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honorroll SHAKOPEE HIGH SCHOOL FIRST-SEMESTER HONOR ROLL “A” honor roll, grade 10 Thomas Armstrong, Reese Blaskowski, Bradley Born, Zachery Breeggemann, Luke Bruss, Zachary Carlson, Selena Chiev, Robert Chosa, Katherine Coffel, Cheldon Coughlen, Bryan Dasrath, Elizabeth Degefe, Nalini Dolaram, Logan Drill, Benjamin Evans, Michael Fongmanivong, Cale Geffre, Eva Graf, Alexander Haller, Carlson Hang, Henry Henk, Katherine Hill, Alyna Ho, Melanie Ho, Anthony Holm, Sydney Jacobson, Rachel Johnson, Samantha Kamal, Jennifer Keohen, Jennifer Kim, Nicole Kittock, Oudom Kour, Kelci Kratzke, Nathan Kreuser, Sebastian Ky, Linh Le, Kaylee Lemke, Praph Limtermsub, Kelsey Lucas, Bailey Luce, Austin MacRae, Aaron Marohl, Giovanna Massard, Sara McClay, Mickelle McDowell, Cali McGauley, Kristina Melnichuk, Alexander Messer, Sheldon Miks, Diana Nguyen, Bennett Olupo, Christopher Patterson, Cheavpove Pen, Jessica Prathoumthong, Alexa Ronayne, Joanna Sassine, Greta Schleif, Dominick Schleper, Sierra Schmelz, Kayla Schmidt, Deanna Sheshukova, Kayla Stark, Laura Stegeman, Jordan Storm, Jessica Svac, Matthew Svihel, Eric Theis, Danny Thouk, Vetorah Tiev, Mariah Timm, Anthony Underwood, Rotha Uy, Daniel Vaughan, Samantha Verbeke, Emily Webster, Tyler Weiss, Adam Wise “A” honor roll, grade 11 Karynn Adams, Haley Baas, Elizabeth Bade, Priyamvadha Balaji, Claire Benson, Connor Blair, Emily Bolz, Sean Bowerman, Lane Branwall, Paulina Carrasco, Patrick Casey, Christie Conrad, Ashanie Dolaram, Vandon Duong, Mary Fadeyev, Sarah Fahrenkamp, Amanda Geis, Bailey Haas, Brenton Hanish, Faris Hassan, Maria Hauger, Galen Helgemo, Tia Hible, Lauren Hillman, Katelyn Hoffert, Carlee Hoppe, Macy Illich, Kellie Janski, Ariel Johnson, Danielle Johnson, Inga Kammueller, Ivan Karpich, Daniel Kocher, Alexander Kubicek, Nicholas Larson, Beatrice Lawson, Khanh Le, Anna Lunak, Allison Lynch, Alexa Lyon, Krista McCullough, Miroslav Melnichuk,
Rishabh Mishra, Inna Monjoseph, Katelyn Nadeau, An Nguyen, Sara O’Brien, Jacob Oak, Aaron Pauleon, Nghia Pham, Himal Purani, Winona Rachel, Ashley Reveles, Seth Rueter, Lucas Ruhland, Angelika Ryazanova, Gerald Schibur, Alexandra Schmid, Hannah Seipert, Jordan Sheehan, Derek Sheeler, Tyler Simmons, Amber Sinnen, Samantha Stack, Joel Strehl, Cora Theis, Kelly Theis, Jillian Tran, Taylor Vaughan, ThuyLinh Vuong, Madeleine Wagner, Timothy Watts “A” honor roll, grade 12 Kristen Adams, Gretta Berens, Allison Berndt, Vonnick Boyogueno, Kaitlyn Breems, Katelyn Brown, Darian Buel, Andrew Clemens, Matthew Conrad, Rose Coughlen, Sarah Curren, Amber Daly, Himadri Das, Dereck Dasrath, Matthew Davis, Drew Dollerschell, Thang