Obituaries
Christian Henry Friedrich
Dec 31, 2018
Funeral services for Christian Friedrich will be held Thursday January 3rd at 11:00 AM at St. John's Lutheran Church in Mazeppa. The Reverend Alan Horn will officiate. Burial will follow at the Mazeppa Cemetery. Mr. Friedrich, 77, of Zumbrota passed away peacefully Monday December 31st at Weatherstone Senior Living in Rochester. Visitation will be Wednesday January 2nd from 5:00 to...
Burt C. Diercks
Dec 27, 2018
Burton Clarence Diercks, 76, of Red Wing, died Thursday, December 27, 2018, at Mayo Clinic Health System in Red Wing. He was born Nov. 14, 1942, in Red Wing, to Erwin "E.P." and Mabel (Johnson) Diercks and graduated from Red Wing Central High School. He married SuEllen Mehrkins and together they had 4 children; they later divorced. He was employed...
Michael R. "Mick" Lohman
Dec 27, 2018
Michael R. "Mick" (Mike) Lohman age 54 of Northfield, formerly of Zumbrota died on Thursday, December 27, 2018 from complications of cancer at Mayo Clinic Health Systems, Rochester - St. Marys Hospital. The funeral service will be on Monday, December 31, 2018 at 11:00 AM at the United Redeemer Lutheran Church, 560 West 3rd Street, Zumbrota with Pastor Wayne Radke...
Vayda Colby Jalene Kaiser
Dec 26, 2018
Vayda Colby Jalene Kaiser, age 9, of Goodhue, died on Wednesday, December 26, 2018, at her home surrounded by her family. She was born March 14, 2009, in Red Wing to Samuel and Sarah (Colby) Kaiser. She attended Sunnyside School and was in the 4th grade at Burnside School in Red Wing. She enjoyed going to school and her presence...
Frank Edward Miller
Dec 26, 2018
Frank E. Miller, age 87, of Zumbrota, passed away on Wednesday, December 26, 2018. A memorial service will be held on Wednesday, January 2, 2019 at 11:00 am at Christ Lutheran Church in Zumbrota with Pastor Wayne Schoch officiating. The visitation will be for one hour prior to the service at the church. Burial will be in the Zumbrota Cemetery....
Helen M. Liffrig
Dec 25, 2018
Helen M. Liffrig, age 93 of Pine Island, formerly of Mazeppa died on Tuesday, December 25, 2018 at the Pine Haven Care Center. A memorial mass will be held on Friday, December 28, 2018 at 2:00 pm at Ss. Peter & Paul Catholic Church in Mazeppa with Father Randal Kasel celebrating the mass. Inurnment will be in the church cemetery....
Willis "Willie" Glen Safe
Dec 24, 2018
Willis "Willie" G. Safe, 83, of Red Wing, passed away Monday, December 24, 2018 at Comfort of Home in Hudson, Wisconsin. He was born December 29, 1934 in Red Wing to Glen and Elsie (Nash) Safe; the oldest of four boys. His family lived in Spring Garden and Miesville before moving to Red Wing in 1942 where he graduated from...
Roger A Meyer
Dec 24, 2018
Roger Aurelius Meyer, 85, of Lake City, passed away on Monday, December 24, 2018 at the Lake City Care Center. He was born September 28, 1933 to Aurelius C. Meyer and Laura H. (Thomforde) Meyer in Mt. Pleasant Township, Wabasha County. He attended country school at St. Peter's Lutheran Parochial and graduated from Lincoln High School in Lake City in...
Lola Anna Kish
Dec 24, 2018
Lola A. Kish, age 99, of Zumbrota, passed away on Monday, December 24, 2018 at Zumbrota Health Service. Funeral service will be on Monday, December 31, 2018 at St. John's Lutheran Church - Mazeppa at 11:00 am with Pastor Alan Horn officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Burial will be in Zumbrota Cemetery....
Aslaug Burawa
Dec 23, 2018
Áslaug (Adda) Burawa died in the early morning of December 23,2018 with her son, Christopher, by her bedside. Áslaug Burawa (née, Hermaníusdóttir) was born in Reykjavik, Iceland, on January 12, 1926. Her parents were Hermaníus Márino Jónsson and Sigríður Guðmundsdóttir. She was the wife of George Burawa. She is survived by her son Christopher Burawa and granddaughter Indra Eydís Burawa....
