Swanson Peterson Funeral Home

Memorial service for Tammy will be held Tuesday, August 9, 2:00 PM at Gethsemane Lutheran Church, Dassel, MN.  Time of gather will begin at 12:00 also at church.

Tammy Lou Lueders was born October 18, 1961in New Ulm,
Minnesota to Dennis and Bonnie Havemeier.
She attended parochial school in
Green Isle, MN and graduated

with the class of 1980 from Arlington
High School.

Following high school, Tammy worked in Arlington
at a facility for the mentally handicapped.
Then took a position in Victoria, Minnesota
at another home for the mentally handicapped.
She then worked in Buffalo, Minnesota
at an adult day care facility for people with Alzheimer’s and dementia.  After that she was the manager of an assisted
living facility in Buffalo, called
Kensington Cottages.  After that she went
to Econo foods pharmacy in Litchfield, then to Staples Chiropractic in Cokato
and was currently employed at Nesseth chiropractic in Cokato.

On July 13, Bret Lueders asked Tammy’s father if he could
propose to her, he agreed and the couple were married November 25, 1988 in Arlington.  Bret and Tammy have made their home in Dassel
ever since.  The couple has been blessed
with three boys.

Cooking, gardening, landscaping flowers, collecting rocks
and scrap booking were hobbies Tammy enjoyed.
Spending time with family and attending their boys events have always
been the most important thing in Tammy’s life.
Tammy was a member of Gethsemane
Lutheran Church
in Dassel and served in the youth program and Sunday School.

Tammy was taken from us at the Sanford
Medical Center
in Fargo following an accident on August 2, 2011 between Detroit
Lakes and Park Rapids she was 49
years old.

Tammy is survived by her loving husband, Bret; three sons,
Tyler, Garret and Pierce; her mother, Bonnie Havemeier of Cokato and sister,
Connie (Dave) Huber of Le Seuer, MN.

Tammy was preceded in death by her father, Dennis Havemeier,
and grandparents, Elmer and Eleanor Guetzko and Paul & Mary Havemeier.

Funeral Service for Ethel Hess will be at 11 AM on Monday July 11, at the Stockholm Lutheran Church

Visitation will be from 5-8 PM on Sunday at Swanson-Peterson Funeral Home of Cokato and 1hr prior to service at church on Monday

Paryer service at 7PM on Sunday

Ethel Irene Hess was born June 26, 1923 in Cokato to Carl and Anna (Nevala) Terning.  She grew up in Cokato was baptized and
confirmed at the Finnish Apostolic Lutheran Church.

Ethel married Omar Hess in
1940 at The Little Brown Church in Iowa.  She attended Anoka Ramsey Community
College
earning her LPN degree.  She worked at
the Hutchinson Hospital for a number of years.  Omar and Ethel did dairy farming in Glenwood City, Wisconsin and crop farming in Minnesota areas.  They
moved to town in 1980 and spent winters at their home in Tucson,
Arizona.

Ethel enjoyed sewing, music
and gardening.  She enjoyed spending time
with her birthday club and sewing club friends.
She was involved in her church and community.

Ethel passed away on July 6, 2011 at Birchwood Hospice House in Hutchinson.  She had
reached the age of 88 years and 10 days.

Ethel is survived by her five
daughters, Mary Ann (James) Ryan of Cokato, MN, Katherine Jolin of Springboro, OH, Jane Ray of St. Paul, MN, Carolyn (Dr. Carl) Cole of St. Thomas, Virgin Islands and Brenda Hess of Redondo Beach, CA; nine grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.

Ethel was preceded in death
by her parents, husband, seven brothers & sisters and son in law Dr.
Timothy Jolin.

Lorraine ‘Lori’ Carlson, age 87, of Howard Lake, died Thursday, June 29, 2011, at the Howard Lake Good Samaritan Care Center. She was born Aug. 14, 1923, on a farm northwest of Kingston, the fourth oldest child, having four brothers and five sisters. Lori attended school at District 44, and also in Watkins. She worked at many different jobs including cooking, cleaning, and factory work at Precision. Lori married Bill Carlson Aug. 23, 1944, in Kingston. Bill was serving in the Army Air Corps, and they lived in Midland, TX and Spokane, WA during his years of service. Following his service, they lived in Kingston, Minneapolis, and Navarre. When Bill retired, he and Lori enjoyed a summer home at Carefree Country Club in Big Lake, and spent the winters in Arizona. Five years ago, they sold their home in Arizona and bought a home on Dutch Lake Trail in Howard Lake. Bill was in poor health and passed away in October 2007. Lori has been a resident at Howard Lake Good Samaritan Care Center since December 2007.

Her hobbies included tending to her flowers, traveling, golf, snowmobiling, and visiting friends and relatives. In addition to her husband, Lori was preceded in death by her parents, Oscar and Hulda Peterson; and a brother, Alden Peterson.

