BU-06334 1994

To Order

Minnesota Extension Home Economics Past and Present

Part Eight:

County Home Economists:

1917 to 1993

by Evelyn Quesenberry McDonald

This list was compiled in June 1992 by Mary Jenkins, Kittson County Extension Educator, from information received from each county and from MAEHE historical files. The list was updated in October 1993 by Evelyn McDonald, and `present' refers to that date.

Mary Jenkins, Kittson County Extension Educator, compiled this list of county home economists.

*Aitkin*
Elizabeth J. Erickson	1949 – 1952
Mavis L. McGuire	1963 – 1968
Joy A. Dumke Janzen	1968 – 1974
Jeanette Bronczyk Pitt	1974 – 1993
Susan Olson	1993 – Present
*Anoka*
Vivian Wollum	1943 – 1944
Lillian Nordell	1944 – 1945
Janet Powers	1945 – 1947
Edith E. Nelson	1947 – 1949
Sally Sparks Glasrud	1949 – 1951
Marie Jensen	1951 – 1952
Marie Stanger	1952
JoAnne Buan Nelson	1956 – 1963
Mary Ann Maas (asst.)	1959
Lois O. Lapham	1963 – 1969
Florence Bernard Hedeen	1969 – 1972
Judi D. Linder	1969 – 1974
Charlotte A. Kieffer Kleene	1972 – 1976
Virginia Sundeen	1975 – 1979
Lynn Ihrke	1979 – 1987
Patricia Olson	1987 – 1991
Rosemary Heins	1992 – Present
*Becker*
Genevieve Moffitt	1946 – 1949
Verna J. Erickson	1950 – 1953
Jeanette C. Bogue	1953 – 1955
Ina Mae Johnson	1955
Nance Peterson Pierson	1956 – 1958
Beth Sparling Sorenson	1958 – 1959
Marcella M. Strobel	1960 – 1961
Miriam E. Suomela	1962 – 1964
Jeanette Thureen Jutz	1964 – 1968
Teresa Reuter Vizenor	1969 – 1972
Enid Ehlen Just	1972 – 1976
Sharon Torbenson O'Gorman	1977 – Present
*Beltrami*
Ada Todnem Schroeder	1935 – 1943
Edith Nelson	1943 – 1947
Dorothy Jean Castle	1959 – 1970
Marcia Nelson	1970 – 1972
Constance Simenson	1972 – Present
*Benton*
Vivian D. Headley	1949 – 1950
JoAnn Neville	1950 – 1952
Marlys Simons Fuller	1952 – 1953
Ethyl Mae Barbour	1954 – 1955
Verna Milne	1955 – 1957
Eloise Kylander	1959 – 1961
Carolyn F. Pokela	1962 – 1963
Mary P. Faine	1962 – 1963
Marcella Swenson	1963
Judy Humphrey	1964 – 1965
Diane Holmen Corrin	1965 – 1984
Mary A. Shimota	1976
Karen Volk	1985 – 1987
Sheila Busch	1988 – 1990
Karin Ihnen	1991 – Present
*Big Stone*
Helen M. Schueller	1946 – 1948
Elizabeth Pierce Schmidt	1952 – 1954
Lois Brakke	1954 – 1956
Barbara C. Larson	1956 – 1957
Audrey C. Blum	1958 – 1965
Ellen E. Marsh	1965 – 1967
Marian M. Smith Anderson	1968 – 1989
Jean Kvols	1989 – Present
*Blue Earth*
Eva Blair	1923 – 1925
Agnes Erkel	1925 – 1928
Marion Hagstrom Melrose	1928 – 1932
Clara Farstad	1933 – 1937
Marjorie Perrizo	1938 – 1939
Viola Mach Dietz	1939 – 1943
Margary Evanson Smitke	1943 – 1944
Martha Deters Foresberg	1944 – 1945
Barbara Bechtel	1946
Caroline Fredrickson	1947 – 1954
Bernita Severson	1954 – 1956
Vivian Evans	1956
Kathleen Bjerum	1957 – 1958
Jane B. Sletta	1958 – 1962
Joan Ryan Nagel	1962 – 1963
Ann Marie Farning	1963
Valerie Sarenpa	1964 – 1966
Sharon Gilsrud	1967 – 1973
Kay Martin	1973 – 1975
Mary Lou Ihrke	1975 – Present
*Brown*
Eva Blair	1923 – 1925
Amy Wessel Newcomb	1925 – 1930
Margaret Vaule	1930 – 1932
Josephine Burkett	1932 – 1939
Barbara Roverud	1939 – 1943
Ethel Marmorine Peterson	1943 – 1945
Agnes Callanan	1946 – 1949
Virginia Blackwood	1950 – 1951
Mary Elizabeth Carleton	1951 – 1954
Mary Jane Berle Beranek	1959 – 1962
Anita Zimmerman Schlueter	1963 – 1964
Mary Lynn Kock	1964 – 1965
Katherine Weisser	1965 – 1967
Beverlee L. Olson	1968 – 1969
Carol P. Draheim	1969 – 1971
Beverlee L. Olson	1971 – 1975
Mary J. Reiter	1975
Bonnie K. McCarvel	1977 – 1979
Janie O'Connor Conlin	1979 – 1984
Sandra Rasmussen	1984 – 1985
Gail Gilman Waldner	1985 – Present
*Carlton*
Mary Bitsianes	1946 – 1951
Nancy Anderson	1951 – 1953
Marlys Fuller	1953 – 1954
Allene Sher Edelstein	1955 – 1958
June Defore	1959 – 1963
Joan Q. May	1963 – 1964
Jean Vossen	1964 – 1967
Joann R. Damhof	1968 – 1969
Marlene R. Breu	1970 – 1972
Mary F. Wigand	1973 – 1978
Geraldine M. Gustafson	1978 – 1982
Virginia Korte-Castle	1983 – 1993
Rebecca A. Hagan Jokela	1993 – Present
*Carver*
Emma Niemann Buelow	1946 – 1948
Darlene L. Christensen	1953 – 1954
Delores M. Johnson	1956 – 1957
