Obituaries
Obituaries in Chandler, Murray County, and the surrounding areas in Minnesota
Gertrude (Spronk) Krosschell
Aug 1, 2021
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...
Christa Helen (Jacob) Sankey
Jul 31, 2021
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...
Jolene Faye Groen
Mar 21, 2021
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...
Frederic Heinze Berreau
Dec 8, 2020
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...
Margaret DeGroot
Oct 2, 2020
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.
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Florence Alvina (Kooiman) Stoel
Sep 26, 2020
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...
Betty Jean (Weissenstein) Courtney
Sep 10, 2020
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...
Johanna (DeKruif) DeGroot
Aug 18, 2020
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...
John G. Vis
Jul 22, 2020
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...
Abel Vander Burgh
Jun 12, 2020
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....
Sadie (Overman) Douma
Mar 31, 2020
Sadie Marie Douma was born on April 1, 1932 to Steve and Mary (Bilsland) Overman in Primghar, IA. She was their only child, and as a family they moved a lot. They lived in various cities in Iowa, Minnesota, Oregon and California, before settling in Chandler, MN. During those years, Sadie attended 14 different schools and graduated from...
Dick Talsma
Mar 23, 2020
Dick Talsma of Edgerton, formerly of Chandler died on Monday, March 23, 2020 at Edgebrook Care Center in Edgerton. A private service will be held with burial to follow at the Chandler Memorial Cemetery.
Dick Talsma was born on April 1, 1917 in Rinsumageest, Friesland, Netherlands to Roy and Rena (Postuma Lindhorst) Talsma. He immigrated to the...
Allen Dean Prins
Oct 1, 2019
Allen Dean Prins, 70, of Edgerton, MN, formerly of Chandler, MN, died Tuesday, October 1, 2019 at the Pipestone County Hospice House with his family by his side.
Allen Prins was born on November 24, 1948 to Peter C. and Gertrude (Peters) Prins at his parents' home in Chandler, MN. He attended Chandler Christian School through 8th...
Jose Fernandez Villar
Feb 26, 2019
Jose Fernandez Villar, 81, Chandler, Minnesota, passed away on February 26, 2019 at the Pipestone County Hospice in Pipestone, Minnesota. A Memorial Mass will take place at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Worthington, Minnesota at 1:00 PM on Saturday, March 16, 2019. Visitation will be from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM at St. Mary's Catholic Church. A private family...
William DeKruif
Jan 29, 2019
William “Bill” DeKruif was born June 5, 1928 to John and Grace (DeVries) DeKruif on a farm in Cameron Township, Murray County, MN. He was baptized and confirmed in the Christian faith and attended Chandler Country School near Chandler, MN. As a young man he worked at the Sioux Falls Meat Packing Plant for a short time and then...
Dorothy Anne (Kotchian) LaBrune
Jan 2, 2019
Dorothy LaBrune was born on May 22, 1929 in Lidgerwood, ND. to Adolph and Helen (Kohoutek) Kotchian. Her family moved to a farm near Max, ND when she was a child. Dorothy loved to ride horseback and draw pictures. She attended school and graduated from Minot High School in Minot, ND. After high school she took secretarial courses and...
Josephine Eggink
Dec 20, 2018
Josephine Eggink was born June 14, 1921 to Albertus and Josie (Vrymoet) Eggink near Chandler, MN. She was baptized and confirmed at the Chandler Reformed Church. She attended grade school in District #39, graduating from Chandler High School in 1938. For six years she helped on her parents’ farm before entering nurses training, graduating in 1947. Her career began...
Donna Mae (Talsma) Van Dam
Dec 20, 2018
Due to weather, the service for Donna will be held at 2:00 PM on Friday, Dec. 28 at the Chandler Christian Reformed Church
Interment will be at 12:30 PM at the Chandler Memorial Cemetery, with a visitation with family from 1:00 - 2:00 PM at the church.
Donna Mae Van Dam...
Curtis Roy Kuhl
Nov 16, 2018
Curtis Roy Kuhl , 55, of Slayton, Minnesota, died on Friday November 16, 2018. Visitation will be on November 23 from 4:00-6:00 pm at the First Reformed Church, Slayton, MN. Visitation will continue from 12:00 - 1:00 PM with the Memorial Service following on Saturday, November 24th at 1:00 pm at the First Reformed Church in Slayton, MN. Interment...
Geneva Peters
Aug 8, 2018
Geneva Peters was born May 7, 1928 near Chandler, Minnesota to John and Tillie (Jelgerhuis) Peters. Geneva was Baptized at the Leota Christian Reformed Church and made Profession of Faith at the Chandler Christian Reformed Church. She attended the Chandler Public Schools and worked at various businesses in Chandler.
After the death of her father in 1950,...
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