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   Bonnie Sue Anderson, age 53, of Springfield, died Sunday, October 5, 2003, at Springfield Medical Center Hospital after a four year battle with cancer.
   Services will be held at St. John Lutheran Church on Wednesday, October 8, 2003 at 10:30 a.m.
   The clergy will be Pastor Carl Seamon. Interment will be Wednesday, October 8, 2003 at Springfield City Cemetery.
   Visitation will be at Tuesday, from 4:30 to 9 p.m. and on Wednesday from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. at the Sturm Funeral Home, Springfield. Visitation will continue at the church one hour prior to the service.
   Bonnie was born on April 17, 1950 in Minneapolis, the daughter of William and Alda (Doering) Meyer. She attended and graduated from Patrick Henry High School in 1968. She graduated from Mankato State University in 1972 with a degree in Elementary Education and Early Childhood Development and taught school in LeRoy-Ostrander and Redwood Falls. Bonnie married Tom Anderson on March 22, 1975 in Springfield. The couple made their home in rural Springfield where she did substitute teaching in Springfield and Sleepy Eye and also was office manager and co-owner of Bois Lake Farms. Bonnie was a member of St. John Lutheran Church where she was the Sunday School Superintendent and taught Sunday School. She also was a Deacon and President of the church council and a member of the Deborah circle. Bonnie was a leader of the Leavenworth Achievers 4-H group and a Reach for Recovery volunteer. She was also a member of the Springfield American Legion Auxiliary, North Star Home Extension Club and the Minnesota State Cattlewomen's Association.
   Survivors include her loving husband Tom Anderson of Springfield; children, Carl Anderson of Springfield, Nick and wife Brenda Anderson of Springfield, and Megan Anderson of LaCrosse, WI; a brother, Bill and wife Marilyn Meyer of Mound; and parents Bill and Alda Meyer of Minneapolis. Bonnie is also survived by many nieces and nephews.

   Bev Belin, 65, of 831 Cottonwood Drive in New Ulm died Sunday, Oct. 5, 2003 at her home.
   Funeral arrangements are pending with Minnesota Valley Funeral Home in New Ulm.

   Sarah E. Sahr, 31 of Waterloo, Iowa, formerly of New Ulm, died Thursday, Oct. 2, 2003, at her home of carbon monoxide poisoning.
   Services will be 10 a.m. Tuesday at Grace Reformed Church in Waterloo, with burial at 4 p.m. Tuesday in St. Paul's Lutheran Church Cemetery in New Ulm
   Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. today at Locke Funeral Home, 1419 West Fourth St., Waterloo.
   She is survived by her husband, Timothy Sahr, of Waterloo; children, Nathan, Cody, and Patricia at home; her father, Ernest (Chris) Ohland of Hanska; grandparents: Ernest and Esther Ohland of New Ulm; sisters, Tammy Springer of Sauk Rapids, Kimberly Luetke of Keller, Texas, Jill Ohland of Rochester and Rebecca Raster of St. Charles, Mo.; and a brother Jon Ohland of Westland, Mich.
   She was born Nov. 22, 1971 in New Ulm to Ernest and Patricia (Forbrook) Ohland.

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