Archive - 2018

Several area students were among those named to the fall semester dean’s list at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. They include, from Glencoe: Yesenia Vega, a senior enrolled in the College of Science and Engineering; from Silver Lake: Zachery Jones, a senior enrolled in the Carlson School of Management, Jenna Lokensgard, a sophomore enrolled in the College of Liberal Arts, and Lily Nunvar, a sophomore enrolled in the College of Liberal Arts; and, from Stewart: Lauren Schulze, a sophomore enrolled in the College of Liberal Arts.

Inez Bertha Alsleben, 91, of Glencoe, died Friday, Feb. 23, 2018, at Glencoe Regional Health Services Long Term Care.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, March 1, at 1:30 p.m., at Christ Lutheran Church in Glencoe with the Rev. Katherine Rood officiating. Twyla Kirkeby will be the organist. Soloist Katherine Grant will perform “The Old Rugged Cross.” Congregational hymns will be “How Great Thou Art,” “Rock of Ages” and “Old Rugged Cross.”

Byron Kranz, 74, of Gaylord, died Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018, at his rural Gaylord home.
Funeral services were held Monday, Feb. 26, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Gaylord with the Revs. Harold A. Storm and Gary Ruckman officiating. Jeanne Bruss was the organist. Special music by Preston Kranz, Rebecca Kranz, Luke Kranz and Barrett Kranz was “Psalm 130 – De Profundis.” Brian Asmus performed “A Mighty Fortress” on the trumpet. Congregational hymns were “I Am Jesus, Little Lamb,” “Dear Christians, One and All, Rejoice” and “Behold a Host, Arrayed in White.”

Harold F. Oelfke, 87, of Arlington, died Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018, at the Sibley Ridgeview Medical Center in Arlington.
Funeral services will be held Friday, March 2, at 11 a.m., at Emanuel Lutheran Church in Hamburg. Visitation will be Thursday, March 1, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., at the Kolden Funeral Home in Arlington, and will continue Friday one hour prior to the service at the church. Interment will be in the Emanuel Lutheran Cemetery, Hamburg.