Obituaries
Lois Iva Nehring
May 11, 2013
Lois Iva Nehring, age 89, of Mazeppa, died on Saturday, May 11, 2013, at Pine Haven Care Center in Pine Island. She was born on August 24, 1923, in Mazeppa Township, Wabasha County, to Ignatz and Bessie (Copp) Grossbach. Lois attended country school and graduated from Mazeppa High School in 1940. She also attended Lee Beauty School in St. Paul...
Robert James Witt
May 11, 2013
Funeral services for Robert Witt will be held Wednesday May 15th at 11:00 AM at Mahn Family Funeral Home, Rochester Chapel. Ms. Jane Day will officiate. Interment, with military rites provided by the Dodge Center American Legion, will follow at Riverside Cemetery in Dodge Center. Mr. Witt, of Rochester, passed away in the early morning hours on Saturday May 11,...
Irvin N. Berg
May 10, 2013
Irvin N. Berg, age 91, of Zumbrota, died on Friday, May 10, 2013 at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester. He was born on March 30, 1922, in Zumbrota, to Anton and Emma (Rolland) Berg. He attended country school through the eighth grade when he started to help on his uncle's farm. On October 20, 1942, Irvin entered the U.S. Army....
Shirley Jahns
May 10, 2013
Shirley M. Jahns age 85 of Lake City passed away unexpectedly at her home in Lake City on Friday, May 10, 2013. Shirley was born July 24, 1927 in Wykoff, MN to William & Armida (Hamlin) Theiss. She graduated from Wykoff High School. Shirley married William Jahns April 10, 1948 in Wykoff. They lived in Spring Valley, MN until 1966...
Kermit O. Haugen
May 9, 2013
Kermit O. Haugen, age 95, of Pine Island, died on Thursday, May 9, 2013 at Pine Haven Care Center in Pine Island. He was born on September 17, 1917, in Roscoe Township, Goodhue County, to Carl and Ida (Berg) Haugen. On June 25, 1949, he married Arline Lubahn at Stordahl Lutheran Church. They lived on the Haugen Farm, where Kermit...
Arlene M. Morris
May 6, 2013
Arlene M. Morris, age 88, of Pine Island died on Monday, May 06, 2013 at Seasons Hospice House in Rochester. The memorial service will be on Thursday, May 9, 2013 at 11:00 AM at Saint Paul Lutheran Church in Pine Island with Pastor John Torris Lohre and Pastor Kip Groettum officiating. Burial will be in Pine Island Cemetery. Visitation will...
James D. Roland
May 4, 2013
James D. Roland, age 90, of Rochester and formerly of Mazeppa died Saturday, May 4, 2013 at the Cottagewood Senior Community in Rochester. The memorial service will be held on Wednesday, May 8, 2013 at 11:00 AM at St. John's Lutheran Church in Mazeppa with Reverend Alan Horn officiating. Burial will be in Mazeppa Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour...
Bernard Thomas Connaughton
May 3, 2013
Bernard Thomas Connaughton, 54, of Red Wing, died unexpectedly Friday, May 3, 2013 at his home. He was born August 20, 1958, to Patrick and Mary Jo (Scott) Connaughton in Galway, Ireland. Bernard grew up on a farm in Kilrickle where he became a skilled horseman and talented jockey. Later he attended vocational school in Loughrea, Ireland before learning a...
Charles Thomas Knapp
May 3, 2013
Charles Thomas Knapp, 66, of Red Wing, MN, passed away on the Third Day of May, 2013. Charlie was born in Syracuse, NY on February 13, 1947. He graduated from University of Saint Thomas with a degree in Business. He married Dolores (Lori) Marie Cochran on June 6, 1975; they were married for 38 years. Charlie worked as a small...
Vernon LeRoy Mandelkow
May 2, 2013
Vernon LeRoy Mandelkow, Jr. 65, of Vasa died unexpectedly Thursday, May 2, 2013 at his home. He was born on February 12, 1948 in Red Wing to Vernon and Luella (Wohlers) Mandelkow. He attended schools in Vasa and graduated from Red Wing Central High School in 1966. He then served in the US Army during the Vietnam Conflict from March...
