Obituaries
Jon R. Heath
Jan 16, 2017
Jon R. Heath, age 56, of Cottage Grove, and formerly of Red Wing, passed away on January 16, 2017 after a lengthy illness. Jon was born on June 25, 1960, in Red Wing, to Alfred and Shirley Heath. He grew up in the Ellsworth/Hager City area and graduated from Ellsworth High School in 1978. When he was younger, Jon liked...
Kerry Jean Kruger
Jan 16, 2017
Kerry Jean Kruger, 68, died on Monday, January 16, 2017 at Potter's Ridge. Kerry was born November 12, 1948 in Osseo, Wisc. to Clifford and Irene (Back) Fjelstad. She grew up in Strum, Wis. and graduated in 1966 from Eleva-Strum High School. She married her high school sweetheart, David Kruger on December 23, 1966. While David was in the United...
Janet M. Yotter
Jan 15, 2017
Janet Marilyn Yotter, 86, of Lake City, passed away on Sunday, January 15, 2017 at The Bluffs in Lake City. She was born on March 29, 1930 in rural Lake City. Janet was the eighth of 12 children born to George and Alice (Gerken) Dose. She attended Whelan Country School through the eighth grade eventually becoming a nurse's aide at...
Jacqualyn Betty Tredup
Jan 14, 2017
Jacqualyn Betty Tredup, 80, of Red Wing, passed away on Saturday, January 14, 2017 silently at home with her family by her side. She was born October 20, 1936 to Merrille and Sophie (Anderson) Larson. She attended school in Red Wing at Jefferson Elementary and Central High School. She was a babysitter and then moved on to work at the...
Mary Riniker
Jan 13, 2017
Marion Mary Riniker, 89, of Red Wing, died Friday, January 13, 2017, at Regions Hospital in St. Paul. She was born on October 24, 1927, in La Crosse, Wis., to James and Mary (Hanley) Kouri. She graduated in 1945 from Aquinas High School in La Crosse. On November 27, 1947, she married Earl Riniker in La Crosse. Since 1948, she...
Robert Henry Gordish
Jan 12, 2017
Robert Henry Gordish was born in Oelwein, Iowa on June 7, 1939, to John and Mary (Miller) Gordish. He was reborn as a child of God in the waters of Holy Baptism at the age of 16. On June 25, 1961, he was confirmed in the Christian faith and was fed the life-giving body and blood of Jesus. Robert was...
Daniel P. Guida
Jan 10, 2017
Daniel Paul Guida, 71, of Red Wing, died Tuesday, January 10, 2017, at his home, surrounded by his family. He was born on December 19, 1945, in Tyler, Minnesota, to Donald and Helen (Paulson) Guida. He grew up on a dairy farm in rural Tyler and graduated from Tyler High School. Dan continued his education at Saint Paul Bible College...
Vivian Emma Webster
Jan 10, 2017
Vivian E. Webster, age 95 of Rochester, formerly of Mazeppa passed away on January 10, 2017 at Seasons Hospice House. A Mass of Christian Burial will be on Tuesday, January 17, 2017 at 10:30 A.M at SS. Peter & Paul Catholic Church in Mazeppa with Father Joseph Fogal officiating. Visitation will be for one hour before the service at the...
Cheryl "Cheri" A. Grobe
Jan 10, 2017
Cheryl "Cheri" A. Grobe, 71, of Lake City passed away Tuesday, January 10, 2017 at Preferred Senior Living Memory Care Center in Ellsworth, Wisconsin. She was born on January 30, 1945 in Long Prairie, Minnesota to Clarence and Velma (Dinkel) Minke. She was a 1963 graduate of Long Prairie High School and a 1964 graduate of Northwest Institute of Medical...
George Harry Margellos
Jan 8, 2017
Funeral services for George Margellos will be held Thursday January 12th at 10:00 AM at Holy Anargyroi Greek Orthodox Church in Rochester. Father Mark Munoz will officiate. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery in Rochester. Mr. Margellos, 88, of Rochester, died peacefully Sunday January 8, 2017 at Maple Manor Nursing and Rehab. George Harry Margellos was born December 16, 1928...
