Obituaries
Arnold "Arnie" Gerald Charlson
Jul 24, 2013
Arnold "Arnie" Gerald Charlson, 81, of Red Wing, died Wednesday, July 24, 2013 at Deercrest. He was born on June 18, 1932 in Red Wing to Norman and Emma (Boesch) Charlson. He attended schools in Red Wing and for a few years worked on the family farm. On June 14, 1956 he married Janet Kann at the Little Brown Church...
Patricia Wallin
Jul 24, 2013
Patricia Ann Wallin, 88, of Red Wing, died July 24, 2013 at the Seminary Home. Patricia was born December 6, 1924 to Lee and Myrtle (Pearson) Morse in Pine Island, Minn. The family later moved to Welch where she attended country school. She graduated from Red Wing Central High School. On February 2, 1944 she married Royce Wallin and the...
Anna Walm
Jul 24, 2013
Anna Mildred Walm, 96, of Red Wing, died peacefully Wednesday, July 24, 2013, at her home at Potter Ridge. She was born on April 17, 1917 in Ladysmith, Wisconsin to Stephan and Susan (Racek) Kuchta. She attended schools in Ladysmith and on November 25, 1937 she married Morris Walm in Ladysmith. They lived there until in 1964 when they moved...
Dorothy Faye Qualls
Jul 22, 2013
Dorothy Faye (VerMeer) Qualls, 80, of Rochester, a resident at Shorewood Commons, passed away on Monday (July 22, 2013) at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester. Dorothy Faye VerMeer was born Feb. 19, 1933 on the family farm in Pella, IA to John Paul and Jennie (Vander Ploeg) VerMeer. She graduated from Pella High School and then worked for Principle Life...
Mina A. Benson
Jul 22, 2013
Mina A. Benson, age 91, of Zumbrota, died on Monday, July 22, 2013 at Angel's Care Center in Cannon Falls. A memorial service will be 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, July 25, 2013 at United Redeemer Lutheran Church in Zumbrota with Pastor Tom Isaacson officiating. Burial will be in Holden Lutheran Church Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m....
Connie E. Dose
Jul 20, 2013
Connie E. Dose, age 48, of Pine Island died on Saturday July 20, 2013 at the Rochester Methodist Hospital after a courageous battle with cancer. A memorial service is scheduled for Saturday, July 27, 2013 at 1:00 PM at Zwingli United Church of Christ in Berne. The visitation will be held on Friday, July 26, 2013 from 5:00 - 8:00...
Hok Sin
Jul 18, 2013
A private memorial service will be held Saturday for Hok Sin, 72, of Rochester. He died Thursday July 18, 2013 at his Rochester home. Born and raised in Cambodia, Hok Sin served his country in the Cambodian Armed Force National Khmer as a colonel from 1960 to 1975. Married in 1960, his wife died during the couple's escape to Thailand...
June M. Qualy
Jul 17, 2013
June Marguerite Qualy (Ahlfs) age 89 of Owatonna, formerly of SW Mpls on July 17, 2013 at the Traditions II Care Center of Owatonna. A funeral mass will be held on August 5th at 10:00 AM at St. Olaf Catholic Church, 215 So. 8th St., Minneapolis. Interment will be in Fort Snelling National Cemetery. Visitation is one hour prior to...
Robert "Bob" Burns Tubbesing
Jul 16, 2013
Robert "Bob" Burns Tubbesing, 92, of Red Wing, died Tuesday, July 16, 2013, at the Mayo Clinic Health System in Red Wing after a short illness. He was born on May 9, 1921, in Red Wing, to Raymond Clinton and Gladys Leon (Burns) Tubbesing. Robert grew up in the Red Wing area and graduated from Red Wing Central High School...
Donald Dean Dolden
Jul 16, 2013
Donald Dean Dolden, 75, of Bay City formerly of Rochester, died Tuesday, July 16, 2013 at the Seminary Home in Red Wing from complications of Parkinson's disease. He was born July 10, 1938 in Dodge Center to Albert and Ruby (Lindberg) Dolden. He graduated from Rochester High School in 1956 before attending the University of Minnesota school of Pharmacy graduating...
