Obituaries
Patrick Hodge
Nov 18, 2014
Patrick Hodge, 35, of Rochester died Tuesday November 18, 2014 at his home in Rochester. A private memorial service is being planned. Patrick Brian Hodge was born July 18, 1979 in Cavalier, North Dakota. Raised in various cities throughout the northern United States, he regarded Seattle, Washington as his home. In his early twenties, Patrick worked in Afghanistan and Iraq...
Gladys Emily Linder
Nov 16, 2014
Gladys Emily Linder of Lake City died November 16, 2014. She was 94. Born November 8, 1920 in St. Paul, Minn., Gladys was the oldest of four children of Ernest Paul Weigt and Emily Lindberger. She graduated from John Marshall High School in Southeast Minneapolis and studied the comptometer machine, which was a mechanical calculator, at business college. She worked...
Gloria G. Clemens
Nov 15, 2014
Gloria Gudrun Clemens, 89 of Red Wing, formerly of Valley City, North Dakota, died Saturday, November 15, 2014 at her home surrounded by her family. She was born on July 4, 1925, in Dover, North Dakota, daughter of Jacob and Gudrun (Mortensen) Jacobson. She graduated from Dover High School as the valedictorian in 1943. Then her teacher training began in...
Leslie M. Schultz
Nov 15, 2014
Leslie Micheal Schultz, 95, of Red Wing, died Saturday, November 15, 2014, at Loving Residence in Red Wing, MN. He was born September 25, 1919 in Plum City, Wisconsin, to Albert and Elizabeth (Staehli) Schultz. He grew up and attended school in Red Wing and in 1934 was confirmed at St. John's Lutheran Church, where he has been a life-time...
John Robert Halpaus
Nov 15, 2014
John Robert Halpaus, 70, of Red Wing, died unexpectedly on Saturday, November 15, 2014, at his home. He was born on November 29, 1943, in Lake City, Minnesota, son of John Elmer and Luella Marian (Rolandt) Halpaus. He grew up and attended school in Lake City. After high school, he attended Southeast Technical College in Red Wing, where he earned...
Michael James Childs
Nov 14, 2014
Obituary Notice Michael J. Childs, Sr. Michael James Childs, Sr., 69, of Welch, died Friday, Nov. 14, 2014 at his home. He was born May 2, 1945, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Lorenzo and Lucille (Campbell) Childs. He graduated from Red Wing Central High School in 1964. On Feb. 19, 1966, he married Myra Moser, and they later divorced. He furthered...

Lorraine Claire Edwards
Nov 14, 2014
Lorraine Claire Edwards, age 84, of Red Wing died Friday, November 14, 2014 at Mayo Clinic Health Systems, Red Wing. She was born on March 6, 1930 in Knapp, WI to George and Clara (Lawresah) Ruthstrom. She grew up in Knapp and later lived in Menomonie, WI, St. Paul Park, MN, and Red Wing, MN. Lorraine married Harrison Edwards in...