Du, Asha Elgonda, Cory Engdahl, Patrick Ernst, Taylor Fahey, Abigail Fern, Athennas Garcia, Collin Grove, Kayla Hennen, Ryan Herbel, Ana Hoffman, Victoria Iverson, Alex Jensen, Christina Johnson, Kjerstin Jovaag, Jane Keohen, Caitlin Killeen, Victoria Kotz, Samantha Krause, Anna Kubes, Alex Kubitz, Riley LaTour, Hanna Leadstrom, Alexandra Lebens, Cassandra Lindstrom, Toney Lusignan, Michaela Matzke, Eric McPeak, Aimee Menden, Nicholas Mendez, Gretchan Menze, Kari Monnens, Trevor Mulcrone, Justina Nguyen, Michael Nguyen, Samantha Nielsen, Samantha North, Jolyssa O’Fallon, Erica O’Loughlin, Jessica Pauly, Cheaveang Pen, Mario Pena, Preethy Philip, Emerald Pias-Petersen, Mitchell Pricer, Jeffrey Qiu, Hannah Ramthun, Sumanth Ravikumar, Kara Rognrud, Claire Sames, Galina Samoylenko, Mackenzie Schlueter, Matthew Schmid, Mariya Shveykina, Kristina Sidorov, Abigail Smith, Jessica Stroh, Tiffany Swanson, Janneta Tabakov, Inna Telkova, Breanna TenEyck, Sonny Thouk, Veniamin Usachev, Lauren VanLerberghe, Grace Vaughan, Brooke Vierling, Thang Vo, Jacob Ward, Jessica Willard, Michael Wold, Kristina Worm
“B” honor roll, grade 10 Mandoyu Adem, Mikhail Amelchenko, Ryan Ames, Adam Anderson, Haley Anderson, Hannah Anderson, Nicholas Anderson, Abbie Annen, Joycelyn Antwi, Mandy Arnevik, Lindsey Bailey, Samuel Bakke, Ariana Beireis, Stephanie Berndt, Addison Blair, Abigail Boateng, Ulrick Boyogueno, Kevin Brickey, Shelley Brimmer, Ashley Brown, Elizabeth Bruss, Eve Burdick, Carlos Chavez, Nathan Coleman, Danielle Collison, Emma Conrad, Ryan Davis, Andrew DiepNguyen, Alexander Dinh, Timothy Dinh, Hanna Donnelly, Devya Esreepersaud, Zachary Etrheim, Abigail Fernholz, Janice Finley, Kayla Fleming, Evan Florez, Ryan Geiser, Michaela Gilson, Brooke Gleason, Hannah Glynn, Erick Gonzalez, Emily Gorton, Alisa Greenhalgh, Blanca Guzman, Brandon Hafermann, Megan Haller, Emily Harder, Zoe Harvey, Austin Hassebroek, Joseph Hechsel, Matthew Heil, Madison Heutmaker, Emily Horsmann, Sophia Houser, Anna Hughes, Viktoriya Ivanova, Justin Jacobson, Ayushi Jain, Emily James, Cassandra Johnson, Alexandra Jones, James Joyce, Samantha Kern, Haley Kessler, Molly Killeen, Allie King, Erica Kloth, Matthew Knute, Ryan Kockelman, Donovan Kouanchao, Courtney Krentz, Joseph Kubes, Ryan Kupietz, Ashly Larson, Lily Lat, Angelika Lelyukh, Jason Lin, Andrew Lyon, Nicholas Mabee, Elizabeth MacDonald, Jake Maiers, Elizabeth Mascorro, Kevin Math, Daniel Mathison, Isaac Matzke, Benjamin McBeain, Sreymom Men, Sean Merrifield, Rachel Miller, Melody Minea, Benjamin Montean, Katherine Mulcrone, Brianna Munzke, Chouly Nakhonesack, Nicholas Nelson, Justin Nguyen, Matthew Nguyen, Peter Nhep, Justin Nicholas, Parker Noess, Meredith Northway, Corinne Nugent, Veronica Nutt, Zachary Odenthal, Kaleb Olsen, Kaitlin Ostrowski, Kattaleen Ouisy, Allison Palya, Alec Pauly, Zachary Peters, Jake Petersen, Alexa Ploumen, Jeremy Pooran, William Prochaska, Natalya Rabets, Alayna Rick, Sarah Riederer, Juan Rodriguez, Kiley Rondeau, Madison Rudolph, Alaina Ruff,
