Obituaries
Bruce Grant Tonkin
Jun 9, 2013
A memorial service for Bruce Tonkin will be held Thursday June 13th at 2:00 PM at Christ United Methodist Church in Rochester. The Reverend Michael Wuehler will officiate. Burial of the urn will occur on Friday at 3:30 PM at Lakeview Cemetery in Coleraine, Minnesota. Mr. Tonkin, 87, of Rochester, died Sunday June 9, 2013 at Samaritan Bethany Home on...
Betty Phyllis Johnson
Jun 8, 2013
Betty Phyllis Johnson, 89, of Red Wing, died Saturday, June 8, 2013 at the Seminary Home. She was born February 17, 1924 in Wadena, Minnesota, daughter of Julius Frederick and Blanche R. (Bounds) Koplin. For the first couple years of her childhood, Betty lived in Brainerd, but then moved to Rochester. She graduated from Rochester High School in 1942 and...
Trent Allen Schmotzer
Jun 8, 2013
Trent Allen Schmotzer, 70, of Red Wing, died Saturday, June 8, 2013 at the Mayo Clinic Health System in Red Wing, after his long battle with Inclusion-Body Myositis, a muscle degenerative disease. He was born on October 1, 1942 in Windom, MN to Leonard and Lucille (Hanson) Schmotzer. Trent grew up in Storden, MN and graduated from Lamberton High School....
Connor S. Wencel
Jun 7, 2013
Connor S. Wencel, age 18, of Pine Island, died unexpectedly on Friday, June 7, 2013. He was born on June 18, 1994, in Burnsville, to Rodney and Rhonda (Fuchs) Wencel. Connor graduated from Pine Island High School in 2012. He worked at Reichel Foods in Rochester. Connor enjoyed everything mechanical including snowmobiling, four wheeling, and working with cars. He also...
Patrick Leonard Young
Jun 7, 2013
A memorial service for Patrick Young will be held Wednesday, June 12th at 11:00 AM at Mahn Family Funeral Home, Rochester Chapel. Mr. Tim Boyer will officiate. Mr. Young, 66, of Rochester, died Friday, June 7, 2013 at his home from complications of COPD and pulmonary fibrosis. Patrick Leonard Young was born November 25, 1946 in Mitchell, South Dakota, the...
Dorothy Mae Harding
Jun 4, 2013
Dorothy Mae Harding, 88, of Red Wing, formerly of Prescott, died Tuesday, June 4, 2013, at her home, at the Villa at Hi-Park. She was born November 17, 1924, in Oak Grove Township, Wisconsin, to Frank and Irene (Schmidt) Weyh. Growing up, she attended Harding School in Oak Grove Township. On December 29, 1947, she was united in marriage to...
Betty and Raymond Sasse
Jun 3, 2013
Betty & Raymond Sasse, both 87, both of Red Wing and formerly of Blue Earth and Winnebego, died only two days apart, on June 3 & 5, 2013 at St. Brigid's at Hi-Park. Betty was born April 12, 1926 in Blue Earth, Minnesota to Paul E. and Francis (Hughes) Dray. She graduated from Blue Earth High School. Raymond was born...
Carol Jean Thompson
Jun 3, 2013
Carol Jean Thompson, age 75, of St. Charles, MN, formerly of Rochester, died Monday (June 3, 2013) at Olmsted Medical Center Hospital in Rochester. Carol Jean Preuss was born May 4, 1938 in Maddock, ND to William and Katherine (Akerberg) Preuss. She took her first and only airplane ride at the tender age of one, flying to Bismarck, ND with...
Harriet Mabel Bauer
Jun 2, 2013
Harriet Mabel Bauer, 84 of Rochester, died Sunday, June 2, 2013 at her Daughter's home. She was born August 26, 1928 in Red Wing, Minnesota, daughter of Clarence and Dorothy (Servis) Olson. She grew up in Maiden Rock, Wisconsin. On July 3, 1947, she married Clarence Peters in Lake City. The couple lived in Red Wing where Harriet worked as...
Lucy R Halvorson
Jun 2, 2013
Lucy Ruth Halvorson, 91, of Red Wing, died Sunday, June 2, 2013, at the Seminary Home. She was born September 13, 1921, in Arkansaw, Wisconsin, to Frank and Florence (DeMarce) Reichhard. In 1939 she graduated from Red Wing Central High School. She was united in marriage Luther "Luke" Halvorson on August 8, 1941, and they made their home in Red...
