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Joan Mary Euerle, beloved mother and wife of Lennox Charles Euerle, peacefully passed away surrounded by family on November 18, 2021. Born in Paynesville, Minnesota, on March 18, 1934, she was the daughter of the late Conrad F and Emily C (Stralka) Levno. The family lived a variety of places as she was growing up, including Delano, Little Falls and South Minneapolis. Joan graduated from South Minneapolis High School in 1952. She married Lennox, the love of her life, on December 26, 1953. For 11 years Joan was an Air Force wife living at Sheppard Air Force Base, Wichita Falls, TX, McChord Air Force Base, Tacoma, WA, and Naha Air Base, Okinawa, Japan. After the Air Force, Joan and Len returned to Minnesota and settled in Maple Lake in 1968. They enjoyed their farm, spending much of their time in the garden and at the “Broken Down Tree”. She also enjoyed several years as a 4-H leader of the Silver Maple 4-H Club. She worked in bookkeeping and billing services for Wright-Hennepin Cooperative Electric Association, retiring in 1996. They moved to St. Cloud in 2003, then to Cokato Manor in 2017.

Joan’s great love was Lennox, her husband for 67 1/2 years. She was a deeply devoted wife, mother, sister, grandmother, and great grandmother. Her other interests included embroidery, sewing, gardening, baking, Star Trek, playing rummy, traveling, writing, (including writing a gardening column for the Wright County paper), reading, and feeding and watching birds, Betsy and Bootsie were her favorite pets.

Those preceding Joan in death include her husband, brothers Conrad, Jr., Robert, Raymond, and Otto, sister Louise Prozinski, and newborn son, John. Joan is survived by children Steve (Maple Plain, MN), Sandi (Bill) Strickland (Sumter, SC), Debbie (Buffalo, MN), Rose (Steve) Foss (Cokato, MN), Juanita (Tom) Sparks (Goldsboro, NC), Tony (Andy) (Las Vegas, NV), and Ron (Lindi) (Fromberg, MT): grandchildren Billy, David, Jason, Jessica, Aaron, Anthony, Nathan, Alex, Megan, Joshua, and Jacob; great-grandchildren Gabriel, Cooper, Tyler, Ava, Mason, McKenzie, Lily, and Sawyer, sisters-in-law Dorothy Euerle (Litchfield, MN), Adelaide Levno (Hutchinson, MN), Dorothy Levno (Brainerd, MN), Ardis Euerle (Dassel, MN), and Annette Knutson (Cokato, MN) and brother-in-law Gerald (Audrey) Euerle (Litchfield, MN).

A funeral service will take place at 11:00 AM on Wednesday, November 24, 2021 with visitation 1 hour prior to the service at Saint Timothy’s Catholic Church, 8 Oak Ave N, Maple Lake, MN 55358. Interment will be at Minnesota Veteran’s Cemetery, Little Falls, MN. Arrangements by Swanson-Peterson Funeral Home of Cokato, 320-286-2534, Online www.swansonpeterson.com. Memorial donations can be sent to the Tri-County Humane Society of St. Cloud, 735 8th Street NE, St. Cloud, MN 56304.

Donald Layton Norberg of South Haven passed away at the Cokato Manor on November 18, 2021 at the age of 96.  A private family graveside service will be held at the Sunset Cemetery, French Lake Township.

Donald Layton Norberg was born September 22, 1925 to John and Alma (Engstrom) Norberg.  He was born in the same house where he resided for nearly 90 years.  He attended Happy Corner Country School through the eighth grade, and then Cokato High School.  After his dad passed away he quit school to help on the family farm, which he eventually purchased.

He married Pauline Benson in 1944.  Together they made their home on the farm and raised their family, plus several foster children. He milked cows, raised feeder pigs and farmed the land.  He was a hard-working farmer.  When they retired, they traveled with the Mobile Missionaries Assistance Program (MMAP) and the MN Christian Campers.  Pauline passed away in 1992.

In 1998 he married LuElla M. Halverson.  They too lived on the farm.  They enjoyed traveling, camping and various church activities.  They felt blessed to spend their winters at the Bibleville Conference Center, Alamo, TX.  LuElla passed away in 2017.

He had deep roots in French Lake Township, yet he loved to travel the world.  He visited China, Israel, Egypt, South Africa, Australia, Sweden, Norway and Denmark.  Through all these countries, and across the United States he ministered to people by handing out tracks (pamphlets) of God’s word.

He is survived by those he prayed for diligently, his children; Steve & Mickee Norberg (San Diego, CA), David & Kim Norberg (Reno, NV), Sharon & Roger Henry, (Billings, MT), Ruth & Larry Bachmeier (Big Lake), Kay & Gary DeSmith (Dassel). He is also survived by several grandchildren, great grandchildren, and great, great grandchildren.

He was a man of steadfast faith in God.  He looked forward to the glorious day he would go to heaven.  He is rejoicing to be there now.

Joan Sharon Kottke, age 79 of Howard Lake, Minnesota, passed away November 13, 2021, at the Waconia Hospital. Joan was born September 13, 1942, to Melvin and Ardis (Krone) Kottke in Buffalo, MN.

Joan attended grade school in Hanover, MN and graduated from Buffalo High School in 1960. During her school days she competed in the state current events contest at the MN State Fair and participated in the marching band. She started working for JCPenney after high school and fondly talked about her job duties and the friends she made while at the company. Joan found her way to the Delano School District for over 30 years. Joan worked as an aide in the elementary school watching over recesses, helping in the lunchroom, printing, cutting and making packets for the teachers to use in their classrooms. Joan enjoyed her summers off as it enabled her to work at the Wright County Fair taking tickets for the grandstand events.

