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FILLMORE COUNTY JOURNAL
Obituaries Eli J. Burkholder Eli J. Burkholder, age 26, of rural Preston, Minn., passed away Wednesday, February 29, 2012, at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester after a logging accident. Eli was born August 17, 1985, in Bowling Green, Missouri, the son of John and Verna (Schrock) Burkholder. He and his family moved to the Granger area in 1996. He was raised in the Amish community until 2007 when he left to make a living on his own. He married Effie Hochstetler on August 4, 2008, at the Greenleafton Reformed Church. They made their home in rural Preston. Eli was a talented carpenter but could do anything you asked of him and he could do it well. His smile and genuine heart made him a friend to all he met. He enjoyed hunting, camping, four wheeling, and spending time with family and friends. He is survived by his wife, Effie; children, Matthew and Rosella both at home; his parents, Verna and John Burkholder of Harmony; brothers, Chris (Vera) of Lancaster, Wisc., Moses (Emma) of Cresco, Iowa; and Ivan (Mattie), Aaron, Jacob, and Alvin all of Harmony; sisters, Rosa (Phineas) Mast of Edgewood, Iowa; Sarah (Levi) Stutzman of Cresco, Iowa; Leah (Wilbur) Miller of Lancaster, Wisc.; and Eva (Eli) Gingerich and Wilma Burkholder, all of Harmony; many Hochstetler in-laws; and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his brother, Paul. The funeral was Monday, March 5, 2012, at the Greenleafton Reformed Church in rural Preston with Rev.
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Roger Lokker officiating. Burial was in the Greenleafton Cemetery. Thauwald Funeral Home in Preston handled arrangements. Leland Warren James Leland Warren “Lee” James, 78, of Rushford, Minn. died on Monday, March 5, 2012, at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Home in Rushford. Lee was born on May 24, 1933, to Melvin and Ella (Overby) James. He graduated from Rushford High School in 1951. Lee entered the U.S. Navy boot camp in 1951, at Great Lakes, Ill. He trained in Memphis, Tenn. as an aviation structural mechanic. He served two tours. His first duty station was NAS Barbers Point, Hawaii. He then transferred to the NAS Alameda, California, from 1951 to 1954. Lee was discharged as E-5 in 1955. Lee then attended the University of Minnesota, St. Paul. On September 28, 1957, he was united in marriage with Donna “Toots” Woxland. They were married for 54 years. Lee was employed as a structural mechanic at Northwest Airlines in St. Paul, Minn. from 1957 to 1961. He was then employed at Tri- County Electric in Rushford from 1961 to 1970. Lee was also active in the Naval Reserves from 1965 to 1969. Over the next 18 years, he was employed at Badger Construction and Bakken Construction. Lee became semiretired in 1997. In the fall of 1997 he joined the crew at Norsland Lefse, retiring in 2008. Lee was a member of the Rushford American Legion. He was active in the Rushford Lutheran Church where he was a church council member and Sunday school teacher. Lee was a Boy Scout Leader. He was part of the