Norma J. Myrah	1957 – 1959
Marlys J. Vieths Hinricks	1959 – 1960
Sonia Overmoen	1962 – 1965
Judith Jardine	1965 – 1967
Janice K. Kirth Albrecht	1967 – 1969
Jeanne Markell	1969 – 1986
Donna Hastings	1975
Mary Ellen Siegle	1976
Betty McAndrews	1986 – 1987
Nancy Lenhart	1987 – Present
*Cass*
Catherine Deml	1970 – 1977
Julie Hudson	1977
Deb Miller	1979 – 1980
Martha Harder	1980 – Present
Jayanna (Jackie) Getting	1986 – 1987
Sharon Frentel	1988 – 1989
*Chippewa*
Mildred Nordeng	1946 – 1948
Margaret Mary Jacobson	1948 – 1952
Vivian E. Canning	1952 – 1955
Florence Sack Benton	1955 – 1956
Jean Lovodkken	1958 – 1960
Romell M. Johnson	1960 – 1962
Adele Ann Rydberg Fuls	1962 – 1967
Elizabeth Russell	1967 – Present
*Chisago*
Myrna L. Shearer	1959 – 1987
Susan Olson	1988 – 1992
*Clay*
Esther Ferris	1919 – 1922
Margaret Opp	1937 – 1940
Florence Muir	1940 – 1943
Eleanor Fitzgerald	1943 – 1955
Gretchen Wolfe (asst.)	1944 – 1945
Edna K. Jordahl Cowles	1955 – 1959
Phyllis Hess	1958
Eleanor Fitzgerald	1959 – 1961
Ruth Johnson	1961 – 1977
Nancy J. Novak	1974 – 1979
Nancy Frosaker Johnson	1979 – 1985
Ranelle Fogelson	1985 – 1987
Nancy Frosaker Johnson	1987 – Present
*Clearwater*
Meryl O. Graham	1954 – 1957
Marilyn Balstad (asst.)	1959 – 1963
Elizabeth Russell	1964 – 1967
Sara F. Madsen	1974 – 1979
Barbara Muesing	1978 – 1979
Karen Wermers	1980 – 1983
Jean Castle	1983 – 1984
Bonita L. Thompson	1984 – Present
*Cook*
No Home Economists
*Cottonwood*
Alice E. Briggs	1936 – 1940
Phyllis Greenland	1940
Estella Cook	1941 – 1942
Genevieve Hamilton Best	1941 – 1944
Gretchen Wolfe	1944 – 1945
Lorraine Eckstein	1946 – 1949
Virginia Blackwood	1949 – 1950
Virginia E. White	1954 – 1956
Lorna Russell Runck	1959 – 1962
Mary J. Johnson	1961 – 1962
Pauline Nundahl Nickel	1962 – 1973
Colleen K. Hondl	1973 – 1977
Kathy J. Nordland Brandt	1978 – 1982
Carol Christianson	1982 – 1983
Sharon K. Johnson	1983 – 1985
Carol Christianson	1985 – 1986
Janet Benson	1986 – Present
*Crow Wing*
Catherine Kruger Metcalf	1945 – 1947
Margaret Skaar	1947 – 1950
Elaine Olson	1950 – 1951
Donna Doscher	1951 – 1953
Helen Jacobson	1953 – 1954
Alice P. Walters	1955 – 1956
Marilyn Matthews	1957 – 1960
Ellyn Thorsander	1965 – 1968
Peggy J. Korpela Sloan	1969 – 1986
Julie Despot	1986 – Present
*Dakota*
Ida M. Siebler	1921 – 1922
Julie Newton	1924
Emma Henderson	1927
Margaret Burtis	1937 – 1943
Evelyn Kern	1942 – 1945
Dorothy Kelly	1945 – 1947
Ruth Osmundson	1947 – 1949
Ruth Tjosem Olson	1949 – 1954
Genevieve Sandberg	1954 – 1959
Patricia A. Scheibel	1959 – 1963
Elaine C. Klingebeil	1953 – 1989
Jeanne K. Spicker Stanek	1971 – 1975
Betty Wermerskirchen McAndrews	1975 – 1979
Joan K. Sprain	1977 – 1978
Mary Duncomb	1979 – Present
Marilyn J. Herman	1990 – 1993
Nicole Garrity Deprez	1993 – Present
*Dodge*
Jeanne Birong Mortenson	1945 – 1947
Barbara Conklin	1953 – 1956
Bobbette Kern	1956 – 1957
Lavaun Neeb Heikkinen	1958 – 1963
Marlys Sutherland	1964 – 1965
Bonita A. Augst	1965 – 1967
Carol R. Strand	1967 – 1969
Marie L. Bjornson Lee-Rude	1969 – 1977
Jane Heser	1977 – 1980
Donna Rae Waldock Scheffert	1981 – 1985
Mary Urbanski	1985 – 1989
Madeleine Wiegrefe	1989 – Present
Catherine H. Moenning	1990 – Present
*Douglas*
Rikka Bale	1949 – 1953
Ruth Gustavson	1953 – 1957
Irene S. Peterson	1957 – 1966
R. Joan Deal (asst.)	1959
Patricia M. Copa	1966 – 1967
Susan G. Hecht	1968 – 1969
Constance Strootman Eidem	1969 – 1973
Bette J. Grossman Schmitz	1973 – 1979
Paula Pohlmeier Lee	1979
Lori Vig	1985 – Present
*Faribault*
Susan Haugh	1922 – 1923
Eva Blair	1923 – 1924
Mary Jane Boyd	1929 – 1931
Helen Kallenberg	1931 – 1933
Charlotte Kirchner	1933 – 1935
Maybelle Game	1935 – 1937
Mildred Blanch	1937 – 1938
Mildred Sailor Frederickson	1938 – 1939
A. Elizabeth Burr	1939 – 1944
Athelene Scheid	1944 – 1946
Minerva Jenson	1946 – 1950
Emily Moore	1950 – 1952
Doris Kreutkamp McDill	1952 – 1954
Mary A. Kisor	1955 – 1956
Eloise Layman	1956 – 1958
Claryce R. Kuhlman	1959
Joan Ryan Nagel	1960 – 1962
Lorna Montska	1963 – 1966
Marcille Allen	1966 – 1968
Sara B. Samek	1969 – 1972
Lois E. Blegen Anderson	1972 – 1976
