Obituaries
Paul T Granlund
Oct 6, 2003
Paul Theodore Granlund, Sculptor. Born in Minneapolis, October 6, 1925, died September 15, 2003.Family: survived by wife, Edna Marie (Spaeth); children, Gretchen Musicant, Gregory (Jill), Jonathan (Susan), Timothy (Margaret); grandchildren, Max, Marc, Clarie, Joshua, Taylor, Roisen, and Oskar; as well as sisters, Dorothy DeVasure, Grace Anderson, and Lois Brown. His figurative bronze sculptures are found in private collections and public...
Elwin Simmons
Oct 5, 2003
Elwin E. Al Simmons, age 78 of Mankato, died Sunday, October 5, 2003 at Immanuel"St. Josephs Hospital in Mankato.Funeral services 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Christ the King Lutheran Church in Mankato with Rev. John Petersen officiating. Burial in Minneopa Cemetery. Visitation 5"8 p.m. Wednesday at Mankato Mortuary and one hour before services at the church on Thursday. Memorials are preferred...
Steven Groh
Oct 4, 2003
Steven John Groh, 52, formerly of Mankato, died on Saturday, October 4, 2003 at his home in St. James.Services 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Mankato Mortuary with visitation two hours prior to service. He was born on October 30, 1950 in Mankato to Rosemary and Harold Groh.He will be deeply missed by his six children; John Johnstone the Bear (Lisa) Groh...
Norma Jacobson
Oct 4, 2003
Norma J. Jacobson, 69 of Lake Crystal died Saturday, October 4, 2003 at Immanuel-St. Josephs Hospital, Mankato.Funeral service 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at First United Methodist Church, Lake Crystal, with Rev. Kaye Brandt officiating. Interment in Woodland Hills Memorial Park, Mankato. Visitation 4-8 p.m. Tuesday at Lake Crystal Mortuary and one hour before services at the church on Wednesday.Norma Jacobson was...
Amelia Gustafson
Sep 27, 2003
Amelia Charlotte (Johnson) Gustafson, age 103, of Mankato, died Saturday, September 27, 2003 at Hillcrest Health Care Center.Funeral services 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Grace Lutheran Church with Rev. Joel Erickson officiating. Burial in Woodland Hills Memorial Park. Visitation from 4-6 p.m. Tuesday at Mankato Mortuary with one hour prior to services at the church on Wednesday. Memorials are preferred to...
Marilyn Jean Brown
Sep 26, 2003
Marilyn Jean Brown, age 68 of Mankato, died Friday, September 26, 2003 of pulmonary fibrosis and cancer at her home in the comfort of her family.Funeral services 10:30 a.m., Wednesday at Our Saviors Lutheran Church in Mankato with Rev. Charles Ortloff officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Mankato. Visitation from 4"7 p.m., Tuesday at Mankato Mortuary and...
Lois Sullivan
Sep 21, 2003
Lois O. Sullivan, age 62, of Mankato, MN, died Sunday, September 21, 2003, at Immanuel-St. Josephs Hospital in Mankato.A memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, September 24, 2003, at Mankato Mortuary, with Rev. Charles Ortloff officiating. Interment in Minneopa Cemetery. Lois was born on July 11, 1941, in Glencoe, MN, to Louis and Olga (Reintz) Thiesfeld. She...
Donald Blasing
Sep 16, 2003
Donald Don Blasing, 67 of Lake Crystal died Tuesday, September 16, 2003 at his home in Lake Crystal. Funeral services 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Zion Lutheran Church, Lake Crystal, with Rev. Nancy Dreier officiating. Interment with military honors in Lake Crystal Cemetery. Visitation on Friday from 4-7 p.m. at Lake Crystal Mortuary and one hour before services at church on...
Helen Nicolai
Sep 13, 2003
Helen Gertrude Nicolai, age 91, of Mankato and formerly of St. Clair, died Saturday, September 13, 2003 at Sibley Manor West in Mankato.Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church in St. Clair, with Rev. Daniel Schmidt officiating. Burial will be in St. Johns Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery in St. Clair. Visitation will be from...
Viola Marie Karstedt
Sep 10, 2003
Viola Marie Karstedt, age 79, of Mankato and formerly of rural Mapleton, died Wednesday morning, September 10, 2003 at Immanuel-St. Josephs Hospital in Mankato.Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Friday at St. Johns Lutheran Church in Mapleton with Rev. Richard Salge officiating. Burial will be in Union Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to services at the church on...