Jan L. Peterson
Jul 13, 2013
Jan Louise Peterson, 49, of Red Wing died Saturday, July 13, 2013. Funeral service will be 11 a.m. Friday, July 19, 2013 at Mahn Family Funeral Home, Bodelson-Mahn Chapel with Reverend Eugene Hasselquist officiating. Burial will be at the Tabor Lutheran Cemetery. Visitation will be for one hour prior to the service. Visitation
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John Edmund Sandeen
Jul 13, 2013
John Edmund Sandeen, beloved husband, father, grandfather, and great grandfather, and longtime Rochester resident, passed away at 92 years of age on Saturday (July 13, 2013) at Shorewood Commons in Rochester. John was born Aug. 10, 1920, in St. Peter, MN to Edmund and Olga (Bjork) Sandeen. He graduated from St. Peter High School in 1938. He worked for Johnson...
Charles Arthur Koch
Jul 11, 2013
Charles Arthur Koch, Sr., 98 of Red Wing, died Thursday, July 11, 2013 at the Seminary Home in Red Wing. He was born August 24th 1914 to Arthur and Mary Koch. He grew up in Red Wing and attended school in the area. While working for The Tannery he met and married Myra Petrich on May 22, 1943. In 1944...
Ardelle Lillian Johnson
Jul 11, 2013
Ardelle Lillian Johnson, 78 of Lake City, died Thursday, July 11, 2013. She was born June 12, 1935 in Lake City, daughter of Gerald and Pearl (Coudrey) Heck. She grew up and attended Lincoln High School in Lake City graduating in 1953. She attended college where she earned her degree as a Medical Technician. She worked in Anoka at the...
Peter A. Valtakis
Jul 10, 2013
Peter Avonggalon Valtakis, 70, of Red Wing died Wednesday, July 10, 2013 at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester. Peter Avonggalon Valtakis, 70, of Red Wing died Wednesday, July 10, 2013 at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester. He was born March 15, 1943 in Oakland, Calif. to Avonggalon and Rosemary Valtakis. He graduated from Fremont High School in Oakland in 1960....
LuVerle Minnie Roschen
Jul 10, 2013
LuVerle Minne Roschen, 88, of Red Wing, died Wednesday, July 10, 2013 at the Seminary Home. She was born August 19, 1924 in Mazeppa to John and Clara (Prigge) Damman. She grew up and attended country school in the Mazeppa area. On September 19, 1944 she married Willard Roschen. She worked at Durkee Atwood for two years before farming in...
Majelle E. Geisler
Jul 9, 2013
Majelle E. Geisler age 95 of Lake City passed away July 9, 2013 at the Lake City Care Center. Majelle was born October 28, 1917 in Lake City to Thomas & Ervie (O'Hara) Walters. She graduated from Lincoln High School in Lake City in 1936. Majelle married Jesse Geisler October 8, 1936 in Lake City. They farmed in Florence Township...
Beverly Ione Kohrs
Jul 9, 2013
Beverly Ione Kohrs age 84 of Lake City passed away July 9, 2013 at the Methodist Hospital in Rochester, MN. Beverly was born March 7, 1929, daughter of Ernest and Norma (Rosvall) Olson, in Lake City, Minnesota. She was baptized at the Lake City Hospital in June of 1929 and was confirmed at St. John's Lutheran Church in Lake City...
Vernon Rolfe
Jul 9, 2013
Vernon Rolfe, 88, of Rochester, passed away peacefully in his sleep on Tuesday, July 9, 2013. Funeral services will be held at 2 pm Friday at Calvary Evangelical Free Church, officiated by Pastor Larry Orth. Visitation will be held from 5 pm - 8 pm Thursday at Mahn Family Funeral Home - Rochester Chapel and at the church one hour...
Julie-Ann Schneider
Jul 8, 2013
Julie-Ann Schneider, 66, of Red Wing, died Monday, July 8, 2013 at Mayo Clinic Health System-Red Wing after a brief battle with cancer. She was born on April 16, 1947 in Rochester, Minnesota to Palmer and Wanda (Baugh) Stensrud. She graduated in 1965 from Pine Island High School. She worked several jobs before moving to Red Wing in 1970. She...