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Ellsworth Laingen, 82, of Madelia, died Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2000, at Lutheran Retirement Home, Truman.
Services are 10 a.m. Saturday at Faith Lutheran Church, Madelia, with burial in Butternut Valley Cemetery, rural Madelia.
Visitation is 4-8 p.m. Friday at Pilgrim Funeral Home, Madelia, and will continue one hour prior to services Saturday at the church.
Anna Geske, 89, died Monday, Dec. 18, 2000, at Valley View Manor in Lamberton.
Services are 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Lamberton with burial in the Lamberton City Cemetery.
Visitation is 4-8 p.m. Friday and 7:30-8:30 a.m. Saturday at Sturm Funeral Home in Lamberton. Visitation will also continue for one hour prior to the service at the church.
She is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Ronald and Anita Geske of Raymond, daughter and son-in-law, Jo Ann and Tom Doege of Apple Valley; grandchildren, Becky and Andrew Carlson, Mike and Angela Geske, Jon Geske and Kaesi Doege; great-grandchildren Amber Carlson, and Elaine and Stephanie Geske, and other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Wilbur Geske on April 24, 1976; sister, Bertha Kratzke; and brothers Robert, Reinhart and Martin Kratzke.
She was born Jan. 14, 1911, to Henry and Minnie (Schroeder) Kratzke in Waterbury Township, Redwood County. She attended country school.
She married Wilbur Geske on July 21, 1951, at St. Matthew's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Waterbury Township. They lived in Lamberton, where she worked as a cook at the Lamberton public school. She was a member of the Legion Auxiliary. She was also active in her church where she taught Sunday school. She moved to the Lamberton Manor in 1994.
Willard Bushard Additional survivors of Willard Bushard, 82, of Portland, Ore., who died Dec. 16, 2000, include brother Marshall and wife Myra of Gibbon; and sister-in-law Marian of Sunnyvale, Colo.
He was preceded in death by his brothers, Larry and Leo; and sisters, Bernice Bergstrom and Ellen Glaeser.
Lillian M. Delger, 96, of Arlington, died Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2000, at Arlington Good Samaritan Center.
Services are 11 a.m. Thursday at United Methodist Church in Arlington with burial in the Arlington Public Cemetery.
Visitation is one hour prior to service at the church. The Fenske Funeral Home of Arlington is handling the arrangements.
She is survived by son-in-law, Maynard Hildebrandt of New Ulm; grandchildren, Scott and Linda of New Ulm, Jeff and Kim Hildebrandt of Apple Valley, Melanie and Loren Gleisner; six great-grandchildren and many special neighbors and friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband Burton in 1981; and daughter Marlis Hildebrandt in 1992.
She was born Aug. 23, 1904, in Bernadotte to Olaf and Alma (Johnson) Carlson. She married Burton Delger on June 30, 1932, in Winthrop. They farmed in Kelso Township until 1967 when they moved into Arlington. She became a resident of the Arlington Good Samaritan Center in 1997.
Robert Brandel, 50, of Wayzata, died Monday, Dec. 18, 2000, at home.
Services are 11 a.m. Thursday at St. Bartholomew Catholic Church, Wayzata.
Visitation is 6-8 p.m. today at David Lee Funeral Home, Wayzata, with a 7:30 p.m. prayer service. Visitation will continue one hour prior to services Thursday at the church.
Memorials are preferred to Make A Wish Foundation.
He is survived by his wife, Colleen; daughter , Sarah; son, Eric; mother, Winifred of New Ulm; brothers, Tom and wife Marilyn, Jim and wife Denise, Steve and wife Dee, and Don and wife Bonita; sister, Marcheta Hays and husband Jim; sister-in-law, Janet Liberman and husband Robert; brother-in-law Ken Brown and wife Kathy Lipe; mother-in-law and father-in-law Robert and Gladys Brown; and many nieces, nephews, other relatives, and friends.
He was preceded in death by his father Norbert; and niece Amanda.
He was born Oct. 3, 1950, in New Ulm to Norbert and Winifred (Volz) Brandel. He attended St. George Catholic School. He graduated from New Ulm High School in 1968 and attended the University of Minnesota. He married Colleen Brown June 23, 1973 in St. Paul.
Donald Cambronne, 79, of Storden, died Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2000, at Valley View Manor in Lamberton.
Services are 2 p.m. Friday at Bethany Lutheran Church, Storden Friday, with burial with military honors in the church cemetery.
Visitation is 4-8 p.m. Thursday and 9-11 a.m. Friday at Storden Community Center in Storden; and continues from noon to 2 p.m. Friday at the church.
Anderson-Schmidt Funeral Home of Windom is handling arrangements.
Dale Corbett, 60, died Monday, Dec. 18, 2000, at the Redwood Area Hospital in Redwood Falls.
Services are 2 p.m. Thursday at Nelson Funeral Home in Redwood Falls.
Visitation is 4-7 p.m. today and continues Thursday from 9 a.m. until the time of service at the Nelson Funeral Home in Redwood Falls. Burial will be at a later date.
He is survived by children and their spouses, Dale and Laura of Courtland, Tim and Lori of Sleepy Eye, Reid and Sharon Sleepy Eye, Cole and Stacy of Lake Crystal, Mike of Sleepy Eye, Denise Hesse of Redwood Falls and Tina Graves of Courtland; 11 grandchildren, four brothers and a sister and fiancee Judy Risen.
He was preceded in death by his parents and his wife Jean on May 10, 1997.
He was born June 20, 1940, to Phillip and Freida (Block) Corbett. He graduated from Onamia High School in 1958. He married Jean Carol Marquart in Minnesota in 1961. He had been working at at Jackpot Junction for the past three years. Previous to Jackpot Junction, he did cooking, logging and cabinetry.