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Tuesday, August 5, 2003
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Evelyn Berg Dugas , 98, of Clements, died Monday, Aug. 4, 2003, at Valley View Care Center in Lamberton.
Arrangements are pending with Sturm Funeral Home in Springfield.
Pearl Eckberg , 84, of Winthrop, died Friday, Aug. 1, 2003, at her home.
Services are 11 a.m., Wednesday, Aug. 6, at the First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Winthrop. Burial will be in the Bernadotte Lutheran Cemetery.
Visitation is 5-8 p.m., Tuesday, and 7:30-8:30 a.m., Wednesday, at the Dalin-Hantge Funeral Chapel in Winthrop; and continues one hour prior to the service at the church.
Memorials are preferred in lieu of flowers.
She is survived by her husband, Curtis Eckberg of Winthrop; sons, John Eckberg of New Hope, Peter Eckberg of Falcon Heights, Paul Eckberg of Coon Rapids; daughter, Pastor Marie Eckberg of Minneapolis; nine grandchildren; and brothers, Karl Bornhoft of Park Rapids, and Arlie Bornhoft of Billings, Mont.
Pearl (Bornhoft) Eckberg was born on April 28, 1919, in Tyler, Minn., to Andrew and Agnes (Kjergaard) Bornhoft.
Hedvig Klotz , 85, of Sleepy Eye, died Monday, Aug. 4, 2003, at the Sleepy Eye Community Hospital.
Arrangements are pending with the Minnesota Valley Funeral Home.
Elizbeth Ann Kuester , 59 died, July 25, at Hospice in the Valley Mesa, AZ. A private memorial service was held for her by family, nieces and nephews. Her parents were the late Raymond and Alvera (Brust) Kuester of Courtland. She is survived by her brothers Michael and wife Darlene of New Ulm, John of Courtland, and Margie and Bryan Forst of St. George. She went to St. Paul's Lutheran grade school, graduated from New Ulm High in 1962. She went to Northwestern School of Nursing in Minneapolis. She kept up her schooling and became a nurse practitioner and worked in many different states. She was born, February 20, 1944.Adolph NelsenCLEMENTS -- Adolph Nelsen, 95, of Clements, died Sunday, Aug. 3, 2003, at the Springfield Medical Center Hospital.
Service is 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, Aug. 6, at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Clements, with burial in the church cemetery.
Visitation is 5-8 p.m., Tuesday, at Sturm Funeral Home in Springfield, and continues at 9 a.m., Wednesday at the church. There will be a parish prayer service at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
He is survived by wife Adeline of Clements; sons, Mark Nelsen of Clements, Patrick Nelsen of Clements, Steven Nelsen of Clements; daughter Barbara Hansen of Sleepy Eye; 15 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and brother Arno Nelsen of Hood River, Ore.
Adolph Morris Nelsen was born July 28, 1908, in Sundown Township, Redwood County, to James and Mary (Jacobsen) Nelsen.
Louis Runck , 88, of Fairfax, died Sunday, Aug. 3, 2003, at the New Ulm Medical Center of complications following surgery for a broken hip. He had been a resident of the Fairfax Community Home for the past three years.
Funeral services will be held 11 a.m., Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2003, at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Fairfax, Pastor Roger Allmendinger officiating. Burial will be at Camp Cemetery, rural Fairfax, following the services. Visitation will be from 5 - 8 p.m. today and from 8 a.m. until the time of the service at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Fairfax.
Louis Richard Runck was born Aug. 27, 1914, to Robert and Ada Current Runck of rural New Ulm. He attended school in New Ulm and received training at the University of Minnesota School of Agriculture. He married Evelyn Semerud of Fairfax on June 4, 1940, and began farming near Bird Island. Believing that the farm economy would collapse after World War II, he took a job as manager of an oil cooperative in Essig in 1945. When his fear about the economy proved unfounded, he and Evelyn returned to farming outside of Fairfax in 1949. He had lived in the Fairfax area ever since.
Louis was an active member of civic organizations, including the Fairfax Coop Creamery Board, the Lions Club, and the Renville County Sheriff's posse. He was a member of the Fairfax Board of Education for 15 years, serving as secretary for several years. His prowess as a farmer was recognized when he won the 1953 Renville County plowing contest.
Louis loved to travel. When the demands of farming permitted, he would pack the family into the car and take off to destinations around the Midwest. Later, he and Evelyn frequently visited the southwestern United States and Hawaii and made foreign trips as well. After Evelyn died in 1982, he traveled to Australia and New Zealand.
On Nov. 4, 1983, he married Lucille Lammers Rieke of Morgan -- she was formerly director of the Fairfax Nursing Home. The couple continued to travel frequently during their retirement.
Louis was preceded in death by his parents Robert and Ada Runck; first wife Evelyn Runck; brother, Roman Runck; and sister, Lola Glas.
Louis is survived by his wife Lucille, Fairfax; by daughters Sandra (Phillip) Edwardson, Minneapolis, Bette, Garrett Park, Md., and Mary (Douglas) Elbert, Bird Island; he is also survived by sons John (Barbara), El Paso, Texas, Ronald (Shirley), Coon Rapids, and Wally (Iris), Thomas (Brenda), and Ricky, all of Fairfax; and by 14 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. In addition, he is survived by stepdaughters Linda (Dan) Turbes, Fairfax, Becky (Douglas) Sell, Morgan, and Kate (Glenn) Seifert, Morgan; and stepsons Bruce Rieke (Eilene), Minot, N.D., Alan Rieke, Edina, and Michael (Brenda) Rieke, Morgan; brother, Robert (Helen) Runck, New Ulm; sisters, Elinor Lee, Hutchinson, and Ruth (Leo) Wilfahrt, New Ulm; nieces, nephews, other relatives, and friends.
Erna Sauer , 96, of 515 N. Front St. in New Ulm, died Sunday, Aug. 3, 2003, at the Westchester Nursing Home in Tempe, Ariz.
Funeral service will be 11 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2003, at St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church in New Ulm, with burial in the St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery in New Ulm. Visitation will be for one hour prior to the time of service at the church on Wednesday. Minnesota Valley Funeral Home in New Ulm is in charge of the arrangements.
Erna is survived by her daughters and sons-in-law, Donna "Dee" and Richard Groschupf of Green Valley, Ariz., Luverne Johnson of Chandler, Ariz., and Evelyn and Robert Bernet of Owatonna; eight grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband Kurt Sauer in May of 1975; sisters, Martha Vorwerk and Ann Cordes; brother Art Harms; and a son-in-law, C. Odell Johnson.
Erna was born on Nov. 13, 1906, in Gibbon, to Fred and Anna (Silberman) Harms. She married Kurt Sauer on Aug. 23, 1928, at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Gibbon. After marriage they lived in New Ulm. She was a member of St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church in New Ulm, a member of the Ladies Aid (Quilters) at church, and a member of the New Ulm Senior Citizens.
Lloyd Strom, 76, of Hanska, died Sunday, Aug. 3, 2003, at Abbott-Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis.
Services will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 7, at Linden Lutheran Church, rural Hanska, with burial in the church cemetery.
Visitation is 4-7 p.m., Wednesday, at Schmucker Funeral Service in Hanska and Thursday at the church, one hour prior to the service.
A complete obituary will appear in a later edition.