In Memoriam

1946

Ilene (Knutson) Forde of Plymouth, Minn., died December 19, 2022, age 96.

1947

Norma (Quill) Fisher of West Des Moines, Iowa, died December 10, 2022, age 96.

Jeanne (Gilbertson) Willinger of Battle Creek, Mich., died February 13, 2023, age 97.

1951

Elsie (Nesset) Kittleson of Decorah died June 27, 2022, age 92.

Priscilla (Giere) Teisberg of Bloomington, Minn., died February 11, 2023, age 93.

1953

Irene (Eberling) Buddenberg of Grimes, Iowa, died March 20, 2023, age 98.

1954

Lawrence “Larry” Kipfer of Muskego, Wis., died February 9, 2023, age 92.

1955

Dean Fretheim of Owatonna, Minn., died March 2, 2023, age 89.

Rhoda (Scheibert) Knudson of Albert Lea, Minn., died December 3, 2022, age 86.

Betsy McDowell of Park Rapids, Minn., died December 6, 2022, age 89.

Clair Oren of Cottage Grove, Wis., died January 20, 2023, age 89.

Carrie (Dueland) Witt of Bryan, Texas, died December 24, 2022, age 89.

1956

Randall “Randy” Halverson of Locust Grove, Va., died March 7, 2023, age 88.

1957

Bernis (Flatjord) Geving of McGregor, Minn., died March 23, 2023, age 89.

Marlyn Hyland of Coon Rapids, Minn., died January 5, 2023, age 86.

Beverly (Manthey) Kent of Seattle, Wash., died August 22, 2022, age 87.

Walter Laughlin of Tulsa, Okla., died January 7, 2023, age 93.

1958

Jean (Flom) Carlson of Rochester, Minn., died March 4, 2023, age 87.

Russell Loven of Guttenberg, Iowa, died December 27, 2022, age 88.

John Ranum of Great Falls, Mont., died March 13, 2023, age 86.

1960

Raymond Vangen of Monona, Iowa, died February 13, 2023, age 84.

1962

Paul Heltne of Chicago, Ill., died January 24, 2023, age 81.

Shyrlee (Underbakke) Hill of Story City, Iowa, died March 12, 2023, age 82.

Carl R. Johnson of Charles City, Iowa, died January 6, 2023, age 82.

Allen “Al” Saterbak of Green Valley, Ariz., died February 28, 2023, age 82.

Caroline (Hjerleid) Weis of Decorah died February 13, 2023, age 86.

1963

Judith “Judy” Gotland of Green Bay, Wis., died January 13, 2023, age 81.

Marilyn (Hanson) Holtey of Fairmont, Minn., died January 3, 2023, age 81.

1964

Dale Mundahl of Rochester, Minn., died March 12, 2023, age 80.

1965

John Dettloff of Plymouth, Minn., died December 6, 2022, age 79.

Diane (Mallu) Thompson of Surprise, Ariz., died January 15, 2023, age 80.

1966

Creighton Fuss of Littleton, Colo., died December 13, 2022, age 78.

Curtis Lutz of Broken Arrow, Okla., died June 22, 2021, age 87.

Carol (Betz) Tweten of Rochester, Minn., died February 1, 2023, age 78.

1967

Alan Brakstad of North Myrtle Beach, S.C., died December 16, 2022, age 76.

Jean E. Olson of Story City, Iowa, died February 9, 2023, age 77.

1968

Mary (Kemper) Kjeldsen of Apple Valley, Minn., died February 4, 2023, age 76.

Gerald Wonders of Darlington, Wis., died January 3, 2023, age 79.

1969

Sue (Moline) Larson of Sun Prairie, Wis., died February 23, 2023, age 76.

1970

Karen (Hendrickson) Runge of Carroll, Iowa, died Wednesday, December 21, 2022, age 74.

1971

Michael “Mike” Baker of Clear Lake, Iowa, died February 1, 2023, age 73.

Curtis Buhr of Delray Beach, Fla., died February 24, 2023, age 74.

David Schroeder of Antigo, Wis., died January 26, 2023, age 73.

1973

Cynthia (Peters) Beermann of West Union, Iowa, died December 30, 2022, age 70.

Elsa (Mohn) Stazesky of Brooklyn, N.Y., died December 15, 2022, age 70.

Robert “Bob” Weiler of Indianapolis, Ind., died February 27, 2023, age 72.

1976

Kim Brunssen of Westmont, Ill., died March 10, 2023, age 69.

1979

Dennis Green of Decorah died December 23, 2022, age 80.

1980

Dennis L. Bushkofsky of Henryville, Pa., died February 2, 2023, age 64.

1984

Susan (Anderson) Knutson of Prescott, Wis., died January 18, 2023, age 61.

1988

Jeffrey “Jeff” Stuck of Waverly, Iowa, died March 12, 2023, age 56.

1991

Paul G. Petersen of Cedarburg, Wis., died December 7, 2022, age 54.

2005

Christopher Burton of Clarksville, Tennessee, died January 14, 2023, age 39.

2017

Natasha Walleser of Lansing, Iowa, died February 12, 2023, age 27.