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first Rushford Ambulance crew and taught first aid classes. Lee’s hobbies included Nascar (Ford drivers), hunting, arrow-head hunting, computer games, military history, reading, berry-picking, scenic drives and his grandkids. Lee is surved by his wife, Donna and their Lynn L. children: Scott Erlandson (Christi) James Rogich and daughter, Cassie; Nancy (Geff) Dornink and daughter, Holli, son Adam and daughter Kerri; Todd (Michele) James and sons, Erick and Matthew and daughter, Katie; Kristine James (Ray Oman) and daughters, Sawyer and Madeline and son, Jacob; two great-grandchildren, Adam and Brynlee; one aunt, Helen Rustad, and many cousins. He was preceded in death by his parents and several aunts and uncles. The service was on Saturday, March 10, at Highland Prairie Lutheran Church in rural Peterson, Minn. with the Rev. Wade Davick officiating. Burial was in the Rushford Lutheran Cemetery. Hoff Funeral and Cremation Service in Rushford handled arrangements. Lynn L. Erlandson Rogich Lynn L. Erlandson Rogich, age 41, of Mabel, died unexpectedly, March 5, 2012, at the Gundersen Medical Center in LaCrosse, Wisconsin. Lynn was born March 25, 1970, in Spring Grove, Minnesota to Steven and Jackie (Amdahl) Erlandson. She graduated from the Mabel-Canton High School in 1988, and then from North Iowa Community College in Calmar, Iowa with a degree in cosmetology. On December 18, 2004, she married Larry Rogich at the Highland Lutheran Church in rural Decorah, Iowa. Lynn had worked as a distributor of salon products and as a salon consultant, sales manager for TriState Signing, at Nancy’s Solutions in Caledonia, and a daycare provider for five years so she could stay at home with their son. She was currently an assistant with the pre-school program at Mabel-Canton Elementary School, and at A.B.L.E. in Spring Grove. Lynn also volunteered as an assistant Cub Scout leader, and as a P.A.L.S leader at the school. Lynn was a member of the Scheie Lutheran Church and enjoyed camping, fishing, hunting morel mushrooms, cooking, crafting, decorating for Christmas, and especially spending time with family. Lynn is survived by her husband Larry of Mabel; a son Levi; a stepdaughter Colleen; mother Jackie Erlandson (Tom Madson) of Mabel; sister Lisa Erlandson of Mabel; a brother Shane (Dawn) Erlandson of New Hampton, Iowa; grandmother Ruby Erlandson of Mabel; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her father; a sister Laura; grandparents Nick Erlandson and Lyle and Adeline Amdahl. Funeral services were Saturday, March 10, 2012, at the Scheie Lutheran Church in rural Mabel with the Rev. Mary Waudby officiating. Interment was in the church cemetery. Mengis Funeral Home in Mabel handled arrangements.
Fillmore County Church Directory A rendahl Lutheran Church ………………………………… Sundays - 10 : 30am Highway 30, Peterson, MN 55962 (507) 875-2477 Assembly Of God Church …………………………………… Sundays - 10 : 00am 610 Territorial Rd, Spring Valley, MN 55975 (507) 346-2101 Assumption Catholic Church ………………… Fri. - 8 : 30am & Sat. - 5 : 00pm 207 N May St, Canton, MN 55922 (507) 743-8320 Bethlehem Lutheran Church ………………………………… Sundays - 9 : 00am 200 Kenilworth Ave S, Lanesboro, MN 55949 (507) 467-3344 Calvary Baptist Church ………………………… Sundays - 10 : 45am & 6 : 00pm 910 Winona St SE, Chatf ield, MN 55923 (507) 867- 4686 Canton-Scotland Church ……………………………………… Sundays - 9 : 00am 104 W Fillmore Ave, Canton, MN 55922 (507) 743-2260 Chatf ield Lutheran Church …………………… Sundays - 8 : 00am & 10 : 00am 304 Fillmore St SE, Chatf ield, MN 55923 (507) 867- 4721 Chatf ield United Methodist Christ ………………………… Sundays - 9 : 30am 124 Winona St SE, Chatf ield, MN 55923 (507) 867-3529 Cherry Grove United Methodist …………………………… Sundays - 10 : 00am 18183 160th St, Spring Valley, MN 55975 (Cherry