If you have any obituaries published before 1923 that you would like to contribute to the page, please send them to me and I will add them. Obituaries published after 1922 will be abstracted to avoid copyright violations.
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HILMA SCHMALZ, 95, of Westbrook, died Thursday, Dec. 5, 2002; born Jan. 3, 1907, in Rosehill Township, the daughter of August and Louise Kuehl Schmalz; survived by nieces and nephews; burial in Emmanuel Lutheran Cemetery, Rosehill Township
(abstract Worthington Daily Globe)
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WILMA W. SOEHREN, 92, of Mountain Lake, formerly of Windom, died Saturday, Aug. 18, 2001,; born April 21, 1909, in Lone Tree Township, Clay County, Iowa, the daughter of Dan and Paulina Jepsen Soehren; survuved by two brothers, Elmer (Gladys) Soehren of Boyd, and Walter (Martha) Soehren of Windom; and one sister, Fae Porisch of McGregor; burial in the Lakeview Cemetery, Windom
(abstract Worthington Daily Globe)
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Lorraine Evangeline Steffen died December 21, 2004 in Tracy; born January 4, 1918 in Brush Prairie, WA to Eimer and Linda (Mathiason) Kopperud; united in marriage to Oscar Steffen on June 19, 1948 at Old Westbrook Church; survived by her husband Oscar of Walnut Grove; children Leland (Pam) Steffen and Errol Steffen of Walnut Grove; Step grandchildren Nicole (James) Marsch and Dustin (Jessie) Van DeWiele and step great grandchildren Dylan Albertson and Cole VanDeWiele; three brothers Konrad and Roger of Westbrook and Eli of Ely, one sister Anna Margaret Warner of Walnut Grove; preceded in death by her parents, brothers Marlin and Truman and sister Eldora; burial in the Walnut Grove Cemetery (abstract Westbrook Sentinel-Tribune)
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Lois Margaret Suderman, 69, of rural Delft died Nov. 5, 1999, at Windom; born March 24, 1930, at Mt. Lake Hospital to Isaac and Nattie (Friesen) Weins; married Jean Suderman in 1952; preceded in death by an infant son, David; a brother, Elmer; and a sister, Carolyn; survived by her husband, Jean; two daughters, Elaine (Eric) Goedde of Valley Center, Kan.; and LaVonne (Joe) Blowers of Portland, Ore.; a son, Dwight (Danielle) of Mound Ridge, Kan.; and eight grandchildren; burial at Carson Mennonite Brethren Cemetery in Delft (abstract Mountain Lake Observer-Advocate)
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