Melody S. Sanders	1976 – 1979
Janene Baedke	1979 – Present
Cindy L. Arnevik	1989 – Present
*Fillmore*
Mildred Sailor Frederickson	1936 – 1938
Ruth May Green Amundson	1938 – 1941
Julia Bartlett	1941
Hildegarde Altenbernd	1942
Lorraine Pierce Luehmann	1942 – 1944
Harriet Koepke Kelly	1944 – 1952
Marilyn Stumph Duxbury	1952 – 1954
Marian E. Nelson	1955 – 1956
Alida Motland	1957 – 1960
Rita Kramer	1960 – 1962
Geraldine S. Daley	1962 – 1971
Ruth Amundson	1971 – 1975
Sheila Craig	1975 – Present
*Freeborn*
Therese Pfaender	1929 – 1932
Jessie Hinton	1932 – 1935
Thora Egland	1935 – 1944
Fern Halvorson (asst.)	1944 – 1945
Irene Josephson Rost	1945 – 1947
Dorothy Arnold Hinders	1948 – 1956
Mary Jane Dunkleberger	1957 – 1959
Mary L. Enater (asst.)	1959
Kathleen Bjerum	1959 – 1962
Kathleen A. Halloran	1963 – 1964
Marilyn Smisek	1965
Jean Low	1966 – 1968
Carol Strand	1969 – 1970
Diane Treangen Damerow	1971 – 1986
Patricia C. Stumme	1986 – Present
Kim Otten	1993 – Present
*Goodhue*
Lou Lombard	1917 – 1918
Nell Flanningham	1918 – 1920
Evelyn Sell	1935 – 1940
Liese L. Behrens	1941 – 1944
Eliza Thompson	1944 – 1948
Jeanette Bjork Bogue	1948 – 1950
RoseMarie Whiteside Bosshard	1950 – 1953
Arleen Barkeim	1953 – 1956
Lois Bleichwehl Ross	1957 – 1959
Evadene Sample Hagberg	1959 – 1961
Geraldine Speltz	1961 – 1962
Wanda Warnes Olson	1962 – 1964
Marie G. Brehmer Walter	1964 – 1967
Ethel S. Wicks	1967 – 1969
Barbara Kelm	1969 – 1972
Kathleen Myhra Olson	1971 – Present
*Grant*
Ruth D. Johnson	1949 – 1957
Ruth L. Spidahl	1958 – 1965
Mary Heidelberger	1966 – 1968
Marilyn Larson Leraas	1969 – 1975
Linda J. Johnson	1975
Debbie Peterson
Laurie Toenges Magnus
Peggy Knudson	1988 – Present
*Hennepin*
Anna S. Olson	1925 – 1929
Hazel Rollins	1935
Sarah Cina	1941 – 1944
Elizabeth Burr	1944 – 1954
Eleanor Loomis	1947 – 1949
Frances Barnick	1951 – 1952
Julia Bartlett	1954 – 1973
Barbara N. Jacquit	1957 – 1958
Janice Stroom	1958
Evelyn Jerkins	1963 – 1965
Eileen Anderson	1965
Margaret Carlson	1966 – 1969
Victoria Kimpton	1967 – 1972
Kathleen Sughrue Hoff	1969 – 1970
Helen Pye	1970
Jean Low	1970 – 1988
Jane Decker	1970 – 1972
Lavonne A. Misner	1972 – 1988
Catharine O. Edwardson	1973 – 1974
Bonita A. Augst	1973 – Present
Diane Holmen Corrin	1984 – Present
Debra Stone	1993 – Present
*Houston*
Clover Sabin	1923
Agnes Morrell	1936 – 1938
Cora Togerson	1938 – 1942
Julia Bartlett	1941 – 1953
Harriet E. Pratt	1953 – 1954
Patricia Hutton	1955 – 1956
Mary L. Buol	1956 – 1958
Edna Hanson	1958 – 1960
Florence Briggs Harp	1960 – 1961
Naomi Radman Fruechte	1962 – 1971
Diane Treangen	1970
Mary Evert	1972
Clare Borich	1972 – 1978
Rachel J. Nelson	1976 – 1977
Jan Zielke	1979 – 1983
Naomi Radman Fruechte	1983 – Present
*Hubbard*
Donna Sutton	1955 – 1964
Elsie Klapperich	1964 – 1966
Edith Pike	1968 –
Jill May	1983 – Present
*Isanti*
JoAnn Heil Cherry	1957 – 1959
Elaine D. Komula Ahlgren	1959 – 1961
Agnette Duncan	1961 – 1964
Virginia Oakland	1964 – 1968
Jean L. Hartwig Anderson	1968 – Present
Julie A. Loose	1993 – Present
*Itasca*
Artaxa Dennisten	1929 – 1936
Sarah Cina	1936 – 1941
Mamie Naaden Eilertson	1941 – 1942
Evelyn Jacobson	1942 – 1945
Ruth Thompson Kent	1945 – 1950
Cecilia Hanratty McLean	1950 – 1952
Edna K. Jordahl Cowles	1952 – 1955
Joanne Hurley	1955 – 1956
Dessie Zobenica	1957 – 1958
Ruth Thompson Kent	1959 – 1977
Carolin Robotham	1977 – 1981
Beth Williams	1982 – 1984
Janie O'Connor Conlin	1984 – 1988
Lori Ann Lopac	1988 – Present
*Jackson*
Barbara Malmin	1941 – 1945
Francis Fruth	1945 – 1946
Ruth Lieske Spidahl	1947 – 1949
Shirley Bloyd Underdahl	1950 – 1952
Marjorie Erickson	1952 – 1953
Audrey Vulcan Tolzmann	1954 – 1964
Rita Ackermann Bezdicek	1964 – 1966
Judith Ruthenbeck	1966 – 1982
Sandra Syverson	1983 – Present
*Kanabec*
Katherine S. Nelson	1946 – 1946
Katherine Stinar	1957 – 1958
Margaret M. Brink Salo	1959 – 1964
Sharon M. (Micke) Hein	1964 – 1967
Darleen Ellingson	1967 – 1974
Karen Schafer	1974
Julie L. Loose	1993 – Present
*Kandiyohi*
Rosella Qualey	1946 – 1954
Jeanette Bogue	1955 – 1961
Ann Engel Bosch	1962 – Present
*Kittson*
Alta M. Schreiber	1947 – 1948