Mervin Elmore
Sep 10, 2003
Mervin Oliver Elmore, age 72 of Garden City, died Wednesday, September 10, 2003 at Immanuel - St. Josephs Hospital in Mankato.Funeral services will be held 2:00 p.m., Saturday at Garden City Baptist Church with Rev. Harvey Hallada officiating. Burial with Military Honors in Garden City Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 4 " 7 p.m., Friday at Lake Crystal Mortuary...
Paul Korpal
Sep 6, 2003
Paul Korpal, age 95, of Dodge Center and formerly of Mankato, died Saturday, September 6, 2003 at Immanuel-St. Josephs Hospital in Mankato. Funeral service will be 6:00 p.m., Wednesday, September 10, 2003, at Mankato Mortuary with Rev. Ted Hottinger, S.J. officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the mortuary. Interment will be held 10:00 a.m., Thursday...
Kenneth Emery
Sep 6, 2003
Kenneth F. Emery, 69 of rural Vernon Center, died Saturday, September 6, 2003 at Abbott-Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis.Funeral service 3:00 p.m. Wednesday at Grace United Methodist Church, Vernon Center, with Rev. Wanda Kothlow officiating. Private family graveside services at Vernon Center Cemetery. Visitation 4-7 p.m. Tuesday at Lake Crystal Mortuary and one hour before services at church on Wednesday. Memorials...
Eleanor Tronvold
Sep 5, 2003
Eleanor Garberg Tronvold, age 88, died Friday morning, September 5, 2003 at Mankato Lutheran Home.Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m. Monday at Bethlehem Lutheran Church with Rev. Paul Meierding officiating. Burial will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery in Mankato. Visitation will be one hour prior to services at the church on Monday. Memorials are preferred to an organization of...
Edward Bisping
Sep 3, 2003
Mankato, MN " Edward Fredrick Bisping, age 85, of Mankato, died Wednesday, September 3, 2003 at Immanuel-St. Josephs Hospital.Funeral services 2:00 p.m. Monday at St. Johns Lutheran Church in Rapidan with Rev. James Holthius officiating. Burial with military honors will be in St. Johns Lutheran Cemetery. Visitation 2-5 p.m. Sunday at Mankato Mortuary and one hour prior to services at...
Ernest Hansen
Aug 30, 2003
Ernest J. Hansen, age 87 of rural Garden City, died Saturday August 30, 2003 at the Lake Crystal Health Care Center.Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday at Garden City Baptist Church with Pastor Harvey Hallada officiating. Burial will be in Garden City Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5 " 7 p.m., Tuesday at Lake Crystal Mortuary...
Robert Burns
Aug 26, 2003
Robert Leon Burns, age 84, of Mankato, died Tuesday, August 26, 2003, at Hillcrest Health Care Center in Mankato. Funeral services will be 7:00 p.m., Thursday, August 28, 2003, at Mankato Mortuary, with Rev. Paul Collier officiating. Visitation will be 6-7 p.m., Thursday at the mortuary. Interment will be held on Friday at Pilgrims Rest Cemetery in Mankato. Memorials may...
Alan Kirby
Aug 26, 2003
Alan Lee Kirby, age 65, of Mankato, died Tuesday, August 26, 2003, at Oaklawn Health Care Center in Mankato. A memorial service will be held 11:30 a.m., Friday, August 29, 2003, at First Presbyterian Church in Mankato, with Rev. Paul Collier officiating. Interment will be in Mountain View Memorial Park in Boulder, CO. Arrangements are with Mankato Mortuary.
John Hawthorn
Aug 26, 2003
John William Hawthorn II, age 91, of Lake Crystal and formerly of Pennsylvania and Vermont, died August 26, 2003 at Immanuel-St. Josephs Hospital in Mankato.A memorial celebration will be held 4:00 p.m. Saturday, September 20, 2003 at Country Neighbors in Lake Crystal. Arrangements were with Mankato Mortuary.John was born January 21, 1912 in Oaklyn, New Jersey to John William and...
Benjamin Alan Monson
Aug 24, 2003
Benjamin Alan Monson, five week old infant, born to Mark and Angela (Bush) Monson, died Sunday, August 24, 2003 at Fairview University Hospital in Minneapolis.Funeral services will be held at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday at Hosanna Lutheran Church in Mankato with Rev. Steve Kosberg officiating. Visitation will be held from 4:00 p.m. until time of service on Wednesday. In lieu of...