Gregory Redmond
Jan 7, 2017
ROCHESTER - Gregory "Greg" Redmond, age 49, of Rochester, died Saturday Jan. 7, 2017 at his home surrounded by his family, after a courageous battle with an aggressive brain tumor. Gregory James Redmond was born Aug. 4, 1967 in St. James, MN to Daryl and Dianne (Gilling) Redmond. Greg grew up in Willmar, MN and graduated from high school there...
Nanda Arline Reber
Jan 5, 2017
Nanda A. Reber, age 93, of Pine Island, passed away on January 5, 2017 at Cottagewood Senior Communities in Rochester. Funeral service will be Monday, January 9, 2017 at Mahn Family Funeral Home - Mahler Chapel at 11:00 A.M with Pastor Daniel Ashpole officiating. Visitation will be Sunday, January 8, 2017 at the Mahn Family Funeral Home - Mahler Chapel...
Charles "Chuck" Nehring
Jan 5, 2017
Charles "Chuck" George Nehring, 48, of Bay City, died Thursday, January 5, 2017, at his home. He was born on December 31, 1968, in Red Wing to Bruce and Cynthia (Aymond) Nehring. He attended Red Wing schools and had worked at Northern Iron and at Bay City Sand Mine. He is survived by his father, Bruce (Pat Kernan) Nehring of...
Fern G. McCormack
Jan 4, 2017
Fern G. McCormack, 97, of Plum City, died Wednesday, January 4, 2017 at the Plum City Care Center. She was born November 25, 1919 to Adam and Christine (Haugen) Breckheimer in Mankato, Minnesota. On July 15, 1942 she was united in marriage to Lyle McCormack in Sturgeon Lake, Minnesota. Together, the couple raised four children on dairy farms in Rosemount...
Gary Hern
Jan 2, 2017
Gary Hern, age 72, of Plainview formerly of Lake City passed away, Heaven went fishing and used just the right bait and got a great catch on Monday, January 02, 2017 at Green Prairie Rehab Center in Plainview. Gary was born on December 29, 1944 in Lake City to Jack and Harriet (Holst) Hern in Lake City. Gary grew up...
Colleen Kay Nelson
Jan 1, 2017
Colleen Kay Nelson, age 76, of Lake City and formerly of Austin, died on January 1, 2017 at her home after a courageous battle with a brain tumor. She was born on July 4, 1940 to Virgil and H. Alvira Despard in Cresco, Iowa. Colleen grew up in Austin, MN and graduated from high school there in 1958. Shortly after,...
Karen Marie Mehrkens
Dec 31, 2016
Karen Marie Mehrkens, 77, of Red Wing, died Saturday, December 31, 2016 at her home. She was born on July 2, 1939, in Red Wing to Orvin and Marcella (Yerka) Erickson. She graduated from Zumbrota High School in 1957 and then from the College of Medical Technology in Minneapolis. On May 29, 1959, she married Lyle Mehrkens. For 30 years...
Allyn "Gene" Olson
Dec 31, 2016
Allyn "Gene" J. Olson, 85, of Bay City, Wisconsin, died Saturday, December 31, 2016 at his home. He was born May 13, 1931, in Star Prairie, Wisconsin to Archie and Opal (Larson) Olson. After his father died and his mother remarried, his family moved to Bay City and he graduated from Red Wing Central High School in 1949. On April...
Iva Larson
Dec 31, 2016
Iva Marion Larson, 99, of Red Wing, died Saturday, December 31, 2016, at St. Crispin Living Community, Seminary Home. She was born on December 5, 1917, in Hay Creek Township to Henry and Mabel (Watson) Cordes. On June 8, 1941 she married Leonard Larson in Yuma, Arizona. She was a long time employee of Spurgeons Department Store in Red Wing....
Martha Fay Erie
Dec 29, 2016
Martha Fay JaQuay Erie of Vasa died on Friday, December 30, at The Gardens Cannon Falls. She fought a ten year struggle but succumbed to Alzeimers. Martha was born on January 14,1942, to Paul and Geneva JaQuay in Missouri. She earned a Master's Degree in Biology and a Master's Degree in Education at Moorehead in Kentucky and studied computer programming...
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