In Memoriam – Fall 2013
1930s Mae (Schollmer) Florin ’36 (Winona) passed away on June 13 at the age of 97. She received her one-year and two-year teaching certificates as well as her bachelor’s degree in science at Winona State. Mae taught La Crescent, Eden Prairie, and Lakefield before...
In Memoriam Spring 2013
May 28, 2013 1930s Harriet (Wood) Green ’32 (Winona) passed away on January 18 at the age of 101. She earned her two-year and bachelor’s degrees at Winona State and went on to teach in several southeast Minnesota school districts. She also taught in Juneau, Alaska,...
In Memoriam: Winter 2012
November 28, 2012 1920s Virginia Anderson Soenke ’29 (Salinas, Calif.) passed away on November 2. She had celebrated her 104th birthday only two weeks prior, on October 16. After graduating from Winona State, Virginia taught at a one-room schoolhouse before earning an...
In Memoriam Fall 2012
August 20, 2012 1930s Elda Louise Ann (Korn) Luehmann ’36 (Spring Park, Minn.) passed away on June 10 at age 97. She taught elementary school in Rochester and Stockton, and later owned and operated Luehmann Implement in St. Charles with her family. She is remembered...
In Memoriam – Spring 2012
April 1, 2012 1930s Dorothy (Stroud) Larson ’31 (Mabel, Minn.) passed away on November 14, 2011 at the age of 100 years, 6 months. Edna (Kruger) Larson ’35 (Winona) passed away on December 27. She began her teaching career in Michigan where she lived as a child....
In Memoriam: Winter 2011
November 13, 2011 1930s Florence Larson Freed ’34 (Blooming Prairie, Minn.) passed away on July 14 at the age of 96. She taught in country schools in Waltham and Sargeant for seven years before joining her husband, Francis, on their family farm. They both retired in...
In Memoriam: Fall 2012
May 25, 2011 1930s Neomi Wilson Stevens ’34 (Harmony, Minn.) passed away on July 4, 2010. She was 95 years old. She taught school in Filmore County from 1934 until 1950. Two of her sons, Ronald and Joseph, and two grandsons, William and Ronald, are Winona State...
