Obituaries
Florence Pearl Ellis
Mar 28, 2014
Florence P. Ellis, age 95, of Pine Island, died on Friday, March 28, 2014 at Pine Haven Care Center with her sons and daughters-in-law by her side. Funeral service will be 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, April 1, 2014 at Seventh Day Adventist Church in Dodge Center with Pastor Michael Jones officiating. Burial will be in the Berne Cemetery. Visitation will...
Margaret Theresa Haaker
Mar 26, 2014
Margaret T. Haaker, 94, of Red Wing, passed away on March 26, 2014, at St. Brigid's at Hi Park. She was born June 1, 1919, to Michael and Stella (Stanke) Wisnewski in Edgar Wisconsin. She was one of ten children and grew up on a small dairy farm. She attended her first year of school at a one room school...
Shirley Mae Zemke
Mar 26, 2014
Shirley Mae Zemke, age 86, of Red Wing, died Wednesday, March 26, 2014, at her home at Deercrest. She was born on August 24, 1927, in Red Wing, to Merle and Rosa (Downey) Baker and graduated from Red Wing Central High School in 1946. On July 7, 1948, she was united in marriage to Orlin Zemke. Shirley worked at the...
Peter "Pete" Schneekloth
Mar 25, 2014
A celebration of the life of Peter ‘Pete' Schneekloth will be held Friday March 28th at 4:00 PM at Mahn Family Funeral Home, Rochester Chapel with Mr. Richard Christianson serving as the celebrant. Mr. Schneekloth, 47, of Rochester, died Tuesday March 25, 2014 at Saint Mary's Hospital in Rochester. He is survived by his mother, Judy Schneekloth of Decorah, Iowa;...
Alice Lorrain Fox
Mar 24, 2014
A memorial service for Alice Fox will be held Thursday March 27th at 2:00 PM at Mahn Family Funeral Home, Rochester Chapel. The Reverend Scott Jorgenson will officiate. Ms. Fox, 82, of Rochester died Monday March 24, 2014 at Cottagewood in Rochester. Alice Lorrain Chevalier was born March 15, 1932 in Pope County near Benson. Raised on the family farm...
Robert M. "Bob" Graham
Mar 24, 2014
Robert M. "Bob" Graham, age 71, of Pine Island passed away on March 24, 2014 after an extended battle with cancer. He died at Mayo Clinic Hospital - St. Marys Campus in Rochester, MN. Robert was born on October 5, 1942 to Robert and Kathleen Graham in Cyrene, MO. His siblings include Mary (Carroll) Brown, James Graham both of Bowling...

Harriett C. Pederson
Mar 20, 2014
Harriett Mieras (Mrs. Edward B.) Pederson age 84 of Pine Island died on Thursday, March 20, 2014 at Mayo Health Systems - St. Marys Campus. The funeral service will be held on Tuesday, March 25, 2014 at 1:00 PM at the United Methodist Church in Pine Island with Pastor Carolyn Westlake officiating. Burial will be in Pine Island Cemetery. Visitation...
Philip L. Johnson
Mar 19, 2014
Philip Lee Johnson, 66, of Red Wing, died Wednesday, March 19, 2014, at Methodist Hospital in Rochester. He was born Sept. 13, 1947, in Rochester, to Chris and Mary (VanGemert) Johnson. His family moved to California and he attended schools in the Riverside area. As an adult, he returned to Minnesota, living in Lake City. He worked at Durkee Atwood...
Mary C. Larson
Mar 19, 2014
Mary C. Larson, age 90, of rural Mazeppa died on Wednesday, March 19, 2014 at Samaritan Bethany on Eighth in Rochester. Funeral service will be at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 23, 2014 at Mahn Family Funeral Home - Larson Chapel in Zumbrota with Pastor Jean Boese officiating. Burial will be in the Mazeppa Cemetery. Visitation will be from 2:00...
Duane G. Thompson
Mar 19, 2014
Duane Grant Thompson, 82, of Diamond Bluff, died Wednesday, March 19, 2014 at his home. He was born on October 7, 1931 in Weston, Wisconsin to Grant and Edna (Ballard) Thompson. He attended schools in Red Wing and then served in the US Air Force during the Korean Conflict. He married Ava Morkin and they later divorced. He lived in...
