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“The Good Old Days” -By Tom Kuehne
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We forget some of the insignificant mistake offlying too low. Dad’s back and items that were thegroceries areloadedinthepickupbox. very common Smells fresh and pleasant outside –Glad in the past. thatjob is done. Now forthedustyrideon Sometimes these the dirt road going home. little things were Most of the kids, especially the boys partofourlifenot had lower legs that showed various scabs so long ago. and black marks. These were primarily It’s July. We caused by our legs coming in contact have to go to with steps, sticks, farm machinery and town to drop off the foot peddles on our bicycles. Most of the eggs at the them could have been avoided if we had Produce, pick up slowed down just a little bit, giving us a 100 pounds of moment to think before we acted. This soybean meal, injury, however, caused our memory to a salt block, some mower sections and make us remember previous pain and how groceries. Since the trips to town were to avoid it in the future. Small parts of well planned to use the least amount of growing up must be experienced in order time, dad had to go to the Produce and the to be appreciated. Implement and mom went to the grocery The most common toy that a boy had store. Since you as a young fellow could was a cap pistol. It sometimes was too help withthe grocery carrying,youhadto time consuming to try to get the caps to go with mom. She needed help, because explode,soaverbalbangwouldworkjust today she needed canning salt, sugar as well. We couldshootthose “badguys”, and flour. You notice a smell as soon as who were just our neighbor kids, take the you get in the store. It’s not a bad smell, guns to school, even to grandma’s house, it is just a different musty smell. As you but nobody was injured except when the followmomdownthefirstisle,younotice hammer came down to strike a cap and thesmellofbakedgoods,butasyougetto hit the skin between your thumb and the endofthe firstisle you getto the meat forefingerinstead.Themorepowerfulcap counter and a very noticeable pleasant gunswouldcauseabloodblistertoappear smell of smoked meat. Coming up the from this injury. When we grew older, we next isle, there is a really strong coffee discovered that if you found two bolts of smell coming from the coffee grinder. equalsizeandthreadandaburrthatwould You casually look up and see the ceiling fit both bolts, you could create a weapon. about 16 feet up, made of shaped metal We would just start to thread the burr on tiles painted white, with black lighting one bolt, put a couple of caps inside the fixtures hanging down. There were lots burr, put the other bolt on the other side of small black spots on the ceiling and of the burr, turn tight and drop it upright light bulbs and lots of flies either resting on cement, there would be asizable bang. or circling around. When we came to the Once in a while the explosion would check-out counter there were fly strips occur while tightening the bolts, causing
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Alexander Gustave Hoffman
Isaac and Sara Hoffman of Grey Eagle are proud to announcethebirthoftheirson,AlexanderGustaveHoffman, born August 24, 2020 at 5:53 p.m. at CentraCare Health - Sauk Centre.
Grandparents are Gustave and Delores Hoffman of Grey Eagle,andDan andKimEngle ofLong Prairie. Greatgrandparents are Mike and Janis SchoeneckofAlexandria.
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Fern B. “Fernie” Ahrens
Fern B. “Fernie” Ahrens, age 89 of Sauk Centre, died peacefully on Sunday, September6,2020 at the CentraCare Nursing Home in Sauk Centre, Minnesota. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, September 11 at St. Paul’s Catholic Church in Sauk Centre with Rev. Greg Paffel officiating. Interment will be in the parish cemetery.
Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. ThursdayatthePatton-SchadFuneralHome in Sauk Centre. There will be no public visitation prior to the Mass.
Fern Bernice Engel was born April 11, 1931 inTolna,NorthDakotatoWilliamand Ogla(Skoglie) Engel.FerniemovedtoSauk Centre from North Dakota when she was eight years old and went to school through the 10th grade. She worked on the farm with her brothers and sisters so her father could work in the stockyard. On April 22, 1949 she was united in marriage to John Ahrens at St. Paul’s Catholic Church in Sauk Centre. Fernie had five children who she raised while working at the Palmer House and Fingerhutwhere she was afloorsupervisor.
ShewasamemberofSt.Paul’sCatholic Church in Sauk Centre and the Little Sauk American LegionAuxiliary. Fernie enjoyed baking,cooking,gardening,andalways had lots offlowers andplants. She also enjoyed having coffee with her friends at Riverview Manor.
