Lucille Wolter, 84, of Redwood Falls and formerly of Morton died Tuesday, March 2, 2010 at Sunwood Good Samaritan Care Center in Redwood Falls. 

Anne K. Cates, 80, of Redwood Falls died Monday, March 1, 2010 at Wood Dale Nursing Home in Redwood Falls.  Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, March 5, 2010 from First Presbyterian Church in Redwood Falls with Rev. Scott Prouty officiating. Burial will follow in the Redwood Falls Cemetery. Visitation will be held at the church on Friday from 9 until 10:30 a.m.

Orin Sander, 91, of Belview, died Monday, March 1, 2010 in the Granite Falls Hospital. Services will be held at 1 p.m. today in Grace Lutheran Church in Belview. Visitation will continue one hour prior to services in the church in Belview. Online condolences may be sent to sunsetfuneralandcremation. com. Arrangements are being handled by the Sunset Funeral and Cremation Association of Echo and Wabasso.

Shawn Michael “Hank” Gewerth, 24, of rural Morton passed away on Saturday, February 27, 2010 as the result of a motor vehicle accident in Nicollet.  Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. today at St. Catherine’s Catholic Church in Redwood Falls.  Visitation will continue one hour prior to services at the church.  Interment is in St. Catherine’s Catholic Cemetery.  Memorials are preferred in lieu of flowers. The Redwood Valley Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements. Online condolences may be sent at www.redwoodvalleyfuneralhome.com.

Rodney Jerome Harris, 59, of Renville, passed away Tuesday, February 23, 2010 at Hutchinson.

J. Leonard Harman, 81, of Hanley Falls, passed at Avera McKennen Hospital in Sioux Falls on Tuesday, February 23, 2010. Funeral Services are scheduled for 1 p.m. today at the Hamilton Funeral Home in Marshall. Burial will be in the Yellow Medicine Lutheran Cemetery in Hanley Falls. Visitation will be held two hours prior to the service, from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. at the Hamilton Funeral Home. Condolences may be submitted at www.hamiltonfh.com.

Charles Lincoln Dirlam, formerly of Eugene, died February 18, 2010. 

Verna Leopold, 90, of Redwood Falls died Thursday, February 18, 2010 at Wood Dale Nursing Home. Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, February 23, 2010 from St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church in Redwood Falls with burial following in the Redwood Falls Cemetery. 

Ervin Bratsch, 78, of rural Danube died Friday, February 19, 2010 at Abbott-Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis. Funeral services were Tuesday at 11 a.m. at Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church in Olivia with Rev. Joel Luetke officiating. Burial was in St. Matthew’s South Cemetery at Danube. 

Bob O. Minsaas, 83, of Granite Falls passed away on Thursday, February 19, 2010 at Granite Falls Manor after an extended illness. Memorial services will be 1 p.m. Monday, March 1, 2010 at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Granite Falls. Visitation will be one hour prior to services at the church. A private family burial will take place at a later date. Memorials are preferred in lieu of flowers. Arrangements are with the Redwood Valley Funeral Home. Online condolences may be sent at www.redwoodvalleyfuneralhome.com. 

Darold Howard Neperman, 86, of Lamberton, died on Sunday, February 21, 2010 at his home in Lamberton.

Robert Lepper, 95, of Redwood Falls and formerly of Holland, Minn. died Thursday, February 18, 2010 at Wood Dale Nursing Home in Redwood Falls. 

Francis Alexander (F.A.) “Mike” Ryan passed away February 16, 2010, in St. Paul. Born in Austin on September 19, 1913, he was 96 when he died peacefully at home surrounded by his children. Mike lived a long and full life, and when he wasn’t working he was spending time with his family, staying at his lake cabin, or traveling. 

Verna Leopold, 90, of Redwood Falls died Thursday, February 18, 2010 at Wood Dale Nursing Home. 

Ellen Hauschild, 90, of Ivanhoe passed away on Tuesday, February 16, 2010 at the Hendricks Hospital in Hendricks. Funeral services were Friday, February 19, 2010 at Bethany-Elim Luth-eran Church in Ivanhoe with Pastor Stephen Rasmusson officiating.