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Leora Verna Schultz, 95, of Springfield, died Thursday, Feb. 17, 2000, at St. John Lutheran Home, Springfield. Services were Feb. 21 at Zion Lutheran Church in Springfield, with burial in the church cemetery. Sturm Funeral Home of Springfield handled the arrangements.
She is survived by her sister, Viola Rubitschung of Springfield, twin sister, Leila Kurtz of Redwood Falls, and sister, Blanche Schultz of McAllen, Iowa, the son of Harold C. and Charlene (Bunda) Hansen. He served his country as a Red Beret and pilot in the Vietnam Conflict and continued to serve his country in the years that followed. He served his community as a police officer and county deputy in Iowa. Ron was an entrepreneur and businessman all his life. He was a leader in the field of computer technology. He was owner and president of Arkansas Technology Distributing Corporation, Air Tec Computers of Rogers, AT Transportation, NWANET, and N.W. Sail. He was an inventor, marketing his archery scopes as ATC Archery.
He was a member of St. Vincent De Paul Catholic Church of Rogers, the Rogers Area Chamber of Commerce, the National Rifle Association, the LDRS Rocketry Association, the Benton County Flying Tigers, the Rogers Kiwanis, and was a charter member and past president of the Rogers Exchange Club. He enjoyed farming, sailing, golf, archery, rifle and black powder shooting, scuba diving, photography, model planes and rockets, cooking, wine making, and making "spud guns." He will be remembered as a generous man who supported Youth Bridge, St. Jude's Hospital, and gave personal scholarships to many Rogers high school students. He strongly advocated a good education for local youth.
Memorials may be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital or to the American Heart Association.
Norbert L. Deml, 84, of New Ulm, died Monday, Jan. 3, 2000, at the Sleepy Eye Care Center in Sleepy Eye. Mass of Christian burial will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 6, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in New Ulm with burial in the Catholic Cemetery in New Ulm. Visitation continues from 7:30 to 10:30 a.m., Thursday morning at the South Carolina. He worked at the Eagle Roller Mills in New Ulm and then he worked for New Ulm Telecom in New Ulm for 27 years, retiring in December of 1979. He was a member of the St. Mary's Catholic Church in New Ulm.
Baltos Entinger was born Jan. 6, 1909, on a farm near Iona, Minn., to Mathias and Theresa Wermerskirchen Entinger. He grew up on the family farm and attended St. Columba School in Iona. Baltos farmed with his father until his father's death in 1930. Baltos then farmed with his brother and continued living with his mother and sisters. They moved into Iona in 1950. Baltos worked as a farm hand for many of his Iona neighbors. He moved to the Southgate Apts. in Slayton in 1990. Baltos became a resident of Slayton Manor in 1995 and died there on April 21, 2000, at the age of 91. He was a life member of St. Columba Church in Iona. Baltos enjoyed fishing, gardening, flowers and music.
Survivors include two sisters, Sally Maiers of Sleepy Eye, and Dolores and husband Clarence Kremer of Worthington; and many nieces and nephews. His parents; five brothers, Aloysius, Raymond, Lawrence, Peter and Richard; and three sisters, Margaret, Elizabeth and Regina, preceded him in death.
Services were at St. Columba Church in Iona on Monday, April 24, with interment in the church cemetery. Pallbearers were Larry Entinger, Jerry Entinger, Dennis Sieve, Joe Cody, Loren Kremer and Donald Entinger.
Stanley Michael Sobocinski, 85, of Sleepy Eye, died Thursday, Dec. 30, 1999, in Sleepy Eye. Services were Monday, Jan. 3, at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Sleepy Eye. Interment was in St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Sleepy Eye, with military rites by the Sleepy Eye Honor Guard. Arrangements were handled by Sturm Funeral Home, Sleepy Eye.
He is survived by his wife, Margaret of Sleepy Eye; children, Stan Jr. and wife Sharon of Apple Valley, Mark of Hamel, Paul and wife Candy of Wabasso, Barbara and husband Mike Szostkowski of St. Paul, Thomas and wife Prudence of Leysin, Switzerland, Charles and wife Cindy of Barnesville, Robert and wife Lynn of New Prague, and Carole Steffl of Maple Plain; grandchildren, Tim, Dan, Brian, Megan, Chad, Sara, Mike, Karina, Paula Kaye, Steven, Scott, Riva, Sonya, Sophie, Hannah, Melissa, Matt, John, Emily and Kathryn; sisters, Mary Ostrowski, Rose and husband Charles Polkoski and Catherine Corno; and many nieces and nephews in New York, the son of Henry and Anna Sobocinski. He grew up in Long Island City where he attended and graduated from school in 1930. Stan worked for several years as a salesman and fuel oil delivery trucker for Petroleum Heat and Power Co. in Brooklyn. In April 1941, he entered the United States Army and was trained as an artillery mechanic. On Feb. 21, 1944, he was united in marriage to Margaret Zschetzsche at the Church of the Japanese Martyrs in Leavenworth. Following their marriage, Stan returned to the European Theatre, including the Battle of the Bulge from 1944-45. After the war, the couple resided and farmed in the Sleepy Eye area. Stan retired from farming in 1976, and the couple moved into town in 1978. He was an active member of the National Farmers Organization, Calif.; nine grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; and a brother, Carl Sagen of Sacramento, Texas and Mexico. They also enjoyed ballroom dancing and square dancing.
Florian L. Turbes, 96, of Springfield, died Sunday, Jan. 16, 2000, at the Sleepy Eye Municipal Hospital. Mass of Christian burial was Jan. 19 at St. Raphael's Catholic Church in Springfield, with burial in the church cemetery. Sturm Funeral Home of Springfield handled the arrangements.
He is survived by daughters, Kathleen and husband Sam Hauger of Springfield, Marilyn Roiger of Carroll, Washington. He was preceded in death by his parents, wife Lila, sisters, Rose Bruhn, Sarah Bruhn, Margaret Olson, and brothers, Harry, William and Clarence Rock.
Henry was born Oct. 17, 1909 in Bechyn, Minnesota, the son of John and Lena (Ahrendt) Rock. At a very young age, Henry moved with his family to Blaisdell, N.D. where he grew up on the family farm and attended school. On Sept. 10, 1933, Henry married Lila M. Schmidt in Jackson, Minn. Following their marriage they lived in Sleepy Eye where Henry owned and operated a trucking business until 1952. From 1953 to 1959 they farmed near Blaisdell, N.D. In 1960 they moved to Belgrade where they farmed. In 1975, Henry retired from farming. Lila died in 1980. Since 1988, Henry has been a resident at the Belgrade Nursing Home.
