NRHEG Star Eagle

137 Years Serving the New Richland-Hartland-Ellendale-Geneva Area
Newspaper of Record for NRHEG School District
Newspaper of Record for Waseca County, MN
PO Box 248 • New Richland, MN 56072

507-463-8112
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Funeral services for Ivadell L. Bartness of New Richland, MN, will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, December 22, 2016 at the Friedrich Funeral Home in New Richland. Pastor Charles Espe will officiate. Visitation will be held Wednesday from 4 until 7 p.m. at the funeral home and one hour prior to the service. Interment will be in the Hartland Cemetery, Hartland, MN.

Ivadell died Sunday, December 18, 2016 at the New Richland Care Center. She was 94 years of age.

 

Remembering the life of Peggy Kay Sorenson

Funeral services for Peggy Kay Sorenson, of Geneva, MN, were held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, December 21, at the Community Lutheran Church in Geneva. The Rev. Dr. Kristen Venne officiated. Interment was at the Geneva Cemetery.

Visitation was from 5-8 p.m. on Tuesday at Bonnerup Funeral Service, Albert Lea, and one hour before the service at the church. 

Peggy died at the age of 59 on Friday, December 16, 2016 at the Methodist Hospital in Rochester. 

Peggy was born on October 5, 1957, in Albert Lea, the daughter of Allen and Evelyn (Rupp) Anderson. She attended Clarks Grove Elementary School and graduated from Albert Lea High School in 1976. She continued her education at Riverland Community College.

 

A Sharing of Memories for Bruce A. Langlie will be held at 1 p.m. on Friday, December 16, 2016 at Bonnerup Funeral Chapel, Albert Lea. Burial will be at First Lutheran Cemetery in Ellendale, MN.

Bruce Langlie, of rural Glenville, passed away suddenly on Friday, December 9, 2016 in Geneva, MN of a heart attack.

He was born on September 5, 1950 to Athan and Helyn (Hanson) Langlie on the family farm in Steele County.  He graduated from Ellendale High School in 1968. Enlisting in the United States Army in 1970 and serving in Viet Nam until his honorable discharge in 1971. Bruce worked in the Twin Cities with “Smith Brothers and Fetrow” where they build custom motorcycles, and at Minnesota DOT. He eventually moved back to the family farm where he farmed for a number of years, and occasionally drove truck for a few people in the area.

The funeral service for Harold “Hap” Wayne Hagen, of New Richland, will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, December 16, 2016, at LeSueur River Lutheran Church in rural New Richland. The Reverend Brian Gegel will officiate. Interment will be in Le Sueur River Lutheran Cemetery. Visitation will be at the church prior to the funeral service beginning at 9:30 a.m. Hap died at New Richland Care Center on December 10, 2016. He was 87. 

Hap was born on March 15, 1929, on the family farm located northeast of New Richland.  He is the son of Christ and Sarah (Sunde) Hagen. He attended School District 85 and graduated from New Richland High School in 1946. From 1951 to 1953, he served stateside in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. On June 26, 1954, Hap married Marlene Semmann at St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Owatonna. They were married for 57 years when Marlene passed away on December 27, 2011. Hap farmed in the New Richland area all his life, retiring in 1993. Hap and Marlene moved into New Richland in 2004. He moved to New Richland Care Center in July of 2009.

 

On a cold and snowy day, a beloved mother, daughter, sister, grandma, great-grandma, and friend was called home to be with the lord. Carolyn Marie (Anderson) David, age 69, formerly of Owatonna, MN died Thursday, December 8, 2016 at Colony Court Assisted Living in Waseca, MN. A funeral service will be held Monday, December 12, 2016, at 11 a.m., at Zion Lutheran Church of Lemond, 7126 SW 98th St., Ellendale, MN 56026, with Rev. Patti Meyer officiating. Visitation will be Sunday, December 11 from 2 to 5 p.m. at Zion Lutheran Church, MN, and will continue one hour prior to the service on Monday. Interment will be at Hillcrest Cemetery in Albert Lea, MN. Bruss-Heitner Funeral Home in Wells is assisting the family. To leave an online condolence, please visit www.brussheitner.com.