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 ...

Mary Ann (Van Maanen) Drooger was born on November 27, 1937, the third of four children to Herman and Sarah (Boon) Van Maanen. She idolized her older sister Margaret and had a built-in best friend in her little brother John. Her older brother Jake looked after them all. They grew up on farms near Hills, MN, and Valley Springs, SD, where she attended school. It was freshman year in Hills where she met Janice Beyer, a friendship she treasured for the last 75 years. Through high school, Mary ...

Hendrene was born on May 26, 1937, to Dick and Jessie (Van Der Woude) Boeve on a farm near Edgerton, Minnesota. At age six, her family moved to a farm near Steen, Minnesota, where she attended country school through the eighth grade. On December 20, 1955, Hendrene was united in marriage to Arnold Veldkamp. Together, they shared a life built on faith and agriculture, farming near Steen, Beaver Creek, Edgerton, and Ihlen, Minnesota. They retired to Luverne in 2004. After 54 years of ...

Harold James Jasper passed away peacefully, leaving behind a legacy of faith, family, and hard work. Born on February 23, 1932, to James and Henrietta (Visser) Jasper on their family farm west of Edgerton, MN, Harold’s life was rooted in the land and his community. Harold and Gertrude met through their church, beginning a beautiful journey together that led to their marriage in 1953. Shortly after, Harold answered the call to serve his country in the U.S. Army from 1952 to 1954. A ...

Lois Jean Klumper, a woman of remarkable spirit and creativity, was born on April 9, 1932, to John and Lydia Beckering. Lois Jean attended Edgerton Public School before furthering her education at the Minnesota School for the Deaf in Faribault, graduating in 1950. Demonstrating incredible determination, Lois Jean overcame the challenges of deafness by self-teaching lip reading and skillfully navigating the hearing world throughout her life. She met Gerrit Klumper, and they united in ...