Obituaries

Jun 30, 2018

Jacob John Stoel was born on September 28, 1928 to Balt and Jennie (Van Roekel) Stoel in Fenton Township in Murray County.   He was baptized on November 4, 1928.  He graduated the 8th grade from Country School District 33.  He made profession of faith in the Reformed Church.  Jake farmed with his parents until he married Florence Kooiman on...

May 27, 2018

Marjorie Jean (Heesch) A’Hearn was born in Pipestone, MN on September 29, 1926 to Herman and Ellen (Schaffer) Heesch.  She was baptized and confirmed in the Presbyterian faith and graduated from Pipestone High School.  As a teenager, she lived with her family in the Pipestone County Jail, while her father was the Sheriff.

On June 28, 1946,...

May 26, 2018

Clare Ann Kuhl was born on August 18, 1934 on a farm near Rock Valley, Iowa to Robert and Anna (Kooima) Jacobsma.  In 1951 she moved to Michigan with her girlfriends. In 1954 she moved to Sioux Center, IA to go Dordt College where she graduated and started teaching in Inwood, IA.  She then met Delvin Kuhl and they...

Apr 25, 2018

Delvin Willis Kuhl was born on January 27, 1934 to Charles and Lucy (DeJager) Kuhl in Orange City, IA. He lived on several farms in Northwest IA from Middleburg to Alton. His family finally settled on a farm north of Slayton, MN. Delvin attended country schools in Iowa through 8th grade. Then he helped his dad on the farm...

Feb 23, 2018

Adrianna Wagley was born to Pete and Tillie Moret on March 29, 1917 in Chandler, MN.  She grew up there attending country school and Chandler High School.  She was baptized at Chandler Reformed Church.

On September 18, 1938 Adrianna married Gordon Wagley in Lake Wilson, MN. They farmed in...

Feb 12, 2018

Sadie Johanna Vander Wal was born January 18, 1930 in Marion, ND to George & Johanna (Lengkeek) Van Dyke. She was baptized and confirmed at North Marion Reformed Church in rural North Dakota. She attended Plato country school and completed the 8 th grade. She lived with her parents and worked on the family farm until moving to...

Dec 16, 2017

Marie Vander Top was born on December 9, 1921 to John and Grace (De Vries) De Kruif near Maple Lake, Minnesota.  She moved with her family to Chandler, MN in 1928.  She was baptized and professed her faith in the Chandler Reformed Church.

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Apr 27, 2017

Lester Schoolmeester, 88, of Edgerton, formerly of Chandler, died on Thursday, April 27 at Sanford Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD.  Visitation will be from 4:00 - 6:00 pm Sunday, April 30, at the Chandler Funeral Home.  Celebration of his life will be held on Monday, May 1 at 10:30 AM at the Chandler Christian Reformed Church, with interment following...

Mar 31, 2017

Abelene Schuur was born on September 12, 1917 on the family farm in Moulton Township of Murray County Minnesota to Leonard and Jennie (Lolkus) VanderBurgh, both immigrants in 1893 from Zuid Holland, the Netherlands. Abelene was the 7th of 8 children and the youngest daughter. She was named after her grandfather Abel VanderBurgh and was baptized and made profession of...

Oct 27, 2016

Harris Sankey, 80, of Chandler, MN died on Thursday, October 27, 2016 at the Sanford USD Medical Center in Sioux Falls, SD. A Celebration of his life will be held at the Chandler Christian Reformed Church on Wednesday, November 2, at 11:00 am.  Visitation will be from 5:00 – 7:00 on Tuesday, November 1 at the Chandler Funeral Home,...

Aug 25, 2016

June Lockwood, 89, of Slayton, MN formerly of Chandler, died on Thursday, August 25, 2016 at the Golden Living Center.  Visitation will be held on Monday from 5:00-7:00 PM at the Chandler Funeral Chapel, Chandler, MN. Visitation will continue from 9:30 – 10:30 on Tuesday, August 30 at the Chandler Reformed Church.    Funeral Service will follow at 10:30 am...

Aug 11, 2016

Peter N. Gunnink, 85, of Lake Wilson died on Thursday, August 11, 2016 at the Edgebrook Care Center in Edgerton, MN.  Visitation will be held on Sunday, August 14 from 4:00 – 7:00 PM at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Lake Wilson.  Visitation will continue at 9:30 AM on Monday, August 15, followed by the Memorial Service...

Mar 15, 2016

Wylma Schaap, 91, passed away on Tuesday, March 15, 2016 at the Edgebrook Care Center in Edgerton, MN.

Visitation will be held on Thursday, March 17, 2016 from 9:30 am - 10:30 am with the Memorial Service to be held at 10:30 AM at the Chandler Christian Reformed Church in Chandler, MN.

Wylma (Lolkus) Schaap...

Mar 11, 2016

Douglas Knapp, 52, of Brandon, MN, formerly of Lake Wilson, MN passed away unexpectedly at his residence in Brandon on Friday, March 11, 2016.  A private family burial will take place at Hillside Cemetery in Lake Wilson.

Douglas Leo Knapp was born on August 31, 1961 in Slayton, MN to Richard and Shirley Knapp.  He graduated from...

Jan 30, 2016

Eric J. Schaap, 27 of Chandler, MN passed away on Saturday, January 30, 2016 near Chandler, MN.  Visitation will be on Friday, February 5, 2016 from 4:00 - 8:00 PM at the Chandler Christian Reformed Church, with a prayer service at 7:00 PM.   Visitation will continue from 10:00 - 11:00 AM on Saturday, February 6, with the Memorial Service...

Dec 29, 2015

Virgil Klingenberg was born on August 16, 1951 to Lee and Viola Klingenberg near Adrian, MN.   He grew up in a group home.  After school, Virgil worked on the Gordon Mouw farm, and later on the Gary Hulstein farm near Leota, MN.   Dorothy remembers driving a John Deere tractor and meeting Virgil driving a Farmall tractor hauling...

Dec 6, 2015

Donald James Sabin, 88, of Lake Wilson, MN passed away on Sunday, December 6, 2015 at the Murray County Medical Center in Slayton.  Funeral Services will be held at 11:30 am on Friday, December 11, 2015 at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Lake Wilson.  Visitation will be from 10-11:30 am at the church on Friday.  Military Honors provided by...

Nov 23, 2015

Marie Weeda, 95, of Pipestone, MN formerly of Sibley, IA, died on Monday, November 23 at the Good Samaritan Village in Pipestone.  Services will be held on Friday, November 27 at 10:30 AM at the Chandler Funeral Chapel, Chandler, MN.  Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the Chandler Funeral Chapel.  Interment will...

Oct 31, 2015

Marilyn Hromatko,  68, of Lake Wilson, MN died on Saturday, October 31, 2015 at Morningside Heights Care Center in Marshall, MN.   Services will be at 1:00 PM on Wednesday, November 4 , 2015 at the Chandler Funeral Chapel in Chandler, MN.   Visitation will be one hour prior to the service.

Interment will be at Mount...

Oct 13, 2015

Anna (Prins) Vander Broek, 99, of Chandler died on Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at the Edgebrook Care Center in Edgerton, MN.

Visitation will be held on Thursday, October 15 from 5:00 – 7:00 PM at the Chandler Funeral  Home in Chandler, MN.  Visitation will continue for one hour at 9:00 AM on Friday, October 16, at the...