Arlene Beverly Houlihan of Decorah, Iowa, died peacefully at the Aase Haugen Senior Services on March 30, 2018. She was 86 years old. Mass of Christian Burial was held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, April 20, 2018 at St. Benedict Catholic Church in Decorah with Rev. Phil Gibbs officiating. Burial was in St. Benedict Cemetery in Decorah. Visitation begian at 9 a.m.
Delbert M. Velzke, age 85, of Owatonna, passed away on Sunday, April 22, 2018 surrounded by his family at Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis. Funeral services will be held at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Morristown on Saturday, April 28, 2018 at 2 p.m. with the Reverend Travis J. Loeslie officiating. Interment will be at Riverside Cemetery, Morristown with military rites provided by the American Legion Post #149, Morristown. Visitation will be held at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Morristown on Saturday, April 28, 2018 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The small service station at the corner of First Street North and Sakatah Boulevard in Waterville is slated for demolition.
Locals refer to it simply as O'Leary's.
The place is as iconic as its manager, 98-year-old John "Johnny" O'Leary, who operated the station for almost 80 years, up until winter 2018 when his body no longer allowed him to work at the station.
Waterville-Elysian-Morristown High School junior Sarah Best, daughter of Dave and Cherie Best, earned first place in the Original Oratory division at the Class A Speech Tournament in Apple Valley on Saturday, April 21.
Senior Buccaneer Elijah Bass, son of Angela Sweetland, also competed in the State tourney and finished 12th in Extemporaneous Reading.
Pick up a copy of the April 26, 2018, Life or Enterprise to learn more.
WELL, I AM STILL HERE AND Nothing more drastic has befallen me. Guess Lisa is satisfied with her little "tricks" and things are back to normal albeit I do have the new address and guess it is permanent. However, I am glad that she scheduled me for this week instead of last week. The April 19 date on which Editor Jay wrote the column was also designated (by the Government, I guess) as “Earth Day”... can you imagine what she might have pulled on me if I had been scheduled to write that day?
A set of sisters, Claire and Natalie Elness, claimed top honors in the Annual Spelling Bee of Lutheran Elementary Schools in Southern Minnesota that was held at St. Paul's Lutheran School in Truman on April 21.
The girls are the daughters of Troy and Aubrey Wetzel and Alec and Nicole Elness.
Big sister Claire, a fifth grader at Trinity Lutheran School, North Morristown, competed in the fifth and sixth grade division, and little sister, Natalie, represented Trinity Lutheran in the third and fourth grade division.
Ardis D. Kabes, age 87, of Waterville, died on Monday, April 23, 2018 at Janesville Nursing Home.
Arrangements will be announced later by the Boldt Funeral Home, Faribault.
Cindy Joy Lindahl, age 51, of Janesville, lost her battle with colon cancer on Friday, April 20, 2018 at her parent’s home. Funeral services will be held at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, 415 Lake St. W., Waterville on Tuesday, April 24, 2018 at 10 a.m. with the Reverend David Mumme officiating. Interment will be at Riverside Cemetery, Morristown. Visitation will be at the Boldt Funeral Home, Faribault on Monday, April 23, 2018 from 4 to 8 p.m. and also at the church for one hour prior to the services on Tuesday.
Ronald William Boyd, age 56 of Waterville, died on Saturday, April 21, 2018 at Mayo Clinic Health System in Mankato. Born in Waseca on September 14, 1961, Ronald was the son of Marlin and Sharon (Lau) Boyd. As a young man he attended school in Waterville. Ronald worked in various jobs over the years including manufacturing and property management. He also served in the United States Army Reserves. He enjoyed fishing, working outside, and working with computers.
Hoot Lanes II defeated Xpressions Salon Friday, April 13 for the Waterville Bowling Championship. Hoot Lanes rolled a 3,330 series with handcap while Xpressions rolled a 3,234 series. All 10 bowlers in the championship match averaged higher than their league average. Jacob Hill (667 series), Nick van Houdt (660), Tim Steinhaus (641), Willie Lindquist (629), and Henry van Houdt (553) made up the Hoot Lanes team. Don Simes (702), Jay Schneider (650), Jeff Ready (598), Tauston Taylor (521), and Brian Pittmann (495) made up the Xpressions team.
Minnesota has new Czech Slovak ambassadors when the royalty was crowned at the annual Miss Czech Slovak MN Pageant at the American Legion Post 79 in Montgomery on Saturday. The new royalty is pictured with the night’s Czech Helpers.
Pictured are: Czech Helpers Melanie Le Brun, Miss Congeniality and Second Princess Michelle Vlasak, Queen Heather Vikla, Czech Helper Hayden Dietz, First Princess Mary Carson and Czech Helper Alenka Jans. The royalty was crowned after interviews, parent introductions, and talent and kroj competition.
Because of the severity of the winter storm, the Miss Czech Slovak MN Pageant has been moved to Saturday, April 21. The location and times will remain the same. It will be held at the Montgomery American Legion Club. A public reception and dinner will be held prior to the 7 p.m. pageant.
Pageant contestants include: Mary Carson, daughter of John and Rosalind Carson, Heather Vikla, daughter of David and Kelly Vikla, and Michelle Vlasak, daughter of Ed and Debbie Vlasak.
Le Sueur County Historical Society (LCHS) is pushing back in the lawsuit brought by members who are asking for access to its documents and a “democratic” board election.
The response from LCHS was filed in Le Sueur County District Court on March 28 in response to a lawsuit from 16 members who allege the existing board of LCHS has mismanaged the society, has murky financial dealings, and has held anti-democratic processes, which, they state are contrary to Minnesota law and LCHS bylaws. In a filing on February 21, the citizens asked for a judge to intervene.
Jon Cramer, husband of 2005 Waterville-Elysian-Morristown High School graduate Elissa (Preuss) Cramer, is recovering from a series of complications stemming from a ruptured appendix and a subsequent, emergency surgery to wash his organs and remove a section of his colon.
After three weeks in the hospital, Jon is now home recovering with the help of his wife, children, Carter, 5, and Maya, 4, and other family members and friends, but will be out of work for months.
A fire Friday, April 6 at approximately 3:30 p.m. damaged a garage at the Randy Coon residence located on North Cottrill St. in Waterville. Waterville fire fighters worked to keep the fire under control and not let it spread to adjacent homes. The garage was a detached, two stall garage. According to Fire Chief Chris Meskan the fire is under investigation. No one was home at the time of the fire.
