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Violet M. Lueth

FAIRMONT — Services for Violet May Lueth, 92, of Fairmont, Minn. will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, Feb. 3, at Zion Lutheran Church in Fraser Township. Burial will be following the service in Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to the time of service from 10 to 11 ...

Sandra L. Bruce

MAPLETON — Sandra Louise Bruce was born May 13, 1951, at Fort Riley, Kansas to Doris and Charles Brown. Sandy died Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025, at the Mapleton Community Home in Mapleton, Minn. She bravely battled complications from a stroke and congestive heart failure. On June 22, 1970, Sandy married the love of her life, John Bruce in Columbus, Ga. They’ve been married for 54 years and raised two children, John C. and Stephanie W. Sandy worked for Minnesota Electric Tech (MET) in Winnebago for 35 years, retiring in 2011 after her stroke. She is preceded in death by her parents, ...

Kara Closs

FAIRMONT — A Funeral Service for Kara Closs will be at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 4 at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Fairmont. Visitation at the Church will begin two hours prior to the service. Those who are unable to attend are invited to view it on the Church’s website.

Bernice L. Sandberg

FAIRMONT — Services for Bernice L. Sandberg, 93, of Fairmont, Minn., will be at 11 a.m. Monday, Feb. 3, at Grace Lutheran Church in Fairmont. Visitation will be one hour prior to the time of service from 10 to 11 a.m. Monday at Grace Lutheran Church. Burial will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday, ...

DiAnn Bloomquist

TRIMONT — A Celebration of Life Service for DiAnn Bloomquist, 85, of Trimont, Minn. will be 11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 31, at First Lutheran Church in Trimont with burial in First Lutheran Cemetery in rural Trimont, Minn. DiAnn was called to her eternal rest on Tuesday morning, Jan. 21, 2025, at Lakeview Methodist Health Care Center in Fairmont, Minn. Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m., Friday, Jan. 31, 2025, at First Lutheran Church in Trimont. Kramer Family Funeral Home of Welcome, Sherburn, and Trimont, Minn., is assisting the family with arrangements DiAnn Rettke was born on Jan. ...

Shirley M. Cochran

FAIRMONT — Shirley M. Cochran went to be with the Lord on Jan. 27, 2025, at the age of 96 in Fairmont, Minn. Shirley was born Aug. 1, 1928, to Donald and Lucille Erickson in Rockford, Illi. She was six years old when her grandmother Hilda Erickson took her to Sunday School at the Swedish ...