubba’ was employed by Aus Floor & More in Granite Falls as a tile installer and also...
Rebecca Baker Coulter
Jan 28, 2015
Rebecca Ann Hempel was born November 17, 1941 in Montevideo the daughter of Vernon and Doris (Thomasson) Hempel. She passed away on January 28, 2015 at Riverside Assisted Living in Granite Falls. Baptized and confirmed at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Granite Falls, Becky grew up in Granite Falls and attended school there, graduating with the Class of 1959. On...
Gerald Myers
Jan 27, 2015
Gerald “Jerry” Myers age 77 of Granite Falls passed away Tuesday, January 27th at his home. A memorial Mass of Christian burial with military honors will be held at a later date this spring. Gerald Dean Myers was born in Reno County, Kansas on April 7, 1937 to Thelma and Harold Myers. He had one younger sister, Carolyn. Jerry grew...
Virgil Waller
Jan 21, 2015
Virgil Ora Waller was born March 15, 1927 in Granite Falls, the son of Alfred and Rena (Baxter) Waller. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith and attended country school in the Granite Falls area. Virgil grew up on a farm and spent his early years working with farmers in the area. On December 8, 1950 Virgil entered...
Violet O'Dea
Jan 19, 2015
Violet O’Dea, longtime resident of Austin, Minnesota, died on January 19, 2015, at the Home Front in Montevideo. Violet Ileen Sperry O'Dea was born Aug. 20 1921 in Fayette County, Jefferson Township, Iowa, the daughter of Francis Ray and Nora Hanna (Staff) Sperry. She graduated from Oelwein High School and went on to get a 2 year teaching degree. At...
Lavine C. Bertrand
Jan 19, 2015
Lavine C. Bertrand was born on September 27, 1927, in Waite Park, MN, the daughter of Clarence and Francis (Meyer) Bidinger. She was baptized and confirmed in the Catholic faith and graduated from high school in Morton, MN. On September 24, 1955, she was united in marriage to Leo Bertrand in St. Catherine’s Catholic Church in Redwood Falls. Four children...
Hilda Painter
Jan 16, 2015
Hilda Ann Painter (nee Roberts), 95, of Boyd died peacefully in her sleep on January 16th, 2015 at the Chippewa County-Montevideo Hospital. Born October 11th, 1919 in Buckeye, Arizona, she lived in Yuma, Arizona; Albuquerque, New Mexico; North Hollywood, California; Encinitas, California; and happily spent the last thirty-five years living in Boyd, Minnesota. She worked as a waitress, a nursing...
Abel Chaparro Sr
Jan 16, 2015
Abel DuJaun Chaparro, Sr. was born in Aguada, Puerto Rico on Dec. 30, 1962, the son of Ernesto and Nicolasa (Perez) Chaparro. He grew up and attended school in Aguada. Abel enjoyed fishing, doing yard work and construction. The shorter list would be of the things he didn’t enjoy! He was a jack of all trades, an accomplished handyman, loved...
Sylvia Ida Scott
Jan 13, 2015
Sylvia Ida Scott was born August 18, 1921 in Long Prairie, Minnesota the daughter of Edward and Pauline (Schultz) Prill. She passed away January 13, 2015 at the Clarkfield Care Center. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Long Prairie, grew up on the family farm in Long Prairie Township and attended country...
Ursula Hennen
Jan 12, 2015
Ursula “Ursie” Ann (Herdina) Hennen was born on October 20, 1937, to Hattie (Zetah) and Edward Herdina in their rural home of Henryville Township in Renville County. She was 3rd of 14 children. On September 12, 1959, Ursula married Merlin Hennen at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Bechyn, MN. Together, they lived in Morton for two years before moving to...
Leona Janssen
Jan 11, 2015
Leona Ann Janssen was born October 19, 1926, the daughter of Frank & Elsie (Priebe) Rhode in Louriston Township, Chippewa County. She attended St. Clara Catholic School and graduated from the Maynard High School in 1944. Leona was united in marriage to Harvey Janssen on October 17, 1953, in Clara City. Together they farmed in the Maynard area, retiring in...
Dawn M Gerdes
Jan 7, 2015
Dawn Marie Gerdes was born September 6, 1962 in Granite Falls the daughter of Harold and LaVonne Uttermark. She passed away January 7, 2015 at the Granite Falls Hospital. She was baptized and confirmed into the Lutheran faith at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Granite Falls. Dawn grew up with her family near Asbury and attended school in Granite Falls....
Steve Brendmoen
Jan 6, 2015
Steve was born on Jan. 3, 1953, in Anchorage, AK, the son of Raymond & Shirley (Sandness) Brendmoen. He spent his youth in Valley City, ND and moved to Granite Falls, MN as a teenager. Steve was united in marriage to Kelly Olson on June 27, 1987 and they made their home in Montevideo, MN. Steve enjoyed hunting, fishing and...
Marvin Koenen
Jan 2, 2015
In lieu of flowers memorials are preferred to the Immanuel Lutheran Cemetery in Clara City or the Clarkfield Lutheran Church.Arrangements are with the Wing-Bain Funeral Home of Montevideo. Marvin Louis Koenen was born April 15, 1932 in Chippewa County, the son of Harm and Kate (Fletcher) Koenen. He passed away January 2, 2015 at the Chippewa County-Montevideo Hospital. He was...
Robert Brouwer
Jan 1, 2015
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, MEMORIALS ARE PREFERRED TO: HOSPICE OR AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION. Robert Brouwer was born February 3, 1923 in Rheiderland Township, rural Bunde, Minnesota, the son of Kone E. and Katie (Gerdes) Brouwer. He passed away Thursday, January 1, 2015 at the Chippewa County-Montevideo Hospital. He was baptized at Bunde Christian Reformed Church in Bunde and grew up...
Donna Mae Lecy
Dec 30, 2014
Donna Mae (Jensen) Lecy was born on May 29, 1928, in Milroy, MN, the daughter of Andrew and Evie (Eddey) Lecy. She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith. Donna was united in marriage to Merle Lecy on September 3, 1944 and assisted Buddy and her brother-in law Lester with their farming operation. Donna sold Avon products for many...
