Obituaries

Evelyn  Mathilda Post

Evelyn Mathilda Post

Feb 2, 2017

Evelyn M. Post, age 100, of Mazeppa, passed away on Thursday, February 2, 2017 at the Zumbrota Health Service Center. Funeral service will be on Tuesday, February 7, 2017 at St. John's Lutheran Church - Mazeppa at 11:00 A.M with Pastor Alan Horn officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Burial will be in...

La Donna June Wilson

La Donna June Wilson

Jan 30, 2017

La Donna June (Van Norman) Wilson, 87, passed away peacefully on January 30, 2017 at Essentia Health-St. Mary's Medical Center in Duluth, MN. She was born on June 13, 1929 in Windom, MN to Fred and Loretta (Bare) Van Norman. She attended Windom Public Schools and graduated from Mankato Teachers College. On July 21, 1951, she was married to Harold...

Jane  Marie Luhman

Jane Marie Luhman

Jan 29, 2017

Jane Marie Luhman, 45, devoted wife, mother, best friend and love of Jesse's life, died on Sunday, January 29, 2017, at her home in Goodhue. Jane was born on June 1, 1971 to Gary and Barbara (Wilcox) Walen in Fridley, Minn. She graduated from Columbia Heights High School in 1989 and then attended Mankato State University and Rasmussen Business College....

Beverly  J Griebenow

Beverly J Griebenow

Jan 29, 2017

Beverly Jane "Bev" Griebenow, age 81, of Pine Island, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on Sunday, January 29, 2017 at Pine Haven Care Center. A memorial service is scheduled for Wednesday, February 1st at 11:00 AM at Saint Paul Lutheran Church in Pine Island, with Reverend Craig Breimhorst officiating. Visitation will be 1 hour prior to the service...

Jean  Roe Vanderlinden

Jean Roe Vanderlinden

Jan 29, 2017

Jean Roe (Haugrud) Vanderlinden, whose love of gardening, Minnesota Public Radio and opera was exceeded only by her unfailing love of family (and possibly dark chocolate) passed away unexpectedly from a pulmonary embolism on Sunday January 29, 2017 in Red Wing, Minnesota. She was 73. Jean was born to Clara O. (Roe) and Kenneth J. Haugrud in Seattle, Washington on...

Adeline  Juliet McKeighan

Adeline Juliet McKeighan

Jan 28, 2017

Adeline J. McKeighan age 90 of Minneapolis, formerly of Pine Island, passed away on Saturday, January 28, 2017 at Unity Hospital surrounded by family. A funeral service will be held on Thursday, February 2, 2017 at Saint Paul Lutheran Church in Pine Island at 2:00 P.M with Pastor Craig Briemhorst officiating. Visitation will be Wednesday, February 1, from 4:00 P.M...

Delores  "Dee" Johnson

Delores "Dee" Johnson

Jan 28, 2017

Delores "Dee" Ann Johnson, 76, of Burnsville, died Saturday, January 28, 2017, surrounded by her family. She was born on November 18, 1940, in Morris, Minn., to Bernard and Irene (Wyman) Nelsen. She grew up in Morris and received her LPN degree. On July 9, 1966, she married Vern Johnson. They lived in Benson, Minn., where they started farming and...

Betty  Lou Ramthun

Betty Lou Ramthun

Jan 27, 2017

Betty Lou Ramthun, 73, of Goodhue, died as the result of a car accident on Friday, January 27, 2017. She was the oldest of four, born January 16, 1944 in Hayfield to Phillip and Irene (Distad) Hovey. She attended school in Rochester before moving to Byron where she graduated in 1962. She met her husband while in high school and...

Mary  Margaret (Fick)  Lamb

Mary Margaret (Fick) Lamb

Jan 27, 2017

Mary Margaret (Fick) Lamb was called to her heavenly home on January 27th, 2017 from pancreatic cancer. Mary was born January 14, 1945 to Lawrence and Harriet (Hoeft) Fick in Lake City, MN. She attended Jacksonville Country School, St. Johns Parochial school and graduated from Wabasha High School in 1962. Mary was employed at the Lake City State Bank and...

Evelyn  C. Freiheit

Evelyn C. Freiheit

Jan 26, 2017

Evelyn C. Freiheit, 97, of Lake City passed away Thursday, January 26, 2017 at her home at The Villa, St. Crispin in Red Wing, Minnesota where she has resided since 2009. Evelyn was born on December 11, 1919 in Chester Township to Charles and Alice (Duden) Holst. On February 14, 1939, she married Louis Freiheit at Evangelical United Brethren Church...