She is survived by brothers Wilbert, Arnold, and Roger (Maxine); sisters Margie Mueller, Margaret (Bill) Hendrickson, Dorothy (Ernest) Larson, Estella Merriman, and Marlene (Roger) Ahlm; and several nieces and nephews. A memorial service took place Thursday, July 7 at 10 a.m. at Good Shepherd Free Lutheran Church in Cokato, with visitation for one hour prior to the service at the church.

Evelyn Myrtle (Jauss) Zander was
born July 10, 1917 at her
grandparents’ farm in Taylor, North
Dakota, to Fred and Ella (Christensen) Jauss.

Evelyn was baptized on July 29, 1917, at the Evangelical Lutheran
Church of Taylor, by Rev W.H. Larson and confirmed

April 20, 1930, at Christ Lutheran Church 19
miles Southeast of Dickinson, North Dakota, by Pastor William Geners.

On April 8, 1942, Evelyn was united in marriage
to Edward Bernard Zander, at Christ Lutheran Church, by
Pastor Geners, in Dickinson.  As a bride, she came to Howard Lake with
her husband and resided north of Howard Lake for 48
years.  When Edward passed away, she
moved to the Howard Lake Apartments on July 4, 1990.

While living on the farm, she
helped with the farm work.  Evelyn also
helped with the trucking business they operated the last 25 years they were on
the farm.

She was active in her church, St.
John’s Lutheran of Howard Lake, which she was a
member of since 1942.  She belonged to
what was then called the Ladies Aid, which did alot of sewing.  In later years, it was called WELCA and they
made many quilts for the needy.  Her
family was all remembered with quilts.
In later years, she took up crocheting as her eye sight was
failing.  She made afghans for little
children (Project Linus), prayer shawls and always had dish cloths for the
annual Christmas Brunch.  She taught
Sunday school for 25 years, helped with children’s choir, sewed gowns and sang
in the church choir.

Evelyn passed away at Good
Samaritan Home of Howard Lake on June 18, 2011 having reached the age of 93
years, 11 months and 8 days.  Survivors
include:  her children, Leroy (Sandra)
Zander and Lowell (Jeanne) Zander both of Prescott, AZ;
grandson Jason (Marjorie) Zander of Woodinville, WA; great
grandchildren; Michael, Eric and Madeline Zander; granddaughter Jill (Keith)
Tutewohl of Farmington, MN and her sister Ethel and family.

She was
preceded in death by her parents; husband, Edward; grandson to be Shane Elsen,
niece Linda and husband Robert Vaughn

Funeral service was held Tuesday, June 21, 2011 at St.
John’s Lutheran Church in Howard Lake with
Rev Joel Swedberg officiating.  Music was
provided by Grant Judd and Jon Benson.
Interment at the Howard Lake City Cemetery.

Delphine Genevieve (Isaacson) Bergstrom was born December
20, 1915 to Gideon (Gene) and Jenny Isaacson. This Swedish girl got her name
from a French friend of her mothers. She was born in Minneapolis and moved at
18 months to Stockholm, MN. At age 14 her family moved north of Cokato.
Delphine and Rodney were lab partners and read their graduation speeches
together. They graduated from Cokato High School with the class of 1934 and
later began dating. Following graduation Delphine attended St. Cloud Teachers college.
She taught in Annandale, MN until she married Rodney on March 8, 1941 at Elim
Mission Church Cokato, MN. During their marriage they lived in Winona,
Brainerd, Fargo and Cokato. She was a life long teacher. She worked at Cokato
Elementary as a substitute teacher and teacher assistant until she was 70 years
old.

Delphine enjoyed cooking, sewing, flower gardening, spending
time with family, fishing, putting her feet in the water at the lake and was an
avid reader. She was a member of the First Baptist Church.

Delphine witnessed many changes throughout her life. She was
born in WWI, during horse and buggy time, and the early development of flight.

Delphine passed away on June 13, 2011 at the Cokato Manor.
She reached the age of 95 years, 5 months, and 24 days.

Delphine is survived by her children, Richard Bergstrom,
Mary Jean Ortquist, Sue (Mike) Winge and Lynda (Randy) Johnson all of Cokato;
grandchildren Tresha (Damon) Melquist, Jennah (Jeremiah) Verhey, Jordan
Ortquist, Elizabeth (Josh) Kloos, Laura (Mark) Gabrielson, Annalicia (Phil)
Niemla, Grant Johnson; great grandchildren Kenzie, Kylie, and Kasey Melquist,
Jenavieve, Jasper, and Jorjah Verhey, Hayen and Vivian Kloos, and Cole Cochran.

Delphine was preceded in death by her husband, parents, sister
Marjorie Moangen and son-in-law David Ortquist.

Memorial Service: Saturday, June 18, 2011, 11:30 AM at the First Baptist Church of Cokato. Visitation 2 hrs prior to service at church.