Obituaries
Helen W. Broin
Dec 23, 2016
Helen W. Broin, age 89 of Wanamingo passed away Friday evening, December 23, 2016 at the Zumbrota Care Center. A memorial service will be held on Tuesday, January 3, 2017 at 11:00 AM at Holden Lutheran Church in rural Kenyon. Inurnment will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be held on Monday, January 2, 2017 from 4:00 - 7:00...
Luverne M. Reckmann
Dec 21, 2016
Luverne M. Reckmann, 94, of Lake City passed away Wednesday, December 21, 2016 at the Lake City Mayo Health System. She was born December 17, 1922 in Minneapolis, MN to Ira & Elsie (Wiech) Lamb. She graduated from Lincoln High School in Lake City. On September 10, 1941, she married Frederick Reckmann at St. John's Lutheran Church in Lake City...
Christopher A. Huddle
Dec 21, 2016
Christopher A. Huddle, 61, of Kasson, died Wednesday, December 21, 2016 at the Red Wing Health Center.
Father Bruce A. Peterson
Dec 18, 2016
Father Bruce A. Peterson, age 86, of Goodhue, passed away Sunday, Dec. 18, 2016 at his home in Goodhue, Minnesota. Parish prayers will be at 3:30 with visitation following from 4-7 pm at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Goodhue on Thursday, Dec. 22. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 am Friday, Dec. 23 at St. Columbkill...
Shelly Eichorn
Dec 17, 2016
Shelly Lee Eichorn, 58, of Red Wing, died Saturday, December 17, 2016, at Mayo Health Systems in Red Wing. She was born on May 19, 1958, in Hibbing, Minnesota to Charles and Marjorie (Lindsey) LaBarge. She graduated for Hibbing High School in 1976. On June 20, 1975, she married Kenneth Eichorn. They lived in Hibbing and Duluth before moving to...
Marisa Anne Victoria Bocanegra
Dec 17, 2016
PINE ISLAND - Marisa Bocanegra, age 39, of Faribault, MN, died Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016 as a result of a motor vehicle accident. Marisa Anne Victoria Bocanegra (Ana Maria Bocanegra) was born June 23, 1977 (actual birthdate June 13, 1977) in Bogota, Colombia. At the age of six weeks she was adopted by Don and Martha Knisley and moved to...

Dowar Agoth
Dec 17, 2016
Funeral Services for Dowar Agoth will be held at 10:00 AM on Saturday December 24, 2016 at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (2300 Viola Heights Dr NE, Rochester). Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the church.
Frances Adeline Callstrom
Dec 17, 2016
Frances Adeline Callstrom, 94, of White Rock, died Saturday, December 17, 2016 at St. Crispin Living Community, Seminary Home in Red Wing. She was born on December 14, 1922, to Jennings and Esther (Larson) Miller. She attended rural schools and graduated from the University of Minnesota School of Agriculture, St. Paul Campus in 1944. On May 26, 1945, she was...
Edna M. Denny
Dec 16, 2016
Edna Mae Denny of Pine Island passed away on Friday, December 16, 2016 at the Golden Living Center - East in Rochester at the age of 82. The funeral will be on Wednesday, December 21, 2016 at 4:00 P.M at United Methodist Church in Pine Island with Pastor Carolyn Westlake officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service...
Norma Jean Budensiek
Dec 16, 2016
Norma Jean Budensiek, age 87, of Pine Island, passed away on Friday, December 16, 2016 at Pine Haven Care Center surrounded by family and friends. Funeral service will be on Wednesday, December 21 at Pine Island United Methodist Church at 11:00 A.M with Pastor Carolyn Westlake and Pastor Rick Ormsby co-officiating. Visitation will be Tuesday, December 20 from 4:00 P.M...
Lee Austin Miller
Dec 15, 2016
Lee Austin Miller, 81, of Bay City, died Thursday, December 15, 2016 at United Hospital in St. Paul. He was born December 21, 1934 in Red Wing to Austin and Rochelle (Mason) Miller. He attended and graduated from Ellsworth High School. He joined the United States Navy as a Seabee Builder and was a 2nd Class Petty Officer from October...