Grove) (507) 937-3177 Christ Lutheran Church ……………………………………… Sundays - 9 : 00am 509 Kansas St N W, Preston, MN 55965 (507) 765-2161 Christian Science Ser vices …………………………………… Sundays - 10 : 00am Lanesboro, MN 55949 (507) 467-2251 Elstad Lutheran Church ……………………………………… Sundays - 9 : 00am 37784 Dogwood Rd, Lanesboro, MN 55949 (507) 467-3769 Emmanuel Episcopal Church ………………………………… Sundays - 10 : 00am 217 W Jessie St, Rushford, MN 55971 (507) 864-2164 Faith United Methodist Church ……………… Sat. - 5 : 00pm & Sun. - 9 : 00am 617 Maple Ln, Spring Valley, MN 55975 (507) 346-2830 Fillmore Free Methodist Church ……………… Sundays - 8 : 30am & 10 : 30am 19127 County 8, Wykof f, MN 55990 (Fillmore) (507) 352-5450 First Baptist Church …………………………… Sundays - 10 : 30am & 6 : 00pm 701 Kasten Drive, Spring Valley, MN 55975 (507) 346-2840 First Baptist Church-Preston …………………… Sundays - 10 : 30am & 7: 00pm 108 Chatf ield Ave N W, Preston, MN 55965 (507) 765- 4960 First English Lutheran Church …………………………… Sundays - 10 : 00am 217 W Grant St, Spring Valley, MN 55975 (507) 346-2793 First Lutheran Church of Highland ………………………… Sundays - 9 : 00am 22423 391st Ave, Lanesboro, MN 55949 (507) 467-3318 First Presby terian Church …………………………………… Sundays - 9 : 30am 110 S Mill St, Rushford, MN 55971 (507) 864-2854 Fountain Lutheran …………………………………………… Sundays - 9 : 00am Main Street, Fountain, MN 55939 (507) 268- 4413 Fountain United Methodist Church ………………………… Sundays - 8 : 30am Co. Rd. 8 and Cedar St., Fountain, MN 55939 (507) 268- 4456 Garness Trinity Lutheran …………………………………… Sundays - 11: 00am PO Box 88, Mabel, MN 55954 (507) 493-5905 Grace Lutheran Church ……………………………………… Sundays - 9 : 00am 365 Park St, Peterson, MN 55962 (507) 875-2218 Greenf ield Lutheran Church ………………… Sundays - 9 : 00am & 10 : 30am 235 Main Ave S, Harmony, MN 55939 (507) 886-3272 Greenleaf ton Reformed Church …………………………… Sundays - 10 : 00am Highway 9, Preston, MN 55965 (507) 765-2546 Harmony United Methodist Church ………………………… Sundays - 10 : 30am 60 Main Ave S, Harmony, MN 55939 (507) 886- 6851 Henry town Lutheran Church ……………… Wed. - 6 : 30pm & Sun. - 10 : 30am PO Box 103, Harmony, MN 55939 (Henrytown) (507) 886-2425 Highland Prairie Church …………………………………… Sundays - 10 : 30am 43265 Bowl Dr, Peterson, MN 55962 (507) 864-2731 Historic Lenora United Methodist Church ……………… Special Occassions Lenora, MN (Rural Canton) (507) 545-2641 Immanuel Lutheran Church ………………………………… Sundays - 9 : 30am 254 Main St S, Wykof f, MN 55990 (507) 352-2801 Lanesboro United Methodist Church ……………………… Sundays - 8 : 30am 507 Parkway Ave S, Lanesboro, MN 55949 (507) 467-2646 Mabel First Lutheran Church ………………………………… Sundays - 9 : 00am 202 N. Oak, P.O. Box 395, Mabel, MN 55954 (507) 493-5293 Mabel United Methodist Church …………………………… Sundays - 9 : 30am 111 W Newburg St, Mabel, MN 55954 (507) 493-5296 Nativity Catholic Church … Sun. (1st & 2nd) - 8 : 45am & (3rd & 4th) - 10 :30am 640 1st Ave SW, Harmony, MN 55939 (507) 886-2393 New Life Victory Church ……………………………………… Sundays - 9 : 30am 440 2nd Ave SE, Harmony, MN 55939 (507) 886-3525 Newburg United Methodist Church ……………………………………………… 3.1 miles N. of Mabel on Hwy. 43 ; 2.2 miles W. on Co. Rd. 24 North Prairie Lutheran ……………………………………… Sundays - 10 : 30am 35957 Highway 30, Lanesboro, MN 55949 (507) 875-2460 Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church ……………… Sundays - 8 : 00am & 10 : 30am 805 S Broadway St, Spring Valley, MN 55975 (507) 346-7251 Pilot Mound Lutheran