Online Obituaries Sunday, December 12, 1999 December obits by date  December obits by name November obits by date  November obits by name October obits by date  October obits by name September obits by date  September obits by name The Journal Online  Experience New Ulm!    Richard T. Madson, 77, died Friday, Dec. 10, at Mankato.    Services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, at First Lutheran Church in St. James with burial in Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis.    Visitation will be held 1-2 p.m. Tuesday at the church and one hour prior to the service at the church.    He is survived by his wife, Constance Madson of St. James; son Richard Paul Madson of Mankato; sisters-in-law; brothers-in-law; nieces, other relatives and friends.    He was preceded in death by his parents.    He was born Nov. 30, 1922 in Heartland to Ernest and Beatrice (Anderson) Madson. He grew up in the Heartland area and graduated from the Freeborn High School. He enlisted in the U.S. Naval Air Corps in 1942, serving during WWII and was discharged in 1945. He attended St. Olaf College in Northfield and graduated in 1947. He taught in Canton, S.D., from 1947-1949. On June 20, 1947 he married Constance Arvesen at St. John's Lutheran Church in Northfield. From 1949-1953 he taught and coached in Kenyon and served as principal from 1953-1956. He received his Masters in Education from the University of Colorado, Boulder in 1955. He served as a principal of both St. James Junior and Senior High schools between 1956-1981, becoming principal of the new senior high school in 1961. He retired in 1982. He was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church in St. James, a former member of the St. John's Rotary Club.    Willard Tanley, 81, of New Ulm died Saturday, Dec. 11, 1999 at the Franklin Health Care Center in Franklin.    Services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church in New Ulm, with burial in the Lutheran Cemetery in New Ulm.    Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Monday and 7:30-11:30 a.m. Tuesday at Minnesota Valley Funeral Home in New Ulm, and one hour prior to the service at the church.    A complete obituary will appear in a later edition of The Journal.    Rachel Mae Koenig, infant, of Darfur died Thursday Dec. 9, 1999, at Immanuel St. Joseph Hospital in Mankato.    She was born at Immanuel St. Joseph Hospital in Mankato to Craig and Laural Koenig of Darfur at 5:30 p.m. Thursday. She was baptized and died two hours later that day.    Private family services are being handled by the Sturm Funeral Home of St. James.    She is survived by her parents, Craig and Laural (Sickmann) Koenig of Darfur; brother Matthew of Darfur; grandmother Twila Sickmann of Minnetonka; great-grandmothers Hildegard Sieg of Truman and Erna Roeker of Janesville; uncles, aunts and cousins.    She was preceded in death by her grandparents, Ryland and Mabel Koenig and grandfather George Sickmann.    Sylvester Braunger, 90, died Friday, Dec. 10, 1999, at Gil-Mor Manor in Morgan.    Mass of Christian burial will be held 10:30 a.m. Monday at St. Michael's Catholic Church in Morgan with burial in the church cemetery.    Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Sunday at the Nelson Funeral Home in Morgan with a parish prayer service at 7 p.m. and will continue on Monday from 8:30 - 10 a.m. at the funeral home.    He is survived by his wife Mary of Morgan; four children Karen Zimmerman, Redondo Beach, Calif., Nancy and Bruce Shiffler, Smithfield, Va., Gregory Sylvester and Juliet Braunger of Sunland, Calif., and Gwendolyn and Robert Peterson of Sylmar, Calif.; three step-sons and three step-daughters Connie DeWitte of Washington, D.C., Ronald and Judith West of Burnsville, Jeffrey west of Sparks, Nevada, Donna and Steve Jorgenson of Crystal, Diane and Charles Jacobson of Minneapolis;and Richard and Linda West of Delano; one grandson; one granddaughter, one great-grandson, and 9 step-grandchildren and one step-great-grandchildren.    He was preceded in death by his first wife, one daughter, one brother and nine sisters.    He was born Aug. 20, 1909 at Wesley, Iowa, the son of Sylvester and Agnes (Stanek) Braunger. He moved to Minnesota with his family as a young child. He attended St. Michael's school and Morgan Public School. From 1927 to 1937 he lived in Sioux City, Iowa where he worked in a wholesale meat market and in Windom where he worked as a meat cutter before moving back to Morgan where he spent the rest of his life.    He was the manager of Tempel's Store in Morgan during the World War II years;and a salesman for Armour and Company from 1947 until he retired in March of 1974. He married Margaret Moede on Dec. 26, 1933 at Windom. She died Nov. 15, 1979. He married Mary Alice LeBlanc West on April 20, 1985 in Morgan.    Glenn "Flea" Christensen    Graveside services with full military honors conducted by the New Ulm Veteran's Organizations will be held in the soldier's rest section of the New Ulm City Cemetery at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday. There will be no visitation or reviewal. Friends are invited to a luncheon at the New Ulm Legion following the service. Firle Funeral Home of New Ulm is handling the arrangements.    He is survived by special friend Doris Furness of New Ulm; son Jim and Barbara Christensen of New London; daughters and sons-in-law Jane and Rodney Reed; Judy and David Sheets of Loveland, Colo., six grandchildren; sisterand brother-in-law Sharon and Leo Tutewohl of Farmington; one niece and several nephews.    He was preceded in death by a son Robert Christensen; grandson Nickel Reed; brother Wallace Christensen; and sister-in-law Lenore Christensen.    He was born Oct. 30, 1923, to August and Atley (Schlottman) Christensen in New Ulm. He grew up in New Ulm and attended public schools. He graduated from New Ulm High School in 1941 and entered the U.S. Army Air Corps, serving in Europe and Africa during World War II. Following his honorable discharge, he returned to New Ulm for a short time. He then operated a grocery store and locker plant in Balaton for a few years. He returned to New Ulm where he worked for Schell's Brewery, Canterbury Downs, and was a member of the State Fair Mounted Patrol.He also worked as a groundskeeper for the New Ulm Country Club. He was a member of the American Legion and the American Quarter Horse Association.    Wayne Goodthunder, 52, of the Lower Sioux Indian Community died Saturday, Dec. 11, 1999, at the Redwood Falls Hospital.    Arrangements are pending with Nelson Funeral Services of Redwood Falls.