Obituaries
Karen Sprenger
Apr 21, 2025
Karen Marie Sprenger, 87, of Pine Island passed away on Monday, April 21, 2025 at Pine Haven Care Center in Pine Island, Minnesota.
She was born July 18,, 1937 in St. Paul, Minnesota to Christian and Bernice Rasmussen. She was the eldest of 4 children. Born and raised in St. Paul and graduated from Hill-Murray High School, she moved to Rochester...
Timothy Carroll
May 22, 2025
Timothy Lee Carroll, 71, of Red Wing, died Thursday, May 22, 2025, at his home surrounded, by his loving family. He was born on June 25, 1953, in Wabasha, MN to Eugene and Joye (Saunders) Carroll. He graduated in 1971, from Red Wing High School. He began working for the Red Wing Shoe Company, which led to 42 ½ years,...
Phyllis Berktold
May 22, 2025
Phyllis Marie (Jonas) Berktold, age 81, passed away Thursday May 22nd peacefully at St. Crispin Nursing Home in Red Wing, Minnesota surrounded by family.
Phyllis was born to Peter and Hazel (Goplen) Jonas on February 8th, 1944 in Red Wing, Minnesota. She grew up there and attended Red Wing High School. Phyllis married Edward Berktold Jr. on April 13, 1962 at...
Kathryn June Hollman
May 22, 2025
A Memorial Service will be held Friday, June 6th at 11 am at First Lutheran Church in Lake City with Rev. Paul Miller officiating. Visitation will be one hour before the service at the church. A Celebration of Kathryn’s Life will be from 12:30 to 3:30 after the service at the Lake City VFW.
A complete obituary will be posted soon.
Caroline Kearns
May 21, 2025
Caroline Marie Kearns, 87, of Hager City, passed away on Wednesday, May 21, 2025, at the Lake City Care Center, where she has resided for the past six months. She was born on July 19, 1937, in Red Wing to Henry and Francis (Pohl) Dahling. Caroline was raised on a farm on Cherry Street in Red Wing with her four...
Brenda D. Voth
May 18, 2025
It is with deep sorrow that we announce the passing of Brenda Voth of Red Wing, Minnesota on Sunday, May 18, 2025 at Mayo Clinic Hospital, St. Marys Campus in Rochester, surrounded by her loved ones.
She was born on March 30, 1950 in Detroit, Michigan to parents Glenn and Bernice Olson. After high school, she moved to Appleton, Wisconsin, where...
John Martin Tiller
May 18, 2025
John Martin Tiller, 94, of Wanamingo, Minnesota, passed away May 18, 2025, at his home.
John was born in Wanamingo on July 27, 1930, to Martin and Marie (Haugen) Tiller. He was baptized by Rev. J.B. Rockne into the Christian faith at Trinity Lutheran Church and was a lifelong member there. Since childhood, John enjoyed music and singing. He sang with...
Garry Dean Hoyme
May 17, 2025
Zumbrota – Garry Dean Hoyme, 77, of Zumbrota, passed away peacefully on Saturday evening, May 17th, 2025, at Seasons Hospice House in Rochester, MN.
Garry was born on February 17th, 1948, to Isabell and Clarence Hoyme in Pipestone, MN. Friends, tennis, baseball, swimming, and bowling filled his childhood years. A paper route marked the beginning of his life as a hard...
Jon "Tinger" Drew Tingblad
May 16, 2025
Jon “Tinger” Drew Tingblad, age 63, of Red Wing, passed away on Friday, May 16, 2025, at his residence.
He was born on April 10, 1962, in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, to Peter and Marjorie (Woodward) Tingblad. During his early childhood, the family moved to New Richmond, Wisconsin. Jon was a well-rounded student, active in football, basketball, and tennis. He was also a...
Linda Benjamin
May 16, 2025
Linda Joan Benjamin, 71, of Red Wing, passed away from this Earth on Friday, May 16, 2025 at Rochester East Health Services from heart failure. She was born in April of 1954 to Walter and Clara (Freilinger) Benjamin. Linda "Joanie" bonded with many people and animals throughout her years. The first third of her life was in Minneapolis, where she...
