Obituaries

Katherine  E. Breza

Katherine E. Breza

Feb 10, 2017

Katherine Elaine Breza, 70, of Kasson, died Friday, February 10, 2017 at HCMC in Minneapolis. She was born July 23, 1946 to Wallace and Hazel (Hokenstrom) Weberg in Red Wing. She attended Red Wing Central High school. After school she went to work at First State Bank in Red Wing and later the State of Minnesota and Winona National Bank...

Katherine  Marie Ebeling

Katherine Marie Ebeling

Feb 8, 2017

Katherine M. Ebeling, age 70 of Kasson, formerly of Zumbrota passed away at her residence on Wednesday, February 8, 2017 surrounded by family. A Mass of Christian Burial will be Tuesday, February 14, 2017 at 11:00 A.M at St. Paul's Catholic Church in Zumbrota with Father Randal Kasel officiating. The visitation will be for one hour prior to the service...

Tod  Harlan Peterson

Tod Harlan Peterson

Feb 8, 2017

Tod Harlan Peterson, 52, of Rochester, formerly of Red Wing, died Wednesday, February 8, 2017. He was born on July 11, 1964, in Oelwein, Iowa to Warren and Loretta (Augustin) Peterson. He graduated from high school in Minnesota and then started a career in auto mechanics. He married Deanna Kyllo in 1988; to this union one son, Aaron, was born....

Donald  J. Kulseth

Donald J. Kulseth

Feb 7, 2017

Donald J. Kulseth, 71, of Lake City passed away peacefully Tuesday, February 7, 2017 at home after a brief illness. He was born in Windom, MN on December 9, 1945 to Johan and Ila (Larson) Kulseth. Donald graduated from Windom High School in 1963. He enlisted in the United States Air Force and served from 1964 to 1971, completing three...

Amy  Juanita Stensland

Amy Juanita Stensland

Feb 7, 2017

Amy J. Stensland died at Kenyon Sunset Home on Tuesday, February 7, 2017, where she lived the last years of her life. The funeral service will be on Saturday, February 11, 2017 at 11:00 A.M. at Emmanuel Lutheran Church - Aspelund with Pastor Lyle Aadahl officiating. The visitation will be for one hour prior to the service at the church....

Ann  O. Hammer

Ann O. Hammer

Feb 3, 2017

Ann O. Hammer, 83, of Red Wing, passed away on Friday, Feb. 3, 2017 at her home. She was born December 24, 1933, in Pittsburgh, PA, to Martin and Julia O'Toole. Ann graduated from Pittsburgh Hospital Nursing School in 1954. After graduation, she came to Minnesota to pursue learning from Sister Kenney. She married Donald Hammer in 1957. They embarked...

Naomi  Florence Moon

Naomi Florence Moon

Feb 2, 2017

Naomi Florence Moon, age 85, of Rochester passed away peacefully on Thursday Feb. 2, 2017 at Cottagewood Senior Communities Memory Care. Naomi was born Feb. 15, 1931 on a farm in Zumbrota, MN to Louis and Florence (Lohmann) Borgschatz. She married Robert Moon on June 18, 1949 in Rochester. She worked as the bookkeeper at Clark's Home Fair in Rochester...

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...