Vannessa Saccoman, Gudren Schoenle, Adam Schuhmacher, Reilly Scully, Madalyn Sharp, Marcus Sheeler, Violetta Shirokova, Jennifer Siv, Breanna Stack, Jordan Stavedahl, Nicholas Steffens, Dana Stewart, Sean Surbaugh, Jennifer Tanner, Pheven Tesema, Gabriel Thompson, Andrew Timmerman, Jacob Titus, Cullen Tolkinen, Wyatt Tolkinen, David Torres, Amanda Tran, Quang Tran, Marcos Villalobos, Brian Wagner, Alexandria Walker, Alyson Walker, Dylan Walker, Kyle Walker, Hannah Ward, Rachel Wessel, Austin Wick, Stephan Yablochkin, Mohamed Yussuf, Laura Zeiher “B” honor roll, grade 11 Kaitlin Adams, Katie Adams, Emmanuel Agyeman, Lucinda Akomeah, Amberlee Aljoe, Alexander Anderson, Griffen Anderson, Lindsey Anderson, Mitchell Anderson, Travis Anderson, Naiom Appiah, Devon Awe Saver, Sara Bahnsen, Nathan Bauer, Kelly Bird, Joshua Botten, Ashley Boys, Kaitlyn Brandon, John Burlager, Ethan Callies, Brentan Carkhuff, Antonio CarmonaElias, Chandararatanak Chak, Robert Chance, Russell Chermak, Sara Chmielewski, Kimberly Chu, Joleen Donovan, Sarah Doroff, Bruce Douglas, Monica Drees, Lillian Duran Solano, Austin Erjavec, Emelia Fabel, Grace Flugaur, Ryan Foster, Alyssa Fox, Haley Frid, Miguel Gallegos Rivera, Mariah Gamble, Yosselin Garcia Lopez, Tara Garten, Michelle Gaynor, Jordan Goetze, Jazmine Gonzalez, Spenser Grimm, Steven Hampshire, Timothy Harnung, Summer Harris, Jenna Hatch, Timothy Henderson, Tanner Hennen, Alan Hergott, Lauren Hespenheide, Margaret Holcombe, Natalie James, Isamar Jimenez Morales, Alexi Johnson, Allison Johnson, Lauren Johnson, Nhi Kieu, Matthew Klehr, Mara Klipfel, Allison Koch, Etima Kollie, Jordyn Krengel, Taylor Lassi, Haley Laurent, Jenna Lee, Caroline Lembke, Joelle Lindstrom, Nadia Luong Van, Tina Mai, Sarah Marschall, Madison Marti, Elizabeth Martinez, Mikayla Maxwell, Simret Mekonen, Katie Menden, Amy Menke, Ja-
cob Missel, Seth Missel, Kyra Moak, Alexandra Murphy, Jacob Murphy, Elizabeth Nelson, Tyler Nelson, Thuong Nguyen, Ashley Nicholas, Ryan Nickell, Michael Nielsen, Kathryn Nord, Daro Nou, Courtney O’Connor, Chaydon O’Fallon, Michelle Oas, Jonathan Orosz, Amanda Pao, Joseph Parsons, Hieu Pham, Kevin Pham, Nhan Phan, Sulin Phat, Kyra Plekkenpol, Sydney Porter, Natalie Prak, Sophia Ramthun, Marisa Ranney, Zachary Rau, Brianna Remme, Caleb Richards, Lucas Rubash, Summer Rust, Bailey