Joan’s true passion was teaching children and she accomplished this in many volunteer roles over the years. Joan was a club leader for many years first in Hanover with the Handy Dandy 4-H Club and later at the Sunrise 4-H club in Howard Lake. She helped coach the 4-H softball team, direct the Share the Fun plays and would keep the 4-H food stand running as a shift manager. She also had the privilege to be a chaperone on many 4-H interstate exchange trips during her time volunteering with the Wright County 4-H program. Joan also found a calling as a Sunday School teacher first at St Paul’s Lutheran Church in Hanover, MN and later at St John’s Lutheran church in Howard Lake. Joan loved her time teaching children about Jesus and that included every child learning Jesus Loves Me while they were in her class. She truly loved helping with the Sunday school Christmas program and found great joy watching the children shine for Jesus.

Joan grew up on the family farm in Hanover, MN before moving with the family to a farm south of Howard Lake. Joan loved animals and was always talking about her Holstein cows, draft horses, cats and her special dog Buffy. Joan’s tasks on the farm were feeding the calves outside and throwing silage out the chute and when it was time for a break she would yodel a song, much to the enjoyment of her siblings who happen to be within earshot. She had many hobbies she enjoyed over the years… cooking, reading recipe books and newspapers, doing crossword puzzles, watching game shows and sporting events on TV, collecting snowmen and bells. Joan had a hidden talent for painting that was discovered during her time at the Cokato Manor. Joan was a kind and generous lady who always had a Hershey Bar waiting for her nieces and nephews to enjoy.

Joan was preceded in death by her parents Melvin and Ardis (Krone) Kottke, an infant brother and nephew Matthew Barthel.

She is survived by sisters and brothers Beverly (Murray) Reimer of Brandon, Manitoba, Canada; Meryl Kottke-Barthel of St Michael, Clair (Kenneth) Miatech of Plymouth, Kathleen Kottke of Howard Lake, Shirley (John) Erickson of Cokato, Marlin Kottke of Howard Lake, Marson Kottke of Howard Lake, Lorrie (Wayne) Kozitka of Howard Lake, Nancy (Lanny) Anderson of Randall and goddaughter Sally Joan Kottke of Howard Lake. Further survived by godchildren Carla Krone, Amy Kozitka, Nathan Miatech, Brandon Kottke and 17 nieces and nephews, 21 great-nieces and nephews, 4 aunts, 1 uncle and many other relatives and friends.

A funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM on Saturday, November 27, 2021 with visitation from 5-7 PM with 7 PM prayer on Friday, November 26, 2021 and continuing 1 hour prior to services on Saturday at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Howard Lake. Arrangements by Swanson-Peterson Funeral Home & Cremation Services of Howard Lake, MN 320-543-3401, www.swansonpeterson.com

Gene Tischleder of Cokato passed away at the Cokato Manor on November 19, 2021
Funeral Service: 2PM Tuesday, November 23, 2021 at Swanson-Peterson Funeral Home of Cokato
Visitation: 1 hour prior to service on Tuesday
Interment Cokato City Cemetery

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Hazel Eleanor Holm Dahlman was born August 2, 1927, at her home in Collinwood Township, rural Dassel to Anton and Alice (Skarin) Holm. She was also baptized at home by the Rev. Swan Johnson with her uncle and aunt, Emil and Ida Larson, as godparents. She was confirmed at Stockholm Lutheran Church in June of 1941 by Rev. Gotfrid Carlson. Hazel attended Steelsville Country School until graduating from eighth grade. Hazel did very well in school, even skipping second grade and placing second place in the county spelling bee two years in a row. She graduated from Dassel High School on June 1, 1944. After graduation, she moved to Minneapolis and worked at Sears for about four years, until she “started going steady with a certain Dassel farm boy,” Stanley Dahlman. They dated for a year and then were married on Tuesday, August 10, 1948 at Stockholm. They began married life on a farm in Collinwood Township, but they decided to make a big move and bought a farm north of Cokato in 1951. This is where they continued to grow their family and seed business. Even after the “big move,” Stanley and Hazel continued to attend Stockholm Lutheran Church and were active members for most of their lives. This church was central to her life. She participated in the church women’s groups and the Dorcas Bible Study unit. She made sure her children were active participants as well, which made for many trips between Cokato and Stockholm Townships. Along with church activities, Hazel enjoyed flower gardening, sewing, baking, Birthday Club and Lunch Bunch outings, and drinking coffee with all who showed up to her house for coffee time. The favorite baked goods included caramel rolls, rice pudding, and chocolate chip cookies. She was also interested in genealogy and loved everything Swedish–decor, the language, hymns, and food. Yes, this includes lutefisk! Hazel spent her last few years at Cokato Manor and was taken home to heaven on November 18, 2021. Hazel was preceded in death by her husband, Stanley; her parents; her brothers, Francis, Lars, and John; her sisters, Doris Rathman and Esther Turnquist; brothers-in-law, Harvey Dahlman and Jack Rathman; and sister-in-law, Jean Holm. She is survived by her nine children and their families: George (Janet), Steven (Helen), Susan (James) Vermilya, Karen (Jeff) Aslakson, Kevin (Nancy), Mark, Duane (Tammi), Craig (Lori), and Amy (Rick) Schultz; 18 grandchildren, and 27 great grandchildren. Other family members include Dorathee Holm, Louise (Dan) Swenson, Ruthie Dahlman, Rod Turnquist, and several nieces and nephews. Hazel loved the Lord and her family. Blessed be her memory.
Funeral Service: 10 AM Tuesday, November 23, 2021 At Stockholm Lutheran Church of Cokato
Visitation; 4-8 PM on Monday at the church and 1hr prior to service on Tuesday
Interment church cemetery