Obituaries
Arletta Apollonia Rupp
Sep 6, 2012
Arletta Apollonia Rupp, age 101, died Thursday, September 6, 2012 at her daughter's home in Wacouta Township, MN. She was born August 21, 1911, the daughter of Reverend and Mrs. Henry Jacob (Edna Hummel) Soltau in the parsonage of the Methodist Church, Grove Lake, MN. She attended schools in Otsego and Brooklyn Center and graduated from North High School in...
Rosella Mae Cliff
Sep 6, 2012
Rosella Mae Cliff was born October 1, 1925 in Dodge County, the daughter of Sigval and Selma (Hegna) Edgar. She graduated in 1943 from Hayfield High School. She married Donald J. Cliff June 25, 1947, in Hayfield, Minnesota. The couple lived in Lake City until moving to Red Wing in 1953. Rosella graduated from the Minneapolis Business College and was...
Mattie Lifto Ginapp
Sep 5, 2012
Mattie Lifto Ginapp went to be with Jesus at her daughter's home in Frontenac, Minnesota, September 5, 2012. She was born at her parents farm in Pennington Gap, Viriginia, an Appalachian Mountain girl, to Rosa and George Turner on January 2, 1922. Her mother passed away when Mattie was seven followed by the passing of her father when she was...
Eileen Theresa Searle
Sep 5, 2012
Eileen Searle, 94, of Rochester, died Wednesday (Sept. 5, 2012) at Samaritan Bethany Home on Eighth, where she had resided for the past three years. Eileen Theresa Peterson was born Aug. 3, 1918 at Miles City, Montana to Emil and Mathilda (Roedel) Peterson. She grew up in Jamestown, North Dakota where she graduated from High School. After graduating from a...
Earl John Schafer
Sep 4, 2012
Earl J. Schafer, 86, died Tuesday, September 4, 2012 at Deercrest in Red Wing. He was born April 12, 1926 in Goodhue, Minnesota, the son of Louis and Anna (Diercks) Schafer. Earl grew up in Goodhue and graduated from Red Wing High School. In October of 1950, he married Jane Fjerstad at First Lutheran Church in Red Wing. He spent...
Lyle H Mandelkow
Sep 3, 2012
Lyle Herbert Mandelkow, 84 of Red Wing, died Monday, September 3, 2012, at his home, with his family by his side, following a brief illness. He was born on March 6, 1928 in Red Wing to Gustav and Helen (Gielow) Mandelkow. He attended schools in Red Wing. He then served in the US Army during the Korean Conflict from 1950-1952....
Delma R. Rigelman
Sep 1, 2012
Delma Ruth Rigelman, 87, of Red Wing, died Saturday, Sept. 1, 2012, at the Seminary Home. She was born on Sept. 15, 1924, in Red Wing to Frederick and Clara (Olson) Chellberg. She graduated from Red Wing Central High School in 1942 and then attended Winona State Teachers College, graduating in 1944. She taught school at East Chain, Minnesota and...
Mildred Margaret Luhman
Aug 28, 2012
Mildred Margaret (Vieths) Luhman was born on August 6, 1917 to August and Emma (Hinrichs) Vieths in Goodhue County. She was baptized September 23, 1917 at Grace Lutheran Church, rural Goodhue by Pastor Gerhard Hinnenthal. Her Godparents were her two grandmothers, Catherine (Pickenpack) Hinrichs and Margaret (Reese) Vieths. Her earlier school years were at Grace Lutheran Parochial School until the...
Walter Frank Mehrkens
Aug 28, 2012
Walter F. Mehrkens, 89, of Mazeppa, died on Tuesday, August 28, 2012, at St. Marys Hospital ER in Rochester. He was born on October 4, 1922, in Kidder County, North Dakota, to Elsie (Siebrasse) and Fred Mehrkens. He attended schools near Goodhue and in Bear Valley through the eighth grade and helped on the family farm until joining the US...
Patricia Darlene Rions
Aug 26, 2012
Patricia D. Rions, age 87, of Rochester, died Sunday (Aug. 26, 2012) at the Stewartville Care Center. Patricia D. Scott was born July 13, 1925 in Rochester to Carroll and Frances (Sumner) Scott. She attended Rochester Schools. Pat married Howard A. Rions on Oct. 15, 1942 and the family made their home in Rochester until 1951 when Sgt. Rions was...