Survivors include herchildren, Bernice (Gordie) Lancastor of Bemidji, Dorothy (Kent)MillerofAnnandale,LorraineAhrens ofAndover, John (Val) Ahrens of Bemidji, and Duane (Teri) Ahrens of Colorado Springs, Colorado; 11 grandchildren, 29 great-grandchildren, and five great-greatgrandchildren; and sister, Millie Blank of Sauk Centre.
Fernie was preceded in death by her husband, John Ahrens; parents; brothers and sisters, William Engel, Fred Engel, Martha Lindbeck, Sydney Engel, Archie Engel, Richard Engel, Florence Warner, Lucille Renkin,andVirgil Engel.
Memorials are preferred.
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Raphael J. Ritter
Raphael J. Ritter, 78, of Long Prairie, passed away Friday, September 4, 2020 at the Long Prairie Nursing Home. There will be a private celebration of his life at a later date. A r r a n g e m e n t s have been entrusted to Williams Dingmann –Stein Chapel in Long Prairie.
Ralph was born June 11, 1942 to Raphael A. and Valarie (Peschel) Ritter in Browerville, MN. Growing up his family moved to Foley where he attended school. Ralph was a jack of all trades. He farmed nearLong Prairie forover30 years. He was a butcher and drove truck. He was involved in nearly all areas ofproduction atJennie-O atonetimeoranother. Hewas always ready to cut wood for anyone who asked. Ralph loved to fish, winter, summer and anything in-between. He was always one of the first bylayingboardsonthinice.Heenjoyeddeer season, not because of a love for venison, rather he cherished the opportunity to hunt with his kids, step-kids and grandkids. Ralph was proudofall the beautiful flowers thathegrew.Healwaysenjoyedvisitingand playing cards with friends and neighbors.
Ralphissurvivedbythreesons,Raphael L. “Butch” Ritter of Plankinton, SD, John (Maddy) of Zimmerman, and Jeffrey (Kimberly) of Long Prairie; one daughter, Michelle BorchertofSwanville; three stepsons Charlie (Deb) Reigel of Glenwood, Greg(Sue)ReigelofNewMunichandDave (Michelle)ReigelofMound; oneson-in-law Kenny Borchert of Eagle Bend; one sister, Roxanne (Gary) Wessel of Jordan and one Brother,Richard(Jackie) ofSeattle,WA; 24 grandchildren and 35 greatgrandchildren.
He is preceded in death by his parents, his brotherRodney and his son Neil Ritter.
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Arlene H. Wensman
Arlene H. Wensman, age 78 of Belgrade, died peacefully on Monday, September 7, 2020 at the St. Cloud Hospital in St. Cloud,Minnesota. A private family service will be held. Interment will be in Sacred Heart Cemetery in Freeport. Arlene Helen Wensman was born October 27, 1941 in Freeport, Minnesota to Anton “Tony” and Rose (Bueckers) Wensman. The family movedto Belgrade in1942. In1946,Arlene contracted polio, prior to the introduction of the polio vaccine. Consequently, she spent a lot of time off and on in Gillette Children’s Hospitalstartingin1946fornine months. The shortest time was six weeks andthelongestperiodwas fourteenmonths. Even thoughArlene missed a lot ofschool, she was fortunate to be able to graduate with honors with her class from Belgrade High School in 1959. She then attended St. Francis School of Medical Record Technology in Breckenridge, Minnesota, graduating in 1960.
Arlene worked at North Memorial Medical Center for two and a half years before working in an OB-GYN office for 27 years as officemanager.Whenthatoffice closed,sheworkedassecretarytooneofthe physicians at Twin Cities Orthopedics and later she worked for the same office, out of her home, as their medical transcriptionist for 18 years.
Due to post-polio syndrome with continuing weakness, Arlene entered the Belgrade Nursing Home where she was the president of the Resident Council for four years. She moved to Pine Villa Care Center in Melrose where she was also president of the ResidentCouncil forone year.
Arlene enjoyed sewing, embroidery, knitting, playing cards, BINGO, reading, cooking and baking, going to Las Vegas with her sisters and mother, gardening, and visiting with family and friends.
Survivors include her brothers, Robert (Shirley) Wensman of Sauk Centre and Linus (Mary Lou) Wensman of Crystal; sisters,Carol (David) MottofOnamia,Lois (Michael) DesParte of Blairsville, Georgia, and Cynthia Cohen of Buffalo; and sistersin-law, Mary Ann Wensman of Greenwald and PatWensman ofPaynesville.
