Obituaries
Mary B. Fette
Oct 21, 2011
Mary B. Fette age 84 of the West Concord area died on Friday, October 21, 2011 at her family's lake home on Lake Zumbro. A graveside service will be held on Saturday, October 29, 2011 at 11:00 AM at Concord Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Friday, October 28, 2011 from 4:00 - 7:00 PM at the Mahn Family Funeral...
Donald Max Peterson
Oct 20, 2011
Donald Max "Pete" Peterson, 75, of Red Wing, died Thursday, October 20, 2011, at his residence as a result of a house fire. He was born January 20, 1936, in El Paso, Wisconsin, the son of Earnest and Beatrice (Hase) Peterson. Pete grew up in El Paso and graduated from Ellsworth High School. He enlisted in the U. S. Army...
Donald Anderson
Oct 18, 2011
Donald Raymond Anderson, 91, of Red Wing, died Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011 at his home at Deer Crest. He was born Feb. 23, 1920, in Red Wing, to Alfred and Hilda (Lindquist) Anderson. He graduated from Red Wing Central High School in 1939 and attended Dunwoody Institute. In 1940 he worked for Lockheed Aircraft Corporation prior to going into the...
Marcella Johnson
Oct 16, 2011
Marcella Johnson, 85, of Red Wing, died Sunday, October 16, 2011 at the Red Wing Health Center. She is survived by one daughter, Elaine (Dale) Meissner; three grandchildren, Rick (Renee) Meissner and Todd (Maralee) Meissner and Chad Meissner; three great grandchildren, Marissa, Masyn and Maddie Meissner. Her request was to have her body donated to science. She will be supporting...
William Burgess
Oct 13, 2011
William Charles Burgess, 85, Red Wing, died Thursday, October 13, 2011 at Regions Hospital in Saint Paul, Mn. He was born August 30, 1926 in Pierce County, Wi., the son of Jess and Esther (Miles) Burgess. He attended school in Diamond Bluff, Wi. He married Evelyn "Chubb" McHone on July 5, 1947 in Red Wing. He worked at Red Wing...
Florence Ruether
Oct 13, 2011
Florence Gertrude Ruether, 94, of Red Wing, died Thursday, October 13, 2011 at the Red Wing Health Center where she had resided the past three months. She was born July 1, 1917 in Gilford Township, Minnesota to Wendelen and Margaret (Miesen) Krismer. Florence was baptized at St. Patrick's Church in West Albany, Minnesota. When she was four years old she...
Ruth Ann Starz
Oct 13, 2011
Obituary Notice for Ruth Ann Starz Ruth Ann Starz, age 90, passed away Thursday October 13, 2011 at the Lake City Hospital. She was born on April 26, 1921, in Mazeppa, MN to Carl and Palma (Rohrer) Engelhart. She grew up in Mazeppa and graduated from the Mazeppa High School. She went on to the Rochester Junior College and the...
Ingeborg Skurdal
Oct 11, 2011
Ingeborg Skurdal, 99 of Red Wing, died Tuesday, October 11, 2011, at Potter Ridge Assisted Living. Ingeborg was born April 27, 1912, in Norway the daughter of Sam and Marie (Handeland) Langager. She attended and graduated from Stewart Consolidated School, Epping High School, and Mayville State College in Mayville, North Dakota. After graduation she taught school for a number of...
Deliela Staege
Oct 9, 2011
Deliela Ann Staege, 66, of Red Wing, died Sunday, October 9, 2011 at the Fairview Red Wing Medical Center. She was born on April 18, 1945 in Red Wing to William and Olive (Crowther) Jennings. She attended schools in Red Wing and on November 9, 1963, she married Glen Staege at United Lutheran Church. She worked a number of years...
Lester Laqua
Oct 6, 2011
Lester Louis Laqua, age 71, of Lake City passed away Thursday, October 6, at his residence. He was born May 7, 1940 in Gillford Township in Wabasha County, the son of Leo and Viola (Shultz) Laqua. He graduated from Wabasha High School. After spending a year working on the family farm he joined the Air Force and spent four years...
