Larry Eugene Foster was born December 19, 1951, in Rapid City, South Dakota, to Loyd and Patricia (Morgan) Foster.  At the age of 10, he moved with his family to Kalispell, Montana, and at age 16 to Northfield.  He graduated Northfield High School in 1970 and following graduation he returned to Montana.  He returned to Northfield in 1971 and began working in the auto parts business.  On October 19, 1977, he and Deb (Peterson) DeWolfe were married in Watertown, South Dakota.

Patrick James Meyer was born September 14, 1936, on a farm at Red Rock Ridge, Cottonwood County, Minnesota, to Arthur W.

Delores Margaret Balfe Weed was born February 6, 1925, in Kilkenny, Minnesota, to Michael and Hattie (Born) Balfe.  She attended St. Canice Parochial School and graduated from Montgomery High School in 1943.   She married Willis “Bill” Weed on October 25, 1947, and in 1948, they moved to Northfield.  They later divorced.  In 1968, Delores began working at St. Dominic’s Catholic Church and remained there until retiring in 1997.  Her service and dedication to St.

Alice Mae Gregerson Ims was born April 26, 1919, in Bert, North Dakota, to Norman and Norma (Knaus) Gregerson.  As a girl she moved with her family to a farm near Nerstrand and  attended country school.  She graduated from Randolph High School in 1937 and received her teacher’s training at Normal School in Red Wing.  Her first teaching job was teaching grades 1-8 at a country school near Dennison. She married Eugene Jerome “Gene” Ims on July 3, 1942, at her parent’s farm near Nerstrand.

Jack Gordon Johnson, age 83 of Northfield, formerly of Babbitt, died Monday evening, January 16, 2012, at the care center of the Northfield Retirement Community.

Lois Marie Burgoyne was born February 4, 1944, in Pipestone, Minnesota, to Ottis and Lila (Palmer) Knudtson, and was baptized at First Lutheran Church. When she was 4 years old, her father died. The family remained in Pipestone until moving to Madison, South Dakota, in 1957. In 1959, they moved to Northfield and Lois graduated from Northfield High School in 1962. She then attended St. Olaf College, graduating in 1966 with a degree in Music Education. Her first teaching job was in Marshfield, Wisconsin. She married Daniel Burgoyne on December 27, 1966, at St.

Phyllis Marjorie Lapham was born November 16, 1919, in rural Northfield, to George and Alma (Hisdahl) Lapham.  She was raised on a farm near Carleton College to whom her family was an egg supplier.  She attended Northfield Schools and after her education worked in the Tea Room at Carleton, spending her summers working at Grandview Lodge at Gull Lake.  In 1946, she began working with the Northfield News in the mailing department, retiring in 1982, after 35 years of service.   Phyllis and her sister Glennis lived together in their family home, in a town home they purc

Wilma Veronica Kovarik Malecha was born November 12, 1922, on a farm in Latona Township, Walsh County, North Dakota, to William and Anna (Stejskal) Kovarik and was baptized at the Catholic Church in the nearby town of Lankin.  Before her birth, her father died, and as an infant she moved with her mother and brother to her grandparent’s farm west of New Market.  She attended school and was confirmed at St. Nikolas Catholic Church in New Market.  After her education she worked on the farm.  She married Martin L.

Elton Allen Ryberg was born January 10, 1934, in St. Paul, Minnesota, to Arnold and Ella (Olson) Ryberg. He was baptized and confirmed at Highland Park Lutheran Church, graduated from St. Paul Central High School in 1951, and received his BA in Radio and TV Communications from the University of Minnesota
In 1956, he joined the US Air Force and served in Special Forces base in Bangor, Maine. He returned to the Twin Cities to work in radio broadcasting at KSTP, hosting “The Elton Ryberg Show”.