Arlene was preceded in death by her parents; brothers, Melvin, Denis, and Ado Wensman; sister-in-law, Marcey Wensman; and brother-in-law,VictorCohen.
Memorials to the Gillette Children’s Hospital and Camp Courage.
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Harriet Walburn
Harriet Walburn, 96, of Grey Eagle, passed away on September3,2020. Funeral services for Harriet were held on September 8, 2020 at the St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Grey Eagle. Burial was held at Lakeview Cemetery, Grey Eagle.
Harriet was born March 6, 1924, in GreyEagle,toJohn&Erma(Fuller)Karnes. She attended school through the 8th grade after which she stayed on the farm to help raise hersiblings. HarrietmetJohn through hercousin aroundThanksgiving; the couple married on her parent’s farm just a couple months later in Grey Eagle on January 19, 1943. Together they raised their family on thefarminGreyEagle.Harrietmovedtothe Mother of Mercy Senior Living in Albany in 2016. She was a member of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Grey Eagle where she taughtreligion formany years.
Harriet enjoyed raising her children on thefarm. Shelovedthefarm,raisingcalves, cooking, and baking, especially pies, cakes, and bread. Harriet is best known for her chocolate chip cookies.
Harriet is preceded in death by her parents; husband John “Jack”, son James, siblings: Clayton, Lawrence, infant brother John,Calvin,Ivan,and Jeanette.
She is survived by her children: Joan (Donavon) Payne of Burtrum, Brenda (Lowell) Lunceford of Rockville, John (Cathy) Walburn of Browerville, Barbara (Alan) Stang of St. Augusta; 18 grandchildren, 31 great-grandchildren, 3 great-great-grandchildrenandsiblings: Ella Mae (Al) Bartz ofWaite Park, Hoyt(Joyce) Karnes of Burtrum and Everette “James” (Darlene) Karnes ofSt. Joseph.
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Denise M. Janshen
Denise M. Janshen, age 52 of Grey Eagle, died unexpectedly on Friday, September 4, 2020 at the Saukinac C a m p g r o u n d near Sauk Centre, Minnesota. A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. on Thursday, September 10 at the Patton-Schad Funeral Home in Melrose.
Visitation will be from 12 to 1 p.m. Thursday atthe funeral home.
Denise Michelle Machioch was born November 2, 1967 in St. Paul, Minnesota to Dennis and Sandra (Olson) Machioch. She graduated from Jefferson High School inAlexandria,Minnesota. She was unitedin marriage to Jason Janshen on September 4, 1993 at the Long Prairie United Methodist Church in Long Prairie, Minnesota. Denise enjoyed camping, taking trips to Texas, snowmobiling, hunting, and loved spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren.
Survivors include her husband of 27 years, Jason Janshen of Grey Eagle; daughters, Tonya Nelson of Carlos and Ashley (Travis) Rasmusson of Osakis; grandchildren,Torie and Maizie Nelson and Lexus Miller; stepfather, Al Hildenbrand; brothers and sisters, Deb Breskamp, Kim Hildenbrand, Bob Milbrandt, Lisa (Todd) Harwell,and Dennis (Polly) Hildenbrand.
Denise was preceded in death by her parents; and granddaughter,SerenaMiller.
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Mark Dreher
Mark Dreher, Grey Eagle.
61, of Long Prairie, passed away September 1, 2020. Funeral service was held Friday, September 4 at St. Mary of Mt. Carmel Catholic Church in Long Prairie. Burial was in St. Mary of Mt. Carmel Catholic Cemetery. Mark was born February 23, 1959, in Browerville to Willard & Elsie (Opelia) Dreher. He attended Long Prairie High School. After high school, Mark took a job at the Long Prairie Packing Plant. In May 1979, Mark was in a diving accident leaving him a quadriplegic. He worked at Canterbury Downs for several years after his accident until his health no longer permitted it.
Mark enjoyed riding trails in his chair, watching sports, especially football and making his yearly trips back home during deer hunting to spend time with the family. Mark lived independently until his death with the help of personal care attendants. He handled his injury with dignity and grace; always staying positive and never complaining.
Mark is preceded in death by his dad Willard “Bud” and brothers: Alan and John.
Those left to cherish the memories of Mark are his mother Elsie Dreher of Long Prairie; siblings: Gail (Wayne) Carstensen ofBrowerville,GaryDreherofLongPrairie, Dean Dreher of Long Prairie, Neal (Gina) Dreher ofBrowerville and many nieces and nephews.
