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Shirley Louise (Bast) Weber

Shirley Weber, age 91, died at The Maples in Springfield on May 3, 2023. Maurice (Moe) Weber, age 96, died in Springfield on April 29, 2022. There will be a combined Memorial Service for Shirley and Maurice (Moe) Weber at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Springfield, on May 15, 2023, at 11 a.m. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Inurnment will be at St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery in Springfield. Arrangements are with the Sturm Funeral Home in Springfield (www.sturmfh.com). Shirley was born on the family farm in Sundown Township on September 28, 1931. Shirley ...

Gail Christensen

SLEEPY EYE — Gail Christensen, 70, of rural Sleepy Eye died on May 7, 2023, at her home. Visitation will be on Friday, May 12, 2023, from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the Sturm Funeral Home, Sleepy Eye Chapel. Service will be held at the Sturm Funeral Home, Sleepy Eye Chapel on Friday at 10:30 am. Interment will be at the Brookville-Dannebod Cemetery in rural Sleepy Eye. Arrangements are with the Sturm Funeral Home in Sleepy Eye (www.sturmfh.com). Gail Susan Christensen was born on March 7, 1953, in Olivia to Edward and Jean Kodet. She is survived by daughters, Melissa Fox and ...

Davis Biebl

GIBBON — Davis Biebl, age 84, of Gibbon, died Tuesday, January 24, 2023 at Countryview Estates in Fairfax. Memorial service will be held on May 13, 2023, at St. Willibrord’s Catholic Church in Gibbon. Visitation will be from 9:30 to 10:45 a.m., with the service at 11 a.m. To leave an online condolence for the family, or to sign the guestbook, please visit: www.mvfh.org. Davis Earl Biebl was born June 10, 1938 to Aloysius and Helen (Rathmann) Biebl in New Ulm.

LaVonne Kraus

LaVonne Kraus, age 92, of New Ulm passed away Saturday, January 28, 2023 at Woodstone Senior Living in New Ulm. Mass of Christian Burial will be 11 a.m. Friday, May 12, 2023 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in New Ulm. Burial will follow in the Catholic Cemetery in New Ulm.. Visitation will ...

Charles Lennis Mitchell

NEW ULM — Charles Lennis Mitchell, age 81 of New Ulm died peacefully on Thursday, April 20, 2023, at the Sleepy Eye Care Center in Sleepy Eye. A memorial visitation will be held from 1:30-3:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 13, 2023, at the Minnesota Valley Funeral Home-South Chapel in New Ulm. ...

Doris Jean Griebel

Doris Jean Griebel, age 89, of New Ulm passed away Thursday, May 4, 2023 at the New Ulm Medical Center in New Ulm. Funeral service will be 1 p.m. Friday, May 12, 2023 at the Minnesota Valley Funeral Home – South Chapel in New Ulm. Burial will follow in the Catholic Cemetery in New Ulm. Visitation will be from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Friday, May 12, 2023 at the Minnesota Valley Funeral Home – South Chapel in New Ulm. A full obituary will be featured in Wednesday’s edition of The Journal. Minnesota Valley Funeral Homes of New Ulm is in charge of arrangements.