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H.C. 'Herb' Johnson, 81, of New Ulm, formerly of Hanska, died Thursday, January 30, 2003 at the Winthrop Good Samaritan Center.
Funeral service will be 10:30 a.m. Monday at Zion Lutheran Church in Hanska with Rev. Marcia Hegna officiating. Interment will be in the Lake Crystal Cemetery. Visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at Schmucker Funeral Service in Hanska, and one hour prior to services at the church.
Herbert Carl Johnson, Jr., the son of Herbert and Effie (Swanson) Johnson, was born October 9, 1921 in Lake Crystal, where he spent his youth and attended school. Following graduation from Lake Crystal High School, he attended the University of Minnesota, graduating in the Mortuary Science program. After graduating and earning his morturary science license, he worked for Anderson Brothers Funeral Home in Minneapolis for two years. Herb entered the United States Navy in July, 1942 serving until his honorable discharge in December, 1945. He was united in marriage to Margaret Dow on April 29, 1946 in Minneapolis. They made their home in Brooten where he worked for Nelson Funeral Home, before moving to Waseca where he was with Pfaff Funeral Home for a time. They moved to Hanska in 1949 purchasing the furniture and funeral home operations from E.E. Nelson. They owned and operated Johnson Furniture and Funeral Home until selling the funeral home to James Hines in the late 1960's. They sold the furniture store to Steve and Darlene Odegard in 1984. The couple moved to New Ulm in 1996. He was a member of Zion Lutheran Church in Hanska, Oscar O. Haugen American Legion Post #365 of Hanska; and was active in Boy Scouts in earlier years.
Survivors include his wife, Margaret of New Ulm; son, Richard Johnson and his wife Susan of Chippewa Falls, WI; daughter, Joanne Stadther and her husband Michael of Carver; two grandchildren, Kathryn and Rachel Johnson, both in college; brothers, Paul Johnson and his wife Arlene of Lake Crystal, Douglas Johnson and his wife Joyce of Lake Crystal; brother-in-law, Robert Dow of Crystal; and nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents.
Appolonia Huhn, 91, of New Ulm died Wednesday, January 29, 2003 at the Sleepy Eye Care Center in Sleepy Eye.
Mass of Christian Burial will be 11 a.m. Tuesday, February 4, 2003 at the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in New Ulm with burial in the New Ulm Catholic Cemetery.
Visitation will be on Tuesday from 9 - 10:30 a.m. at the Minnesota Valley Funeral Home in New Ulm.
Appolonia is the last surviving member of her family. She was preceded in death by her parents, William Huhn in 1937 and her mother, Magdalena Huhn in 1976.
Appolonia Anna Huhn, the daughter of William and Magdalena (Baumann) Huhn was born on September 17, 1911 in West Newton Township, Nicollet County. In 1924 she moved to New Ulm with her parents. She had worked for 33 years at the Oswald Laundry in New Ulm and retired in 1973. In October of 1997 she became a resident of the Country View Estates in Fairfax and lived there until March of 1998 when she became a resident of the Sleepy Eye Care Center in Sleepy Eye. Appolonia was a member of the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in New Ulm and a member of the New Ulm Golden Agers Club where she enjoyed playing piano for clubs events.
Evelyn L. Block, 93, of New Ulm and formerly of Grand Forks, North Dakota and Harvey, North Dakota died Thursday, January 30, 2003 at the Oak Hills Living Center in New Ulm.
Funeral service will be 2 p.m. Monday, February 3, 2003 at the First Lutheran Church in Lafayette with burial in the church cemetery.
Visitation will be one hour prior to the time of service at church on Monday. The Minnesota Valley Funeral Home in New Ulm is in charge of the arrangements.
Evelyn is survived by her daughters and sons-in-law, Luella and Stan Schroeder of Ellensburg, Washington and Lillian and Dalton Kohlman of Minot, North Dakota; sons and daughters-in-law, Jacob and Janice Block of Polson, Montana and Kenneth and Eileen Block of New Ulm; fifteen grandchildren; thirty great grandchildren; a brother and sister-in-law, Kermit and Gladys Foss of Omaha, Nebraska; sisters-in-law, Margaret Foss Nokleberg of Sun City West, Arizona and Iola Foss of Plentywood, Montana. She was preceded in death by her husband, Andrew Block in 1942; sisters, Alma and Luella; and by brothers, Rudolph and Arden.
Evelyn was born July 18, 1909 in Maddock, North Dakota to Hermo and Minna (Raaen) Foss. After marriage they farmed in rural Harvey, North Dakota. After her husbands' death she moved to Harvey. She moved to Grand Forks, North Dakota in 1960 where she worked for the School for the Blind until retiring in 1974. She moved to the New Ulm Area in 1997.
Hilda Washburn, 88, of Hector, died Thursday, Jan. 30, 2003, at the Hutchinson Community Hospital.
Mass of Christian Burial will be Monday, Febr. 3, at 10:30 a.m. at the St. John's Catholic Church in Hector, with interment in the church cemetery.
Visitation will be 5-8 p.m. Sunday at the Hughes Funeral Home in Hector with a 7:00 p.m. prayer service. Visitation continues one hour prior to the service at the church on Monday.
Loraine Windschitl, age 90, of Sleepy Eye died Friday, January 31, 2003, at Divine Providence Community Home in Sleepy Eye.
Services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, February 3, at Trinity Lutheran Church, Sleepy Eye, with Pastor Ron Freimark officiating. Burial will be in St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Sleepy Eye.
Visitation will be 4-7 p.m. Sunday and on Monday, from 7:30 to 9 a.m. at Sturm Funeral Home, Sleepy Eye. Visitation will continue for one hour prior to the service at the church.
Survivors include a son, Charles and his wife Dolores Windschitl of Sleepy Eye; 6 grandchildren, 15 great grandchildren, 7 great great grandchildren; sisters, Alsace Bjorndahl and Evelyn Kerkhoff, both of Belview, MN; sisters-in-law, Elizabeth Alexander of Green Bay, Wl and Alice Madsen of Morgan, MN; brother-in-law, Bill Kamholz of Alexandria, MN along with many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Clarence (Doc) in 1986; a daughter and son-in-law, Betty and Martin Sellner; a grandson, Mike Sellner; a sister, Marian Kamholz; brothers, Neal and Weldon Madsen and many brothers and sisters-in-law.
Loraine Adellia Madsen, the daughter of Anton and Anna (Tomey) Madsen, was born on June 3, 1912 in Brookville Township, Redwood County, MN. She attended country school, District #34 in Brookville Twp., graduating from Sleepy Eye Public High School and Normal Training. Loraine then taught country school in the Morgan area for several years. On November 15, 1931, she married Arthur Petrehn in Sleepy Eye. They had two children, Betty Am and Charles Anton Petrehn. They lived in Cobden and several other areas until moving to Sleepy Eye in the late 1930's, and were later divorced. On Feb. 6, 1945 she married Clarence "Doc" Windschitl in New Ulm, who adopted her two children. Loraine also sold Radelle Hair Products and Tupperware for over 30 years. She was active in the Senior Citizens organization holding several offices and worked at card recycling, patchworkers and was a volunteer for Bingo at the Sleepy Eye Health Care Center. She was an active member of Trinity Lutheran Church and its Auxiliary. She enjoyed her family and friends, flower gardening, crafts and playing cards.