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Beaufort Berry died on June 25, 1968, and he is buried in Lakeview Cemetery in Windom. Ronnie married Carol Jacobson on January 20, 1968, at the American Lutheran Church in Windom. The couple raised and loved two sons, Mike and Joey, along with their foster son, Steve Riordan.
Lee was always the “fun dad” taking the hockey team he coached to Herr Schmidt in Anoka after hockey games for a pop. He would also load up the neighborhood kids in the back of his pickup truck on a hot summers day to take them to “Twister” for 10 cent slushies. Lee and Lavon moved to Texas with their youngest daughter Dana to get away from Minnesota winters, and in 1994 after the passing of his beloved wife Lavon he moved back to Coon Rapids, MN to live. He enjoyed drinking a few “cold ones” at the local Shortstop in Coon Rapids where he met Doris Tanchin his “girlfriend” of 18 years. Lee could be seen with his friends known as the “3 stooges” Lee, John and Paul sharing laughs and telling jokes.
Berry-Scanlan Funeral Home
Ardoth attended country school in her early years and graduated from Luverne High School with the class of 1948. She enrolled in the School of Cosmetology in Austin, Minnesota, and worked most of her life as a beautician. Darrel Bramstedt passed away with family by his side, on Wednesday, December 7th at Windom Area Health in Windom. Darrel Earl Bramstedt was born on March 3, 1937, to the late Gilbert and Iola Bramstedt in Alpha, Minnesota.
Even though extreme accuracy of dates is not the most important part of this accounting, to this researcher’s knowledge the dates are believed to be correct. Verify the authentication setting for the resource and then try requesting the resource using that authentication method. Only integrated authentication is enabled, and a client browser was used that does not support integrated authentication. Tony Klaassen was born on December 20, 1967 in Madelia, Minnesota to James and Loni Klaassen.
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Lee Richard Van Norman passed away on November 22, 2022 at the age of 89, in Coon Rapids, MN. Lee was born in a farmhouse in Windom, MN on August 30, 1933 son of Glen and Julia Van Norman. He proudly served in the United States Army and attended the University of Minnesota. Lee met his beloved wife Lavon Lindberg at a New Years Eve party after he returned home from serving in the Korean War in the United States Army.
Lee and his dog Luigi could be seen taking walks around the apartment and socializing with his friends he made there. Lee worked as a Surveyor in Owatonna MN, Golden Valley, MN and Anoka, MN; he was a proud member of the Anoka Carpenters Union for many years. Lee was also a long haul Truckdriver for many years with Dart Transit, and proudly racking up over 1 million miles over the years driving as a Truckdriver. He enjoyed cooking and listening to country music; he loved to watch Minnesota Twins and Minnesota Vikings games on TV, as well as running the beer truck at the Anoka County Fair for Shortstop owners Souki and Kay.
LaCanne Family Funeral Home
In 1989 the people of the Storden Community banded together to build a Community and Civic Center on Main Street through donations and grants. This was achieved and a fine new building was completed. The funeral home was moved out of Mr. Thorstad’s residence and into a small bungalow that the Hanson-Witt firm purchased in Storden. Mr. Berry was in business for many years and was active in civic and church functions.
Arrangements by the LaCanne Family Celebration of Life Center in Windom. Condolences and memories of Tom may be sent online to Thomas “Tom” Joseph Jurgens was born on September 25, 1955, in Mankato, Minnesota; a blessing to the late Lyle E and Audrey Mae Jurgens. He was a lifelong member of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, where he received the sacraments of baptism, holy communion, and confirmation, and he served as a past Grand Knight of the Knights of Columbus. Beverly Louise Blum Boyce passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by family, in November. From this point on a new page in the history of funeral service in the Windom area begins….
Hanson-Witt Funeral Chapel
In 2021, Ardoth moved to the Good Samaritan Society- Sogge Memorial, where she passed away on December 6, 2022. Through the years, Ardoth taught Sunday School and sang in the choir of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Luverne. Tom was preceded in death by his parents, Audrey & Lyle Jurgens and David & Marylin Hammett; in-laws, Joe & Flo Follen; and sisters, Vickie Schnepf and Debbie Brandmire. Beverly is survived by twins Barbara and Alfred Blum, and grandsons Gabriel and Avery Blum. A Celebration of her Life will be held on Saturday, December 17, 2022, in Stockton, CA. Following teaching stints, she became a co-founder of the new Planned Parenthood in Stockton, CA and served as the Executive Director of Planned Parenthood in the county for over 14 years.
After his death his wife continued to be active in the business for a few years. In 1935 and 1936 the Aune-Schottle firm employed a young man by the name of Arthur Hanson, who would later return to Windom and buy into the business. In 1937 a young man by the name of Gerald Stempfley became employed as a mortician.
Jerry attended and graduated from South Dakota State University in July of 1966. During summers he worked for Woodbury County Department of Social Services, where he began his employment career as a social worker after graduation. Ron was a longtime, dedicated member of the American Lutheran Church in Windom, where he served on the Properties Board and ushered for 25 years. Ardoth was preceded in death by her husband, Vernon Kraetsch; her parents; and siblings, Delores Schafer, Elda Trisko, Marlis Babcock, Russel Jauert and Roger Jauert. After retiring, the couple moved to Windom to be closer to family.
In the late 1940′s, a gentleman by the name of Vincent Thorstad, living and working in Windom, helped Mr. Lou Scanlan at the Scanlan Funeral Home in Windom as a second job. He liked the funeral service work so well that he studied for, wrote and passed the examination for his funeral director’s license in the State of Minnesota. Then in 1951 he purchased the hardware store in Storden, MN. His family moved to Storden and shortly thereafter he opened the Storden Funeral Home in his residence. At that time in Minnesota one could obtain either a funeral director’s license or a mortician’s license, or both.
The marriage was blessed with three sons, Tom, Tim, and Steve. Jerry was ordained into the Holy Ministry of Word and Sacrament in the Lutheran Church of America on June 25, 1978, and served parishes at Albia and Ely, Iowa. Darlene and Jerry moved to Oshkosh, Wisconsin in 1983 to be closer to Darlene’s family. He then returned to social work in 1986 at Wood County Department of Social Services in Marshfield, WI. While employed there, Jerry completed a year of graduate work in social work and earned certification. While he was working there, Darlene passed away in 1994. Jerry moved to Akron Iowa, where he ran a Bed and Breakfast Inn and served as interim pastor at Trinity in Akron, Hudson, South Dakota, and St. John, east of Akron.
At one point he employed, on a part-time basis, a Windom man by the name of Vincent Thorstad. Mr. Thorstad liked the funeral service so well that he studied for, wrote, and passed the State Board Examination to receive a funeral director’s license. In 1951, Mr. Thorstad purchased the hardware store in Storden, MN, and moved there with his family. Shortly thereafter, he opened the Storden Funeral Home in his residence. Holding only a funeral director’s license, Mr. Thorstad called upon Mr. Scanlan to do the embalming and preparation for him and help him on funerals in the Storden area.
After moving to Sioux City in 2009, Jerry served as a supply priest at Calvary Episcopal Church. Jerry was a member of the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd in Windom. On September 29, 1957, Ardoth was united in marriage to Vernon E. Kraetsch. The marriage was blessed with three children, Patricia, Michael, and Carolyn. The family made their home in Luverne, where Ardoth owned her own Beauty Shop for more than 40 years and retired in 1988.
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