All Obituaries
Gertrude Krosschell Edgerton, MN
Gertrude (Spronk) Krosschell was born on July 3, 1919 to John and Gertie (Van Pykern) Spronk on a farm near Steen, MN. Gertrude started country school at the early age of 5 because her parents didn’t want her brother, Hank, to attend alone. Therefore, she graduated from the 8th grade at age 12. Having four brothers and being the only girl at this point, Gert’s mother required her to stay at home and help out with household chores. While attending Young...
Gertrude (Spronk) Krosschell was born on July 3, 1919 to John and Gertie (Van Pykern) Spronk on a farm near Steen, MN. Gertrude started country school at the early age of 5 because her...
Christa Sankey Edgerton
Christa Helen Sankey was born on the 14th of December, 1933 to Helen (Metcalfe) and Arthur Jacob in Leicester, England. She attended school and church in Leicester in her formative years. She graduated at age 17 and worked as a teacher’s assistant at a nursery school for a year before moving on to the Royal College of Nursing at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham. She worked as a surgical nurse in London for a while before immigrating to the United States in 1956,...
Christa Helen Sankey was born on the 14th of December, 1933 to Helen (Metcalfe) and Arthur Jacob in Leicester, England. She attended school and church in Leicester in her formative...
Jolene Groen Sioux Falls, SD
Jolene Faye Groen of Sioux Falls, SD, formerly of Chandler, MN, died at Ava's Hospice House in Sioux Falls on Sunday, March 21, 2021 at the age of 51 years old.
Jolene was born on Easter Sunday, April 6, 1969 in Pipestone, MN to John Henry and Joanne (Bothof) Groen. She grew up on the family farm five miles south of Chandler, MN. Her parents raised her in the Christian faith, and she was baptized and made profession of faith in the Chandler Reformed...
Jolene Faye Groen of Sioux Falls, SD, formerly of Chandler, MN, died at Ava's Hospice House in Sioux Falls on Sunday, March 21, 2021 at the age of 51 years old.
Jolene was...
Frederic Berreau Lake Wilson, Minnesota
Frederic "Fred" H. Berreau, 91, of Lake Wilson, MN, died on Tuesday, December 8, 2020 at his winter home in Donna, Texas.
In an effort to keep everyone safe a private family service will be held at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Lake Wilson on Wed. Dec. 16 at 1:00 PM with Father Thien Nguyen officiating. Pallbearers are his grandchildren. Interment is at the Hillside Cemetery, Lake Wilson, MN. Military honors accorded by the Lake Wilson American Legion...
Frederic "Fred" H. Berreau, 91, of Lake Wilson, MN, died on Tuesday, December 8, 2020 at his winter home in Donna, Texas.
In an effort to keep everyone safe a private family service...
Margaret DeGroot CHANDLER
Margaret DeGroot, 100, of Chandler, died on Friday, October 2, 2020 at the Pipestone County Hospice House, Pipestone, MN. Services will be held on Tuesday, October 6, 2020 at the Chandler Reformed Church in Chandler at 10:30 AM with visitation one hour prior to the service. Interment will be held at the Leota Cemetery, Leota, MN.
Margaret DeGroot was born on May 5, 1920 to Teunis and Martha (Kallemeyn) DeGroot in Murray County Minnesota. Margaret was baptized...
Margaret DeGroot, 100, of Chandler, died on Friday, October 2, 2020 at the Pipestone County Hospice House, Pipestone, MN. Services will be held on Tuesday, October 6, 2020 at the Chandler...
Florence Stoel Edgerton
Florence Alvina (Kooiman) Stoel, 90, of Edgerton, MN, formerly of Chandler, MN died at Edgebrook Care Center on Saturday, September 26, 2020.Visitation will be held from 9:00-10:30 AM on Wednesday, September 30, 2020 at the Chandler Reformed Church. Services will follow at 10:30 AM Burial will be at the Chandler Memorial Cemetery.
*No lunch will be served after the service*
Florence Alvina Stoel was born on October 24, 1929 to John and Gertie (Veldkamp) Kooiman in Murray...
Florence Alvina (Kooiman) Stoel, 90, of Edgerton, MN, formerly of Chandler, MN died at Edgebrook Care Center on Saturday, September 26, 2020.Visitation will be held from 9:00-10:30 AM on...
Betty Courtney Pipestone
Betty Courtney, 90 of Pipestone, Minnesota died on Thursday, September 10, 2020 at Good Samaritan Nursing Home in Pipestone. Services will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020 at Saint Mary’s in Lake Wilson at 1:00 PM. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service.
Betty Courtney was born on April 3, 1930 in Arthur Township near Browns Valley, Minnesota to Philip and Blondell (Farquer) Weissenstein. She attended Browns Valley School. When Betty was...
Betty Courtney, 90 of Pipestone, Minnesota died on Thursday, September 10, 2020 at Good Samaritan Nursing Home in Pipestone. Services will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020 at...
Johanna DeGroot Edgerton
Johanna DeGroot, 96, Edgerton, formerly of Chandler, died on Tuesday, August 18, 2020 at the Pipestone County Hospice House in Pipestone Minnesota.
JOHANNA “JO” DeGROOT, age 96, of Edgerton, died Tuesday, August 18, 2020, at the Hospice House in Pipestone. She was born December 12, 1923, in Maple Lake, MN, to John and Grace (DeVries) DeKruif.
Jo married Marvin DeGroot on January 14, 1944, at her parent’s farm near Chandler. The...
Johanna DeGroot, 96, Edgerton, formerly of Chandler, died on Tuesday, August 18, 2020 at the Pipestone County Hospice House in Pipestone Minnesota.
JOHANNA...
John Vis Chandler
John Gysbert Vis was born March 22, 1930 to Peter and Alice (Groen) Vis Sr, at their home south of Chandler. At age one, John and his family moved near Leota. He went to the Leota Christian School until March of 1942 when the family moved to the home place south of Chandler. John graduated from 8th grade in country school District 83 in May of 1943.
On September 10, 1950 John...
John Gysbert Vis was born March 22, 1930 to Peter and Alice (Groen) Vis Sr, at their home south of Chandler. At age one, John and his family moved...
Abel Vander Burgh Hemet, CA
Abel was born November 6, 1922 on the family farm 1 mile west of Leota in Nobles County Minnesota. His sister, Abelene age 5 remembered that the doctor came to the house with a little black bag and when he left, there was a baby boy. She knew then that the doctor brought the baby in his black bag.
His parents were Leonard & Jennie (Lolkus) Vander Burgh who emigrated from Zuid Holland, The Netherlands in 1893 to Iowa and later to Minnesota. He was the 8th and last child...
Abel was born November 6, 1922 on the family farm 1 mile west of Leota in Nobles County Minnesota. His sister, Abelene age 5 remembered that the doctor came to the house with a little black bag...
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