Obituaries
Lloyd L. Wright
Mar 13, 2014
Lloyd Leslie Wright, 87, of Red Wing, died Thursday, March 13, 2014 at his home at Potter Ridge. He was born on December 10, 1926 in Baldwin, Wisconsin to Leslie and Benora (Ramlet) Wright. He graduated from Baldwin High School in 1944 and then served in the US Navy during World War II as a Corpsman, from December 1944 to...
Donald John Wees
Mar 13, 2014
Donald J. Wees, age 77, of Rochester died Thursday, March 13, 2014, at his home. Donald John Wees was born May 17, 1936 in Omaha, NE to Joseph and Julia (Mruz) Wees. He was raised in Omaha and attended St. Francis School and Creighton Prep School before attending the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, where he earned a degree in...
Donald H. Heins
Mar 13, 2014
Donald Henry Claus Heins, 88, of Red Wing, died Thursday, March 13, 2014, at the Seminary Home. He was born November 10, 1925 in Lake City to Claus and Louise (Tombarge) Heins. He attended parochial school there. After school, he worked on his family's farm. In 1945 he enlisted in the U.S. Army and served during WWII until he was...
Orville A. Lubahn
Mar 13, 2014
Orville A. Lubahn, age 91, of Oronoco, was called home on Thursday, March 13, 2014 at his home surrounded by his family. He was born on June 24, 1922, in Olmsted County, to William and Clara (nee Koenig) Lubahn. Orville attended school in Oronoco. On October 23, 1942 he entered the U.S. Army, served during World War II in the...
Edward J. Moline
Mar 12, 2014
MOLINE, EDWARD ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA Funeral services for Edward ‘Ed' Moline will be held Wednesday March 19th at 11:00 AM at Mahn Family Funeral Home, Rochester Chapel. The Reverend William Meiers will officiate. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery in Rochester. Mr. Moline, 93, of Rochester, died Wednesday March 12, 2014 at Cottagewood in Rochester. Edward James Moline was born April...
Elizabeth Ann Bollman
Mar 11, 2014
Elizabeth "Betty" Ann Bollman, age 88, of Rochester, died Tuesday (Mar. 11, 2014) at her home, Shorewood Place, in Rochester. Elizabeth Ann Wooldridge was born June 19, 1925 in Rochester to C.H. and Gertrude (Kiefer) Wooldridge. Betty graduated from Stewartville High School in 1943 where she was involved in sports, band, and choir, and where she was honored for perfect...
Loretta Dora Todd
Mar 10, 2014
Loretta Dora Todd, 93, of Red Wing, died Monday, March 10, 2014, at the Seminary Home. She was born March 21, 1920, in Hannover, Germany to Hermann and Dorothee (Stender) Sternberg. In 1928, she and her mother immigrated to the United States and they lived in Chicago, where she graduated from Lakeview High School in 1938. Following high school, she...
Barbara Ann Sanford
Mar 10, 2014
Barbara Ann Sanford, 65, of Welch, died Monday, March 10, 2014, at her home, surrounded by her family. She was born on April 6, 1948, in Hastings, to Floyd and Dora (Furney) Soderquist. She attended schools in Hastings and on April 8, 1965, she married Ronald Sanford. They lived in Hastings and Illinois before settling near Welch. She worked at...
Harry A. Oelkers
Mar 10, 2014
Harry "Hap" Albert Oelkers, 89, of Red Wing, died Monday, March 10, 2014, at St. Brigid's at Hi Park. He was born October 23, 1924, in Hay Creek Township to John and Emma (Boatman) Oelkers. He attended rural school in Hay Creek and grew up working on the family farm. He was a lifelong farmer and in addition to maintaining...
Ernest "Ernie" John Bremer
Mar 5, 2014
Ernest "Ernie" John Bremer age 87 of Lake City passed away March 5, 2014 at Mayo Health System Lake City Hospital. Ernest was born January 23, 1927 in Lake City, MN to Henry & Martha (Ehlers) Bremer. He served in the US Army Air Corps during WWll. He married Ruth (Meyer) Johnson on January 27, 1968 in South Dakota. The...
