"Caring for the Special Needs of the Brownton, New Auburn, and Stewart Communities"

In 1973, Everett Hantge opened the Hantge Funeral Chapel in Brownton, Minnesota.  Everett was a Brownton native, moved from Golden Valley, Minnesota to Hutchinson, Minnesota where he leased the former Quast Funeral Home in Hutchinson, as well as opened the new branch in Brownton.  The funeral chapel in Brownton is located on Main Street below the Odd Fellow Hall.  In 1984, the buildings and funeral chapel were remodeled and expanded, adding a large family room in the former Brownton Post Office.

Everett, and 1952 graduate of Brownton High School, worked for Podratz & Timm in Brownton, Minnesota, before attending Moorhead State University for one year.  He graduated from the University of Minnesota Mortuary Science Department in 1962.  Everett then completed his internship at Albin Chapel and continued to work for the Albins for eight years.  In 1970, he started working for Washburn-McReavy Funeral Home and continued to work there until 1973, when he moved back to McLeod County and began operating the Hutchinson and Brownton Chapels.