Traci Lee Nannette Hardy
Aug 25, 2012
Traci Lee Nannette Hardy, 30, of Red Wing, died Saturday, August 25, in Martell Township, as the result of a motor vehicle accident. She was born July 27, 1982 in Seoul, Korea and was adopted when she was four months old by Kevin and Sue (Hanson) Hardy. She grew up in Red Wing and graduated with the Red Wing High...
Scott Kull
Aug 25, 2012
Scott Mikael Kull, 22, of Red Wing died unexpectedly, Saturday, August 25, 2012 in Pierce County, Wisconsin from injuries received in a motor vehicle accident. He was born November 7, 1989 in Red Wing, Minnesota, son of Larry and Debra (Quinn) Kull. Scott attended his schooling in Red Wing and graduated in 2008 from Red Wing High School. He then...
Lucille A. Befort
Aug 22, 2012
Lucille A. Befort age 97, of Zumbrota, died peacefully on August 22, 2012 at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester after a long and well-lived life. Lucille A. Majerus was born on July 27, 1915 in Bellechester, Minnesota to Stephen and Katherine (nee Schweich) Majerus. She completed high school at Good Counsel Academy in Mankato and married Frank Befort on September...
Helen Ottem
Aug 22, 2012
Helen Marie Ottem, 79, of Red Wing died Wednesday August 22, 2012 at St. Brigid's at Hi Park in Red Wing. She was born August 1, 1933 in Ellsworth, Wisconsin the daughter of Jay W. and Violet Elnora (Swanson) Nelson. Helen grew up in Ellsworth and graduated from Ellsworth High School. Shortly after graduation she moved to Red Wing where...
Donald Ray Richardson
Aug 21, 2012
Donald Ray Richardson, also known as "Dandy Don", 72, of Red Wing died August 21, 2012 at the Seminary Home in Red Wing. He was born August 30, 1939 in El Dorado, Kansas to Glenn and Alma (Mason) Richardson. He attended his schooling in El Dorado, Kansas, receiving his diploma. On May 24, 1957, Don married Linda Warren in El...
Caryl F. McLaughlin
Aug 20, 2012
Caryl F. McLaughlin, age 76, of Mantorville died on Monday, August 20, 2012 at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester. A funeral service will be held on Friday, August 24, 2012 at 11:00 AM at the First Congregational Church in Mantorville with Reverend Brian Engelstad officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery in Mantorville. Visitation will be held on Thursday, August...
Betty Alice Shanks
Aug 20, 2012
Betty A. Shanks, age 78, of Pine Island, died on Monday, August 20, 2012 at Seasons Hospice in Rochester after a battle with cancer. She was born on August 21, 1933, in Spring Valley, the daughter of Julia (Rustad) and Grant Briggs. She grew up and attended country school in Spring Valley. Betty married Roland Shanks and they later divorced....
Shirley Mae Button
Aug 18, 2012
Shirley Mae Button cast off her mortal bonds and stepped into eternity on Saturday August 18, 2012. She was born May 24, 1932 to Godfred and Marilyn (Klodt) Christensen, in Rochester, Minnesota. She grew up in Rochester and graduated from Rochester High School in 1950. Shirley worked as an administrative assistant at Model Laundry, Mayo Clinic, and JC Penney. She...
Mary Jane Thomas
Aug 18, 2012
Mary Jane Thomas, 71, of Red Wing died Saturday, August 18, 2012 at St. Brigid's High Park in Red Wing. She was born October 27, 1940 in Eastman, Wisconsin, daughter of Fritz and Tena (Bunders) Messerli. She graduated in 1958 from Prairie Du Chien, Wisconsin. The following September, she moved to Red Wing where she began her career working for...
Ozella Marie Enevold
Aug 16, 2012
Ozella M. Enevold, 85, of Red Wing, passed away peacefully in her home August 16, 2012. She was born on August 11, 1927 in Denmark, Arkansas. She is survived by her children, Carla Downs, Tammy Norman, Gregory Enevold, Bradley Enevold; one sister, Hedy Austin of Blytheville, Arkansas; eight grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in...
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