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Tuesday, September 9, 2003
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C. Edgar Anderson, 93, of St. James, died Sunday, Sept. 7, 2003, at his home.
Services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 10, at Augustana Lutheran Church, St. James with burial in Mount Hope Cemetery.
Visitation will be 12:30 to 2 p.m. Wednesday at the church. Sturm Funeral Home in St. James is handling arrangements.
Ella Ellanson, 87, of Hanska, died Monday, Sept. 3, 2003 at the Luther Memorial Home in Madelia. Funeral service is tentatively 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Zion Lutheran Church in Hanska, with burial to follow in the church cemetery, Arrangements are pending with Schmucker Funeral Service in Hanska. A complete obituary will appear in Wednesday's edition.
Glendale W. Nielsen, 86 ,of Springfield, died on Monday, September 8, 2003 at St. John Lutheran Home in Springfield.
Visitation will be at Wednesday, from 5 to 8 p.m. and on Thursday from 7:30 to 11:30 a.m.. at the Sturm Funeral Home in Springfield.
Visitation will also continue from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. on Thursday at the United Methodist Church in Springfield.
Service will be held at United Methodist Church in Springfield on Thursday, September 11, 2003 at 1:30 p.m. The Clergy will be Pastor Elaine Foote-Blum, Chaplain Mary Pauluk, and Pastor Betty Weidert. Interment will be at Brookville Dannebod Cemetery rural Sleepy Eye.
Arrangements are with Sturm Funeral Home in Springfield.
Glendale Waldo Nielsen was born June 29, 1917, the son of Rudolph and Kate (Petersen) Nielsen in Brookville Township. He attended school in Morgan, after which he farmed in Brookville Township. On August 10, 1940, he married Elva Ella Zaske at the Zaske farm home in Eden Township. Elva and Glendale continued to farm in Brookville Township until moving into Springfield in 1969. For 31 years Glendale drove for the Springfield Bus Services, retiring at the age of 74. For a period of 14 years, Glendale also worked as a custodian at St. John Lutheran Home in Springfield. Originally a member of the Morgan United Methodist Church he has also been a long time member of the Springfield United Methodist Church. Glendale enjoyed spending time with his family and friends, yard work, fishing, reading, serving on various church committees and visiting with the children while serving as their bus driver.
Glendale died on Monday, September 8, 2003 at St. John Lutheran Home in Springfield, at the age of 86 years.
Survivors include his wife, Elva of Springfield; a daughter, Karen Nau of Prior Lake; a son, Calvin and his wife Carmen of Bloomington; 5 grandchildren; 4 great grandchildren; a sister-in-law, Irma Zaske of Morgan; and a niece, Rev. Betty Weidert of Lake City, IA. He is preceded in death by his parents and a grandson, Moriah Nielsen.
Allan Pettingill, 87, of 1416 South German Street in New Ulm died Sunday, September 7, 2003 at the Sleepy Eye Care Center in Sleepy Eye.
A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, September 10, 2003 at the First Baptist Church in New Ulm with Rev. Robert Fuller officiating. Burial will be in the New Ulm City Cemetery, Soldiers Rest Section. Arrangements were handled by the Minnesota Valley Funeral Home in New Ulm.
Allan is survived by his wife, Laura Pettingill, of New Ulm; a daughter, Coral Bowen of Clear Lake, Wisconsin; a son, Wayne Pettingill and his wife, Melissa, of New Ulm; eight grandchildren; and six great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, and brothers, Perry Pettingill and his wife, Eva, and Owen Pettingill and his wife, Eunice.
Allan Jordan Pettingill, the son of Everett and Ethelwyn (Grundy) Pettingill was born on November 8, 1915 in Webster Groves, Missouri. He graduated from the Webster Groves High School, attended night school in Minneapolis, and attended the Central Baptist Theological Seminary in Minneapolis. Allan served his country from 1941 to 1945 in the United States Army. On August 1, 1947 he was united in marriage with Laura Weld in Minneapolis. He served as pastor of the White Oak Baptist Church in Akeley, then at Calvary Baptist Church in Beulah, ND, the Faith Baptist Church in Hinkley and then as Pastor at the First Baptist Church in Adrian.
He retired in 1969 and moved to New Ulm. For the past 15 years Allan and his wife, Laura, have been leading devotions at Highland Manor Nursing Home and the Oak Hills Living Center in New Ulm. He was a member of the First Baptist Church in New Ulm since 1969.
Dennis Schuette, 56 of Round Grove Township, died Sunday, Sept. 7, 2003, at the Glencoe Regional Health Services.
ervice will be 11 a.m. Thursday at St. Matthew's Lutheran Church in Penn Township, with burial in St. Matthew's Lutheran Church Cemetery.
Visitation will be 5-9 p.m. Wednesday and 8-9 a.m. Thursday at the Hantge Funeral Chapel in Brownton and continue one hour prior to services at the church.
Mova Trullinger, 70, of Madelia, died Saturday, Sept. 6, 2003, at the Fairmont Medical Center.
Services will be 11 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 10, at Trinity Lutheran Church, Madelia, with burial in the church cemetery.
Visitation will be 5-8 p.m. today at the Pilgrim Funeral Home in Madelia.
She is survived by her husband, Clifford Trullinger of Madelia; sons, Lloyd Trullinger of New Ulm and James Trullinger of Brenham, Texas; a brother, Larry Hinz of Fairmont; sisters, Arlene Smith of Fairmont and Marilyn Anderson of Truman; five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
She was born Oct. 13, 1932, to Reynold and Laura (Payman) Hinz.