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Muriel Burkhart

BLUE EARTH — A memorial service for Muriel Burkhart, 70, of Blue Earth, Minn., will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 26, at St. Luke’s Care Center Chapel in Blue Earth. Burial will be at Ramsey Reformed Cemetery, rural Titonka, Iowa. Burkhart passed away Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022, at St. Luke’s Care Center in Blue Earth. Patton Funeral Home in Blue Earth is in charge of arrangements. Muriel Mae was born April 2, 1952, in Buffalo Center, Iowa, to Werner and Laura (Kline) Burkhart. Survivors include: her brothers, Vernon of Armstrong, Iowa, Verlus of Fairmont, Minn., Arvin of ...

Diane F. Faber

SHERBURN — A celebration of life service for Diane F. Faber, 79, of rural Sherburn, Minn., will be held 10:30 a.m. Monday, Nov. 28, at the Sherburn Assembly of God Church in Sherburn. Burial will be in Elm Creek Cemetery, rural Trimont, Minn. Faber died Thursday evening, Nov. 10, 2022, at Goldfinch Memory Care in Fairmont, Minn. Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 27, at the Sherburn Assembly of God Church in Sherburn, and one hour prior to the service Monday at the church in Sherburn. Kramer Family Funeral Home in Sherburn is in charge of arrangements.

Gordon T. Koehler

MINNEAPOLIS — Gordon “Gordy” T. Koehler, age 71, died Sunday, Oct. 23, 2022, at the Minneapolis VA hospice, with his wife by his side. There will be a military burial in the springtime at Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minn. He was born to Leo and Leone Koehler in ...

Pamela Kay Siems Hakel Hardin

WEST LINN, Ore. — Pamela Kay Siems Hakel Hardin passed away Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022. Services for her were held Nov. 13, at the Red Rock Center in Fairmont. Pamela was born in Fairmont, Minn. She graduated from Fairmont High School and Durham Business School in 1990. Pamela is a mother of ...

Margaret L. Sparks

SHERBURN — A funeral service for Margaret “Peggy” L. Sparks, 82, of Sherburn, Minn., will be held at a later time. Sparks died Wednesday evening, Nov. 16, 2022, at the home of her daughter and son-in-law in rural Trimont, Minn. Kramer Family Funeral Home in Sherburn is in charge of arrangements.

Helen Blomstrom

ARMSTRONG — Helen J. Blomstrom of Armstrong, Iowa, passed away at the age of 81 years on Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022, at Mayo Clinic Health System in Fairmont, Minn., surrounded by her family. Mass of Christian Burial for her will be held 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022, at St. Mary’s ...