Obituaries
Kirk D. Vogel
Jul 9, 2025
Kirk Daniel Vogel, 56, died unexpectedly, on Wednesday, July 9, 2025. He was born April 12, 1969, in Minneapolis, to Gerry and Shirley (Hannekamp) Vogel. He graduated from Richfield High School in 1988. Kirk was a true “jack of all trades” working mainly as a carpenter and a mechanic--he could fix, make and tinker with anything. He was collector of...
Ellie Mae Lyon
Jul 9, 2025
Ellie Mae Lyon peacefully took her final rest in the arms of her loving parents on July 9th, 2025 at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, Minn.Ellie was born on July 3rd, 2025 at Rochester Methodist Campus to Aubrey and Matthew Lyon. She is the answer to their prayers and they waited for her birth with joyful expectation. Ellie was immensely...
Carla Hilleshiem
Jul 6, 2025
Carla Hilleshiem, born in Red Wing, Minnesota on June 28, 1967 to Marjorie (Blaisdell) and Carl Hilleshiem at St. John’s Hospital. She was raised in Red Wing and Lake City where she graduated in 1986.
She is survived by her siblings, Randy Hilleshiem, Robert Hilleshiem, Cathy Weisz, and Christie Hilleshiem; nieces and nephews, Zachery Knudsen (Plank), Marissa Buckingham (Plank), David (Brandie)...
Jay Johnson
Jul 4, 2025
Jay Logan Johnson, 101, of Lake City died peacefully at the Elysian Senior Homes of Lake City. Arrangements are by the Mahn Family Funeral Home, Anderson-Peterson Chapel. Full obituary pending.
Robert C. Stroupe
Jul 1, 2025
Robert C. Stroupe, 92, of Bay City, Wisconsin, died Tuesday, July 1, 2025 at Mayo Clinic Hospital, St. Marys Campus, in Rochester.
He was born September 30, 1932, in Red Wing, to Floyd and Elizabeth (Stumpf) Stroupe. Bob had a love for fishing and the river, which may have begun when he was just an infant, as his family lived on...
Audrey Horn
Jul 1, 2025
Audrey Jean Horn, 90, of Red Wing, died Monday, July 1, 2025, at her home at Deer Crest Senior Living in Red Wing. She was born on January 27, 1935, in Red Wing to Edward and Lenora (Banitt) Kohrs and was baptized and confirmed at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Hay Creek. She graduated from Red Wing Central High School in...
Clara Mathilda Aarsvold
Jun 30, 2025
Clara Mathilda Aarsvold, of Kasson, Minnesota, passed away Monday, June 30, 2025 at the Mayo Clinic, Methodist Campus in Rochester, Minnesota.
Clara was born on July 21,1943 to Alfred and Marie (Petz) Brueske near Plainview, Minnesota. She graduated from John Marshall Senior High School in Rochester, Minnesota. Clara worked her whole life for the Mayo Clinic Health Systems, Methodist Campus. She...
Barbara Aunan
Jun 30, 2025
Barbara Aunan, 81, of Zumbrota, died on Monday, June 20, 2025, at Goodhue Living in Goodhue. Arrangements are pending with the Mahn Family Funeral Home, Larson Chapel in Zumbrota.
Georgia Fahy
Jun 29, 2025
Georgie Ann (Murray) Fahy, age 92, of Rochester, Minnesota, passed away after a full and blessed life. Born October 23, 1932, she was the 15th of 16 children in a close-knit family of eight boys and eight girls.
She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Donald Fahy. Married in 1950, they shared 54 wonderful years together. They found time...
Henry Richard Dison
Jun 28, 2025
Henry Richard Dison was born on May 17, 1933, in Rochester, Minnesota, to Henry H. and Gladys Mae (Tuttle) Dison. He was called to his eternal home on June 28, 2025, in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Henry grew up in Rochester, where he attended public schools and graduated from Rochester High School in 1951. A gifted athlete, he was a proud member...
Ethel Florence Jaspers
Jun 28, 2025
Ethel Jaspers passed away peacefully at Cannon Rivers on June 28th, 2025.
Born in rural, west-central Minnesota during the Great Depression, Ethel was the youngest of four children [and only daughter] born to Maynard and Josie Holtz. Ethel's education was typical of the times-walking what would now be considered a long distance to and from a one-room schoolhouse. Her high school years,...