Charles Lee
Oct 6, 2011
Charles "Charlie" Jonathan Lee, 57, of Red Wing, died Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011 at his residence, following a lengthy illness. He was born May 17, 1954 in Caledonia, Minnesota, to Robert E. and Priscilla (Chaney) Lee. He graduated from Caledonia High School in 1972, the University of Minnesota in 1976 and Marquette University Law School in 1979. He was admitted...
Gary E. Claridge
Oct 5, 2011
Gary Edward Claridge was born on July 12, 1931 to Merrill and Miriam (Williams) Claridge in Mankato, MN. He graduated from Mankato High School in 1949 and attended Mankato State Teacher's College prior to enlisting in the US Navy and served during the Korean War. He worked for Marigold Foods/Kemps for 34 years. He married Eileen Olinger on November 12,...
Felicia Langer
Oct 4, 2011
Felicia Jeanne Langer, 86, of Red Wing, MN died Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011 at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester. She was born Jan. 2, 1925 in Centuria, Wisconsin to Charles and Margaret (LaMere) Turner. She graduated from Milltown High School and attended college at River Falls, Wisconsin. After receiving her teaching certificate, she began her teaching career at the age...
Ruth V. Roland
Oct 4, 2011
Ruth V. Roland, age 90, of Rochester, formerly of Mazeppa died on Wednesday, October 4, 2011 at Sunrise Cottages in Rochester. The funeral service will be held on Friday, October 7, 2011 at 2:00 PM at St. John's Lutheran Church in Mazeppa with Reverend Alan Horn officiating. Burial will be in Mazeppa Cemetery. Visitation will be on Friday one hour...
Francis Vollmers
Oct 3, 2011
Francis John Vollmers, 93, of Texas and formerly of Red Wing, passed away Monday, Oct. 3, 2011. He was born Dec. 7, 1918 in Martell, Wisconsin to Maynard and Lydia (Daden) Vollmers. He graduated from Red Wing Central High School and worked as an accountant for Standard Oil Company. He is survived by one nephew Gary Olson and his wife...
Donald Nelson Sears
Oct 2, 2011
Donald Sears, 85, of Bay City, Wisconsin, died Sunday, October 2, 2011 at the Red Wing Health Center in Red Wing after a brief illness. He was born on April 24, 1926 in Red Wing to Henry and Emma (Nelson) Sears. He attended schools in Ellsworth and then started farming on the family farm at the age of 16. In...
Gladys Lucille Nelson
Oct 2, 2011
Gladys Lucille Nelson, 104, of Red Wing, died Sunday, October 2, 2011 at the Fairview Seminary Home. She was born on June 5, 1907 in Minneapolis to Samuel and Mary Swanson. On January 6, 1926 she married John "Jack" Nelson. They farmed for 35 years in Luck, Wisconsin and Welch, Minnesota. John died in December of 1968. Gladys was a...
Harriet Nuella Edwards
Oct 1, 2011
Harriet Nuella Edwards 104, of Wanamingo, formerly of Ceylon, MN, died the morning of October 1, 2011. She was born on July 22, 1907 to Julia (Skye) and Sam Gangestad in Armstrong, IA. She had eleven siblings. She was baptized and confirmed in the Nazareth Lutheran Church, Armstrong, IA. She went to school at Halfa, IA. On December 16, 1933,...
Milton S. Olson
Sep 30, 2011
Milton Stewart Olson, age 87 of Red Wing, died Friday, September 30, 2011 at his home. He was born the youngest son of John M. Olson and Viola Selma Victoria Norberg Olson on the family farm at Welch, Minnesota on August 28, 1924. He attended School District #139 near his home and Cannon Falls High School until the first school...
Jerome Sterling
Sep 29, 2011
Jerome "Jerry" Sterling, 66, Red Wing, died unexpectedly on Thursday, September 29, 2011 at Cumberland Memorial Hospital, Cumberland, WI. He was born September 27, 1945 in Faribault, MN, the son of Wendell and Bernice (Stine) Sterling. He attended St. Lawrence Catholic Grade School and graduated from Faribault High School in 1963. He served in the U. S. Navy 1965-1970. He...
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