Joseph Leo Lemieux
Mar 18, 2014
Joseph Leo Lemieux was born on November 25, 1962 on the Lemoore Naval Base in California to Joann (Cory) and Leo Lemieux. Joe passed away unexpectedly on March 18, 2014. Joey spent most of his life enjoying the outdoors on the family farm in Ettrick, WI. He loved to go trout fishing, hunting, and trapping, with family and friends. Having...
Kermit David Voy
Mar 18, 2014
Kermit David Voy, 83, of Rochester passed away Tuesday, March 18, 2014, at his Madonna Towers home surrounded by his family. A son of David and Alice (Stauffacher) Voy, Kermit was born near Ackley, Iowa on October 16, 1930. He grew up on the family farm, and graduated from Sheffield High School in 1950. He was a graduate of the...
Janet Rose Bade
Mar 18, 2014
Janet R. Bade age 61 of Frontenac, passed away March 18, 2014 at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester. Janet was born June 21, 1952 in Algona, IA to Paul & Julia (Doocy) Miller. In 1971 Janet graduated from Lincoln High School in Lake City. Janet married Donald Bade May 21, 1977 at St. John's Lutheran Church in Lake City. They...
Clarence Kirchner
Mar 18, 2014
Clarence Albert Kirchner, 78 of Red Wing, died Tuesday, March 18, 2014 at his home. He was born at home on September 27, 1935 in Big River, Wisconsin, son of Ernest Louis and Wilhelmina Mae (Johnson) Kirchner. He was born and raised on the family farm, attending Big River Schools. He entered the Navy August 3, 1953, serving until his...
Timothy Matthew Seely
Mar 17, 2014
Timothy M. Seely, age 55 of Lake City, passed away March 17, 2014 at his home. Timothy was born September 1, 1958 in Wheeling, West Virginia to Philip and Elizabeth (Smith) Seely. He spent much of his childhood moving around the country, mainly Hawaii. He graduated from high school in Mason City, Iowa. On Jan 5, 1976, Tim entered the...
Karen Halvorson
Mar 16, 2014
Karen Joan Halvorson (Trygstad), 66, of Green Valley, Arizona, formerly of Red Wing, died Sunday, March 16, 2014, at Casa de la Luz Hospice in Tucson, AZ. She was born on August 24, 1947, in Bremerton, Washington, to Gordon and Jean Trygstad. She grew up in Canby, Oregon where her father was a pastor at Zoar Lutheran Church. Early in...
Verna E. Jackson
Mar 16, 2014
Verna E. Jackson, age 89, of Zumbrota died on Sunday, March 16, 2014 at the Pine Haven Care Center in Pine Island. The funeral service will be held on Thursday, March 20, 2014 at 11:00 AM at Saint Paul Lutheran Church in Pine Island with Pastor John Torris Lohre and Pastor Kip Groettum co-officiating. Burial will be in Zumbrota Cemetery....
Lillian Lawrence
Mar 15, 2014
Lillian Anderson Lawrence, of Red Wing, died peacefully at St. Brigid's at Hi-Park on March 15, 2014. She was 97 years old. She was preceded in death by her parents and siblings as well as her devoted husband, Alton "Tony" Lawrence and her youngest son Jay Alton Lawrence. Surviving Lillian is her eldest son Stephen Allen Lawrence (Marilyn), her only...
Amanda C. Laue
Mar 14, 2014
Amanda C. Laue, age 99, of Pine Island, died on Friday, March 14, 2014 at Pine Haven Care Center. She was born on March 1, 1915, in Forestville Township, Fillmore County, to Otto and Amanda (nee Affeldt) Meyer. Amanda attended St. John's Parochial School in Wykoff. On November 10, 1931 she married Richard Zwart in Greenleafton. She was a homemaker...
James Milton Eggenberger
Mar 14, 2014
James Milton Eggenberger, age 51 of Oronoco passed away Friday, March 14, 2014 after a courageous battle with cancer at his home in Oronoco surrounded by his family. He was born on May 17, 1962 in Lake City to Milton and Karron (Albrecht) Eggenberger. He grew up in the Lake City area. He attended Lincoln High School in Lake City....