Online Obituaries Saturday, March 1, 2003 2003 obituaries 2002 obituaries    2001 obituaries 2000 obituaries    1999 obituaries The Journal Online   Experience New Ulm Click here for today's obituaries    Vercille Forbrook, 73 of St. Peter and formerly of rural Courtland died Friday, February 28, 2003 at the Grandview Good Samaritan Center in St. Peter.    Funeral service will be 11 AM Monday, March 3, 2003 at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in rural Courtland with burial in the church cemetery. Visitation will be 1 - 4 PM Sunday at the Minnesota Valley Funeral Home in Nicollet and will continue at church one hour prior to the time of service at church on Monday.    Vercille is survived by her son and fiancée, Rodney Forbrook and Patty Berg of St. Peter; grandchildren, Michael Forbrook of Minneapolis, Nickolas Forbrook of Courtland, and Melissa Berg of Burnsville; a son-in-law, Glenn Mertesdorf of rural Courtland; an aunt, Hattie Havemeier of New Ulm; sisters-in-law, Florence Forbrook of Mankato, Arlene Wischstadt and her husband Lorenz of New Ulm, and Dorothy Postel of New Ulm; a brother-in-law, Sam Meyer and his wife Myra of New Ulm; and by nieces, nephews and cousins. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Donald Forbrook on December 9, 2000; and by a daughter Renee Mertesdorf on April 10, 1989.    Vercille was born February 9, 1930 in Courtland Township, Nicollet County to Hubert and Hilda (Havemeier) Epke. She married Donald Forbrook on August 27, 1948 at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in rural Courtland. After marriage they farmed in Courtland Township, Nicollet County until retiring in the late 1980's. They continued to live on the farm until moving to St. Peter in 1997. They became residents of the Grandview Good Samaritan Center in St. Peter in 1999. She was a member of the Immanuel Lutheran Church in rural Courtland and was a member of the Dorcus Society.    Dorothy L. Allison, 87, of Morton, died Thursday, Feb. 27, 2003, at the Cosmos Health Care Center.    A memorial service will be held at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, March 2, at the Lower Sioux Community Center. There will be a private family interment at a later date.    The Redwood Valley Funeral Home in Redwood Falls is handling arrangements.    Helen Keim, died Friday, Feb. 28, 2003, at the New Ulm Medical Center.    Services will be 10 a.m. Monday at the Schmucker Funeral Service in New Ulm, with burial in the New Ulm Catholic Cemetery.    Visitation will be one hour prior to the services at the funeral home.    She is survived by her mother, Irene of New Ulm; sisters, Frances Keim of New Ulm and Mary Sperl Lemke of Wabasso.    She was born Sept. 27, 1956, in New Ulm to Irene Keim and Edmund Sperl.    Elsie Penk, 93, of Hutchinson, formerly of rural Gibbon, died Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2003, at Burns Manor Nursing Home in Hutchinson.    Services will be 2 p.m. Saturday, March 1, at St. Matthew's Lutheran Church in Fernando, with burial in St. Matthew's Lutheran Cemetery in Fernando.    Visitation will be 8-11 a.m. Saturday at the Dobratz-Hantge Downtown Funeral Chapel in Hutchinson and one hour prior to the service at the church.    She is survived by her daughters, Darlene Hennessey of Glencoe, and LouAnn Kosak of Sonoma, Calif; five grandchildren; one step granddaughter; three great grandchildren; and brothers, Edwin Kloempken of Arlington and Edgar Kloempken of Glencoe.    Elsie Sophie Anna (Kloempken) Penk was born Oct. 27, 1909, in Round Grove Township, McLeod County, to Henry and Ida (Gehrke) Kloempken.