Gail Janet Wells
Dec 22, 2018
Gail Janet Wells, 79 of Welch, died Saturday, December 22, 2018 at her home in Tinta Wita Tipi Care Center with her husband of 22 years by her side. She was born May 13, 1939 in Minneapolis to George and Gladys (Anderson) Wannebo. She grew up in Minneapolis and attended Roosevelt High School. She went on to earn an associate...
George Lee Johnson
Dec 21, 2018
George Lee Johnson went to his heavenly home on December 21st, 2018. He died at his home in Pearland, Texas after a courageous battle with Melanoma. George was born July 19, 1935, in Red Wing, Minnesota to Stanley and Mable Johnson of Goodhue. He graduated from Goodhue High School in 1953 and served in the U. S. Army for two...
John C. Baker
Dec 21, 2018
John Charles Baker, 87, of Minneapolis, MN, died Friday, December 21, 2018, at the Mt. Olivet Home. He was born July 4, 1931, in Staples, MN, to James and Esther (Swenson) Baker and graduated from Staples High School. He enlisted in the US Army in 1952 and served in the Korean War until he was honorably discharged in 1954. He...
Michael John Hanson
Dec 20, 2018
Michael John Hanson 49, of Farmington, MN, formerly of Red Wing, died Thursday, December 20th 2018 at Augustana Hospice after a long battle with cancer. He was born in Rochester, MN on August 16, 1969 to Milo and Mary (Ekern) Hanson. He graduated in 1988 from Red Wing Central High Schoool. He married Fran Gould on June 1, 1991 at...
Vicki Jean Lawrence
Dec 20, 2018
Vicki J. Lawrence, age 59, of Rochester, died Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018, surrounded by her family at her home. Vicki Jean Hentges was born Feb. 4, 1959 in Waterloo, Iowa to Ralph "Porky" and Shirley (Yearling) Hentges. She graduated from Central High School in Waterloo in 1977. While working at Brinkley's Landing, she met the love of her life, Darby...
Richard W. Hickey
Dec 20, 2018
Richard W. Hickey, age 87, of Pine Island died on Thursday, December 20, 2018 at the Pine Haven Care Center from complications related to Parkinson's disease and from injuries received in a fall near his residence. The memorial service will be Friday, December 28, 2018 at 11:00 AM at Saint Paul Lutheran Church in Pine Island with Pastor Marie Anderson...
Ernest Frederick Rosener
Dec 20, 2018
Ernest Frederick Rosener, 85, of Red Wing, died Thursday, December 20, 2018, at the St. Crispin Living Community surrounded by his family. He was born December 23, 1932, in Red Wing, to Fred and Ellen (Hanson) Rosener and attended high school in Goodhue. He was united in marriage to Frances Schuck on Nov. 9, 1952 in Mantorville. They moved to...
Judith Virginia Christianson
Dec 19, 2018
Judith Virginia Christianson, 80, of Red Wing, died Wednesday, December 19, 2018, at Mayo Clinic Health System in Red Wing. She was born on November 13, 1938, in Ravenna, Ohio to Grant and Jamie (Kinney) Pearcy. She lived with her family in several midwestern states before moving to Minnesota in 1954. She graduated from Richfield High School in 1956 and...
John L. Meincke
Dec 18, 2018
John Meincke, 82, of Elgin, formerly on Lake City, passed away on Tuesday, December 18, 2018, in Elgin. John was born April 3, 1936, in Red Wing, to Harry and Florence (Stehr) Meincke and graduated from Lincoln High School in Lake City in 1955. After graduating, he attended the University of Minnesota Agricultural Program. He served in the US Army...
Carol Jean Merckling
Dec 17, 2018
Carol Jean Merckling, 73, of Lake City, died on Monday, December 17, 2018 at the Mayo Clinic Health System Lake City Care Center. Carol was born in Fergus Falls on July 6, 1945 to Alvin and Bernice (Bergan) Paasch. She graduated from Red Wing High School in 1963 and then attended the Red Wing Vo-Tech. Carol worked at Mayo Clinic...
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