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Feb 25, 2021
FAIRFAX Stella Roepke, of Fairfax passed away at the Sleepy Eye Care Center on Feb. 13, 2021, at the age of 97 years, 11 months and one day.
Stella Helena Black was born at her rural home in Wellington Township, Fairfax, Minnesota, on March 12, 1923. She was the daughter of Henry J and Adelia (Kiecker) Black.
Stella was baptized on April 8, 1923, at Emanuel Lutheran Church, Wellington Township. She attended Emanuel Lutheran Parochial School and Stella was confirmed on May 24, 1936, at Emanuel Lutheran Church. Stella graduated from Fairfax Public High School in June, 1942.
Stella married Alvin Roepke on June 20, 1944, at Emanuel Lutheran Church. They lived on the family farm in Stewart, MN, and moved to Fairfax in 1958. Alvin passed away in April, 1996. Stella and Alvin were blessed with one daughter, Cynthia. Stella was a homemaker and a teacher. During the early years of raising their daughter, she attended Mankato State College, Mankato, MN, and graduated in
Faith notes for Feb. 20
The Hutchinson News
Medora Community Bible Church, 8311 Medora Rd, will be having special services March 7-10 with Evangelist Dr. John Goetsch with West Coast Baptist College in Lancaster, California.
Dr. John Goetsch has been in full-time evangelism since 1974. In 1996, he became the Executive Vice President of West Coast Baptist College where he is involved in training young people for full-time ministry. He has authored several books and is also a highly regarded speaker at Christian camps in the United States.
Services will be at 9, 10:15 a.m., and 6 p.m. on March 7, and at 7 p.m. on March 8, 9, and 10.
COVENTRY â The Coventry High School Alumni Association recently unveiled the names of five alumni to be added to the growing list of Oakers whose photographs adorn the Coventry High School Hall of Fame.
Established by the alumni association in 2012, the Hall of Fame serves to give well-deserved recognition to those whose contributions may otherwise go unacknowledged.Â
âA lot of people donât get any recognition from other sources, and I think itâs important for people to know about those who are doing good from the community,â Ernest DiMicco, president of the Coventry High School Alumni Association, said Wednesday.
Inducteesâ photos line a well-trafficked hallway at the high school. Perhaps more important than recognizing the varied accomplishments of past Coventry High Schoolers, DiMicco added, is showing current students that anything is possible.Â
Sunday in Hartford: Massive show of police, not protesters
Cloe Poisson :: CTMirror.org
A protester and counter-protester: At left, a man who identified himself using what is likely a right-wing alias, Duncan Lemp, talks with Joanna Iovino of Hartford at the State Capitol.
The first to arrive was a masked young man who used the name of a dead anarchist to identify himself. He carried a first-aid kit and tree-of-liberty flag as he trudged up the hill to the state Capitol on Sunday, the advance guard of a protest that never materialized at least not in Hartford.
On a day when police stood on alert in every state capital, ready for protests promised in the wake of the stunning assault on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, Hartford was quiet. No one came to cry that the election was stolen from Donald J. Trump.