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Remembering the life of Elmer R. Quiram

Memorial services for Elmer R. Quiram will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, March 2 at St. Peter Lutheran Church of New Richland, MN. The Reverend Scott Williams will officiate. Military Honors will be accorded by New Richland Veteran’s Organization. Interment will be at a later date in St. Peter Cemetery, New Richland. Friends may visit with family from 4–8 p.m. on Tuesday at St. Peter Lutheran Church, and also one hour before services. Friedrich Funeral Home, New Richland is assisting the family.

Elmer spent his last days at the New Richland Care Center where he died peacefully surrounded by his family on Friday, February 26. He was 79.

He was born on August 14, 1936, in Elysian, Minnesota the son of Rudolph and Lydia (Roemhildt) Quiram. He was a graduate of Waterville High School where he lettered in basketball, baseball and football for all four years.

Ordella Luella Yess, age 90 of Waseca, died on Wednesday, February 24, 2016 at the Janesville Nursing Home.

Born on March 27, 1925 in Alton Township, Waseca County, Minnesota, she was the daughter of Otto and Emma (Rux) Rudolph. She attended school in Alton Township. Ordella married Roy Andrew Yess on June 16, 1948 in Smith’s Mill. She was employed at the E.F. Johnson Co in Waseca until her retirement. Ordella enjoyed playing cards, crocheting, and making quilts.  She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church-Wilton.

Virginia Busho, age 90, of Ellendale passed away on Thursday, February 18 at Homestead Hospice House in Owatonna from complications of congestive heart failure. She was born on October 7, 1925 in Medford to Albert and Rose Webb. She married her high school sweetheart, Robert, and they were married for 62 years. Virginia worked at the Owatonna Canning Company, Pete and Rube’s Market, and ended her career as Ellendale Postmaster. She was active in the American Legion Auxiliary, her local church, and loved baking and handiwork, especially crocheting and sewing.

Funeral services for Jerome Lee will be held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, February 25, 2016 at First Lutheran Church in Ellendale, MN. Reverend Richard Sliper will officiate. Visitation was held from 5-8 p.m. Wednesday, February 24 at Bonnerup Funeral Service Ellendale Chapel (308 7th Avenue in Ellendale). Visitation will also be held one hour prior to the service at church. Interment will be in First Lutheran Church Cemetery in Ellendale.

Jerome Lee, of New Richland, died Sunday, February 21, 2016, of a sudden illness at St Mary’s Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota. He was 86 years old.

Funeral services for Carol Mae Raben of Albert Lea, MN, will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, February 22, 2016 at the Crossroads Evangelical Free Church in Albert Lea. Pastor Jeffrey Phelps will officiate. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the church. Interment will be in Graceland Cemetery.

Carol died Wednesday, February 17, 2016 at the Albert Lea Good Samaritan Center. She was 82 years of age.

Carol was born November 23, 1933 in Superior, WI, the daughter of Clayton and Mae (Nolan) Thorgeson. She graduated from Central High School in Superior, WI, and from the Superior Vocational College. On April 23, 1977 she was united in marriage to Warren Raben at the St Paul Lutheran Church in Minneapolis, MN. Carol was a LPN working in Minneapolis and after moving to Albert Lea in 1977 she was a Home Health Nurse.