Carol J. Kuhlmann
Carol J. Kuhlmann, age 73 of Grey Eagle, passed away surrounded by family on W e d n e s d a y , September 2, 2020 at her daughter’s home near Swanville, Minnesota. A Memorial Service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, September 19 at the Patton-Schad Funeral Home in Melrose.
Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Please bring your own protective medical mask and practice social distancing.
Survivors include her children, Kim Becker of Long Prairie, William Jr. of Grey Eagle, Melissa (Wade) Johnson of Swanville,BrentofWard Springs,and Matt of Ward Springs; 13 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren; siblings, Terry (Patty) Partch of St. Cloud, Roseann Hoppe of Albany, Ed (Sue) Partch ofLittle Falls; and sister-in-law,Karen Partch ofSt. Stephen.
Carol is preceded in death by her husband, Bill Kuhlmann; parents; son-inlaw,Dale Becker; sister,BrendaKuhlmann; and brother, Mike Partch.
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Arvin Wardien
Arvin (Arv) Wardien, 67, of Long Prairie, passed away peacefully at his home surrounded by his family on September 6, 2020. Visitation & service will be held at Diamond Point, Sauk Centre on Saturday, September 12. Visitation will be from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. with the service being at12 p.m.
Arv was born July 19, 1953, in Bertha to Earl and Florance (Paulson) Wardien. He married Nancy Sharp on June 10, 1972. Arv married Cynthia Kangas on October 19, 1984. Arv and Cindy made their home in Long Prairie where he owned and operated Creative Concepts for 26 years. Arv drove schoolbusfor30years; becomingafavorite bus driver to many kids over the years. He also worked at Lindsay Eco Water for 21 years and was honored with many awards during his sales career.
Arv was a kind, giving, goofy and adventurous soul. He loved to help anyone he could. There were simply no bad days around Arv as he made sure to keep the laughter and celebration going at all times. He built two beautiful homes and was a perfectionist with every detail. He loved camping, sponsoring and attending soft ball games, duck hunting, watching the Minnesota Vikings, taking a vacation now and then and especially spending time with his grandkids. Christmas was a special time for Arv as he wanted to make sure the grandkids had presents to open that they wouldlove. Hewas akidatheartandloved life. Arv touched many during his lifetime and his memory will live on in our hearts forever.
Arv is preceded in death by his parents, Earl Wardien and Alan and Florance Voge, granddaughter MayaAyala; step-sister Lori Perkins, father-in-law Russell Kangas, brothers-in-law: Robert Kangas and Timothy Kangas.
He is survived by his wife Cindy of Long Prairie; children: Jackie (Trevor) Petrie ofAlexandria,Jason (Nikki) Wardien of Dilworth, Shelley Christopher of Sauk Rapids, Ashley Ayala of Long Prairie and The Mass of
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Constance “Connie” Young
Christian Burial celebrating the life of Constance “Connie” Young, age 83 of Waite Park, formerly of Avon,willbe10:30 AM, Saturday, September 12th at the Church of All Saints, St. Mary’s in Holdingford, burial will be in the Arban Cemetery atalater date.ConniediedattheSterlingParkHealth Care Center in Waite Park on Thursday, August 27, 2020. There will be a visitation one hour prior to the services at the church in Holdingford.
ConniewasbornonDecember29,1936 in Holding Township to Peter and Martha (Stiller) Jarnot. She married Raymond C “Ray” Young on September 9, 1957 at St. Hedwig’s Catholic Church, Holdingford. Connie was a homemaker for many years and thenworkedforIndex53 inSt. Stephenand retiredfromFingerhutinStCloud. Sheand RayfarmedhishomesteadnearHoldingford and lived there through retirement. In 2005, she entered the Sterling Park Health Care facility. Connie was known for her wonderful homemade caramel rolls, coffee cake that she would bake for family events and holidays, canning foods and herlove of music. She was a member of the Church of All Saints,St. Hedwig’s in Holdingford.
Connie is survived by her children, Bonnie (Jack) Wenker, Waite Park; Brenda (Gary) Korneck, St. Cloud; Becky (Kyle) Lawin,Holdingford;BarbaraYoung,Sartell; Beth (Andrew) Fabbrini, Somerset, WI; 6 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren. She is also survived by her brothers and sisters; Laverne Kobylinski, Holdingford; Darlene (David) Huls, St. Wendel; Patty Warlof, Minneapolis; Maxine (Bernard) Pogatshnik, St. Cloud; Doris (William) Johnson,MapleGrove;Robert(Rita)Jarnot, Holdingford; and Beverly (Debra) Jarnot, Severn,Maryland.
