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Online Obituaries Thursday, September 9, 1999 September obits by date September obits by name August obits by date August obits by name Click here for today's obituaries Marlo Johnson, 70, of Madelia, died Tuesday, September. 7, 1999 at the Madelia Community Hospital. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Friday at the Madelia United Methodist Church. Burial with military honors will be in Zion Lutheran Cemetery in Odin. Visitation will be Thursday from 4-8 p.m. at the Pilgrim Funeral Home in Madeliaand one hour prior to the service at the church. He is survived by his wife; step-sons Dan Flicek with wife Kathy of Mendota Heights, and Greg Flicek of Hayward, Wis.; step-daughters and their husbands Jane and Bob Sorenson, Julie and Jeff Halvorson, all of Madelia, and Joan and Don Johnson of Elko; 12 step-grandchildren; brother Ken and his wife Mary Ellen of San Jacinto, Calif. He was preceeded in death by his parents and his first wife. He was born June 23, 1929 in rural St. James to Frank and Belle (Johnson) Johnson. He grew up in rural St. James, Ormsby and Odin and graduated from St. James High School in 1947. He served in the U.S. Army in Korea 1951-53. When he returned he attended Mankato State Teacher's College and received degrees in business education and physical education in 1957. He married Alma Leigh Barickman June 28, 1951. He taught business education at Welcome before teaching in Madelia for 28 years. He also coached football, basketball and golf. Alma died in 1984. He married Ruth Halloran Flicek on April 13, 1985. He retired from teaching in 1990. He was a member of the United Methodist Church of Madelia, a life member of the VFW and American Legion, Order of the Eastern Star Chapter 192 and the Masonic Lodge 96, all in St. James, as well as a life member of the National education Association and the Minnesota Education Association. He was also a member and board member of the Watonwan County Historical Society. Harold Voeltz, 82, of Nicollet died Wednesday, September 8, 1999 at the Immanuel St. Joseph's Hospital in Mankato. Arrangements are pending with the Minnesota Valley Funeral Home in Nicollet. A complete obituary will appear in a later edition of The Journal. Fritz Larson, 87, of Plymouth, formerly of New Ulm, died Wednesday, September 8, 1999, at Mission Nursing Home, Plymouth. Arrangements are pending with Firle Funeral Home, New Ulm.
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