Archive - 2017

On April 1, 100 members of the Glencoe-Silver Lake (GSL) High School bands and choirs participated in the state-section solo/ensemble contest at Minnesota State University – Mankato. This contest is sponsored by the Minnesota State High School League and allows students to perform instrumental and vocal solos and small ensembles before a certified adjudicator.  
GSL band events were awarded the “Best in Site” awards for all four sites in which they had entries.
Receiving superior ratings for band solos were:

Maurice Oelfke, 74, of Hamburg, died Saturday, April 8, 2017, at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis.
Funeral services were held Tuesday, April 11, at Emanuel Lutheran Church in Hamburg with the Rev. Donald Andrix officiating. Kathy Oelfke was the organist. Soloist Jennifer Oelfke sang “On Eagle’s Wings.” Congregational hymns were “Peace, Like a River” and “Beautiful Savior.”

Ret. Col. Vernon A. Moehring, 98, of Westminster Winter Park, Florida, died peacefully on March 30, 2017.
Funeral services will be held at a later date at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia.
Col. Moehring was born March 7, 1919, in Glencoe, the son of the late Emil J. and Lillian (Jenecke) Moehring.
He attended William Penn College for three years on a football scholarship before enlisting in the U.S. Army to serve in World War II.

Estella “Stella” Ann Fogarty, 78, of Lester Prairie, died peacefully Thursday, April 6, 2017, in hospice at a daughter’s home in Silver Lake.
A Mass of Christian Burial was held Wednesday, April 12, at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Winsted with the Rev. Paul Schumacher as the celebrant.
Casket bearers were Mrs. Fogarty’s grandsons, Robert Fogarty, Martin Justus, Joseph Fogarty, Mitchell Radtke, Myles Radtke, James Justus, David Fogarty and Colin Fogarty.
Interment was in the Holy Family Cemetery, Winsted.