NRHEG Star Eagle

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Newspaper of Record for Waseca County, MN
PO Box 248 • New Richland, MN 56072

507-463-8112
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Funeral Services for Christopher Robert Gary Besser, of New Richland, will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, April 15, 2013 at St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, New Richland. The Reverend Scott Williams and the Reverend Paul Andree will officiate. Interment will be in St. Peter’s Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. on Sunday, April 14, at Friedrich Funeral Home, and one hour before the service at the church.

Christopher died at his home on Thursday, April 11, 2013 after a short valiant battle with cancer. He was 40.

Frances A. Larson, age 88 of Austin, died Sunday, April 7, 2013 at St. Mark’s Lutheran Home, Austin.  Frances Arlene Bird was born October 10, 1924 in Osage, Iowa to Omer and Inga (Hagen) Bird.  She was a 1944 graduate of New Richland High School. On May 20, 1945, she married Berdin ‘Dean’ Larson in Portsmouth, VA, where Dean was serving in the Marines. They were married for 64 years.

Clinton Wayne Bluhm, age 79 of Waseca, died on Saturday, April 6, 2013 at Homestead Hospice in Owatonna.

Born at his parents’ home on August 15, 1933, Clinton was the son of Martin and Dorothy (Young) Bluhm.  He attended school in Waldorf when he was young. Following his graduation he served in the U.S. Army from 1954 until his honorable discharge as a Corporal in 1956.

Beulah Cowell, age 82, of Owatonna died March 26, 2013 at Comfort House in McAllen, Texas. 

Memorial Service will be held on Sunday, April 21 at 2 p.m. at the First Congregational Church in New Richland. Join us one hour prior to celebrate Beulah’s life. Burial will be at St. Peter’s Cemetery.

Herbert H. Lee, a longtime LaCrosse businessman, passed away April 4, 2013 at age 91. Herb was born on February 20, 1922 in Ellendale, MN. Henry and Inga (Hatle) Lea and graduated from the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities in 1945 with a degree in Electrical Engineering (BEE). While studying at the University of Minnesota, Herb worked at the Army-Navy Lab (1945-1947) and also built his first radio station, KDHL, in Faribault, MN. In 1951 he married Elaine Francis Zwiener, a remarkable woman who spoke seven languages, traveled the world with Pan American World Airways and was his best friend for 41 years.