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Mary Ann Louise Kramer, age 72, of Granite Falls, MN passed away Saturday, December 17, 2022 at Avera McKennan Hospital, Sioux Falls, SD. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Monday, January 2, 2023 at Granite Falls Lutheran Church, 350 9th Avenue, Granite Falls, MN, with Rev. Joyce Capp and Father Paul Timmerman officiating. Visita- tion will take place at the church from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. on January 2, 2023. Condolences may be sent to the family at: www.wingbain.com.
Mary Ann was born May 9, 1950 to Howard and Marie (Henrich) Frie- drich in Arlington, MN. She was a 1968 graduate of New Richland
High School, New Richland, MN and attended college at Stout State University, Menomonie, WI, and the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN. On September 19, 1970, Mary Ann was united in marriage to Thomas Kramer at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Saint Paul, MN. They were blessed with 4 children: Jeremy, Laura, Rebecca, and Colin.
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Barbara Kay Jenson of Ellendale, 80, passed away De- cember 27, 2022 at the New Rich- land Care center with her family by her side. Barbara was born May 16, 1942 in Waseca County to George and Sadie (Palm) Jenson and raised with her brothers and sisters in Sherwood, ND.
Barbara enjoyed her days walk- ing about town, rain or shine, to visit her many friends, volunteer- ing her time at SEMCAC and the laundry mat, helping customers to wash and fold their laundry while keeping the place clean and tidy. She also enjoyed cooking and bak- ing; skills that she learned from spending time with her mother growing up.
Barbara was preceded in death by her parents; sisters Charlotte Holland and Janet Loken; one
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Linda Anderson Kofstad, 84, Hartland, MN, passed away Thurs- day, December 22, 2022 at SMP- Health Ave Maria, Jamestown, ND.
Linda Anderson was born Janu- ary 29, 1938 to Lester and Isabelle (McDaniel) Anderson on their farm near Juanita, ND. She was raised on their farm south of Glen- field, ND and attended grade school at Eastman #1. Linda grad- uated from Glenfield High School (Class of ’55). She received a Bachelor’s Degree from the School of Journalism at the University of North Dakota in 1959 and a Master’s Degree in Library Science at the University of Wis- consin in 1960.
After working for the CIA and the Library of Congress and later the Washington, D.C. public li- brary as a reference librarian, she returned to North Dakota to work as a reference librarian in the Jour- nalism Department in the Chester Fritz Library at the University of North Dakota. She later moved to St. Paul and worked as reference librarian in the Journalism Depart- ment at the University of Minne- sota.
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Lilly Bertha Krause, age 96, of Waseca died on December 24, 2022 at Prairie Home Field Crest Assisted Living in Cottonwood.
Born on January 8, 1926 in Wes- ton-Marathon, Wisconsin to Au- gust and Clara (Block) Wetzel. Lilly was united in marriage to Victor Elgin Krause on December 27, 1952 at the Assembly of God Church in Wells. Together they had three children and made their home on the farm in Wilton town- ship. Following Victor’s passing in 1959, Lilly continued to live on the farm while raising their children. Lilly was active with her church as a Sunday school teacher. She was a foster mom for many children over the years. Lilly enjoyed gar- dening, baking and cherished the time she spent with her grandchil- dren.
Lilly is survived by her children: Dennis (Sue) Krause of New Rich- land, Joel (Kim) Krause of Hauser, ID, and Vicki (Mike) Flugum of Cottonwood; grandchildren: Den- nis (Kristin) Krause, Stacey Krause, Joshua (Nicole) Krause, Krystle Krause, Nicolas (Erica) Krause, Marshal (Ryley) Krause, Daniel (Angela) Flugum, Matthew (Tami) Flugum, and Christine (Daniel) Demeules; 20 great grandchildren and one great-great grandchild. She is also survived by
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Eugene L. Hagen, age 90 of New Richland, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on December 4, 2022.
Eugene was born July 1, 1932 to Lawrence and Evelyn Hagen at home in Waseca County. On June 27, 1954 he married the love of his life, and as he would say “the social director”, Phyllis Hanson – better known as “Snooky”. Together they had five children; Randy, Chuck, Steve, Kari & Michelle.
From 1955 to 1956, Eugene served in the Army. He was stationed in Georgia for three months, then New York for one year, where he and Phyllis had their first born, Randy. Six months later they moved back home to Minnesota where Eugene started his farming career. He and Snooky became grain and dairy farmers while raising their family. In 1974 they sold the cows and focused on farming the land. Eugene’s love for farming lead him to be a very successful farmer which was passed on to the following generations. Even when he retired, he never stopped farming; in his words he “farmed 24/7”.