WESTBROOK, Minnesota (STPNS) -- Peter N. Landherr

    Peter N.Landherr, Glenwood Springs, CO, formerly Walnut Grove, MN died Saturday, August 25, 2012 near Steamboat Springs, CO from injuries sustained from a single engine plane crash.

    Mass of Christian Burial was held Saturday, September 1, 2012 at Sacred Heart Church, Owatonna, MN.

    Peter Nicholas Landherr was born to Nick and Teresa Landherr in Blue Earth, MN, July 4, 1976.  He was baptized into the Catholic Church in Blue Earth.



    Pete moved with his parents to Lake City MN.  From here they moved to Austin MN and, finally, to Owatonna when Pete was 13 years old.  He was confirmed at Sacred Heart Catholic Church and graduated from Owatonna Senior High School in 1995.  He graduated from Minnesota State University, Mankato.  While attending school in Mankato, he met and later married Rachel Fritz, Tracy MN.  They were married on October 24, 1998 in Currie MN at St. Mary’s Church and were just recently divorced.

    After college the family moved to the Walnut Grove MN area where Pete proudly restored and returned to life Rachel’s ancestral homestead near the banks of Plum Creek.  

     He was a member of the Lucan Lions Club.   He worked on the wind turbine sites on the SW Minnesota Buffalo Ridge.   The family moved to Grand Lake CO in 2010 where Pete continued to pursue his passions which included becoming a pilot.

    Survivors include his children and their mother, all of Walnut Grove MN; parents, both of Owatonna MN; sister Katie  (Brandon) Weir, Owatonna MN; grandmothers Joan Rickerl, Austin MN and Barbara Landherr, Rose Creek MN;  numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, large extended family, the loving Fritz family, and many, many friends.

    Memorials preferred to the “Landherr Family Memorial” at Profinium Financial, 1080 West Frontage Road in Owatonna, MN 55060 (507-444-0111).  .  For more information or to leave a message go to www.brcik-megerfuneralhome.com