Shirley Ann Lanesky
Nov 8, 2014
Shirley Ann Lanesky, 79 of Red Wing formerly of Harvey, Illinois, died Saturday, November 8, 2014 at the Red Wing Health Center. She was born March 14, 1935 in Hammond, Indiana, daughter of Raymond Jones and Zella Lawyer. Shirley is survived by her children, Robert Johnston Jr. of Pittsburg, PA, Carol (Ryan) Poss of Winneconne, WI, Merrill Johnston of Kansas,...
Eileen Mae Laudon
Nov 8, 2014
Eileen M. Laudon, age 96 of Lake City died on Saturday, November 8, 2014 at the Mayo Clinic Health System-Lake City. Eileen Mae Anderson was born on April 29, 1918 in Rochester, MN the daughter of Charles and Lennie (Hanson) Anderson. She graduated from Byron High School. She married Donald D. Laudon on May 19, 1940. The couple lived in...
Marie Alvina Musselman
Nov 6, 2014
Marie A. Musselman, age 79 of Zumbro Falls, Minnesota died from a brain tumor at her home surrounded by her family on Thursday, November 6, 2014. Marie Alvina Thiel was born on June 13, 1935 in Davenport, IA the daughter of Kurt Thiel and Adele Bochwoldt. She attended school in the Davenport area and graduated from Davenport High School. She...
Thomas Gerald Stodola
Nov 5, 2014
Thomas Gerald Stodola, 56, of Red Wing, died Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014 at his home. He was born on December 5, 1957 in Austin, Minnesota to Richard and Shirley (Tointon) Stodola. He attended schools in Austin and graduated from the Red Wing Technical College receiving an Auto Mechanics degree. On May 22, 1975 he married Dawn Stuhr. He worked for...
Wayne C. Geppert
Nov 5, 2014
Wayne Clifford Geppert, 86, of Lake City passed away on Wednesday, November 5, 2014 at the Lake City Care Center. He was born on April 27, 1928 in Lake City to Elmer and Iva (Copp) Geppert. He married Elizabeth Hickman on February 17, 1952 at the Wabasha Congregational Church. They farmed in the Mount Pleasant Township area until retiring and...
Robert Nick Wegman
Nov 2, 2014
Robert Nick Wegman, age 83, of Pine Island, MN died on November 2, 2014 at Banner Heart Hospital in Mesa, AZ. Robert Nick Wegman was born on January 20, 1931 in Olmsted County, rural Pine Island the son of Nick Ernest and Ida (Wanke) Wegman. He attended school in rural Pine Island. Following his education Bob worked for the Pine...
Frederick Schulz
Nov 1, 2014
Frederick "Fritz" Lee Schulz, 74, of Goodhue, died Saturday, November 1, 2014 at home, surrounded by his family. He was born January 4, 1940, in Red Wing, to Reinhold and Edna (Albers) Schulz and was a 1957 graduate of Goodhue High School. He enlisted in the US Army on January 23, 1958 and served until he was honorably discharged on...
Wayne W. Siem
Nov 1, 2014
Wayne W. Siem age 60, of Mazeppa died suddenly on Saturday, November 1, 2014 in Mazeppa. The funeral service will be held on Thursday, November 6, 2014 at 11:00 AM at Dale Lutheran Church in rural Wanamingo with Pastor Heather Culuris officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be held on Wednesday, November 5, 2014 from 4:00...
Marcia Margaret Gray
Nov 1, 2014
Marcia Priebe Gray, age 80, of rural Pine Island, died peacefully Saturday (Nov. 1, 2014) at her home, surrounded by her family. Marcia Margaret Priebe was born Dec. 3, 1933 in Rochester, MN to Mayo L. and Josephine M. (Hanf) Priebe. She attended the Villa Maria Academy in Frontenac, MN before graduating from Lourdes High School in 1951. While in...

James F. Thacker
Oct 30, 2014
James Floyd Thacker, 84 of Red Wing, formerly of Columbia, South Carolina, died Thursday, October 30, 2014 at the Seminary Home in Red Wing. He was born December 31, 1929 in Beloit, Kansas, son of James Lloyd Thacker and Mary Faye Kulhman. He grew up in Denver, Colorado and North Platte, Nebraska, where he graduated from high school in 1948....
Lois M. Lewis
Oct 30, 2014
Lois Maujer Lewis, age 93, a resident of Red Wing, MN since 2008, formerly of Delaware, Ohio, peacefully passed away at Loving Residence on Thursday evening, October 30, 2014. Lois was born on August 23, 1921 in Ben Avon, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Robert Irving and Edith Louis Maujer. Lois married Benjamin Morgan Lewis on September 10, 1942, shortly before...
Paul E. Swanson
Oct 30, 2014
Paul Elliot Swanson, 88, of Red Wing, passed away peacefully with his family by his side on Thursday, October 30, 2014. Paul was born on October 29, 1926, in Chicago to Otto and Lillie (Wahlstrom) Swanson. He attended Southwest High School in Minneapolis and then went into the Navy at age 17. Paul Married Patricia Harmon on June 19, 1954...
Lorraine Alice Nerud
Oct 28, 2014
Lorraine Alice (Johnson) Nerud, 91, of Zumbrota, MN, passed from this life on October 28, 2014, at Zumbrota Health Care Center. She was born in St. Cloud, MN, on August 13, 1923, to Martin Elmer and Grace Anna (Trafton) Johnson. She lived in St. Paul, MN for 30 years. Lorraine married Erwin "Erv" Nerud on September 5, 1942, in Forest...