Evelyn "Evy" Wedde

Aug 15, 2024

Evelyn “Evy” Lorraine Wedde, 69, of Bay City, WI, died Thursday, August 15, 2024, at home. She was born April 5, 1955, in Northfield, Minnesota, to Joseph and Gladys (Forss) Berg. She graduated from Wanamingo High School in 1973 and later studied fashion merchandising at Red Wing Vo-Tech. On October 20, 1984, she married Peter Wedde, and they resided in...

Peter Lang

Aug 14, 2024

Peter Anthony Lang, 64, of Red Wing, passed away Wednesday, August 14, 2024 with his family by his side, after a sudden diagnosis with pancreatic cancer. He was born October 3, 1959, in St. Paul, to Ron and Iva (Ogle) Lang and graduated from Park High School, class of 1977. After high school he went into the trades and took...

Gary Alvin Glander

Aug 14, 2024

Gary Alvin Glander, 77, of Oak Center, passed away Wednesday, August 14, 2024 at the Goodhue Senior Living Center. Gary was born on April 17, 1947 to Alvin & Lorraine (Miller) Glander in Goodhue County. He graduated from Mazeppa High School and enlisted in the US Army in 1967, serving until he was honorably discharged. He married Laura Sprick on...

Sanford Erie

Aug 9, 2024

Sanford Donald Erie, 88, of Red Wing, died Friday, August 9, 2024 at the Valentines Assisted Living in Red Wing. He was born on October 9, 1935 to Jens and Olava (Finne) Erie in Kenyon, Minnesota. Sanford lived in Chicago Heights, Il for many years with his sister Maime's family. While living there he was a dishwasher at a local...

Nancy Nord

Aug 7, 2024

Nancy Jo (Walters) Nord died on Wed., August 7th, 2024. She and her brother Merrill Dean ("The Twins") were born on September 11, 1938, in Sioux Falls, SD to Alfred Alvin and Grace Ellen (Guinter) Walters. Nancy was raised in the Mennonite faith in Freeman, SD and was baptized as a young adult at Bethany Mennonite Church. After high school,...

Louis "Lou" Chicquette

Aug 7, 2024

Memorial service for Louis Chicquette will be 11 a.m. Saturday, October 5, 2024, at First United Methodist Church in Red Wing.  Visitation will be from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Friday, October 4, 2024 at the Mahn Family Funeral Home, Bodelson-Mahn Chapel and at the church for one hour prior to the service. Burial will be at a later...

David Eric Lindblom

Aug 5, 2024

David Eric Lindblom, 78, of Red Wing, died at his home in the Downtown Plaza on Monday, August 5, 2024. He was born July 9, 1946 in Red Wing to Charles and Evelyn (Malm) Lindblom. He grew up in Red Wing and graduated from Red Wing Central High School, class of 1964. Following graduation he enlisted in the U.S. Marines,...

Paul O'Reilly

Aug 4, 2024

Paul Joseph O’Reilly, 78, of Goodhue, died peacefully on Sunday, August 4, 2024, at his home with Cathy by his side. He was born on August 20, 1945, to Joseph and Mary (Heaney) O’Reilly. He was the 5th of 10 children. He attended schools in Goodhue graduating in 1963. After high school he joined the National Guard and completed cook...

Cella May Sproull

Aug 3, 2024

Cella May Sproull, age 91, passed away Saturday August 3, 2024, following bouts with heart issues, cancer and a stroke.

Cella May Smith was born in Silt, Colorado on October 2, 1932, to Earnest and Agnes (Edwards) Smith.

She later moved to Alturas, California, graduating from Modoc High School while enjoying softball, dancing, and cheerleading. She met her husband Harry Sproull and...

Clarice Vagasky

Aug 2, 2024

Clarice Jeanne Vagasky, 88, of Red Wing, died Friday, August 2, 2024, at Deer Crest Senior Living, where she had resided for the past four days. She was born on August 23, 1935, in Long Prairie, Minnesota to Adolph and Margaret (Radtke) Voigt. She graduated from Long Prairie High School and then attended the Minnesota School of Business for a...

