Obituaries

Della Dysthe, 101, of Fulda, MN passed away at the Murray County Medical Center in Slayton, MN on Monday, Sept. 14, 2026. Funeral services were on Friday, September 18, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. at St. Ann’s Church in Slayton. Visitation was one hour prior to the services at the church on Friday. Interment was at St. Columba Cemetery in Iona, MN. Totzke Funeral Home of Slayton was entrusted with arrangements. To view online obituary and send condolences visit totzkefuneralhome. com.

LeRoy “Pat” Erpelding, 81, of Slayton, MN passed away at Our House Hospice Home in Slayton on September 9, 2026. Memorial services will be on Saturday, October 17, 2026, at St. Ann’s Church in Slayton at 10:30 a.m. visitation will be one hour prior to the services at the church on Saturday. Interment is at St. Martin Cemetery in Woodstock, MN. Totzke Funeral Home of Slayton is entrusted with arrangements. To view online obituary and send condolences visit totzkefuneralhome. com

Peggy Jean Schuur, 80, of Fulda, MN died peacefully surrounded by her family at Sanford Hospital in Worthington MN on September 8, 2026, after a courageous fight with liver failure. She was born in Worthington MN on June 13,1946 to Alfred and Ruth (Miller) Gunderman. She was baptized: July 7, 1946, at St Paul’s Lutheran Church-Fulda MN. She was confirmed in her faith on April 10,1960 at St Paul’s Lutheran Church-Fulda MN. As a child she loved growing up on the farm and her love for rocks began as she would climb and play on the rocks pulled from the fields. She attended school at St Paul’s Lutheran School, and then Fulda High School where she graduated in 1964. She attended/graduated from Mankato Business College with an accounting degree and later took college classes at MN West Community College for paraprofessional, psychology and early childhood education.

Brennan Winter was born on February 6, 1980, in Slayton, Minnesota to Dr. Keith and Constance “Connie” Strouth Winter. He grew up in Slayton and graduated from Murray County Central High School in 1998. Following high school, Brennan attended Anoka Ramsey Community College in Coon Rapids, MN and later Ellsworth Community College in Iowa Falls, IA. After college Brennan began working at Target Headquarters in St. Louis Park, MN. Brennan enjoyed playing baseball and softball especially with his brothers. Brennan was the Pitcher with his brothers on First and Third bases. His teams were dominant in their softball divisions. Brennan was a loyal Minnesota Golden Gopher Basketball fan as well as Wisconsin Badgers Basketball. Brennan passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, September 10, 2026, at his home in Minneapolis, MN at the age of 46.

Timothy “Tim” Bassett, 67, of Luverne, MN passed away on Wednesday, September 16, 2026, at Residential Advantage in Luverne. Memorial services will be on Friday, September 25, 2026, at IHM Church in Currie, MN at 10:30 a.m. Visitation will be one hour prior to the services at the church on Friday. Interment is at Calvary Cemetery in Currie, MN. Totzke Funeral Home of Slayton is entrusted with arrangements. To view online obituary and send condolences visit totzkefuneralhome. com

Pravinchandra Patel, 77, of Slayton, MN passed away at Maple Lawn Senior Care in Fulda, MN on Saturday, September 5, 2026. A private family service was held at the Totzke Funeral Home in Slayton. To send condolences visit totzkefuneralhome. com

Lilen Kuhlman, age 94, of Fulda, Minnesota, formerly of Tyler, Minnesota, passed away peacefully on Friday, September 4, 2026, at the Maplewood Court Assisted Living in Fulda. Visitation was held on Thursday, September 10, 2026, from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM, with a time for sharing memories at 5:30 PM, at the Hartquist Funeral Home in Tyler. Funeral Service were Friday, September 11, 2026, at 10:30 AM at the Peace Lutheran Church in Ruthton, Minnesota. Interment followed at the Ruthton City Cemetery in Ruthton. Arrangements have been entrusted to Hartquist Funeral Home - Tyler Chapel.

Phyllis Marie Mansch was born Feb. 12, 1932, on King Avenue in Slayton to Earl and Dolores Priebe Peters. It was amid the Great Depression and according to family lore Earl, not wanting to accumulate debt, paid the doctor by selling a team of horses. Phyllis was baptized and later confirmed at Zion Lutheran Church in Iona. She grew up in Slayton and graduated second in her Slayton High School class in 1950, then attended Valparaiso (Ind.) University. One summer, she worked at Old Faithful Inn in Yellowstone National Park. While working one day in Slayton as a carhop she noticed a young airman home on leave. It was Al Mansch, a friend from Zion Lutheran. He asked her out and their first date was at the Silver Star in Slayton. Their marriage in June 1955, was the first at the new Trinity Lutheran Church in Slayton. She moved with her growing family to Milwaukee, Wis., in 1963 and 10 years later moved back to Slayton when Al purchased the Murray Theater. Phyllis had studied business in college and helped her husband operate several businesses in Slayton, including the theater, an arcade and a successful Mansch Photo operation. Al died suddenly of a heart attack in 1986, but Phyllis remained in her hometown and worked several jobs, including management duties at an apartment complex. Later she was a fixture in Slayton while volunteering as an election official, Murray County Fair office worker and at Senior Linkage. For more than two decades she played baritone with the Slayton Community Band. She traveled extensively to visit family in Montana and elsewhere, and several times ventured to Europe. She lived at Sunrise Terrace from 202326 and in August of this year moved to Maple Lawn Senior Living in Fulda. She passed away of natural causes at Murray County Medical Center in Slayton on Sept. 7 at the age of 94. Her Christian faith was always the most important thing in her life. At her Wisconsin church she played the organ, and at Trinity Lutheran she sang in the choir, served as congregational secretary and was active with many dear friends in LWML activities. Phyllis enjoyed sports, especially baseball, and attended many events and ballgames that featured her sons, daughter and grandchildren.

Butch Huerkamp was born on April 21, 1955, in Worthington, Minnesota to Joseph “Jody” and Louella “Lou” Voss Huerkamp. He grew up on the family farm north of Iona, MN and graduated from Slayton High School in 1973.

Suzanne Rasmussen Klein, daughter of Leonard (Lang) and Ethelyn (Holm) Rasmussen, was born on June 23, 1939, in Clarion, Iowa. She was baptized into the Christian faith on June 15, 1941, and confirmed her faith on June 3, 1957, at the Methodist Church in Kanawha, Iowa. She was raised in Kanawha, where she attended school and graduated from Kanawha High School in 1957. Sue continued her education at Iowa State Teachers College in Cedar Falls, Iowa, and began her teaching career as a Kindergarten teacher in West Bend, Iowa.