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Herbert Gottschalk, age 93, of Janesville passed away on Wednesday, January 27, 2016 at the Janesville Nursing Home.
Funeral services will be held Sunday, January 31, 2016 at 3 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church in Janesville with Pastor Paul Muther officiating. Interment will be at the Janesville Cemetery with a meal to follow at church.
Visitation will be held for one hour prior to services at the church on Sunday.
Arrangements are being completed by Arnoldt-McRaith Funeral Home in Janesville.
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Diane (Punk) Jean Briggs, 61, passed January 26, 2016 at the Owatonna Homestead Hospice House.
Diane was born on May 3, 1954 in Owatonna to Lovirn and Betty (Meixner) Pogones.
She did many things through her life including being a mechanic, farming, and running a real estate appraisal business with her husband. She enjoyed fishing, gardening, and horses.
She is survived by her husband Russell, sons Robert (Star), Ken (Nicole) and grandchildren Rylee and Laken, sisters JoAnne, Connie, Terry, Peggy, Linda, and brother Mark.
She was a wonderful person, wife, mother, and friend to many with a kind heart of gold. Memorials can be made to the Owatonna Homestead Hospice House or the American Cancer Society.
We will miss our Wonder Woman!
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James Luke Krause, age 81 of Waseca, died on Sunday, January 17, 2016 at Homestead Hospice House in Owatonna.
Born at his family’s home in Wilton Township, Waseca County, on February 2, 1934, James was the son of Ervin and Esther (Joecks) Krause. He was born again into his Christian life at the age of seven, and has loved the Lord with all his heart and served Him faithfully ever since. As he grew up he attended District 19 country school in rural Waseca County. On March 18, 1960 he was united in marriage to Edith “Edie” Peterson at the 1st Covenant Church in Minneapolis. Jim farmed his entire life in Wilton Township – a vocation he loved – but he had always felt that the most important crops he ever raised were his four boys. Raising his boys included a daily time for personal and family devotions. He also spent many years raising German Shepherd pups and he loved racing, taking care of cars, tractors and singing.
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Remembering the life of Clarine “Kay” M. Nelson…
Funeral Services for Clarine “Kay” Nelson, of Ellendale, MN, will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, January 23, at the First Lutheran Church in Ellendale. The Reverend Richard Sliper will officiate. Interment will be in First Lutheran Cemetery, Ellendale. Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. Friday at Bonnerup Funeral Service, Ellendale, and one hour before the service at the church.
Kay died on Tuesday, January 19, 1916, at St. John’s Lutheran Community in Albert Lea. She was 89.
She was born on October 8, 1926, in Emmons, Minnesota the daughter of Knut and Clara (Juveland) Hovland. She graduated from Emmons High School and completed Naeve Nurses Training.
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Vern Busho, 73, of Nisswa, MN, passed away January 18, 2016 from complications of Sarcoidosis at Essentia Health St. Joseph's Medical Center. He was born December 27, 1942 in Ellendale, MN to Robert and Virginia Busho. He attended Ellendale High School and Mankato State. Vern enjoyed his careers in teaching, retail, supper club ownership, and later in retirement kept busy with his bookkeeping business.