Luverne Bachelor Farmer Leaves $2.9 Million to Scholarship

August 20, 2009 Paul Walsh

August 20, 2009, Star Tribune — A lifelong bachelor farmer from southwestern Minnesota whose modest lifestyle and prudent investments allowed him to build a $9.3 million estate has left about half of his fortune to nonprofit organizations in Rock County.

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