Cottonwood County Obits "W"
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A telegram was received here on Wednesday from Munich, N.D., announcing the accident which has ended the life of Cornelius Wall, son-in-law of Jac. Sawatzky. (Mountain Lake View)
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WALTER FREDERICK WEIS, 81, of Windom, died Thursday, Aug. 23, 2001; born on Jan. 14, 1920, he was the son of Nicolas and Marie Ring Weis. He married Betty Kadus Sept. 26, 1944; survived his wife; one son, Dean Weis, Windom, three daughters, Joan (Tom) Klett, White Bear Lake, Barbara Wise, Aurora, Colo., Nancy (Clint) Rose, South St. Paul; two sisters, Lillian Norstegard, Westbrook, Evelyn Atkins (Eddie), Walnut Grove; and five grandchildren; burial in the Westbrook Cemetery
(abstract Worthington Daily Globe)
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EDGAR WINTER, 86, formerly of Westbrook, died Monday, Nov. 4, 2002, in Weslaco, Texas; born Jan. 3, 1916, in Sheldon, Iowa, the son of Peter and Anna Meyners Winter; married Avanelle Fritts June 10, 1944, in Sheldon; survuved by his wife, of Weslaco, Texas; four sons, Verne Jay (Bonnie) of Rockford, Ill., Dean Lee (Deloris) of Westbrook, Dale Brian, McAllen, Texas, Kent Douglas (Deb) of Sioux Falls, S.D.; one sister, Lois Roggen of Peoria, Ariz.; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren; burial in Westbrook Cemetery
(abstract Worthington Daily Globe)
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David J. Wurtz, 49, of the Elmendorf Hutterian Brethren Colony, rural Mt. Lake, died Oct. 31, 1999, in Sioux Falls, S.D.; the son of Jake and Susie (Wipf) Wurtz, he was born Nov. 18, 1949, at Platte Colony, S.D.; married Hilda Hofer in 1979; survived by his wife, Hilda; six children, Brian, Justin, Darwin, Harold, Marilyn and Rebecca; his parents, Jake and Susie Wurtz; 14 brothers and sisters, Leonard (Dora); Gary (Katie); Willie (Miriam); Jordan (Priscilla); Alvin (Sarah); Henry (Betty); Moses (Jane); Debra (Sammy); and Ernie (Kathleen), all of the Elmendorf Colony; Becky (Hardy) and Betty (Edwin), all of Pensylvania; Annie (Sam) and Linda (Zackie), all of Fordham; and Kathy (Mike) of Spring Valley; burial at the Elmendorf Hutterian Brethren Colony Cemetery (abstract Mountain Lake Observer-Advocate)
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