Borghild Aune	1948 – 1950
Irene Johnson Tufvander	1950 – 1955
M. Rhoda Douglas	1955 – 1956
Ruth Boyes	1956 – 1957
Donna Johnson Sele	1957 – 1959
Marlys A. Anderson	1961 – 1963
Glenice Rugland	1964 – 1966
Elaine Karstad	1966 – 1968
Mary Thompson Jenkins	1969 – Present
*Koochiching*
Clover Sabin	1923 – 1924
Ellen Paetsch Ayotte	1958 – 1964
Marie McKay Fischer	1967 – 1968
D. Carol Grim	1968 – 1970
Cynthia Huse Veeder	1972 – 1982
Lois Nelson Lewis	1983 – 1989
Karen Ruchti	1990
Christy A. Bubolz	1991 – Present
*Lac qui Parle*
Esther Stewart	1930 – 1931
Clara Farstad	1931 – 1932
Verna Mikesh	1945 – 1953
Lauretta Schell	1954 – 1957
Margaret Callsen	1958 – 1960
Julie G. Moorhead	1961 – 1966
Mary Jean Krech	1966
JoAnn Ross	1966 – 1969
Charlotte Ann Kiefer	1969 – 1972
Mary Ann Barka Bannerman	1972 – 1987
Lonna Pierce	1988 – 1990
Jean Kvols	1989 – Present
*Lake*
Linda Salmela	1977 – 1980
Catherine Solheim	1981 – 1984
Barbara Haynes	1985 – 1988
Nicole Garrity Deprez	1988 – 1993
*Lake of the Woods*
Marie McKay Fischer	1967 – 1968
Meryl Rasmussen	1978 – 1982
Jody Horntvedt	1983 – Present
*LeSueur*
Genevieve Moffit	1949 – 1977
Margaret Yahnke	1958 – 1959
Linda R. Jacobson	1977 – 1978
Glenyce Peterson-Vangsness	1978 – Present
*Lincoln*
Jeanette Hauschild	1948 – 1949
Ruth Spidahl	1950 – 1952
JoAnn Neville Nelson	1952 – 1953
Roselyn Skarsten	1953 – 1957
Barbara Christensen	1956
Jeanette Hauschild	1958 – 1987
Cindy Blomquist	– 1989
Terry Dybsetter	1989 – 1992
Marie Henriksen	1992 – 1993
*Lyon*
Joan Johnson	1955 – 1956
Florence Benton	1957 – 1961
Eileen A. Monson	1962 – 1967
Diane Scholl Butzlaff	1968 – 1972
Shirley J. Anderson	1973 – Present
Peggy J. Ludeman	1989
Connie Schwartau	1992 – Present
*Mahnomen*
Thorace Parson	1955 – 1956
Gene H. Nelson	1956 – 1959
Marie Matiowsky Jirik	1956 – 1959
Virginia Z. Johnson	1960
Mae Kersting	1960 – 1973
Ruth Milsten	1961 – 1963
Rose Marie Lee	1973 – 1974
Cheryl L. Oksted	1974 – 1975
Margaret Braaten	1975 – Present
Ranelle Fogelson	1984
Christine Giest	1992
*Marshall*
Margaret Nelson	1947 – 1951
Geraldine Milner Rutledge	1951 – 1953
Janice Kyseth Fitzsimons	1953 – 1960
Sandra Sardnen Johnson	1962 – 1964
Sharon P. Gilsrud	1964 – 1966
Karen Axthelm McGlynn	1966 – 1968
Mary Evert	1969 – 1971
Noel L. Zaffke	1972 – 1981
Beverly Robertson	1976 – 1977
Nancy Mathiason Nelson	1981 – 1992
Cindy Christopherson	1992 – Present
*Martin*
Mary L. Oberlen	1920 – 1921
Laura Jones	1921 – 1922
Ada Todnem Schroeder	1943 – 1946
Hilda Thurston Taylor	1947 – 1951
Elaine Tessman	1951 – 1953
Irene Ott	1954 – 1957
Virginia White Alford	1957 – 1959
Bette Lynne Bieber	1959 – 1962
Rose Marie P. Ferguson	1963 – 1966
May Jean Krech	1967 – 1968
Elsie Klapperich	1967 – 1968
Jean R. Hatch	1969 – 1981
Judy Moen Hulterstrum	1982 – 1985
Sandra Syverson	1985 – 1989
Billeye Rabbe	1990 – Present
*McLeod*
Thelma Voils Jenson	1942 – 1945
Mattie Nielsen LaPann	1945
Elizabeth Schneiter	1946 – 1948
Janice Bergeson	1948 – 1950
Marian Larson	1950 – 1957
Mary F. Bailey	1955 – 1956
Irene Ott	1957 – 1967
Anna Hahn	1965 – 1966
Lois N. Errington	1958 – 1968
Janice Kurth Albrecht	1969 – 1971
Belva Abraham	1971 – 1972
Susan M. Engelmann	1972 – 1979
Margaret Solo	1972 – 1979
Barbara L. Karas	1976
Cindy M. Schultz Petersen	1979 – Present
*Meeker*
Clara Bly	1936 – 1938
Lois Miller	1938 – 1940
Carol Syndergaard	1940 – 1942
Lillian Eckstrom	1942 – 1944
Sylvia Runsvold	1944 – 1945
Amelia Thurnbeck	1947 – 1952
Minda Herseth	1952 – 1953
Marie Christofferson	1953 – 1954
Lillian Engen	1955 – 1956
Jenet Jacobson	1956 – 1958
Mary Barscugli	1958 – 1959
Mary L. Enater	1959 – 1960
Marion S. Sederstrom	1960 – 1961
Delores Olson Bollin	1961 – 1964
Marcilla Allen Malquist	1964 – 1965
Elaine Moore	1965 – 1967
LuAnn Herrig Johnson	1967 – 1971
Delores Bollin	1972 – 1982
Romell Buer	1983 – Present
*Mille Lacs*
Irene Josephson	1944 – 1945
Florence Villemarck Hanson	1946 – 1949
Mary Lou Carnes	1949 – 1952
Gladys Peto Murray	1952 – 1954
Narune Higgens	1954 – 1956
Susan B. Olson	1958 – 1961
Mary J. Stobb	1962 – 1967
Barbara Ann Sandberg	1968 – 1969
Cheryl C. Barten Kollmann	1970 – 1977
