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Elmo B. Bowman, 82, of Comfrey, died Thursday, July 19, 2001, in Bashaw Township, Brown County.
Services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday at New Hope Lutheran Church, Comfrey, with burial in Faith Lutheran Cemetery, Comfrey. Military rites will be conducted by the Comfrey American Legion Post.
Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Sunday and 7:30-8:30 a.m. Monday at the Sturm Funeral Home in Comfrey., and at the church Monday one hour prior to the service.
He is survived by sisters, Mae Schwab of Sleepy Eye and Amy Bowman of Mankato; brothers, James and wife Carol Bowman of Brooklyn Center, and Floyd Bowman of Comfrey, and a number of nieces, nephews and cousins.
He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Fred.
He was born March 5, 1919, in Bashaw Township, Brown County, to Elmer and Alma (Rapp) Bowman. He atttended District 59 country school. Elmer served in the U.S. Army/Air Force from May 1942 until his discharge in December 1946, working as a mechanic in Texas and California. He returned to farm on the home place with his brother Floyd until his retirement in 1993. He was a long-time member of Albin Johnson American Legion Post 244 of Comfrey and was a lifetime member of New Hope Lutheran Church, formerly Faith Lutheran Church, Comfrey.
Dennis C. Johnson, of Burnsville, died Saturday, July 14, 2001, in Savanna, Ill.
Memorial services will be 2 p.m. Monday at the Augustana Lutheran Church in Gibbon.
Parents are Wallace and Rhoda Johnson of Redwood Falls. He graduated from Redwood Falls High School in 1969.
Priscilla J. Miklos, 72, of Fairfax, died Wednesday, July 18, 2001, at the Fairfax Community Home.
Services are 10:30 a.m. Monday, July 30, at Our Savior's Lutheran Church, Fairfax, with burial of ashes in Fort Ridgely Cemetery.
Visitation is one hour prior to services at the church.
A complete obituary will appear in a later edition of The Journal.
Arlene H. Jorve, 74, of Sleepy Eye, formerly of Halstad, died Wednesday, July 18, 2001, at Gil-Mor Manor Nursing Home in Morgan.
Services will be 11 a.m. Monday at Trinity Lutheran Church, Sleepy Eye, with memorial service at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Halstad Lutheran Church. Burial will be in the Halstad City Cemetery.
Visitation will be 4-7 p.m. Sunday at the Sturm Funeral Home in Sleepy Eye, and at Trinity Lutheran Church Monday one hour prior to the service.
She is survived by sisters, Hjordis Skugrud of Rothsay, and Alda Rydin of Sleepy Eye; nine nieces and nephews, 18 great nephews and great nieces, and a special cousin, Joy Toso of Rothsay.
She was preceded in death by her father, Alfred, in 1931; her mother, Hazel in 1993; brothers, Donald in 1944 and Robert in 1993; brothers-in-lawErling Skogrud in 1992 and John Rydin in 1999, and a nephew, John Skogrud in 1996.
She was born Oct. 29, 1926, in Halstad to Alfred and Hazel (Hammer) Jorve. She was baptized and confirmed at Halstad Lutheran Church. She attended the Halstad Public School.
Arlene lived with her her mother and in later years helped take care of her mother and her brother. Arlene did child care for several years while in Halstad. She moved to Sleepy Eye in November 1993 to live with her sister, Alda. She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, WELCA, and the Quilting Group. She was a past member of Halstad Lutehran Church and the Halstad American Legion Auxiliary, where she was an active member for many years.
Jamie Hansen, 22, of Morgan, died Thursday, July 19, 2001, as the result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident.
Mass of Christian burial is 10:30 a.m. Monday at St. Catherine's Catholic Church in Redwood Falls, with burial in the church cemetery.
Visitation is 4-8 p.m. Sunday, with a prayer service at 7 p.m., and 8:30-9:30 a.m. Monday, at Nelson-Martin Funeral Home in Redwood Falls.
She is survied by her parents, Richard "Dick" and Cheryl Hansen, brother and sister-in-law, Shane and Michele of Columbia, S.C., and sisters and brothers-in-law, Pam and Glenn Stouffer of Belview, Stacey and Corey Reding of Morgan, Shannon Hansen of Morton, Rachelle Hansen of Willmar and Kari Hansen of New Hope; and aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews.
She was bron on Jan. 15, 1979 in Redwood Falls,to Richard and Cheryl (Eischens) Hansen. She lived with her family in Belview and Mesa, Ariz., before moving to Morgan, where she graduated from Morgan High School in 1998. She was a member of St. Michael's Catholic Church in Morgan.