Church ……………………………… Sundays - 9 : 00am 8 miles N. of Lanesboro on 250 then 4 miles W. on Hwy 30 (507) 875-2460 Pioneer Presby terian Church ………………………………… Sundays - 8 : 30am 206 Fillmore St NE, Chatf ield, MN 55923 (507) 867- 4037 Preston United Methodist Church …………………………… Sundays - 8 : 30am 212 Saint Anthony St N, Preston, MN 55965 (507) 765-2503 R iver Of Life Regional Church …………………………………………………… 220 N Money Creek St, Rushford, MN 55971 (507) 864-2853 Root Prairie Lutheran Church ……………………………… Sundays - 10 : 30am County Rd 11, Fountain, MN 55939 (507) 268- 4455 Root R iver Church of the Brethren ………………………… Sundays - 10 : 00am 23553 County Rd 20, Preston, MN 55965 (507) 765- 4772 Root R iver Community Church ……………………………… Sundays - 10 : 30am 503 Nannestad Lane, Rushford, MN 55971 (507) 864-7074 Rushford Lutheran Church …………………… Sat. - 5 : 30pm & Sun. - 9 : 00am 101 S Mill St, Rushford, MN 55971 (507) 864-7152 Satersdahl Lutheran Church ………………………………… Sundays - 9 : 00am 21447 Co. Rd. 30, Rural Harmony, MN Scheie Lutheran Church ……………………………………… Sundays - 9 : 30am PO Box 88, Mabel, MN 55954 (507) 493-5680 St Columban Church …………………………………………… Sundays - 9 : 30am 408 Preston St N W # 2, Preston, MN 55965 (507) 765-3886 St Ignatius Catholic Church ………………………………… Sundays - 10 : 30am 213 W Franklin St, Spring Valley, MN 55975 (507) 346-7565 St John’s Lutheran Church …………………………………… Sundays - 9 : 00am 241 Line St S, Wykof f, MN 55990 (507) 352-2296 St John’s Lutheran Church …………………………………… Sundays - 10 : 00am 31497 Highway 43, Rushford, MN 55971 (507) 864-2585 St Joseph’s Catholic Church ………………………………… Sundays - 10 : 00am 103 N Mill St, Rushford, MN 55971 (507) 864-2257 St Mark ’s Lutheran Church ………………………………… Sundays - 9 : 00am 104 E North St, Rushford, MN 55971 (507) 864-7111 St Marys Catholic Church ………………… Sat. - 5 : 00pm & Sun. - 11: 00am 405 Twiford St SW, Chatf ield, MN 55923 (507) 867-3148 St Matthews Episcopal Church ……………………………… Sundays - 9 : 30am 100 Fillmore St SE, Chatf ield, MN 55923-1219 (507) 867-3707 St Matthew’s Lutheran Church ……………………………… Sundays - 9 : 00am Harmony, MN 55939 (Granger) (507) 772- 4474 St Olaf Catholic Church … Sun. (1st & 2nd) - 10 :30am & (3rd & 4th) - 8 : 45am 114 N Locust, Mabel, MN 55954 (507) 493-5268 St Patrick ’s Church Hall ……………………………………… Sundays - 8 : 00am Lanesboro, MN 55949 (507) 467-2480 St Paul Lutheran Church ………………… Sun. - 10 : 00am & Wed. - 7: 00pm 128 Fillmore St SE, Chatf ield, MN 55923 (507) 867- 4604 St Paul’s Lutheran Church ………………………………… Sundays - 10 : 30am Harmony, MN 55939 (Big Springs) (507) 886-8175 Sumner Center United Methodist Church ………………… Sundays - 10 : 30am 9 miles N. of Spring Valley on Co. Rd. 1 (507) 378- 4801 The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints ………… Sundays - 10 : 00am 21257 US Hwy 52 South Preston, MN 55965 (507) 765- 4551 Trinity Fellowship ELCA …………………………………… Sundays - 11: 00am 110 S Mill St, Rushford, MN 55971 (507) 864-7211 Trinity Lutheran Church ……………………………………… Sundays - 9 : 00am 204 South St, Ostrander, MN 55961 (507) 657-2203 Union Prairie Lutheran ……………………………………… Sundays - 9 : 00am Hwy 16, Lanesboro, MN 55949 (507) 467-3363 United Methodist Church …………………………………… Sundays - 10 : 30am 236 Gold St S, Wykof f, MN 55990 (507) 352- 4136 Valley Christian Center ……………………………………… Sundays - 10 : 00am 610 Territorial Rd Spring Valley, MN 55975 (507) 346-2101 W halan Lutheran Church …………………………………… Sundays - 10 : 30am Lanesboro, MN 55949 (Whalan) (507) 467-2398