Susan B. Olson	1977 – 1988
Tana M. Haugen	1993 – Present
*Morrison*
Susan Hough	1918 – 1922
Grace Thayer Grimes	1955 – 1956
Norma Johnson	1956 – 1957
Corinne Nelson Schulz	1964 – 1983
Deb Botzek Linn	1983 – 1984
Charlotte Peterson	1984 – 1993
Peggy Knudson (acting)	1986 – 1987
Carol Thesing	1993 – Present
*Mower*
Rosamond Adams	1917
Edith Hoffman	1924
Mary Laycock	1924 – 1927
Stella O'Connell	1927
Marjorie Perrizo	1929 – 1930
Vivian Drenekhahn	1930 – 1932
May Sontag	1932 – 1936
Mae Stephenson	1936 – 1941
Ellen Moline	1941 – 1943
Josephine Kelm	1943 – 1946
Gertrude Jacobson	1946 – 1946
Josephine Kelm	1946
Mary Ellen Tuberty	1949 – 1951
Nattie Neufeld Engen	1951 – 1957
Jodelle Dean	1957 – 1958
Carol Pinney	1958 – 1961
Shirley Nordstrom	1962 – 1963
Carol Pinney Opsahl	1963 – 1964
Joanne Honken Randen	1964 – 1967
Mary Ellen Tuberty Miller	1967 – 1990
Ann Zander	1990 – Present
*Murray*
Florence Sack Benton	1943 – 1953
Marilyn Bom Miller	1954 – 1957
Donna Lu Calvin	1958
Lorraine Ruby	1959 – 1960
Rosemary Kelly	1961 – 1963
Marie Henricksen	1964 – 1992
Toni L. Wayne	1976
Karen P. Tommeraase	1993
*Nicollet*
Myrtle Bang	1935 – 1938
Marjorie Perrizo	1937
Helen Stensgaard	1938 – 1944
Juanita Smith	1943 – 1946
Betty Dittmer	1946 – 1947
Joan Mattson	1959
Anne P. Hahn	1960
Marguerite Nuytten	1960 – 1962
Diane Holmen Corrin	1962 – 1963
Jean Irene Low	1964 – 1965
Audrey V. Tolzmann	1966
Janice Cox Boyum	1966 – 1967
Audrey V. Tolzmann	1967 – 1983
Donna Rae Waldock Scheffert	1983 – 1986
Brenda Roemhildt	1985
Kay Brandt	1986
Rosemary K. Heins	1987 – 1992
Kimberly A. Smith	1992 – Present
*Nobles*
Kathleen Flom	1942 – 1943
Dorothy Bessmer	1943 – 1946
Barbara Malmin Bishop	1946 – 1948
Ruth Smith	1948 – 1951
Lillian Nordell	1951 – 1952
Donna Lu Johnson Calvin	1952 – 1954
Aldyne Carlson Robinson	1955 – 1958
Beverly Latzke Voss	1958 – 1960
Aldyne Robinson	1960 – 1962
Florence S. Benton	1961 – 1977
Colleen Hondl Gengler	1978 – 1988
Roxanne Hayenga	1988
Katherine Brandt	1988 – Present
*Norman*
Janice Bergeson Haugen	1947 – 1948
Delores Akeson Johnson	1949 – 1951
Barbara Curlette	1951
Marion Parbst Sarver	1951 – 1957
Ruth Johnson	1957 – 1961
Joan L. Foss	1962
Betty Ann Trieglaff Bigger	1962 – 1963
Sharon Swanson Knutson	1964 – Present
*Olmsted*
Doris Franz Heins	1945 – 1947
Virginia Vaupel	1949 – 1958
Mary W. Walch	1956
Mary Jean Krech	1959 – 1966
Bonita A. Augst	1967 – 1973
Sarah Boyer Grafe	1970 – 1972
Charlotte W. Huckstead	1973 – 1976
Kathleen D. Lovett	1977 – Present
*Otter Tail East*
Marilyn Swanstrom Sieling	1946 – 1948
Alma Scheerer	1948
Margaret Thorson	1948 – 1950
Ruth Gustavson	1950 – 1953
Verna Mikesh	1953 – 1955
Isabelle MacLeod	1955 – 1957
Cleone Luchau Ness	1958 – 1959
Mary Ann Maas	1959 – 1960
Mary Winter	1961 – 1964
Eileen Anderson	1964 – 1966
Ann Conzemius	1966 – 1967
Elaine Brendemuhl	1967 – 1968
Judi Linder	1967 – 1969
Connie Kratzke Lindberg	1970 – 1977
Arlys M. Donat Zepper	1977 – 1979
Jill Schafer	1979 – 1980
Vickie Paurus	1980 – 1992
*Otter Tail West*
Judith Nord	1945 – 1974
Blanche Lukas	1958 – 1959
Marcella M. Strobel	1959 – 1960
Angela R. Paukert Berge	1974 – present
Lucia Mobraten Orcutt	1978
Jill Schaeffer	1978
Mary McDonald Karkela	1981
Yvonne Erickson	1987 – 1988
Susan Lewis	1989
*Pennington*
Sylvia Lorvig Olson	1949 – 1953
Marjory Olsen	1953 – 1957
Wanda Warnes Olson	1958
Roberta BeBourveau	1958 – 1959
Laura Durst Hanson	1961 – 1963
Carolyn A. Offerdahl Billings	1963 – 1965
Beverly Tveito Rupprecht	1965 – 1967
Glenice Rugland	1967 – 1969
Linda Amundson Worth	1969 – 1976
Deborah A. Matero Zak	1977 – Present
*Pine*
Charlotte Fitch Gulbranson	1952 – 1953
Mary Donovan	1953 – 1954
Jean Larsen	1964
Helen Watson	1964
Marietta Anderson	1969 – 1970
Margaret Swanson	1968 – 1970
June Hansen Waletzko	1970 – 1974
Valerie V. Drewry Malmquist	1975 – 1985
Nancy Biehl Isaacson	1985 – 1991
Janet Rathke	1991 – Present
*Pipestone*
Marjorie Affeck	1939 – 1942
Ruth McKie Smith	1942 – 1944
Gertrude Mulliniz	1944 – 1945
Ada Todnem Schroeder	1946 – 1967
Helen D. Ray	1970 – 1975
Carrie M. Barnett Caskey	1976 – 1977
Mary C. Malecha	1977 – 1985