Lorraine Viola Moore
Apr 29, 2013
Lorraine Viola Moore, 90 of Red Wing, died Monday, April 29, 2013 at St. Brigid at Hi - Park. She was born March 22, 1923 in Goodhue County, daughter of Jens and Viola (Hinck) Larsen. She attended her schooling in the Burnside School District. On November 27, 1945, Lorraine married Wallace Moore, Sr. in Nashua, Iowa at the Little Brown...
Jeremy P. Lipka
Apr 29, 2013
Jeremy P. Lipka, age 37, of Brooklyn, Michigan, formerly of Pine Island died on onday, April 29, 2013 in an airplane accident at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. Visitation will be on Saturday, May 11, 2013 from 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM, followed by a 12:30 prayer service, followed by a luncheon at the Charles Cowden American Legion Post #184...
Louise Reichrath
Apr 29, 2013
ROCHESTER - Louise Reichrath, age 94, of Rochester, died Monday (Apr. 29, 2013) at Samaritan Bethany Home on Eighth. Born Dec. 8, 1918 in Landau, Germany to August and Philopena (Ehrenhardt) Reichrath, she immigrated to the United States at age six. She was raised in Terre Haute, Indiana where she graduated from high school and Indiana State University. Louise taught...
Richard Clayton Cook
Apr 29, 2013
Richard Clayton Cook, age 88, of Red Wing, died on Monday, April 29, 2013 under the loving care of Valentines Assisted Living, his home for the past year. He was born to Harry and Hulda Cook on February 18, 1925 and was raised and attended school in St. Louis Park, Minn. He was then employed at Honeywell and met and...
Phyllis Maxine Mather
Apr 28, 2013
Private graveside services at Grandview Memorial Gardens will be held for Phyllis Mather at a later date. Mrs. Mather, 94, died Sunday April 28, 2013 at Fairview Care Center in Dodge Center. Phyllis Maxine Nobs was born to John and Edna Nobs on September 3, 1918 in Pine Island. She lived most of her life in Rochester. However, during World...
Joyce Frances Mohn
Apr 28, 2013
Joyce Frances Mohn, age 84 of Red Wing, died April 28, 2013 at St. Brigid's at Hi-Park. She was born Sept. 9, 1928 in Red Wing, MN to Ludwig and Elvera (Manfred) Anderson. She graduated from Ellsworth High School in 1946 and then worked at Citizen's Fund Insurance Company. On September 6, 1952, she married John Mohn at First Lutheran...
Thaddeus Collins Nicholas
Apr 24, 2013
Nicholas, Thaddeus Collins, age 96 of Lake City Minn, formerly of Minneapolis, Minn. passed away on April 24, 2013. He was born November 17, 1916 in Rochester, Pa. He is preceded in death by his parents; Watson and Ida, his brothers; Watson and Frank and his sisters; Elizabeth and Dolly. He is Survived by his wife of 70 years, Juanita;...
Richard Frank Searles
Apr 17, 2013
Richard F. "Dick" Searles, age 94, of Pine Island died on Wednesday, April 17, 2013 at the Pine Haven Care Center, where he had been a patient for the past two days. The funeral service will be on Tuesday, April 23, 2013 at 10:30 AM at Saint Paul Lutheran Church in Pine Island with Pastor John Torris Lohre and Pastor...
Frances Iona Knutson
Apr 16, 2013
A memorial service for Frances Knutson will be held Friday at 2:00 PM at Mahn Family Funeral Home, Rochester Chapel. The Reverend Paul Forde will officiate. Burial of the urn will be at Root Prairie Lutheran Cemetery near Fountain. Mrs. Knutson, 93, of Rochester, died Tuesday April 16, 2013 at Golden Living Center - Rochester West in Rochester. Frances Iona...
George Russell Henderson
Apr 15, 2013
George Russell Henderson, 83, of Red Wing, MN, formerly of Casselton, ND, passed away at Douglas County Hospital in Alexandria, MN on Monday, April 15, 2013 with family at his side. George was born on August 21, 1929 in Lynchburg, North Dakota to Floyd Oscar and Theresa (Laber) Henderson. He was the youngest of four siblings. George graduated from Casselton...