Randall “Randy” Lee Butson, son of the late Dale “Pete” Butson and Ivalea (Winters) Butson was born August 15, 1953 in Mankato, MN and raised on the family farm outside of Garden City, MN. Randy was baptized as an infant at the Garden City Log Cabin Lutheran Church and confirmed in 1967 at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Vernon Center, MN. He attended Garden City school and graduated from Wellcome Memorial High School in 1971. He attended Mankato State...

Melvin Leroy Hendriks was born on January 28, 1935, in Edgerton to Benjamin and Lucy (Vander Linden) Hendriks. He attended school in Edgerton through the 8th grade. He enlisted in the U.S. Army at the age of 18. Mel was stationed in Colorado Springs and Washington DC where he was in the motor pool and drove a bus. He was proud to have guarded President Eisenhower when his plane took off and landed, and also stood guard at the Pentagon when important dignitaries were meeting there. After his...

MIN Huisken was born on Janurary, 16, 1922, in rural Chandler, MN, the youngest of nine children.  She was married on May 22, 1943 to Frederick Huisken.  After WWII, the couple moved to Lake Wilson, MN, where they operated a hardware store until moving to Edgerton where they operated the Hardware Hank store from 1954 until 1981.  Min and Fred had four boys: David, Charles, Steve and Doug. Min traveled.  As a teenager, she and a group of teens drove to California and...

Margaret “Marge” Joan Mesman was born on April 28th, 1935 to Raymond and Della (Gritters) Hulstein in Sioux Center, Iowa. When Marge was young, her parents moved a few times and she grew up on farms near Sioux Center, Woodstock, Minnesota and Edgerton, Minnesota. When Marge’s family moved to Woodstock, she helped her mom tend the family and later worked at Woodstock Telephone Company. While attending church in Edgerton, she met Arvin Mesman. Marge married Arv on May 7,...

John Van’t Hof was born on August 30, 1927 to Cornelius and Johanna (Schmidt) Van’t Hof near Leota, Minnesota. He was raised bilingually, as his family spoke primarily Dutch at home. He attended country school in the Leota area. After his education John worked at Mouw’s Hatchery and helped on various local farms. On January 16, 1951, he enlisted in the United States Army. He served a two year active term and was later honorably discharged on December 28, 1956. During his...

Jacob Lawrence Hubers…was born on August 5, 1929, to William and Jennie (Doctor) Hubers in Hospers, Iowa. He spent his early childhood years in Sioux County and attended school through the eighth grade. In 1940, his family moved to a farm outside of Pipestone, Minnesota. Throughout his life, Jacob worked hard on the farm, helping his father when he was a child and young adult and eventually owning the family farm. Jacob served honorably as a soldier with the US Army during the Korean...

Nicholas (Nick) Veenhof, was born on November 28, 1937 on a farm 5 miles north of Edgerton in Burke Township to Henry and Lorraine Veenhof.  He attended a country school until the age of 10 when his parents moved to Edgerton.  He then attended Edgerton Public and graduated in 1955.  He went to Northwestern College in Orange City, IA for a semester then joined the U.S. Navy.  He served two years active duty and his remaining service in the Navy Reserves.  On August...

Carol Ann Van Dam was born to Cornelius and Anna (Van Houten) De Vries on February 2nd, 1936 in Pipestone, Minnesota where she was raised and attended school. She later met Edward John Van Dam and they were united in marriage on September 1, 1953 at the home of Carol’s parents. The couple made their home on the farm that was owned by Ed’s parents; here they raised two children and shared over 60 years of marriage. Ed preceded Carol in death on August 3, 2017.  Carol...

Bertha Christoffels was born to Aart and Maggie (Van Pykeren) Spronk on December 16, 1921 near Beaver Creek, Minnesota. She was raised on a farm near Beaver Creek and Steen, Minnesota and attended country school, graduating from 8 th grade. She had always hoped she could go on to high school, but she was needed to help with farm work, so she was not able to fulfill that dream. A young man from church, named Louis Christoffels worked for her Dad for a short time and eventually found work for...

Trudy Diane Schelhaas was born on September 26, 1952 to Vernon and AnnaBelle (Beckering) Schelhaas in Pipestone, Minnesota. Trudy grew up in Edgerton, Minnesota and attended the Edgerton Public School. She graduated from high school and began working for the Huisken Market in Edgerton. Trudy enjoyed working for Huisken Market for 20+ years before she started to work at the Edgebrook Care Center in Edgerton. Trudy adored working at the Edgebrook Center, spending all of the time that she could...