Edward Gerald Rutz
Mar 5, 2014
E.G. "Jerry" Rutz age 85 of Lake City passed away March 5, 2014 at St. Brigids at High Park in Red Wing. Jerry was born July 22, 1928 in Kellogg, MN to Edward and Elsie (Schumacher) Rutz. Jerry graduated from Lake City High School. He entered the Army in 1949 and served during the Korean War. Jerry was discharged in...
Ruth Marilyn Lawler
Mar 5, 2014
On March 5th, Rochester lost a redheaded force of nature. Ruth Marilyn Hermann was born Mar. 21, 1929 on the family farm near South Troy, MN, to Alfred William and Ethel Mae (Pencille) Hermann. At Rochester High School she played cello in the city orchestra and she won first prize in the "Designing Christmas Decorations" contest for the City of...
Virgil Eggenberger
Mar 4, 2014
Virgil B. Eggenberger age 87 of Lake City passed away Tuesday, March 4, 2014 at Mayo Health System Lake City Hospital Lake City. Virgil was born November 3, 1926 in Lake City to John & Lillian (Burfeind) Eggenberger. He grew up in Lake City and graduated from Lincoln High School in 1944. He entered the Navy and served much of...
David J. Jacobsen
Mar 3, 2014
David Jesse Jacobsen, 81, of Red Wing, died Monday, March 3, 2014 at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Minneapolis. He was born on August 22, 1932 in Northfield, Minnesota to Emanuel and Ruth (Ingham) Jacobsen. He attended school and then served in the US Air Force for 22 years. On December 26, 1956 he married Catherine Tri in Lake...
Marie K. Flotterud
Mar 2, 2014
Marie K. Flotterud, age 90, of Zumbrota, died on Sunday, March 2, 2014 at St. Brigid's at Hi-Park Skilled Nursing Facility in Red Wing. Marie was born on September 8, 1923 in Zumbrota Township, Goodhue County, to John and Anna (nee Bremer) Ahrens. The Ahrens family owned a farm in White Willow where Marie, her older sister Martha and younger...
Verona C Bargsten
Feb 27, 2014
Verona Bargsten age 90, of Lake City, passed away Thursday, February 27, 2014 at the Lake City Care Center. She was born January 18, 1924 in Florence Township to William and Dorthea (Roper) Witt and grew up and attended rural school there. She then attended the school of agriculture at the University of Minnesota. She was united in marriage to...
James J. Ferber
Feb 27, 2014
James J. Ferber, age 84, of Pine Island formerly of Mazeppa died on Thursday, February 27, 2014 at the Pine Haven Care Center. A memorial service will be held on Monday, March 3, 2014 at 11:00 AM at St. John's Lutheran Church in Mazeppa with Pastor Alan Horn officiating. Inurnment will be in the Oronoco Cemetery. Visitation will be for...
Joanne M. Befort
Feb 25, 2014
Joanne M. Befort, age 75, of Mazeppa, died on Tuesday, February 25, 2014 at her home. Joanne Mae Blattner was born on October 10, 1938 in West Florence Township, Goodhue County, MN to Andrew and Lillie (nee Quell) Blattner. She grew up in rural Lake City and attended Lake City Schools. On April 16, 1955 she married David Befort in...
Frieda Elsie Riess
Feb 25, 2014
Frieda Elsie (Schauer) Riess, 103, was called home Tuesday February 25, 2014 at Golden Living Center Rochester East. Frieda was born April 28, 1910 to Robert and Louise Schauer. She grew up on a farm north of Rochester. She married Henry Otto Riess in January 1933. The couple farmed north of Rochester until Henry was killed in a farming accident...
Earl F. Traster
Feb 24, 2014
Earl F. Traster, 91, of Red Wing, Minnesota formerly of Grand Rapids, Michigan, died Monday, Feb. 24, 2014 at his home at Potter Ridge in Red Wing. He was born on July 5, 1922 in Kankakee, Ill, to Fred and Beatrice (Miller) Traster. He graduated from Kendall School of Design in Grand Rapids. He served in the US Army during...
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