Ryals, Curtis Sager, Monineath Sar, Drew Schmit, Eric Schoenfelder, Megan Schoephoerster, Hannah Sernett, Makayla Skjefte, Mitchell Sotelo, Vilayvone Soukhoummalay, Zachary Sovell, Joseph Spangberg, Stephanie Steinke, Rika Strahl, Kelsey Strand, Vuthy Suon, Chea Suos, Ryan Temple, Emily Theis, Zoe Theis, Tristin Thorsen, Lindsey Toth, Svetlana Usacheva, Ana Valderrama-Ramos, Kali Valiant, Kalee Vang, Raquel Vieira, Jessica Voegele, Brett Vogel, Sobrina West, Henok Yared “B” honor roll, grade 12 Lena Abu-Saleh, Nikkole Adams, Brenda Alonso, Jacob Ames, Ashley Andersen, Corey Anderson, Lori Anhalt, Leanne Archerd, Colton Augustin, Christine Bangar, Tiffany Baudoin, Danielle Benusa, Zachary Bertsch , Alyssa Bleess, Evelyn Boateng, Scott Bode, Rachel Boegeman, Abigail Bohn, Brittany Bonsante, Richard Breeggemann, Kimberlyn Breems, Kristopher Brown, Vincent Brown, Shanice Buckhalton, Ngan Bui, Amanda Cameron, Amanda Carleton, Ashley Carlson, Stephen Castleman, Araceli Chavez, Rosanda Chit, Colton Clarke, Consuelo Contreras, Ashley Cornelius, Rodjerick Courtney, Kyrie Deutschman, Monica Dixon, Nicholas Driscoll, Abigail Drown, Amy Dugan, Katelyn Dussik, Amanda Edberg, Meghan Ellingboe, Brooke Entingh, Emily Erdmann, Adam Estabrooks, Justin Evans, Joshua Fergel, Tyler Fergel, Alexandra Fernholz, Melissa Feyereisen, Devin Fink, Ryan Fitzgibbons, Cassandra
Fleming, Michael Freeman, Clem Gestach, Alexis Gmyrek, Kiara Gomez, Luke Gowdy, Peter Greenhalgh, Ahira Gutierrez, Adam Haglund, Samuel Hall, Eric Hammerschmidt, Emily Hartman, Lindsie Heitzman, Zachary Hoffman, Angelica Houser, Matthew Hullander, Brennan Isle, Kaylene Jacob, Alec Jangula, Matthew Jasper, Jacqueline Johanson, Dustin Johnson, Milinis Johnson, Taylor Johnson, Katelyn Johnston, Isaac Kangas, Paige Kessler, Rebecca Kickert, Marissa Klein, Austin Klinesteker, Michael Knute, Vladimir Kovalchuk, Kara Kranz, Maria Krebs, Cherese Kroll, Matthew Krouse, Elsie Lang, Christina Larson, Michael Le, Joshua Lemke, Joshua Leonard, Lina Libra, Andrew Long, Morgan Long, Nicholas Loughrey, Melisa Lu, Melissa Ludzack, Cody Malone, Katherine Mayberry, Sarah McAllister, Jordan McGowan, Megan McPeak, Jason Menden, Kevin Menke, Kyle Meyer, Ashley Miller, Steven Minea, Emilee Molsather, Blake Mullen, Mason Myers, Jenny Ngim, Megin Nguyen, Quincy O’Brien, Allison O’Shaughnessy, Ross Ostermann, Gabriella Paramo Haugland, Jasmine Paron, Nicklaus Patterson, Carly Paulson, Jennifer Pena, Annie Penning, Kevin Pham, Anh Phan, Sylvester Phandanouvong, Ashley Pieper, Jeffrey Plekkenpol, Kaylie Prochaska, Jessica Ramirez, Blake Remer, Julie Riegert, Kevin Rillo-Moreno, David Rock, Adam Romportl, Samantha Root, Jocelyn