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    Leona Goltz, 91, of Hanska, died Saturday, June 7, 2003, at Luther Memorial Home in Madelia.
   Services are 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, June 11, at Zion Lutheran Church in Hanska with burial in the church cemetery.
   Visitation is 4-8 p.m., Tuesday at Schmucker Funeral Service in New Ulm and continues one hour before services Wednesday at the church.
   A complete obituary will be published in a future edition.

   LuVern Hahn 79, of Marshall and formerly of Madelia, died Sunday, June 8, 2003, at the Heart Hospital of South Dakota, in Sioux Falls, S.D.
   Arrangements are pending with Pilgrim Funeral Home in Madelia.

   Ella T. Halverson, 89, of St. Peter, died June 7, 2003, at St. Peter Community Health Care Center.
   Services will be 2 p.m., on Tuesday, June 10, at Norseland Lutheran Church in Norseland. Pastor Craig Ferkenstad officiating. Burial in Norseland Lutheran Cemetery.
   Visitation will be at the church on Tuesday one hour prior to services. St. Peter Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements.
   Ella was born on Feb., 26, 1914, in New Sweden Township, Nicollet County, to Lars and Christine (Redning) Tostenson. She was baptized and confirmed in the Norseland Lutheran Church. She attended a one-room country grade school, Mankato Bethany Lutheran High School and the St. Paul University Farm School for Home Economics. Ella was employed by the Northwestern Bell Telephone Company as a switchboard operator at New Sweden and Lafayette. She also worked at the Mankato long distance office. Ella married Edgar Halverson on November 24, 1952, in St. Peter. They lived in rural New Ulm during the summers and in St. Petersburg, Florida in the winter months. Ella enjoyed traveling, music, Scrabble, her friends, and babysitting.
   She is survived by a sister-in-law, Norma Tostenson of Gaylord, and several nieces and nephews.
    Ella was preceded in death by her parents, husband Edgar in 1980, and five brothers.

   Deanna Cole Reynolds, 64, of Redwood Falls, died Friday, June 6, 2003, at Redwood Falls Hospital.
   Services are 2 p.m., Wednesday, June 11, at Redwood Valley Funeral Home. Burial will be in Nettiewyynnt Cemetery, Gayles, Township, Minnesota.
   Visitation is noon until time of service Wednesday.
   She is survived by brother, Robert Reynolds; and sister, Pat Rehwaldt.
   She was born July 27, 1938, in Walnut Grove, Minn., to Allanson and Mabelle (Cole) Reynolds.

   Lloyd E. Schumacher, 79, of Springfield, died Thursday, June 5, 2003, at the Springfield Hospital.
   Services are 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, June 10, in the military section of the Springfield City Cemetery.
   He was born June 26, 1923, in Germantown Township, Cottonwood County, to Harry W. and Nellie Mae (Anderson) Schumacher.
   He served 20 years in the U.S. Navy.