Wallace "Walley" Erickson

Aug 2, 2024

Wallace "Walley" Carl Erickson, 89, of River Falls, Wisconsin, died on August 2, 2024 at Comforts of Home Assisted Living in River Falls. Walley was born on November 9, 1934 to Harry and Genevieve (Huppert) Erickson in Ellsworth, Wisconsin. He graduated from Red Wing Central High School in 1952. Wally worked for S.B. Foot Tanning Company for 46 years.

Walley was...

Patricia Wiff

Jul 31, 2024

Patricia M. Wiff was born in Baldwin, Wisconsin on August 12, 1939 to Guy and Alice (Klein) Wiff.

She was raised on the family farm outside of Martell where she attended the Martell School - a one-room school house. "Pat" (as we always knew her) graduated from Ellsworth High School in 1957 and from the River Falls State...

Peter Bengs

Jul 31, 2024

Peter Scott Bengs, Age 64, of Frontenac, MN was taken to his heavenly home surrounded by his family, Wednesday July 31, 2024, in the ICU at St Marys Hospital in Rochester.   Peter was born February 3, 1960 in Spooner, WI to Willard and Mary Bengs. He graduated Red Wing High School in 1978 where he excelled in football and...

Roger Taylor

Jul 30, 2024

Roger Lee Taylor, 81, died unexpectedly on July 30, 2024 at his home in Pine Island. He leaves his wife of 57 years, Beverly (Heil) Taylor; his sons, Christopher (Cathy) Taylor Kwilinski of Verona, WI, Lee (Maria) Taylor of Jersey City, NJ, and John (Alison) Taylor of Manitowoc, WI; and eight grandchildren, Israel Kwilinski; Katia, Vera, and William Taylor; Clayton,...

Ronald "Ron" Kenneth Jorgenson

Jul 30, 2024

Ronald "Ron" Kenneth Jorgenson, 76, of Red Wing, died Tuesday, July 30, 2024 at his home with his family by his side. He was born April 7, 1948 in Albert Lea to Kenneth and Matilda (Weseman) Jorgenson. He graduated from Albert Lea High School and went on to earn an associate's degree from a community college. Ron proudly served in...

Janice Keller

Jul 29, 2024

Our beloved Jan (Janice) Elizabeth Keller, 89, of Bloomington, passed away peacefully Monday, July 29, 2024, at the Minnesota Masonic Home in Bloomington, Minnesota. Janice was born on October 14, 1934, to Ernest and Katheryn (Zweifel) Keller in Red Wing, Minnesota. She worked for many for Nortel Communications until her retirement at the age of 55.

Janice is survived by her...

Roy Knuth

Jul 29, 2024

Roy Knuth, born June 6, 1943, graduated from Rochester's John Marshall high school, and studied chemistry in college. He retired from the Mayo Clinic at the age of 66, after 47 beloved years as a laboratory technician. He kept active by reading voraciously, studying military strategy, and singing for many years with the Rochester Male Chorus. Having nearly achieved Masterclass...

Esther Victoria Peterson

Jul 29, 2024

Esther Peterson, 101, of Wanamingo, passed away Monday, July 29, 2024, at the Cannon Rivers Senior Living Facility. 

 Esther Victoria Erickson was born July 3, 1923, in Parkers Prairie, Minnesota to John and Elsie (Ackerman) Erickson. She graduated from Parkers Prairie High School. Esther was baptized, confirmed and married at the Esther Evangelical Lutheran Church in Parkers Prairie. She was united...

Richard "Dick" Ottem

Jul 26, 2024

Richard “Dick” Kernan Ottem, 93, of Red Wing, Minnesota, died Friday, July 26, 2024 at Havenwood Assisted Living in Burnsville. He was born January 22, 1931, in Red Wing, to Alfred and Genevieve (Cunningham) Ottem. He graduated from Red Wing Central High School in 1949 and went on to attend St. Thomas University and graduated from the University of Minnesota,...

Douglas M. Callstrom

Jul 25, 2024

Douglas Marvin Callstrom, 75, of Red Wing, died Thursday, July 25, 2024 at his home. He was born November 1, 1948 in Red Wing to Vincent and Arlene (Lindell) Callstrom. He graduated from Goodhue High School, class of 1967. He enlisted in the U.S. Army and served during Vietnam. On August 27, 1974 he married Bonita Stumpf at Immanuel Lutheran...