Sharon Johnson	1985 – 1986
Connie Schwartau	1986 – 1992
Kari J. Fruechte	1987 – Present
*Polk West*
Shirley Macpherson Ramstad	1954 – 1957
Marlys Rifi	1959 – 1960
Patricia Hornseth Machart	1964 – 1967
M. Ruth Edberg	1968 – 1972
Sandra L. Sanderson	1972 – 1976
Barbara J. Oseth	1976 – Present
*Polk East*
Anne Fuglie	1949 – 1951
Joyce Mackinnon	1951 – 1953
Wilma Stevens	1953 – 1957
Wanda Warnes Olson	1959
Barbara J. Mains Oseth	1959 – 1964
Kathleen N. Ophoven	1965 – 1966
Beverly G. Knaus	1970
Sally Geary	1970 – 1974
Debbie A. Shellum	1976
Donna Rae Jacobson	1978 – 1979
Barbara Muesing	1979 – 1980
Donna Rae Jacobson	1980 – 1992
Barbara Oseth	1992
*Pope*
Olive Opp	1949 – 1964
Karen Syltie	1964 – 1967
Constance Strootman	1967 – 1969
Jean Waldron Krogh	1969 – 1972
Helen Falta	1972 – 1977
Toni A. Wayne	1976 – 1977
Cheryl Jongerlus	1977 – 1980
Karen Thompson	1979 – Present
*Ramsey*
Genevieve Burgan	1917
Ann Lamb	1918 – 1920
Mildred Wood	1920 – 1923
Lois Reid	1924 – 1925
Alice Terrill	1926 – 1928
Agnes Erkel	1928 – 1938
Clara Oberg	1928 – 1953
Mary K. Gregg	1925
Florence Olson	1954 – 1956
Marian Nelson Glew	1956 – 1960
Doris Waring	1957 – 1959
Janice Wingren	1959 – 1961
Margaret Mills	1960 – 1963
Marilyn Blotz McAlpine	1961 – 1967
Marian Sevcik	1963 – 1967
Melva Houtcooper	1965 – 1968
Joyce Baxter	1965 – 1968
Catherine Nelson	1967 – 1987
Shirley Lake Barber	1968 – Present
Gail Pierson (area agent)	1966 – 1967
Lucille Doty (area agent)	1967 – 1969
Shirley Blake	1969 – 1974
Evelyn Dose	1970 – 1984
Rosanne Power	1970 – 1973
Katherine Roushar Jorgenson	1974 – 1976
Denise Beigbeder	1978 – 1979
Mary Loving	1979 – 1980
Janet Krofta	1981 – 1984
Betty Tisher Neesen	1981 – 1990
Rose Allen Jurek	1885 – Present
Janice Rasmussen	1991 – Present
*Red Lake*
Marian Larson
Beatrice Waldahl (asst.)
Pauline Purath	1947 – 1948
Rose Marie Whitesides	1948 – 1950
Vyann Raaen	1950 – 1951
Barbara Curlette	1951 – 1952
Shirley Shingleton	1952 – 1956
Eleanor Poltronetti	1956 – 1959
Beverly Greenland (asst.)	1956 – 1959
Gayle Sorenson	1974 – 1975
Sharon Skarie	1976 – 1977
Kelly Bergo	1978 – 1979
DeeAnn Leines	1980 – Present
*Red Lake Indian Reservation*
Hester McKinnon	1967 – 1968
Charlene Ann Heskitt	1969 – 1970
Rebecca E. Rowe	1971 – 1973
Cynthia A Steffen	1974 – 1976
Beth Ann Williams	1978
*Redwood*
Lenore Golden	1934 – 1947
Ethel Saari	1948
Marquerite Sutherland	1949 – 1953
Ellen Soma	1953 – 1956
Mildred Howe	1956 – 1958
Delores M. Olson	1959 – 1961
Mary Conzimues	1961 – 1962
Judith A Carlson Novotny	1963 – 1966
Clare Borich	1967 – 1969
Marilyn Meyer Kelley	1970 – 1973
Rosemary Koziolek	1973
Brenda M. Freeman	1974 – 1976
Dorie J. Neumann	1978 – 1983
Dee Ann Johnson	1983 – 1985
Judy Moen Hulterstrum	1985 – 1986
Janice Rassmussen	1987 – 1989
Carol Peterson Trefry	1989 – Present
*Renville*
Marjory Frank	1948
Genevieve Johnson Peterson	1953 – 1958
Shirley A. Struck Kircher	1959 – 1965
Lenore Kronberg	1966 – 1968
Sharon Smisek	1968 – 1971
Margaret Flottemesch	1971 – 1974
Phyllis A. Troendle	1974 – 1976
Cindy M. Schultz	1976 – 1979
Judith L. Gustafson	1980 – Present
*Rice*
Gwendolyn Watts	1929 – 1933
Elaine Trygestad Moore	1954 – 1956
Olive Ness	1956 – 1959
Marilu Luetke	1959 – 1961
Carolyn T. Opjorden Tande	1963 – 1967
Kathleen Lagerstrom Ross	1967 – 1972
Carol L. Skelly	1972 – 1973
Yvonne Steinbring	1973 – 1981
Mary Rosendahl	1982
Betty Bishman	1982 – 1986
Connie Pittman	1987 – 1989
Marian Anderson	1989 – Present
*Rock*
Ida Asmundson Boomgarden	1947 – 1948
Bernadine Busch Merrill	1949 – 1952
Kathryn Johnson	1952 – 1954
Helen Matheis	1954 – 1959
Arvalda Nickel Anderson	1961 – 1964
Gloria Kennedy	1964 – 1966
Marva Klein	1966 – 1970
Sharleen Berg	1971 – Present
*Roseau*
Marian Parbst	1948 – 1951
Carol Eyford	1951 – 1953
Betty Ostlund	1953 – 1956
Claudia MacDonald	1957 – 1960
Delores Andol	1969 – 1993
Diane Magner	1993 – Present
*St. Louis North*
Mary Stillwell	1919 – 1921
Anna Tikkanen	1921 – 1929
Helen Gillette	1928 – 1931
Mary Jane Boyd	1931 – 1934
Elizabeth Spriestersbach	1934 – 1945
Hester McKinnon	1945 – 1966
Betty B. Young	1967 – 1971
