Obituaries
Vera Hielscher
Mar 27, 2012
Vera Eleanor Hielscher, age 90 of Red Wing, died on March 27, 2012 at her home at Potter Ridge. She was born on February 19, 1922 in Wabasha to Andrew and Mary (Theismann) Dick. She graduated from St. Felix High School in Wabasha. On June 11, 1946 she married George Hielscher in Wabasha. They farmed near Red Wing for many...
Harold Ore Oelkers
Mar 27, 2012
Harold O. Oelkers, 80, of Pine Island, formerly of Mazeppa died Tuesday, March 27, 2012 at the Kenyon Sunset Home. The memorial service will be Saturday, March 31, 2012 at 11:00 AM at St. John's Lutheran Church in Mazeppa with Reverend Alan Horn officiating. Burial will be at the Mazeppa Cemetery with military honors provided by the Mazeppa Veterans Honor...
Milton John Hayman
Mar 26, 2012
Milton John Hayman died shortly before noon at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Wabasha, Minnesota, on Monday, March 26, 2012. He was peaceful, attended by his wife and son. Milt was born in Red Wing, the son of Charles William and Dorathea Augusta (Issendorf) Hayman, on May 17, 1928. He graduated from Red Wing High School in 1946, joined the US...
Edna C. (Koopman) Johnson
Mar 26, 2012
Edna C. (Koopman) Johnson, 92, of Esdaile, formerly of Bay City and Red Wing, died Monday, March 26, 2012 at her son's home in Esdaile. She was born on November 11, 1919, in the town of Hallie, Wisconsin to William and Alice (Hilp) Buttenhoff. She was baptized and confirmed at Zion Lutheran Church in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. She married Theodore...
Donna Faye Finch
Mar 25, 2012
Donna Faye Finch, 83 of Red Wing, died Sunday, March 25, 2012 at the Red Wing Health Center. Donna was born on September 22, 1928 in Grange Hall Township, Wisconsin, the daughter of August and Helen (Coulson) Ferber. She grew up in the Ellsworth area and graduated from Ellsworth High School. She worked as a nurse's aide at St. John's...
Jon D. Ofstie
Mar 22, 2012
Jon D. Ofstie, age 70 of Zumbrota died peacefully on Thursday, March 22, 2012 at the Zumbrota Health Services after a long battle with Huntington's disease. The funeral service will be on Tuesday, March 27, 2012 at 2:00 PM at the United Redeemer Lutheran Church in Zumbrota with Reverend Susan Vikstrom officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the...
Ardith Elaine Latcham
Mar 21, 2012
Ardith Elaine Latcham, 89, of Red Wing, died Wednesday, March 21, at Fairview Red Wing Medical Center. She was born Oct. 13, 1922 in Salem Township, Wisconsin to Ellsworth and Ella (Meyer) Hague. She graduated from Plum City High School and attended the Minneapolis Business College and the Commerce School of Business in San Francisco, California. She married Charles Latcham...
Brian Lee Swagger
Mar 21, 2012
Brian Lee Swagger, age 52 of Lake City, passed away on March 21, 2012 in Rochester, MN. He was born on June 11, 1959 to Russell and Loretta (Cross) Swagger in Lake City. He graduated from Lincoln High School. He began working as a mechanic and a repairman. He moved to Red Wing and eventually moved back to Lake City....
Arnold William Steffens
Mar 21, 2012
Arnold William Steffens, age 84, of Zumbrota died on Wednesday, March 21, 2012 at the Pine Haven Care Center in Pine Island where he had resided for the past several weeks. He was born on August 8, 1927, in Red Wing, to Rudholph and Edna (Firl) Steffens. On September 28, 1927 he was baptized at United Lutheran Church and confirmed...
Ruth Katharine Bang
Mar 20, 2012
Ruth Katherine Bang, of Red Wing, died Tuesday, March 20, 2012 at St. Brigid's at Hi-Park on her 100th birthday. She was born in 1912, in Featherstone Township, the daughter of Charles and Clara (Kolshorn) Bang. She attended rural school District #20 in Hay Creek and graduated from Red Wing Central High in 1929, and from the Junior College of...