Jacqueline Mae Heber
Jun 1, 2013
Jacqueline Mae Heber, 52, of Rochester, died Saturday, June 1, 2013 at St. Mary's Hospital. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, June 7, 2013 at the Mahn Family Funeral Home, Bodelson-Mahn Chapel with Rev. Eugene Hasselquist officiating. A visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Online condolences can be left...
Lois Louise Firl
Jun 1, 2013
Lois Louise Firl, 83, of Red Wing passed away peacefully at Red Wing Health Center on Saturday, June 1, 2013. Lois was born October 29, 1929, in Red Wing to Otto and Christine (Loer) Plifka. After graduating from Red Wing High School, Lois was employed for 43 years at Red Wing Shoe Company. Lois married Alvin Herbert Firl on December...
Kenneth Warren Johnson
May 29, 2013
Kenneth W. Johnson Kenneth Warren Johnson, age 86, of Red Wing, died Wednesday, May 29, 2013 at his residence. A gathering in his memory will be from 2p.m. until 4p.m. Sunday, June 2 at his home, Lot 110 Pepin Woods Trailer Court in Red Wing. Mahn Family Funeral Home, Bodelson-Mahn Chapel is handling the arrangements. Online condolences can be sent...
Jean L. Meyer
May 29, 2013
Jean L. Meyer, beloved friend of many and mother of six, passed away on Wednesday, May 29, 2013 at the age of 85. Jean was the eldest daughter of Andrew and Bertha Guenther. She was born June 16, 1927, in Elgin, North Dakota, graduated from Elgin High School, and worked as a clerk in the Elgin Post Office. It was...
Betty Ruth Miller
May 29, 2013
Betty Ruth Miller, 79, of Red Wing, died Wednesday, May 29, 2013, at St. Brigid's at Hi-Park. She was born July 14, 1933, in Wabasha County, to Chester and Viola (Fick) Pruter. After graduating from Lincoln High School in Lake City in 1951, she was united in marriage to Arvid Miller on September 8 at Lincoln Trinity Lutheran Church. They...
Howard Arnold Stechmann
May 28, 2013
Howard Arnold Stechmann, age 77, of Zumbrota, died peacefully on Tuesday, May 28, 2013 at his home surrounded by his family after spending a wonderful Memorial Day weekend with his family. Howard was born on April 10, 1936, in Red Wing, to Arnold and Lily (Borgschatz) Stechmann. On May 10, 1936 he was baptized at Christ Lutheran Church in Zumbrota...
John "Russ" Lynch
May 28, 2013
John "Russ" Lynch, 86, of Lake City, peacefully passed away May 28, 2013 at the Lake City Care Center. He was born January 2, 1927 in St. Paul Minnesota to Thomas and Mable Lynch. He attended Mechanic Arts school in St. Paul, MN graduating in 1945. John worked for Cities Service Oil and later Gulf Oil Company as a Field...
James Robert Sands
May 27, 2013
James Robert Sands, age 77 of Red Wing died on Monday, May 27, 2013 at St. Brigid's at Hi Park. He was born March 17, 1936 in Pierce Co., Wis. to Michael and Marie (Fountain) Sands. Jim attended country schools until the 8th grade and then moved to Spring Valley, WI where he finished his school. He entered the US...
Marjorie Eckhoff
May 25, 2013
Marjorie Marie Eckhoff, 84, of Red Wing, died Saturday, May 25, 2013 at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester. She was born on August 19, 1928 in Pierce County, Wisconsin to Peter and Verna (Fosberg) Linder. She attended country schools in Pierce County and helped on her parent's s farm. On September 18, 1947 she married Virgil Eckhoff in Plum City,...
Robert James Pritchard
May 23, 2013
Robert James Pritchard, 64 of Bay City, died Thursday, May 23, 2013 at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester. He was born May 21, 1949 in Port Chicago, California, son of Robert and Lois (Petersen) Pritchard. Robert graduated from Ellsworth High School. After high school, he served in the Army during the Vietnam Conflict. On June 17, 1972, he married Marlys...
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