Judy Andolshek Bouchie	1971 – 1978
Catharine H. Niemi	1975 – 1976
Linda Johnson	1978 – 1986
Joanne L. Musich	1986 – Present
*St. Louis South*
Anna Tikkanen	1924 – 1926
Florence Lang	1926 – 1937
Clara Farstad	1938 – 1940
Evelyn Sell	1941 – 1945
Alice Pallank	1945 – 1947
Edith Peterson	1947 – 1950
Evelyn Harne	1950 – 1954
Margaret Jacobson	1952 – 1954
Mary E. Carleton Glick	1954 – 1956
Susanne Edman	1956 – 1962
Sharon Ann Murphy	1963 – 1965
Kay N. Klicker Leadholm	1965 – 1980
Virginia R. Sundeen	1973 – 1975
Debra V. McDermott	1975 – 1976
Katherine Oeltjenbruns	1976 – 1979
Linda Salmela Bradley	1976 – 1988
Eileen Anderson	1983 – Present
Barbara Haynes	1988 – Present
*Scott*
Harriet Millsop	1948
M. Mary Gilchrist	1956 – 1957
Barbara Carson	1957 – 1963
Carol L. Borchert	1963 – 1965
JoAnne Wolter	1965 – 1969
Karel Lutter Strandness	1969 – 1971
Margaret McAndrews	1971 – 1975
Carol Skelly	1973 – 1984
Mary Ludwig Duncomb	1975 – 1979
Karen Louis	1975 – Present
*Sherburne*
Bonnie Curnow Welton	1968 – 1971
Ruth Klossner	1971 – 1973
Donna Hastings	1973 – 1976
Minnell Erickson Tralle	1976 – Present
*Sibley*
Betty Dittmer	1947 – 1949
Darlene Christensen	1954 – 1955
Dorothy Heieie	1956 – 1959
Elizabeth Wertish Mohr	1959 – 1961
Margaret Ann Olson	1961 – 1963
Marguerite E. Green	1963 – 1972
Ruth A. Klossner	1973 – 1983
Marinne Keebler Kibler	1976
Gail Gilman Waldner	1978 – 1984
Sue Engelmann	1985 – Present
*Stearns*
Noan Anderson	1935 – 1937
Pearl Sims	1937 – 1938
Ellen Moline	1938 – 1940
Cleo Eller Scott	1942 – 1944
Marjorie Bruce Hall	1944 – 1948
Claris Minar Crotten	1948 – 1949
Donna Lysen Thorson	1949 – 1951
Elaine Trygestad	1951 – 1953
Irene Skogland Peterson	1954 – 1955
Mary Jean Rasmussen	1955 – 1958
Sharon Kleinschmidt	1958 – 1959
R. Jean Deal	1959 – 1962
Mary Ellen Byrne Weyrens	1963 – 1968
Barbara Muesing (Klixbull)	1969 – 1977
Karen M. Louis	1975 – 1979
Nancy Clark Henke	1979 – 1981
Christine Venema	1983 – 1985
Debra Botzek-Linn	1986 – Present
*Steele*
Edith Turner	1923 – 1926
Mary F. Vos	1927 – 1928
Viola Juni	1929 – 1931
Freida Olstad	1931 – 1932
Gladys Johnson	1932 – 1937
Mildred Toop	1937 – 1940
Florence T. Wasson	1941 – 1943
Marion Nash	1943 – 1945
Data Hochholter	1945 – 1948
Frances Watts	1949 – 1957
Mildred Gute (asst.)	1949
Rose Marie Bosshard	1952
Harriet H. Bakehouse	1958 – 1966
Marilyn Smisek (asst.)	1964 – 1965
Barbara Muesing	1967 – 1968
Jo Ann Ross	1969 – 1972
Joan Broadwater	1973 – 1978
Linda R. Jacobson	1978 – 1987
Wendy L. Habedank	1986
Julie Baustian	1986 – 1987
Jayanna (Jackie) Getting	1987 – Present
Diane Hamer	1990 – 1992
Jane R. Nelson	1993
*Stevens*
Helen Kallenberg	1930 – 1931
Tone Long	1948 – 1953
Ruth Spidahl	1954 – 1956
Cathryn Berntson Huntsman	1956 – 1958
Sylvia Walker	1958 – 1959
Mary Ann Scharf	1960 – 1964
Janet Van Zomeren	1964 – 1966
Janet Pomerenke	1967 – 1971
Janet P. Stock	1970 – 1971
Diane Ziegler	1972 – 1976
Catherine J. Huebner	1977 – 1990
Mary Ann Scharf	1990 – Present
*Swift*
Marian Pierson	1946 – 1948
Arleen Gerhardson Kirk	1848 – 1951
Jean Thompson Midtboe	1951 – 1954
Arloa Zahrbock Knutson	1954 – 1957
Laura Struck Dauman	1958 – 1959
Margaret Ann Lindstrom	1958 – 1959
Torgeson	1959 – 1963
Arvalda Nickel Anderson	1964 – 1968
Merilyn R. Bearson Maanum	1968 – 1972
Mary Ludwig Duncomb	1972 – 1975
Mary C. Belau	1975 – 1978
Dorothy Hingeveld Rosemeier	1978 – 1986
Sharon Ehlers	1986 – 1987
Dorothy M. Rosemeier	1989-
Tamera Goldenstien	1989 – 1990
Dorothy Rosemeier	1990 – Present
*Todd*
Ann Thorbeck (club agent)	1935
Ruby Nylander (club agent)	1936
Ann Thorbeck (club agent)	1937
LaVonne Beerbower (club agt.)	1938
Regina M. Garrity (club agent)	1939
Florence Koops	1940
Betty Jane Sedgwick	1942 – 1945
Ann Richter (club agent)	1945
Lois Todnem Johnson	1946 – 1948
Ruth Lehman	1948 – 1952
Ina Mae F. Nelson Johnson	1952 – 1955
Carol Brock	1955 – 1957
Ilene Naley	1957 – 1968
Sue Meehan	1968 – 1970
Erva Snyder	1971
Diane Fiedler	1972 – 1976
Carol Burtness	1975– Present
*Traverse*
Ruth Lehman	1947 – 1948
Kathryn Johnson	1955 – 1956
Jeanne Deal Backman	1956 – 1957
Anne M. Bauman Hanson	1963 – 1965
Janet Pomerenke	1967 – 1970