Bernard Hein Gerken
Mar 16, 2012
Bernard Hein Gerken, age 92, passed away on March 16, 2012 at Lake City Medical Center in Lake City, MN. He died of declining health due to pulmonary fibrosis. Bernard was born on January 14, 1920 in Gilford Township of Lake City to Emil and Anna (Oelkers) Gerken. He was born and lived in the same house nearly all of...
Lillian C. Nibbe
Mar 14, 2012
Lillian C. Nibbe, 93, of Red Wing, died Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at the Fairview Red Wing Medical Center. She was born February 8, 1919 in Roscoe Township, the daughter of Olaf and Elsie (Peterson) Bjorngaard. She grew up and attended school in Zumbrota. After school she took a job as a waitress. She married Arville Jagusch in 1939, they...
Ruth Marian Hockman
Mar 13, 2012
Graveside services for Ruth Hockman will be held Saturday May 19, 2012 at 2:00 PM at Ames Municipal Cemetery. Mrs. Hockman, 86, of Rochester, Minnesota, and formerly of Ames, Iowa, died Tuesday March 13, 2012 at the skilled care unit of Madonna Towers in Rochester. Ruth Marian Buechler was born January 31, 1926 in Boone, Iowa. She was the daughter...
Verona Elizabeth Meincke
Mar 13, 2012
Verona E. Meincke, age 89, of Lake City, passed away Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at the Lake City Care Center. She was born May 15, 1922 in Red Wing to Albert and Wilhelmina (Gawrisch) Fitschen. She grew up in Lake City and graduated from Lincoln High School. On October 3, 1941 she married Robert Meincke at West Florence Immanuel Lutheran....
Harlyn Junior Borgschatz
Mar 12, 2012
Harlyn Junior Borgschatz, 81, of Red Wing, died Monday, March 12, 2012 at the Red Wing Health Center. He was born March 5, 1931 in Goodhue County to Henry and Huldah (Stechman) Borgschatz and graduated from grade school in Minneola Township. He worked with his father on the family farm and had also worked at the Libby Canning Company. Harlyn...
Betty Peterson
Mar 11, 2012
Elizabeth "Betty" Louise Peterson, 84, of Red Wing, died Sunday, March 11, 2012 surrounded by her family. She was born July 15, 1927 in Red Wing, to Andrew and Mabel (Rundquist) Anderson and graduated from Red Wing Central High in 1946. She married Melvin Peterson on April 3, 1948 and they lived in Bay City. Betty worked for Riedell Shoe...
Willmar H. Sommerfield
Mar 10, 2012
Willmar H. Sommerfield age 73, of Mazeppa died suddenly on Saturday, March 10, 2112 at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester. The funeral service will be on Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at 11:00 AM at St. John's Lutheran Church in Mazeppa with Rev. Alan Horn and Rev. William Ziebell officiating. Interment will be in Mazeppa Cemetery. Visitation will be held on...
Charles Scheitel
Mar 10, 2012
Charles Philip Scheitel, 62, of Red Wing, died Saturday, March 10, 2012 at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester. He was born on May 23, 1949, in Potsdam, Minnesota to Herbert and Dorothy (Schye) Scheitel. He attended schools at Vasa and Burnside and graduated in 1967 from Red Wing Central High School. He then attended Vocational School in St. Paul for...
Joel N. Bjorngaard
Mar 10, 2012
Joel N. Bjorngaard age 89, of Wanamingo, died on Saturday evening, March 10, 2012 at the Zumbrota Health Services where he had resided for one day. A memorial service is scheduled for Thursday, March 15, 2012 at 2:00 PM at Trinity Lutheran Church in Wanamingo with Pastor Christopher Culuris officiating. Private family burial will be at a later date. The...
Kevin Jenkins
Mar 9, 2012
Kevin Ray Jenkins, 43, of Red Wing, formerly of Jackson, Minnesota, died Friday, March 9, 2012 at his sister's home in Red Wing. He was born on May 20, 1968 in Jackson to Leonard and Darlene (Hampel) Jenkins. He graduated in 1986 from Jackson High School. He married Michelle Campney and they later divorced. He worked for various plumbing companies...
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