Rudd, Bradley Rude, Dylan Ruff, Yuliya Samoylenko, Kayla Schmelz, Ashley Schuette, Jessica Shrader, James Smith, Taylor Sorenson, Timothy Sovell, Chanakan Srigrapha, Tyler Steffel, Alexandra Stewart, Lauren Sybrant, Hannah Tammen, Tuan Tang, Anthony Taylor, Owen Theis, Nickcole Thomas, Tyler Thompson, Jacob Tormoen, Fernando Torres, Huy Tram, Alissa Trudel, Vanessa Unseth, Amber Usselman, Londyn Valentin, David Vierling, Trung Vu, Sydney Walsh, Kristina Wangerin, Lauren Weber, Krista Wermerskirchen, Seth Wermerskirchen, Zak Werner, Abby Wichman, Eileena Xayavong, Lena Yong, Cara Zastrow, Brittany Zimmermann
LIVESREMEMBERED Linda Gansen
Elrene LaTour
Agnes M. DeVille
Linda Gansen, born Oct. 1, 1952 in New Prague, passed away Tuesday, Feb, 7, 2012 in Shakopee. She is survived by daughter, Margaret Spanbauer; brothers, David (Loretta), Ronnie (Robin), Randy (Mona), Allen (Sunok); sisters, Connie, Robbie (George), Julie; many nieces and nephews. Linda was proceeded in death by father, Leonard; mother, Elizabeth; brothers, Gary and Roger. A private service was held Sunday Feb. 12.
Elrene “Dick” LaTour, 83, of Belle Plaine, died Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012, at the Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis. Born in Shakopee, April 2, 1928, Dick was the son of Nicholas and Hildegaarde (Unze). He was raised on the family farm in Glendale Township (rural Shakopee) where he also attended school. After his discharge from the Army, he married Leonette “Lee” Molkenbur on July 6, 1955 at St. Michaels Catholic Church in Prior Lake. For a time he farmed in the St. Patrick area and also worked construction. He moved to Henderson in 1976, where he farmed and then to Belle Plaine in 1986. At that time he did maintenance work at Canterbury Downs in Shakopee. He loved fishing, camping, playing cards and spending time with his grandchildren. Mr. LaTour is survived by his children, Debby (Richard) Olson of New Market, Margie (Leon) Borgardt of Belle Plaine, Shelly Boeckman and special friend, Don Hobbs of Wisconsin, Allen (Diane) LaTour of Belle Plaine, Karen (Steve) Niesche of Cologne, Kevin (Julie) LaTour of Le Seuer; brother, Eugene (Jackie) LaTour of Prior Lake; sister, Mary Lou (Jim) Kroyer of New Prague; many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; brother,Jerome LaTour; sister, Lorraine Latzke. A funeral Mass was held Tuesday, Feb. 14 at 11 a.m. from the Wagner Funeral Home of Belle Plaine with Father Sam officiating. Pallbearers were the grandchildren. A private family burial will be held at the Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery in Belle Plaine. Wagner Funeral Home, 952-873-3424.
