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Evangeline Stenzel, age 83, of St. Peter, formerly of Hartland, MN, died Monday, September 22, 2014 at Benedictine Living Community in St. Peter, MN. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Friday, September 26, 2014 at 11 a.m. at St. Casimir Catholic Church in Wells. Visitation will be Thursday, September 25, from 4 to 8 p.m. at St. Casimir Catholic Church in Wells, with a prayer service at 8 p.m. Visitation will continue one hour prior to the service on Friday. Father Thomas Niehaus will officiate and interment will be in St. Casimir Cemetery. Please see www.brussheitner.com to leave online condolences. Bruss-Heitner Funeral Home of Wells is in charge of arrangements.

Paul Alan Aronson, beloved brother and uncle, passed away at his home in Ellendale on September 17, 2014 at the age of 62. Funeral services for Paul will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, September 23, 2014 at First Lutheran Church in Ellendale. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Reverend Richard Sliper will be officiating. Interment will be in First Lutheran Cemetery.

Funeral services for James “Jim” M. Thompson of Ellendale, MN, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, September 18, 2014 at the First Lutheran Church in Ellendale, MN. Pastor Richard Sliper will officiate. Visitation will be held Wednesday evening from 4 until 7 p.m. at the First Lutheran Church in Ellendale. Interment will be in the First Lutheran Cemetery in Ellendale.

James died Monday, September 15, 2014 at the New Richland Care Center. He was 92 years of age.

Lorraine Miller passed away on September 6, 2014 in Gresham, Oregon, at the age of 87. She was born on September 9, 1926 in Myrtle, Minnesota to parents Alonzo and Hannah Dorothy Mickelson. Lorraine moved to Oregon in 1960 to start a job as the supervisor for the elementary program for the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Oregon. In 1963 she met Wilber "Bill" Miller, and the two were married in 1965 in Portland, Oregon. 

Remembering the life of Eleanor M. (Hinkley) Fjone

A Celebration of Life Service for Eleanor M. Fjone was held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday,  September 2, at Bonnerup Funeral Service, Albert Lea. The Reverend Richard Spande officiated. A light luncheon and a time to greet the family immediately followed the service. Interment was in Hartland Cemetery. Eleanor died on Friday, August 29, 2014 at Mayo Clinic Health Systems, Albert Lea. She was 96.

Eleanor was born on March 27, 1918, in Freeborn, Minnesota, the daughter of George W. and Julia M. (Jacobson) Hinkley. She graduated from Freeborn High School.