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Travis Anderson, 34, of Comfrey, died Friday, Dec. 8, 2000, in Mason Township, Murray County.
Services will be 1:30 p.m. Monday at New Hope Lutheran Church, Comfrey, with burial in Faith Lutheran Cemetery, Comfrey.
Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Sunday, 7:30-11:30 a.m. Monday and at the church Monday, one hour prior to the service.
He is survived by daughters, Amber and Paige of Waseca; son, Alex, of Billings. Mont.; mother Gwen Anderson of Comfrey; a paternal grandmother, Mae Anderson of Springfield; brothers, Kent of Comfrey, Kem and special friend Denise Ballman of Springfield and Tim and Monica of Comfrey; sisters and brothers-in-law, Kayla and Terry Siegler of Lake Crystal, Gina and Rod Hammerschmidt of Springfield, Darcy Collins and significant other Mike Cunningham of Mason City, Iowa, and Tess Anderson and special friend Chris Gregg of Jackson; 16 nieces and nephews; two uncles and two aunts.
He was preceded in death by his paternal grandfather, Elmer Anderson; maternal grandparents Lester and Louese Harris; and father, Kelvin Anderson.
He was born July 27, 1966, in Springfield to Kelvin and Deloris "Gwen" (Harris) Anderson. He graduated from Comfrey High School in 1984 and attended Alexandria Vo-Tech. He worked for Allstate Paving for two years and Irving F. Jensen Construction for ten years, many of them as a foreman. He started Anderson Construction Company in Comfrey in 1997. He was working on jobs in Pipestone and Austin. He was a former member of the Faith Lutheran Church Board. He replaced many sidewalks, curb, gutters and driveways in Comfrey after the 1998 tornado.
Sarah Robbins, 85, of Watertown, S.D., formerly of Winthrop, died Thursday, Dec. 14, 2000, at Prairie Lakes Hospital, Watertown, S.D.
Services are 11 a.m. Monday at Evangelical Covenant Church, Winthrop, with burial in Winthrop Cemetery.
Visitation is 4-8 p.m. Sunday at the church and Monday at the church, one hour prior to the service.
Dalin-Hantge Funeral Chapel, Winthrop, is handling the arrangements.
A complete obituary will appear in tomorrow's edition.
Harold Niebuhr, 79, of Gibbon, died Thursday, Dec. 14, 2000, at his home.
Services are 11 a.m. Monday at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Gibbon, with burial in the church cemetery.
Visitation is 4-8 p.m. Sunday at Minnesota Valley Funeral Home in Gibbon, and one hour prior to services at the church.
He is survived by his wife, Miriam Niebuhr, of Gibbon; daughters and a son-in-law, Colleen Niebuhr of St. Cloud, and Christine and Harry Drury of St. Paul; grandchildren, Sarah Niebuhr of St. Cloud, and Nicholas Drury at home; sisters and brothers-in-law, Dorothy and Frank Burke of Hutchinson, and Lucille and Ortwin Schmalz of Buffalo Lake; and a brother, Edgar Niebuhr of Gibbon.
He was preceded in death by his parents; and sisters, Irene Thiede, Helen Lietz and Luella Niebuhr.
He was born Aug. 1, 1921 in Moltke Township, Sibley County to Herman and Sophie (Mueller) Niebuhr. He graduated from Gibbon High School in 1939. He married Miriam Martinson on June 8, 1950 at the Marble Lutheran Church in rural Canby. After marriage they farmed in rural Gibbon for 40 years. They moved into Gibbon in 1969. He worked for May-Wes Manufacturing in rural Gibbon for 10 years. He served as clerk and supervisor for the Bismarck Township for ten years. He was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Gibbon and was the treasurer of the church for 17 years.
Steven Albert Hauser, 62, of New Brighton, died Thursday, Dec. 14, 2000 at his home.
Services are 3 p.m. today at Faith United Methodist Church, Sleepy Eye, with burial in Home Cemetery.
Visitation is 10 a.m. to noon at Burnsville Funeral Home.
Sturm Funeral Home, Sleepy Eye is in charge of arrangements.
He is survived by his sons, Mark of Burnsville, and Matt of California; and brother and sister-in-law, Errol "Nip" and Rita of Sleepy Eye.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
He was born July 4, 1938 in Sleepy Eye to Willard and Celestine "Sally" L. Hauser. He attended Mankato State University. He served in the Army Reserve for six months. He married Wendy Smith in 1968. They lived in Burnsville. He worked at Med Tronics for many years, retiring in July 2000.
George Woessner, 83, of Sleepy Eye, died Friday, Dec. 15, 2000 at North Memorial Medical Center, Robbinsdale.
Arrangements are pending with Sturm Funeral Home, Sleepy Eye.
Gerald Karow, 74, of Sanborn, died Friday at the Sunwood Care Center, Redwood Falls.
Arrangements are pending with Sturm Funeral Home, Springfield.
Richard H. 'Squeaky' Weidl, 65, of 625 South Front Street in New Ulm, died Friday,
Dec. 15, 2000 at Immanuel/St. Joseph's Hospital in Mankato.
Funeral arrangements are pending with Minnesota Valley Funeral Home in New Ulm.
Julia Durheim, 63, of rural Madelia, died Friday, Dec. 15, at St. James Health Services Hospital, St. James.
Services are 10:30 a.m. Monday at St. James Catholic Church, with burial in the Calvary Cemetery in Madelia.
Visitation is 4-8 p.m. Sunday at Pease Funeral Home in St. James. There will be a Christian Mother's Rosary at 4 p.m. and a parish prayer service at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, both at the funeral home.
She is survived by her husband, Noren; daughter and son-in-law, MindiSue and Rick Schwerzler of Sleepy Eye; step-daughters and sons-in-law, Christine and Rick Wellman, Judy and Kelly King; step-sons and daughters-in-law, Matthew and Cindy Durheim and Mark and Janet Durheim, all of St. James; 12 grandchildren; mother Wilhelmina Jordahl of Madelia; brothers, Ellef Jr. and Corrine Jordahl of Yankton, S.D., and Peter Jordahl ,of Madelia; and nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her father; husband Frederick, and step-sons Scott and Tom Durheim.
She was born May 1, 1937, in Mankato, to Ellef and Wilhelmina (Himan) Jordahl. She married Frederick Frederickson on Oct. 13, 1956, in Madelia. Following their marriage they lived Arizona for four years, then moved back to Minnesota. The couple lived in LaSalle and operated the F and J Hardware Store for several years. Frederick died on Sept. 20, 1986.
She married Noren Durheim on Sept. 21, 1991, in New Ulm. They lived in rural Madelia.
She served as Guardian Ad Litem for the Fifth Judicial District of Southern Minnesota for the past ten years. She was a member of the St. James Catholic Church.