Agnes DeVille, 100, of Shakopee, died Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012 at St. Gertrude’s Health Care Center in Shakopee. Agnes was born in Shakopee, July 6, 1911 to John and Mary Ann (Geis) Grommesch. She married Andrew DeVille Aug. 22, 1953, in Shakopee. Agnes worked as a housekeeper/cleaner for several families in Shakopee. She was a member of both the Council of Catholic Women at St. Mark’s Catholic Church in Shakopee, and St. Bridget’s Society of Marystown. Agnes enjoyed playing cards, embroidery, and she was a sketch artist. Preceding Agnes in death were her husband, Andrew; brothers, Jack, Fritz, Joe, and Ray Grommesch; sisters, Ann Theis, Marge Theis, and Toots Breeggemann. Survived by nieces and nephews. Visitation was Tuesday, Feb. 14, from 10-11 a.m., followed by Mass of Christian Burial at 11 a.m., all at St. Mark’s Catholic Church, Shakopee. The Rev. Thomas Boedy, S.J. officiated. Pallbearers were Roger Theis, Marvin Theis, Lawrence Schmitt, Rick Breeggemann, Duff Heitzman, and Andrew Poppler. Interment at Catholic Cemetery. Funeral arrangements through McNearney Funeral Home in Shakopee, 952-445-2755. www.mcnearneyfuneralhome.com
Agnes (Eickner) VonderHeide Agnes VonderHeide, 91, of Waseca, MN, formerly of Minneapolis and Shakopee, passed away peacefully Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012, at Lakeshore Inn in Waseca. She was born Sept. 22, 1920 in Tomah, WI to Paul and Anne Eickner. On April 3, 1937, Agnes married Raymond Vonder Heide and together they built a home in Minneapolis, where they welcomed two children, Raymond and Sandra. In 1985 Agnes moved to Shakopee, after the death of her husband. For 15 years she regularly volunteered at St. Francis Hospital in the Med/Surge unit, and belonged to the Shakopee Senior Citizens Club. Agnes also enjoyed spending time with her family - especially her great-grandsons, reading, completing cross-word puzzles and doing embroidery and crocheting. Agnes is survived by her son, Raymond D. (Margaret) of Budd Lake, NJ; daughter, Sandra Schultz of Shakopee; grandchildren, Raymond D. (Nicole) VonderHeide of Morristown, NJ; Jody (Andrew) Buckmeier of New Richland, MN, Kimberly (Christopher) Voxland of Shakopee; great-grandsons, Alex Buckmeier, Michael and Jacob Voxland; niece, Louise (Joe) Vincent; nephew, James (Shelly) Eisenzimmer. Agnes was preceded in death by her husband, Raymond; parents, Paul and Anne Eickner; siblings, Harold Kingsley, Elsie Eisenzimmer, Eva Anderson; son-In-Law, Kenneth Schultz. Reviewal was Tuesday, Feb. 14, from 4-7 p.m., with a service following at McNearney Funeral Home in Shakopee, officiated by the Rev. Les Galland. Burial was at Fort Snelling National Cemetery on Wednesday. Funeral arrangements through McNearney Funeral Home in Shakopee, 952-445-2755. www.mcnearneyfuneralhome.com
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Teresa Fritz Teresa Fritz, 83, of Chaska, died Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012 at St. Francis Regional Medical Center, Shakopee. Mass of Christian Burial will be held Thursday, Feb. 16, 10:30 a.m. at Guardian Angels Catholic Church, 218 W. Second St., Chaska, with Father Al Backmann celebrating. Casketbearers will be Brian Fritz, Daniel Makepeace, Michael Fritz, Matthew Fritz, Brandon Fritz, and Bob Simons. Burial will be at Sacred Heart Cemetery, Belle Plaine. Teresa was born July 5, 1928 in Belle Plaine, to James and Mary (Weldon) Bailey, one of 11 children. She was also baptized, confirmed and attended high school in Belle Plaine. On Sept. 17, 1950 she married Robert Fritz in Sibley County, MN. They had four children. Teresa worked at a factory in Belle Plaine, and also was employed at F.S.I. in Jonathan for over 10 years. She was a member of Guardian Angels Catholic Church, and was a resident of Chaska at Waybury Apartments for 20 years. Teresa was preceded in death by her former husband, Robert; parents, James and Mary Bailey; brother, Dennis Bailey; sisters, Isabel Farrell, Kathryn Bigaouette, Irene Madden, and Rosemary Berger. Survivors include her children, Robert (Sandra), Donald (Roxanne), Daniel (Roxane), Cheryl (fiancé, Brent Johnson) Fritz; grandchildren, Brian, Joselin, Casey, Dana, Michael, Ashley, Becky, Matthew, and Brandon; nine great-grandchildren; sisters, Helen Meyer, Betty Hammers, Shirley Aretz, Josephine Battcher, and Mary Fahey. Funeral arrangements were with the Bertas Funeral Home of Chaska, 952-448-2137.