Lawrence Zebaugh

Lawrence Zebaugh

Jan 26, 2017

Lawrence Zebaugh, age 80, of Rochester, passed away from complications of Frontal Temporal Dementia (a form of Alzheimers) on Thursday Jan. 26, 2017 at Cottagewood Senior Living where he had been a resident since December 2011. Lawrence Wesley Zebaugh was born May 2, 1936 in Cresco, IA to Clayton and Irene (Henderson) Zebaugh. He attended Spring Valley Schools and graduated...

Hazel Welch Wedde Marks

Hazel Welch Wedde Marks

Jan 25, 2017

Hazel Marie (Welch) Marks, age 85, passed away on the eve of January 25, 2017 at Evansville Manor. Hazel was born March 31, 1931 to Harold LeRoy Welch and Metta Mae (Armstrong) Welch near Mantorville, MN. She was the eldest of three girls, her sisters Viola (Welch) Zemple (deceased) and Mary (Welch) Jacobsen of Chetek, WI. Hazel grew up in...

David Lantis

David Lantis

Jan 23, 2017

David Franklin Lantis, 80, of Red Wing, died Monday, January 23, 2017, at Comforts of Home in River Falls, Wis. He was born on September 20, 1936, in Big Stone City, South Dakota to David and Louise (Thiele) Lantis. In 1954, he graduated from Big Stone City High School and then went on to work for the Ortonville Paper in...

Marian  Elvira Bjorklund

Marian Elvira Bjorklund

Jan 23, 2017

Marian Elvira Bjorklund, 96 of Red Wing, died Monday, January 23, 2017 at her home at Potter Ridge, surrounded by her family. She was born on the Swanson farm in Welch township on August 4, 1920 to Linus and Esther (Akenson) Swanson. She grew up on the farm and attended rural school in Welch. She later worked for Red Wing...

Rodney  A. Hauschildt

Rodney A. Hauschildt

Jan 22, 2017

Rodney Allen Hauschildt, 73, of Red Wing died on Sunday, January 22, 2017, at Mayo Clinic Health Systems-Red Wing. Rod was born on October 13, 1943, in Red Wing, to Raymond and Dorothie (Fellman) Hauschildt and graduated from Red Wing Central High School in 1961. He enlisted in the United States Navy and served until he was honorably discharged. After...

Alice  Lucille Shirk

Alice Lucille Shirk

Jan 19, 2017

Alice Lucille Shirk, 92, of Red Wing, MN, formerly of Waterloo, IA, died peacefully Thursday, January 19, 2017 at Loving Residence Assisted Living. Alice was born March 21, 1924 in Cedar Falls, IA, the daughter of Joseph and Myrtle Shirk, and the middle child of 7 brothers and sisters. Alice married Harlan Shirk in Omaha, Nebraska on November 26, 1945....

John  "Jack" Holmes

John "Jack" Holmes

Jan 19, 2017

John "Jack" Reynolds Holmes passed away unexpectedly at his home in Red Wing on Thursday, January 19, 2017. He was born in Red Wing on July 1, 1962, to Burton and Dorothy Holmes of Red Wing. Jack graduated in 1980 from Red Wing Central High School and attended college in Ely, Minnesota. After graduation, he returned to Red Wing where...

Charles  J. Johnson

Charles J. Johnson

Jan 18, 2017

Charles J. Johnson, 77, of Wacouta, passed away from cancer with his daughter and granddaughter at his side. Charles was the oldest son of Elmer and Emaline (O'Keefe) Johnson, born January 22, 1939 in Nelson, Wisc. He attended high school in Alma, Wisc. Charles married Valarie Prigge and together they raised 3 children. Charles farmed for several years and also...

Mary  Frances Henderson

Mary Frances Henderson

Jan 18, 2017

ROCHESTER - Mary Frances (Burton) Henderson, age 89, passed from this life on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017, at Seasons Hospice. Mary survived Breast Cancer, lived with Thyroid Cancer, and died from complications of Multiple Myeloma. Mary was born in Bohon, Kentucky on Oct. 19, 1927 to Olis Lafon and Frances Burton. The family moved to Minnesota when Mary was nine...

Amee Gardner

Amee Gardner

Jan 17, 2017

Amee McLeary Gardner died peacefully on January 17, 2017. She was born in Chicago, Illinois on September 26, 1922 to Thomas Jefferson McLeary and Ruby Alexander McLeary. She was the widow of John Gardner. She attended Englewood High School. Amee was the youngest of eight children and was nicknamed "Baby". The name stuck. She was referred to as Aunt Baby...