Bonnie J. Peterson
Jun 28, 2025
Bonnie J. Peterson, of Ellsworth, died Saturday, June 28, 2025, at Mayo Clinic Hospital, Methodist Campus, on her 79th birthday. Bonnie was born in Red Wing, MN, to Clarence and Inez (Halverson) Diercks and grew up in Hager City, Wisconsin. She graduated from Ellsworth High School, class of 1964. On Oct. 19, 1968, she married Raynold Peterson at the United...
Margaret Ann Stiller
Jun 28, 2025
Margaret Stiller, 78, of Zumbrota, passed away Saturday, June 28, 2025, at the Zumbrota Care Center, surrounded by her family.
Margaret Ann was born in Red Wing on October 2, 1946 to Bernie and Emma (Mehrkens) Diercks. She attended St. John’s rural school and Goodhue High School. She attended Mankato State for two years. Margaret married Dale Stiller on July 16,...
Ronald Stoerzinger
Jun 27, 2025
Ronald Stoerzinger, 93, of Lake City, MN (formerly of West St Paul), passed away peacefully on June 27, 2025 at Elysian of Lake City.
Ron was born on March 15, 1932, to Louis and Lillian (nee Peters) Stoerzinger.
He and his sister Dolores grew up on Bircher Ave in South St. Paul. In 1950, Ron graduated from Northwestern Preparatory in Watertown, WI....
Jane Elizabeth Blattner
Jun 25, 2025
Jane Elizabeth Blattner, a shining light in the world, was called home to Heaven on Wednesday, June 25th, 2025.
Jane was born on September 14th, 1957, in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, to Estel and Gwendolyn (Manahan) Comadoll. Jane’s family made the move to Lake City, Minnesota, where she spent the majority of her childhood. Jane’s family were members of the United Methodist Church...
Joshua Wesley Moechnig Jr.
Jun 24, 2025
Joshua Wesley Moechnig, age 34, of Lake City passed away Tuesday, June 24, 2025 in a farming accident. He was born March 14, 1991 in Lake City, MN to Joshua, Sr. and LuAnn (Evans) Moechnig.
Josh graduated from Lincoln High School in Lake City in 2009. He was united in marriage to his wife, Heather Marking, on September 24, 2016 at...
Barbara Jean Follstad
Jun 24, 2025
Dr. Barbara Jean Follstad, age 89, passed away at Mayo Methodist Hospital in Rochester on Tuesday, June 24, 2025.
Barbara was born May 26, 1936 in East St. Paul, MN to Hjalmar and Maxine (Gibson) Persson. She and her younger sister Nancy grew up on York Ave. As a teenager, she raised hamsters with the help of her Grandpa Gustafson, who...
Dennis Schott
Jun 22, 2025
Dennis Richard Schott, 78, of Goodhue, died Sunday, June 22, 2025 at home surrounded by family. He was born on September 3, 1946 to Richard and Maxine (Tarras) Schott in the twin cities area. Dennis was united in marriage to Lorie Marlene Apley on April 13, 1985.
Dennis worked as a garbage hauler in Rochester as a young adult for many...
Charlotte Eunice Burt
Jun 21, 2025
Charlotte Eunice Burt, 81, of Prescott, WI (formerly of Ellsworth) died on Saturday, June 21, 2025 at home surrounded by her family. She was born in La Crosse, WI to Henry and Gertrude (Michels) Becker on March 29, 1944. Charlotte married James "Jim" Burt on July 11, 1964 at St Wenceslaus Catholic Church in La Crosse, WI.
She attended St. Joseph's...
Joseph Boerschig
Jun 21, 2025
Joseph Richard Boerschig, 86, of Williamsville,New York, died Saturday, June 21, 2025 in Red Wing, Minnesota. He was born on February 18, 1939 to George and Bessie (Kaminski) Boerschig Sr. in West Seneca, New York.
Joseph is survived by his significant other, Judith Marshall; his daughter, Joanne (Chris) Napiorkowski; his son,Joseph( Rachael) Boerschig; and his grandchildren, Nicholas Napiorkowski and Joseph Boerschig...
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