Obituaries

Clarine E. Schaeffer passed away at the age of 93 on March 22, 2023, at the Maple Lawn Nursing Home in Fulda, Minnesota. Clarine was born to George W. and Elfreda (nee Anderson) Anderson on May 14, 1929, while the family resided on a farm in Des Moines River Township, Murray County, Minnesota. She attended the rural District 67 School through eighth grade and graduated from high school in Westbrook, Minnesota, in 1947. She then completed two winter quarters at the School of Agriculture at the University of Minnesota in St. Paul.

Lee S. Peterson age 82 of Westbrook passed away Friday, March 24, 2023 at Sanford Westbrook Hospital.

Case Vos, the son of Jacob “Jake” and Lillian (Lindsay) Vos, was born on July 26. 1925 in Moulton Twp., Murray Co., MN. He grew up on the family farm in Mason Twp, and attended country school. Case served in the U.S. Army Air Corp from September of 1945 until his Honorable Discharge in December of 1946. He returned to the farm and was united in marriage to Lona Gehlsen on November 3, 1950 at the Iona Presbyterian Church. After their marriage they started farming north of the family farm and in 1960 they moved to a farm in Lowville Twp. They retired from farming in 1988 and in 1991 they moved into Slayton. He remained at home after Lona’s death in May of 2003. Case married Doris Reikow on May 4, 2006 and they made their home in Slayton. Doris died on March 4, 2023. Case passed away on Tuesday, March 7, 2023 at the Our House Hospice Home of Murray County in Slayton, MN at the age of 97. He was a member of Lake Sarah Baptist Church and former member of the Iona Presbyterian Church where he had held many positions. Case also belonged to the Murray County Fair Board, Murray County Cattlemen, National Beef Council, Hadley Elevator Board, where he had been President, Slayton School Agriculture Advisory Committee. He was also a member of the Lake Wilson American Legion. He enjoyed welding, iron work, wood working, hunting and fishing and shoeing horses.

Elfriede Johnson, age 87 of Slayton formerly of Tracy, passed away Saturday, March 11, 2023 at home surrounded by family. Elfriede Magdalena (Kaiser) Johnson was born June 9, 1935 to August and Maria (Ocks) Kaiser in Germany.

Doris Vos, the daughter of Archie and Anna (Wilcoxon) Dayton, was born on August 11, 1927 in Slayton, MN. She grew up on farms near Slayton and Garvin, MN and attended country school and graduated from Slayton High School in 1945. Doris was united in marriage to Les Engberg on at Lake Sarah Baptist Church rural Slayton. After their marriage they lived and farmed north of Slayton. They later moved to Minneapolis and in 1970 Les passed away. She continued to live in Minneapolis and married Bob Reikow. They moved to Slayton in 1976. Doris worked at Finley Engineering until her retirement in 2001. She remained at their home after Bob died in August of 2003. Doris was married to Case Vos on May 4, 2008 and together they made their home in Slayton. Doris passed away on Saturday, March 4, 2023 at the Our House Hospice Home of Murray County at the age of 95. She was a member of the Lake Sarah Baptist Church where she served on the Ladies Aid, Sunday School teacher and a youth worker. She enjoyed traveling, sewing, writing poetry and oil painting.

Shorty Ohlrich was born on June 16, 1939, in Chandler, Minnesota to Herman and Pearl Johnson Ohlrich. He grew up in Iona and graduated from Slayton High School in 1958. On May 27, 1961, he and Diane Payton were married at the Hadley Lutheran Church in Hadley, MN. Following their marriage, they made their home in Hadley, rural Slayton, Fulda Windom and eventually back to Slayton. Shorty worked for Caldwell Packing until 2004 when he retired. Shorty passed away at his home in Slayton on Tuesday, February 28, 2023, at the age of 83. He was a member of Christ Lutheran Church in Slayton. Shorty enjoyed spending time with his family, woodworking, traveling, camping, hiking, and fishing.

Mary Leann Hubbard (Muriel Erbes) was born on October 21, 1945 to Gerald and Marvel Erbes. She died on February 17, 2023 at the Murray County Hospice House at the age of 77.

Denny Haase was born on May 25, 1944, in Milaca, Minnesota to George and Phyllis Schewe Haase. He grew up in Bloomington, MN and graduated from Bloomington High School in 1961. In 1974 he moved to Slayton, MN. On May 10, 1975, he and Karen Tverberg were married in Baltic, SD. Following their marriage, they made their home in Slayton where Denny owned and operated Proctor Sanitation. Following the sale of the sanitation company Denny went to work with for his brother at Superior Sawing and Sealing. He later went to work for Schaap Sanitation until his retirement in 2019. Denny passed away on Tuesday, February 21, 2023, at Ava’s Hospice House in Sioux Falls, SD at the age of 78. Denny enjoyed spending time with his family and friends, working on rebuilding his Ford, and spending time in his shop.

David Dean Swanson was born on January 28, 1942, in Slayton Minnesota to Clarence and Ruth Priebe Swanson. He grew up on the family farm north of Slayton and attended Slayton High School. On September 27, 1959, he and Neva Kepler were married at the Slayton Presbyterian Church. Following their marriage, they made their home on a farm north Slayton until 1970 when they moved to Slayton. David worked as a heavy equipment operator before joining the Murray County Highway Department in 1985. David retired in 2007.

Bob, the Metal Man, passed away at age 80 on January 26, 2023 at his home in Montrose, Colorado from a short battle with cancer. He is survived by his wife of 34 years, Betty and his son, Monte. A celebration of his life will be held this summer in Minnesota.