Ellen L. Vollmers	1970 – 1972
Georgia Zimmerman	1965 – 1966
Kay R. Martin	1972 – 1977
Randee L. Wagner Hokanson	1974 – 1977
Marlene J. Lund	1977 – 1980
Mary Rosendahl	1980 – 1981
Randee L. Hokanson	1981 – 1982
Diana Martenson	1982 – 1991
Jill Hansen	1990 – 1991
Carmen Thompson	1991 – 1993
*Wabasha*
Merle Stoughton	1948 – 1953
Bette Schaffner	1955 – 1958
Marlene Karstad Nihart	1959 – 1960
Katherine L. Hisey	1961 – 1966
Karen Mau Vrieze	1967 – 1971
Kathleen K. Spicer	1971 – 1976
Toni Wayne Smith	1977 – Present
*Wadena*
Janette Rustad	1942 – 1945
Audrey Hanson	1945 – 1946
Margaret Lerud Garr	1946 – 1959
Shirley P. Lake	1961 – 1965
Edith E. Pike	1965 – 1968
Irene Peterson (area agent)	1969
Kyle C. Herfendal	1970 – 1976
Carolyn K. Jacobson	1968 – 1970
Cinda L. Kohls	1976 – 1979
Lucia Molbratten	1979 – 1981
LeAnn Cleaver Evans	1982 – Present
*Waseca*
Juanite Silcox	1936 – 1940
Eunice Snook (asst.)	1936 – 1940
Nellie Stromer	1940 – 1941
Evelyn Wenneblon Sandal	1941 – 1945
Doris Wyman	1945 – 1950
LaVerne Larson	1950 – 1953
Elizabeth Franz	1953 – 1955
Mary Alice Wirt (asst.)	1955
Helen M. Fahnoing Enstrom	1956 – 1957
Jeanne M. Mahurin	1959 – 1962
Sonja L. Tate Flitter	1963 – 1966
Mary Jean Krech	1966
Gloria K. Kennedy	1967 – 1968
Linda K. Lein McEnaney	1968 – 1970
Mary Lou Ihrke	1970 – 1973
Sheryl K. Nefstead	1973
Mary Rosendahl	1982
Diane F. Damerow	1970 – Present
*Washington*
Hilda White	1959 – 1961
Marjorie Rauwerdink Hamann	1961 – 1975
Katherine Weisser	1967 – 1968
Lorilee Raskob Sandmann	1975 – 1981
Joan K. Sprain	1979 – 1981
Cinda Kohls	1981
Joan K. Sprain	1981 – Present
*Watonwan*
Ethel Regan	1923 – 1926
Evelyn Morrow	1936 – 1945
Adaline Snellman	1946 – 1948
Esther Gabrielson	1952 – 1954
Hallie Lee Clonts	1955 – 1973
Ruth Klossner	1970 – 1971
Kathryn J. Long	1973 – 1976
Debra J. McDermott	1976 – 1979
Elaine Krugmire	1980 – 1983
Pauline Nundahl Nickel	1983 – 1987
Debra Hendrickson	1987
Mary Ann Bannerman	1987 – Present
*Wilkin*
Charlotte Kirchner	1930 – 1933
Florence Aldrich (asst.)	1934 – 1935
Helen Holm (club agent)	1939 – 1940
Wilma F. Grant (club agent)	1941
Ruby Engelstad (club agent)	1942
Laverne M. Larson (club agt.)	1944 – 1947
Norma Jeanne Twait	1946 – 1949
Doris M. Hendrickson	1949 – 1950
Florence Olson	1951
Esme Springer (asst.)	1952
Sylvia Gerhardson	1951 – 1954
Margaret Anderson Feigel	1954 – 1957
Minda Berg	1957 – 1958
Kathryn A. Haugen	1959 – 1960
Sue Anderson	1961 – 1963
Annette Z. Bray	1963 – 1964
Linda Clow Gerber Dietz	1964 – 1973
Lynn M. Ihrke (asst.)	1974
Judith L. Kokkonen	1973 – 1977
Connie M. Dorschner	1977
Pat Resch Schweitzer	1977 – 1979
Claire Althoff	1982 – Present
*Winona*
Beatrice A. McGrath	1936
Elizabeth Burr	1936 – 1939
Mildred Blanch (asst.)	1937
Esther P. McKowan	1939 – 1943
Lillian Ekstrom (asst.)	1938 – 1942
Eleanor Young Loomis	1943 – 1945
Zora O. Ganovic	1945 – 1946
Ethel M. Saari	1947 – 1948
Edith Smith Church	1948 – 1951
Joyce Parten Randall	1951 – 1955
Beverly Blakeslee Luehmann	1955 – 1957
Mary Jean Olsen	1957 – 1959
Wanda Warnes Olson	1959 – 1960
Virginia Hohmann	1961 – 1983
Nancy Charlson Lenhart	1984 – 1986
Trish Olson	1986 – 1987
Phyllis Onstad	1987 – Present
*Wright*
Dorothy Heine	1944 – 1947
Bernice Muckenhirn	1947 – 1948
Arletta Schmidt	1948 – 1950
Helen Hoeger	1950 – 1952
Ruth Sturmer	1952 – 1957
Hilda White	1958 – 1959
Evelyn J. Gray	1959 – 1966
Marjorie R. Swanson	1967 – 1971
Erva Snyder Hance	1972 – 1975
Leslie J. Boushek Walz	1975 – 1977
Jean E. Wiegreff	1977 – 1986
Erva Hance	1987 – 1991
Daryl Almquist	1989 – 1992
Mary J. Anderson	1992 – Present
Lou Ann Japp	1993 – Present
*Yellow Medicine*
Ethel Marie Buehl	1946 – 1948
Martha Jean Myrdal	1948 – 1951
Alfrieda Freiwald Jacobson	1951 – 1954
Anne Haigh	1954 – 1955
Maryann Knutson Froland	1956 – 1958
Carolyn A. Overby	1960 – 1963
Betty M. Bishman	1963 – 1971
Roselyn Biermaier	1971 – 1973
Lorilee Raskob Sandmann	1973 – 1975
Judy A. Steffen	1975 – 1978
Marie B. Lee	1978 – 1983
Roselyn Biermaier	1983
Cheryl Kollman	1983 – 1984
Roselyn Biermaier	1984 – Present

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