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Corley passed away January 10th, 2019 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester. Visitation will be Tuesday, January 15th at Bonnerup Funeral Home in Albert Lea from 4-7 p.m. Memorial Services will be Wednesday, January 16th at 11 a.m. at Hartland Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hartland. Friends may greet the family one hour prior to service. Military honors will be accorded by the Albert Lea Area Veterans Groups.
Corley Arvil Merle Hendrickson was born July 19, 1932 in Freeborn, MN to Martin and Cora (Lee) Hendrickson. He grew up on a farm in the Hartland area and graduated from Freeborn High School in 1950. He was baptized, confirmed and remained a lifelong member of the Hartland Evangelical Lutheran Church. Corley served in the Army for two years (1952-54) during the Korean War in Co A 52D ARMD ENGR BN.
On June 24, 1962 he married Anita J. Lembke at Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church in Albert Lea. He and Anita had five children; Merle, Alan C., Robert, Julie, and Alan E., while living and farming together with Anita in Hartland for 35 years. Corley worked at Wilson’s in Albert Lea for 22 years while continuing to farm. He and Anita took many camping trips when the kids were young, road trips to Bemidji, bus trips to Arizona, Colorado, Pennsylvania, New York and flew to Germany.
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Viola Irene Schafer, 89, of New Richland, died Tuesday, January 8, 2019 at New Richland Care Center.
She was born February 26, 1929 in Freedom Township, Minnesota the daughter of Edgar and Agnes (Beck) Possin. Viola was baptized and confirmed at Immanuel Lutheran Church near Janesville. She spent two years of high school in Waldorf, then moved to Janesville and graduated there in 1946. She married Robert Schafer on June 1, 1947 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Janesville. They then moved to Owatonna where she worked at Federated Insurance Co. for about two years. They were blessed with four children. Viola enjoyed playing cards and trying new recipes. She belonged to Bethany Club and Circles at church.
She is survived by son, Terry (Julie) Schafer of North St. Paul; daugthers, Cindy Scheve of Nevada, Jacqueline (Doug) Hunt of Ellendale, and Stacey (Chris) Blouin of Ellendale; eight grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.
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Lila Larson Evans, 91, of West Jordan, Utah, gained her angel wings on January 7, 2019.
Lila Bell Larson was born November 5, 1926, in rural Waseca, Minnesota, to Berdin and Lila (Hasner) Larson. She graduated from New Richland High School in 1944, where she was homecoming queen in 1943. On July 25, 1946, she married her high school sweetheart, Robert Evans, when he returned from serving as a Marine in the Pacific (Okinawa) during WWII.
Lila was a homemaker and worked part time when needed in the bakery. Bob was a professional baker.
Bob and Lila lived in Cedar Rapids for many years. They were charter members of Hope Lutheran Church. Upon retirement they moved to Peoria, Arizona. They enjoyed traveling and spending time with family and friends in the Southwest. Casa del Sol, Fiesta Club, and Church of Joy were their main activities. Lila created many crocheted blanket squares for relief blankets and a variety of gifts.
In 2014 they moved to Utah to be closer to immediate family. Dena and Jeff looked after them in their home.
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Funeral services for David D. Johnson of Hartland, MN, will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, January 14, 2019 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Janesville, MN. Pastors Larry Griffin and Paul Muther will officiate. Visitation will be held Sunday from 3 until 7 p.m. at the Bonnerup Funeral Service in Albert Lea and one hour prior to the service at the church. Interment will be in the Trenton Cemetery rural Freeborn, MN.
David died Sunday, January 6, 2019 at his home in Hartland. He was 58 years of age.
David was born January 22, 1960 in Freeborn, County the son of Delmer and Sylvia (Kiester) Johnson. He was a graduate of Freeborn High School. On September 25, 1992 he was united in marriage to Kristine Gekeler in Janesville, MN.
David had been employed for many years at E.F. Johnson in Waseca, MN, Hillyard in Owatonna, MN, was a dairy herdsman for Scott Janke and the Ladwig’s, worked in the hog barns for the Stenzels and most recently with WFS and CFS. He was involved in 4-H and supported his daughters projects, worked with the livestock committee, the dairy project and the dog project. His favorite spot was always in the dairy barn. He bought and showed livestock in the Dairy open class at the fair, supported the American Dairy Association, enjoyed going to tractor shows, hunting, fishing and trapping. He had a love for ice cream and in his younger years made many friends playing softball and bowling. David was well liked by all who knew and loved him.
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SMSgt. Martin O. Reese, Jr., USAF (retired), 90, who was raised on a farm near Ellendale, MN, and a 40-year resident of Grand Prairie,TX, passed away peacefully in his sleep on December 8, 2018, at the Isle of Watercrest assisted living facility in Mansfield, Texas.
Visitation, followed by funeral services, took place on Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018, at South Park Baptist Church, Grand Prairie, TX, with Pastor Randy Capote officiating. A military honor guard performed and interment occurred at Skyview Memorial Gardens in Mansfield.
Martin O. Reese, Jr., was born on June 10, 1928, the youngest of nine children born to the late Martin O. Reese, Sr., and Nina G. Miller Reese. He graduated from Ellendale High School in 1947 before joining the US Air Force.
He met Beatrice Pitts at a soda fountain when he was stationed at Wichita Falls, TX, and they married on June 24, 1952. They spent the next fifty-eight years of married life together, living in various parts of the world. Martin was stationed in Texas, The Philippines, Greenland, Arizona, New Mexico (twice), France, The Netherlands, Oklahoma and Washington, D.C.