Connie was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Ray in 2010, her son Bryan Young in 2009; brother and sisters, Fidelas “Fid” Jarnot; Phyllis “Philly” Biffle and Beatrice “Beatty” Lange; sister-in-law, Lorraine Jarnot; brothers-in-law, Sylvester ”Sally” Kobylinski and FrankBiffle.
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August 31, 2020: At 11:18 21:18 responded to a theft of a dirt bike in section 19 of Round Prairie Township. A 2006 Honda CRF150F with red and white plastics and Monster stickers on the side was taken. Addito the whereabouts of the bike should be reported to theTodd County Sheriff’s Office.
September 4, 2020: At 10:18 responded to a call in section 22 of Long Prairie Township. A vehicle driving eastbound on County Road 12 rear ended a tractor pulling a hay rack. Minor damage was done to the hay rack resultofthe accident.
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Richard “Rick” Klaphake
Richard R. “Rick” Klaphake, age 65 of Melrose, died peacefully surrounded by his family after a short, but hard fought battle with Leukemia on Thursday, September 3, 2020 at his home on Big Birch Lake. A Mass of Christian Burial was held privately. Interment was in St. Mary’s Cemetery in Melrose.
Richard Raymond Klaphake was born July 4, 1955 in Melrose, Minnesota to Gilbert and Marcella “Sally” (Uphoff) Klaphake. He was a life-long turkey farmer, joining his dad in business in 1972, before graduating from Melrose High School in 1973. That summer, Rick married Debra “Deb” Meyer on July 6th, atSt.JohntheBaptistCatholicChurchinMeire Grove. Rick was part owner ofKlaphake Feed Mill,R<urkeys,andRailsideTurkeyFarm. He was proud to be partoftheAg Industry.
RickwasamemberofSt.Mary’sCatholic Church in Melrose, where he served on the Parish Council and the Church Building Committee. He was a member of the Melrose Fire Department for 20 plus years, during his time he served as the Fire Chief. Rick also served on the Board of Directors and President ofthe MinnesotaTurkey GrowersAssociation.
Rickenjoyedgolfing,hunting,vacationing with friends, watching the Vikings and Twins, and spending his time on Big Birch Lake. He lovedspendingtimewithhis family,especially his grandchildren.
Survivors include his wife,Deb Klaphake of Melrose; children, Autum (Frank) Helmin of Melrose, Pete (Brenda) Klaphake of Melrose, and Karen (Aaron) Rieland ofAvon; grandchildren, Jordan, Brady, and Adam Helmin,Abby,Wyatt,andIsaac Klaphake,and Grace, Audrey, and Charlie Rieland; sisters and brother, Diane (Mark) Frieler of Sauk Rapids, Laura (Mike) Meyer of Melrose, and Leon (Mary) Klaphake ofMelrose.
Rick was preceded in death by his parents, Gilbertand Sally Klaphake.
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According to the Sheriff’s Office, 41-year-old Kenneth Wielenberg ofUpsala, MNwasunloadingsilageoutofasilagebox trailer. At one point the auger got clogged with silage and Wielenberg attempted to clear it when his right arm got caught in the auger. Wielenberg was transported to Hennepin County Medical Center by Life Link III with extensive injuries to his rightarm.
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Avon Burglary: August 26, 2020: A caller reported that their garage door was open, things were moved around, and they were missing money. There was a vehicle in the driveway that had been gone through and $50.00 was missing from the purse that was leftinside. The suspectalso enteredthe garage and took a leaf blower and moved numerous items around. Some shirts that were hung up in the garage were moved to a bench and a cat fence was moved.
Avon Burglary: September 3, 2020: Callerreportedsomeonehadbeeninhisgarage overnight.The garage hadbeenlockedandthe suspect used a ladder to break a window. The items stolen were a .22 caliber handgun and a buck knife.
Avon Burglary: September 3, 2020: Another garage was entered, but nothing was taken. Suspect took some items and moved them around.Aclickercounter was removed from a bag and placed on the seat ofa vehicle. Apop canwasleftbehind,andthegarageremotewas
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