James Arthur Achterhoff was born to Henry and Martha (Elzenga) Achterhoff on April 10, 1933 on a farm near Trosky, Minnesota. He was raised on several farms in southwest Minnesota, and he attended school in Trosky. When his family moved to a farm near Hardwick, Minnesota, he continued his education at the high school in Luverne, Minnesota. After his graduation in 1951, he helped on the farm. In 1953, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and served in England until he was discharged in May of ...

Orville (Orv) Hamm was born on December 1, 1949, to Ralph and Carrie (Bolluyt) Hamm in Rock County, Minnesota. He spent his childhood on the family farm.  He attended school at EHS for 12 years.  In 1968 he joined the Sioux Falls Air National Guard serving his country for 6 years. In 1969 he professed his faith in Jesus at Bethel Christian Reformed Church.  In June of that same year, Orv married his high school sweetheart Brenda Tinklenberg.  They began farming at ...

Charles “Chuck” Bernie Top was born on December 4, 1941, to John and Johanna (Oldenkamp) Top in Rock County, MN. He was raised on the family farm between Beaver Creek and Hills. Chuck attended the Hills Christian School through 8th grade and then attended and graduated from HBC. He graduated from barber college in Minneapolis and worked as a barber in Mountain Lake, MN. He married Mary Ann Jansma on October 9, 1962, at the Steen Reformed Church. A year later they moved to ...

Vernon Harold Vis, 85, of Lismore, MN, passed away on Tuesday, April 7, 2026, at the Cottage Hospice in Luverne, MN. Vern was born on March 5, 1941, in Leota, Minnesota, to Henry and Tillie (Hamm) Vis. He attended Southwest Christian High School and spent his working years in a variety of roles, though he was best known and respected for his skill as a meat cutter. He retired fully in 2020. On May 29, 1958, Vern married the love of his life, Rose Schoolmeester. Together they raised ...

Glenn Van Essen, age 86, of Leota, Minnesota, passed away peacefully on February 28, 2026, at the Sanford Luverne Hospice Cottage. He knew that Jesus was his Savior and his sins were forgiven. Glenn entered his eternal home and was reunited with his parents and the eight siblings who preceded him in death. Glenn was born on September 13, 1939, the eleventh child of William and Hattie (Pool) Van Essen, on the Vander Ziel farm near Leota. On the day of his birth, his four sisters were sent to ...

Lenore (Norie) Catherine (Vos) Pool, Norie was born to Cecelia Florine (Heidgerken) and John Peter Vos on June 10, 1926 in Edgerton, MN. She was the second born of five children and raised in Edgerton, MN.  She married Marion (Mutt) Pool on December 17, 1945. They lived in Edgerton, then Pickstown, SD and returned in the early 1950s to make their home in Edgerton. Mutt passed on February 27, 1997. She was a lifelong member of the First Presbyterian Church in Edgerton. Norie and ...

Leonard Van’t Hof was born on February 15, 1937, to Cornelius and Johanna (Schmidt) Van’t Hof on their family farm near Chandler, Minnesota. After completing the sixth grade, Leonard dedicated himself to working on the farm alongside his family. He met the love of his life, Bertha Bakker, while she was providing housekeeping and childcare at his brother’s home. The two were united in marriage at the Chandler Christian Reformed Church January 3, 1958. After a year in ...

Rosalie “Rose” Veenhof, 86 passed away peacefully on February 10. 2026 at  Edgebrook Care Center in Edgerton. A lifelong Minnesotan with a heart as warm as her smile, Rose leaves behind a legacy built on connection, creativity, and an unwavering devotion to the people she loved. Born on September 5, 1939, in Pipestone, Minnesota, Rose grew up with a strong sense of community and family values that shaped every chapter of her life. After graduatingfrom Edgerton Public High ...

Elaine Beth (Van Essen) Prins was born to Nelvin and Jennie (Vander Top) Van Essen on March 16, 1954. She attended Edgerton Christian Elementary School and later Southwest MN Christian High School. Elaine professed her faith in Jesus Christ as her Savior at First Christian Reformed Church in Edgerton, MN. Elaine met a young man named Lloyd Prins on a blind date and they decided to make a lifelong commitment to each other on April 19, 1973. They served as teammates for 52 years. Elaine lived ...

Henry (Hein) De Boer was born September 21, 1934, in South Holland, Illinois, to Peter and Gertrude (Vermeer) De Boer, and he was baptized there. Because his father was a minister, first in the Protestant Reformed Church and then later the Christian Reformed Church in North America, the family moved to Holland, Michigan, and Redlands, California, before settling in Edgerton, Minnesota, in 1948. As a child in Holland, he remembered seeing large piles of metal collected as part of World War II ...