Online Obituaries Thursday, May 20, 1999 May obits by date  May obits by name April obits by date  April obits by name Click here for today's obituaries    Selma 'Sally' Klotz, 91, formerly of the Broadway Haus in New Ulm, died Tuesday, May 18, 1999, at New Ulm Medical Center.    Service is 11 a.m. Friday at Minnesota Valley Funeral Home in New Ulm with burial in the Lutheran Cemetery.    Visitation is 4-8 p.m. today at the Minnesota Valley Funeral Home in New Ulm and will continue for one hour before the service at the funeral home.    She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Lillian and Wallace Pechtel of Cape Coral, Florida; five grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.     She was preceded in death by her husband, Otto Klotz in 1980; a daughter, Adeline (Ferren) Klotz; a son, Lloyd Klotz; six brothers; and five sisters.    She was born Dec. 23, 1907 in New Ulm to Edward and Ottelia (Krueger) Giese. She married Otto Klotz on May 19, 1925 in New Ulm. They lived on the farm in Milford Township, Brown County and operated a restaurant in Lafayette. They later moved to Mankato and lived there until Otto died in 1980. She then moved to Broadway Haus in New Ulm and lived there for about 10 years. She lived at the Sleepy Eye Care Center for the past few years. She was a member of St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church in New Ulm.    Ethel Tester, 100 of Willmar, formerly of Gibbon, died on Tuesday, May 18, 1999 at the Bethesda Pleasant View Nursing Home in Willmar.    Memorial services are 11 a.m. Friday at Augustana Lutheran Church in Gibbon, with burial in the church cemetery.    Arrangements are handled by Hauser-Hantge Funeral Chapel, Fairfax.     She is survived by her daughter, Marilynn Murphy of Murdock; five grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.     She was preceded in death husband Albert "Bane" Tester in 1980; twin sister, Gunhild; sister Elizabeth; brothers, Wallace and Robert; and son-in-law Norbert Murphy.     She was born on March 26, 1899, to Peter and Mathilda (Landmark) Monson in Winthrop. She grew up in the Gibbon area and graduated from Gibbon High School. She attended American Business School in Minneapolis. On Aug. 15, 1921 she married Albert "Bane" Tester. The couple lived in Gibbon. She lived with her daughter for two years in Murdock before entering the Bethesda Pleasantview home in Willmar, in March 1997. She was a life long member of Augustana Lutheran Church in Gibbon. She belonged to the Order of Eastern Star and American Legion Auxiliary. She served on the Sibley County nursing board.        Howard Brownfield, 81, of Redwood Falls formerly of Sweet Springs, Mo. died Wednesday May 19, 1999 at his home.    Services are 11 a.m. Friday, at Church of Christ in Redwood Falls with burial on Monday, May 24 at Mount Zion Cemetery in Sweet Springs, Mo.    Visitation is 4-7 p.m. today at Nelson Funeral Home in Redwood Falls and will continue one hour before services Friday at the church.    He is survived by his wife Mary Jo of Redwood Falls; son and daughter-in-law Howard (Gene) and Janette of Redwood Falls; daughter and son-in-law Sharon Kathleen (Kay) and Charles Heatley of Dahlgren, Va.; two grandchildren; sisters, Gladys Keithley of Manhattan, Kan.; Berniece Arnett of Palm Springs, Fla.; Hellen Sullivan of Westwood, Kan. and Lula Casenelli with husband Jay of West Palm Beach, Fla.; and brother and sister-in-law Arnold and June Brownfield of Sedalia, Mo..    He was preceded in death by brothers, Lewis and Charles; and sister Mary Drenon and two sisters in infancy.    He was born Oct. 14, 1917, in Knob Noster, Mo., to Dennis and Jesse (Lane) Brownfield. He attended school in Green Ridge, Mo. He married May Jo Van Bibber on April 12, 1941, in Sedalia, Mo. They lived in Missouri. He served in the U.S. Army from July 1945 to November 1946. They moved to Morgan in 1991 and to Redwood Falls in 1993. He farmed for 44 years and worked for Coca Cola Bottling Company for 15 years. He retired in 1979. He was a member of the Church of Christ in Redwood Falls. He served as a deacon at Mt. Zion and Warsaw Christian churches.    Gwendolyn A. Schwartz, 84, of Santa Cruz, formerly of Madelia, died jan.. 25, 1999 at Driftwood Convalescent hospital in Santa Cruz.     A memorial service will be held 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Madelia United Methodist Church. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery.    She is survived by a son Sidney of St. Paul; daughters, Laurel Herring of Chester, Penn. and Linda Schwartz of Aptos, Calif; brother Dixon Smith of Golden, Colo.; eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.     She was preceded in death by husband Sidney in 1997; infant daughter Ellen Marie in 1938; son Stephen in 1992; brothers Thomas, Elwyn, Walter and Harold Smith.    She was born July 5, 1914 in Thief River Falls. After her mother died when Gwen was 10, she lived with an aunt and maternal grandmother. She graduated from the University of North Dakota in 1935 with a B.S. in education. She taught high school in Alden and elsewhere in Minnesota. She married Sidney F. Schwartz on June 20, 1936. They lived in Maynard, Madelia and Washington D.C. prior to moving to Albert Lea in September 1942. They moved to Santa Cruz in 1990. She was a long time member of the Methodist Church in Albert Lea and Live Oak Methodist Church in California.