Ruth Mae Stiehl
May 16, 2025
Ruth Stiehl, 96, of Wanamingo; a loving, kind, patient and courageous wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, friend and teacher died on May 16, 2025.
Born Ruth Mae Hemmy on January 27, 1929 to Wallace and Cora (Borger) Hemmy in Humbird, Wis. She grew up on the family farm with her 3 brothers. It was there that she developed her love of...
Donna M. Christiansen
May 16, 2025
Donna Marie Christiansen, 94, of Red Wing, died Friday, May 16, 2025 at Deer Crest. She was born March 18, 1931, in St. Paul, MN to Clarence and Bertha (Fink) Erickson. At age 16 her family moved to a dairy farm near Prescott, Wisconsin. Donna graduated from Prescott High School and in August of 1949, she married Glenn Christiansen. They...
Hazel Dettmer
May 15, 2025
Hazel Mary Dettmer, 98, of Zumbrota, died Thursday, May 15, 2025, at the Zumbrota Care Center. She was born on February 19, 1927, the 8th child of nine, to Harvey and Minnie (Getschmann) Roper. She was baptized and confirmed at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Frontenac. In 1947, she married Pete Klindworth and they later divorced. To this union they...
Patricia Peterson
May 14, 2025
Our beautiful Patricia Ann (Freier) Peterson passed away on May 14, 2025, from a brief illness, at Mayo Clinic Hospital, Methodist Campus in Rochester, MN. Patty passed with her husband by her side.
Patty was born in Red Wing, MN to Rynold and Lois (Diercks) Freier. Patty graduated from Red Wing High School and went on to clerical studies at Red...
Allen Skordahl
May 14, 2025
Allen Roger Skordahl, 87, of Bay City, died Wednesday, May 14, 2025, at the Plum City Care Center in Plum City, WI. He was born on April 7, 1938, in Red Wing to Alfred and Harriet (Whipple) Skordahl. He graduated from Zumbrota High School. For over 43 years, he worked as a dedicated employee at the Red Wing Shoe Company...
Wallace "Butch" J. Moore
May 12, 2025
Wallace “Butch” Joseph Moore, 78, of Red Wing, died Monday, May 12, 2025 at his home, surrounded by his family and friends, after a valiant battle with cancer. He was born October 9, 1946 in Red Wing to Wallace and Lorraine (Larson) Moore. He graduated from Red Wing High School, class of 1965.
He worked as a union carpenter for a...
Doris A. Kunz
May 12, 2025
Doris Ann Kunz, 93, of West Concord, died Monday, May 12, 2025, at Mayo Clinic Hospital, St. Marys Campus. She was born March 26, 1932, in Roscoe Township, to Arland and Emily (Matti) Archer. She graduated from Pine Island High School in 1950. On June 11, 1950, she married James Kunz. She and her husband farmed in the West Concord...
Barbara Shain
May 12, 2025
Barbara Louise Shain, 61, of Pine Island, died Monday, May 12, 2025 at the Mayo Clinic Health Systems - Methodist Hospital in Rochester. She was born July 8, 1963 in Minneapolis, Minn. to Frank and Margaret (Swonder) Zavadil. She graduated from Alexandria High School, class of 1981. She then went on to get an associates degree in Toxicology at Alexandria...
Hazel K. Vukmir
May 12, 2025
Hazel K. Vukmir, 98, of Red Wing, died Monday, May 12, 2025, at her home at Deer Crest Senior Living, surrounded by family. She was born on February 19, 1927, in Keystone, PA to John and Thressa (Sarsfield) Kistler. She graduated from Norwin High School in Irwin, PA in 1945. In 1949, she received a Bachelor of Science degree from...
Lois F. Theis
May 12, 2025
Lois Florence Theis, age 88, of Red Wing, passed away peacefully at her home surrounded by family, on Monday, May 12, 2025. She was born December 27, 1936 in Red Wing to Clarence and Edna (Conrad) Kells. She attended schools in Red Wing. She then cared for her maternal grandparents. She began working as a waitress at Bremer Café in...
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