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Graveside services for Kenneth J. Peterson will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 21, 2016 at Clarks Grove Cemetery. Rev. Kent Otterman will officiate. Military honors will be accorded by local servicemen’s organizations, VFW and American Legion. Online condolences are welcome at www.bayviewfuneral.com 

Kenny died Tuesday, May 17, 2016 at Traditions in Owatonna.

 

Donald C. Ingram, formerly of Austin, MN, died May 15, 2016 surrounded by his family. Don was born May 9, 1921 on the home farm near Durand, WI. His father was Clinton S. Ingram and mother was Grace (Van Allen) Ingram.

He and Veronica A. (Bauer) Ingram were married February 10, 1945 in Montgomery, Alabama on Maxwell Air Force Base. Don was proud of being called to service in WWII. He became a B29 bomber pilot and was scheduled to fly to Guam just as the war ended. He continued his service in the Air Force Reserves and was a liaison for the Air Force Academy. 

 

Remembering the life of Arnnetta Skelton…

Funeral Services for Arnnetta Skelton, of New Richland will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, May 17, 2016 at LeSueur River Lutheran Church, rural New Richland. The Reverend Brian Gegel will officiate. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. on Monday at Friedrich-Bonnerup Funeral Home, New Richland and one hour before the service at the church.

Arnnetta died on Wednesday, May 11, 2016 at the Waseca Hospital. She was 86.

 

Marie Eleanor Olson

(1917 – 2016)

Funeral services for Marie E. Olson will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, May 18, 2016 at First Lutheran Church in Ellendale. The Reverend Richard Sliper will officiate. Interment will be in Pontoppidan Cemetery in Lemond Township. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at church.

Marie Eleanor Olson passed away May 13, 2016 at Koda Living Center in Owatonna, MN at the age of 98. She was born on a farm on August 5, 1917 in Deerfield Township to William and Laura (Budlow) Vogt. Marie went to school until 8th grade when the Depression came. She had to go to work for $2 a week which went to the family. At age 16, she worked at the canning factory for 20 cents an hour.

 

Funeral services for Donald L. Smith of New Richland, MN, will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, May 11, 2016 at the Congregational Church in New Richland, MN. Pastor Pamela Jensen will officiate. Visitation will be held from 12 noon until 2 p.m. on the day of the service at the church. Interment will be in St Peters Cemetery, New Richland. Military honors will be accorded by the New Richland Legion.

Donald died Friday, May 6, 2016 at the New Richland Care Center. He was 96 years of age.

Donald was born April 30, 1920 in New Richland, MN, the son of Harry and Amanda (Jeddeloh) Smith. He graduated from New Richland High School in 1938 and attended the University of Minnesota. Don served his country in the US Army and upon discharge returned to New Richland. On June 8, 1952 he was united in marriage to Audreene Olson at the Cross of Glory Lutheran Church in Hartland, MN.