Roger William Post was born May 9, 1948 to William and Bertha (Blom) Post in Willmar, MN. He was raised on a farm NW of Prinsburg. Roger attended Central MN Christian School, graduating in 1966. He was baptized and made profession of faith at First Christian Reformed Church of Prinsburg. Roger joined the Army Reserves in September of 1966 and served until October of 1972. Roger married Lorna Behrends on August 16, 1968 at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Clara City, MN. They made their...

Anna Jean Beckering  was born to John and Henrietta (Achterhoff) Schoolmeester on July 2, 1930 on a farm near Chandler, Minnesota. When she was four years old, she moved with her parents to a farm near Edgerton, Minnesota where she attended school in District #44. She continued her education at Edgerton High School. After her high school graduation in 1948, she helped on her parents’ farm. On November 10, 1949, she was united in marriage to Richard Beckering in Edgerton....

Jerry Dean Brink was born on June 21, 1951 to Marion and Nellie (DeGroot) Brink at the hospital in Pipestone, Minnesota. He was raised in Edgerton, Minnesota and was baptized and made his profession of faith at Bethel Christian Reformed Church. He attended school at Edgerton Christian Elementary School and graduated in 1969 from Southwest Christian High School. In 1971, Jerry was drafted into the United States Army. He was honorably discharged in 1972 due to his father’s sudden death....

Milton Henry Schaap was born to Henry and Mary Schaap on the Arie Vis farm in rural Leota, Minnesota, on March 26, 1937, at the tail end of a March snowstorm. In fact, the doctor had to make a house call to the Schaap residence in a special “snow machine” just to deliver Milt. Milt grew up milking cows on his family’s small dairy farm in various locations in Murray and Nobles counties. When he had time, Dad loved to escape into the outdoors. He first shot a twelve-gauge...

Pauline Faye “Polly” Gorter Pauline Faye “Polly” Gorter was born into a loving home on August 15, 1959. This was her first blessing. She was further blessed when on October 4, 1959 she was baptized into Christ. Little did Polly’s parents realize what was to come with their newest child. Polly experienced the pain of living in a fallen world. Her extremely limited mental and physical capacities were part of her life. Her parents, siblings, and extended family...

Erma Kreun Beukelman Pool was born on March 31,1921 to John and Johanna (Muilenburg) Kreun and died December 5, 2020 at the age of 99 years, 8 months and 5 days. Erma spent her youth on a farm near Leota Minnesota with five brothers and three sisters. She went to a country school. She told of all the fun times they had growing up and enjoyed the rides on the family pony. Erma enjoyed music, and the family spent many hours singing around the piano. Erma made her confession of faith in...

Janna Vandergrift Baker was born on April 29, 1964, to Gary and Carol (Andringa) Vandergrift in Bellflower, Calif. Janna attended school at Bellflower Christian & Valley Christian schools. While in high school, she was part of the cheer and drill teams. Janna was also part of a singing choir with performances throughout the Los Angeles area. Janna’s job after high school was a bank teller, while also helping her family business (store-front rides for kids). It was there where...

Archie was born on May 18th, 1943 to William G. and Adrianna (Pennings) Nibbelink. He was raised on a farm near Orange City, Iowa, along with six siblings where many good memories were shared. He attended Orange City Elementary and Western Christian in Hull, Iowa, and later Dordt College in Sioux Center, Iowa. On July 8, 1966, he married Marj Meyer from Woden, Iowa. They became acquainted at Dordt where they each shared in many musical activities such as programs, Dordt choir, and musical...

Herman “Herm” Eugene Bos, 77, passed away on his family farm northwest of Edgerton, MN on Saturday, October 10th. He died as a result of injuries doing the activity he loved most in life: riding horses. He grew up on the family farm with his parents Cornelius and Henrietta (Van Hulzen) Bos. Cor immigrated to the United States from the Netherlands at age 18 and met Henrietta, who was raised in Leota. Together they had five children: Herman, and his four sisters: Annetta...

Elaine Eva Lou Rieck  was born on February 28, 1929, to John and Minnie (Barck) Lafrentz on a farm near Hardwick, Minnesota. She attended country school through the eighth grade. As a young girl around 12 years of age, she did house cleaning for area neighbors. One of her favorite social activities as a young lady was going to dances in Hardwick. She loved to polka and waltz.  She was baptized, confirmed and married at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Trosky. She was...