Herman H Von Essen
Dec 15, 2016
Herman H. Von Essen, age 77, of Mazeppa, passed away on Thursday, December 15, 2016 at Mayo Clinic Hospital - Rochester, St. Mary's Campus. Funeral service will be on Monday, December 19, 2016 at St. John's Lutheran Church - Mazeppa at 2:00 P.M with Pastor Alan Horn officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church....
Dorothy "Dottie" Carlson
Dec 14, 2016
Dorothy "Dottie" Helen Carlson, 95, of Red Wing, died Wednesday, December 14, 2016 at Augustana Health Care Center in Hastings. Dottie was born July 8, 1921 in Sioux Falls, S.D. to Horace and Louada (Whiting) Brownell. She graduated from West High School in Minneapolis in 1940 and attended the Minnesota School of Business. She worked for Shell Oil Company in...
Sharon Maureen Anderson
Dec 14, 2016
Funeral services for Sharon Anderson will be held Saturday December 17th at 10:00 AM at Mahn Family Funeral Home - Anderson Peterson Chapel in Lake City. The Reverend Carol Shaffer will officiate. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery in Lake City. Ms. Anderson, 74, of Rochester, and formerly of Faith, South Dakota, died from complications of diabetes on Wednesday December...
Charles “CJ” Kirkwood
Dec 13, 2016
Charles "CJ" Kirkwood, age 88, of Lake City passed away Tuesday, December 13, 2016 at Lake City Care Center. He was born in Lake Twp. Wabasha County on October 1, 1928 to George and Emma (Dammon) Kirkwood. Charles grew up in the Lake City area. He served in the Army as a MP in Austria. He was discharged in 1948...
Paul Martin Lutzke
Dec 12, 2016
Paul Martin Lutzke, 91, died Monday, December 12th, 2016, at his home in Rochester, MN. A memorial service will be held at Our Saviors Lutheran Church, 2124 Viola Road NE, Rochester, MN, at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, December 20th, with Pastor Fred Rengstorf officiating. Visitation will be at the church one hour prior to the service. A private family burial...
Russell H. Lunde
Dec 12, 2016
Russell H. Lunde age 66, of Zumbrota, passed away surrounded by family on Monday, December 12, 2016 at Mayo Clinic Hospital - Rochester, St. Mary's Campus after a courageous 18 month battle with cancer. Funeral service will be on Friday, December 16, 2016 at St. John's Lutheran Church - Minneola Township at 11:00 A.M with Pastor Randall Kuznicki officiating. Visitation...
Betty A. Klennert
Dec 12, 2016
Betty Ann Klennert, 88, of Lake City passed away Monday, December 12, 2016 at Cottagewood Senior Communities in Rochester. She was born in Lake City on March 24, 1928 to Joseph and Anna (Johnson) Dwelle. Betty graduated from Lincoln High School in 1946. She married John Klennert June 23, 1946 in Lake City where they made their home. She worked...
Joyce Roper
Dec 11, 2016
Joyce Jane Roper (Bishop), 84, of Red Wing, passed away Sunday, December 11, 2016 at her home, where she wanted to be. She was preceded in death by one son, Michael; husband, Warren; one brother and three sisters. She is survived by her children, Brenda (David) Hanks; Steven (Terry) Roper and Dan (Mary) Roper; seven grandchildren; six great grandchildren, along...
Louise Ann Enberg
Dec 11, 2016
Louise Ann Enberg, 81, died Sunday, December 11, 2016 at United Hospital in St. Paul. Born August 31, 1935, in Red Wing, to Christ and Helen (Wolpers) Willis, she graduated from Red Wing Central High and attended the University of Minnesota. She married Leo Enberg on September 2, 1955. They lived in Red Wing, River Falls and Hager City where...