Obituaries

Raymond  Gust Thumann

Raymond Gust Thumann

Mar 17, 2011

Raymond Gust Thumann, 87, Hastings, died Thursday, March 17, 2011 at Augustana Nursing Home in Hastings. He was born July 18, 1923, in Red Wing, the son of Gust John and Svea Amelia (Johnson) Thumann. He attended schools in Goodhue County and he worked at Red Wing Pottery before joining the U. S. Navy. He returned to Red Wing, then...

Raymond  Clarence Matthees

Raymond Clarence Matthees

Mar 16, 2011

Raymond Clarence Matthees, age 66 of Goodhue died on Wednesday, March 16, 2011 at his home in Goodhue. Raymond was born November 4, 1944 in Goodhue Township, the son of Clarence and Frances (Mehrkens) Matthees. He attended District #118, Zumbrota and Goodhue Schools, graduating from Goodhue High School in 1962. He served in the US Army National Guard from September...

Ione Eugenia Peterson Mountain

Ione Eugenia Peterson Mountain

Mar 16, 2011

Ione Eugenia Peterson Mountain, 93, Red Wing, died Wednesday March 16, 2011 at Valentine's Assisted Living. She was born on January 3, 1918 in Bay City, the daughter of Christ and Helen (Halvorson) Lynner. She attended school at Elm Grove and graduated from Ellsworth High School in 1936. She married Norman Peterson on April 20, 1939. They farmed in Hartland...

Eleanor  S. Gauger

Eleanor S. Gauger

Mar 15, 2011

Eleanor "Ellie" S. Gauger, 82, Red Wing, died Tuesday, March 15, 2011 at Fairview Seminary Home. She was born March 7, 1929 in Winona, Minnesota, the daughter of Benjamin and Clara (Becktle) Stansfield. She was a 1946 graduate of Winona High School. She married William Gauger on December 11, 1948 in Winona. They moved to Minneapolis, then lived in the...

Chad  A. Luhman

Chad A. Luhman

Mar 14, 2011

In acknowledgment of a wonderful existence, we honor the memory of Chad Arlan Luhman, our ever-living father, brother, and son. After a fulfilling life, Mr. Luhman passed away peacefully due to complications of knee surgery at his parent's home, near Bellechester, MN on the morning of March 14, 2011. He was 36. Chad A. Luhman was born on April Fool's...

Jerry  Dean Bork

Jerry Dean Bork

Mar 14, 2011

Jerry Dean Bork, age 72, of Wanamingo, passed away Monday March 14, 2011 at his home. Jerry was born on January 23, 1939 in Plymouth, IA to Clarence and Muriel (Buehrer) Bork. He worked on the railroad for over 35 years. He was the Section Foreman in Wanamingo for several years until the railroad was taken out of the area....

Mable Grossbach

Mable Grossbach

Mar 12, 2011

Mable J. Grossbach, 100, died Saturday, March 12, 2011. She was born on July 4, 1910 in rural Ferryville, WI. In 1928 she graduated from Central High School in La Crosse, WI., and worked as a secretary at Erickson Bakery and at the Auto-Lite which made airplane parts during World War II. She married Carl Grossbach and moved to Red...

Allan  John Heins

Allan John Heins

Mar 12, 2011

Obituary for Allan Heins Allan John Heins, age 87 of Lake City, died Saturday, March 12, 2011, at the Red Wing Health Center in Red Wing. Allan was born on August 10, 1923, in Florence Township, the son of John and Christina (Dankers) Heins. He attended country school, and the School of Agriculture in St. Paul. Allan entered the United...

Viola  Katherine Rohe

Viola Katherine Rohe

Mar 12, 2011

Viola Katherine Rohe, age 93 of Red Wing, died Saturday, March 12, 2011, at the Zumbrota Nursing Home. Viola was born May 31, 1917, in Red Wing, the daughter of Walter and Amalia (Strusz) Dicke. She grew up in the Red Wing area and attended Featherstone and Immanuel Lutheran Schools. She was employed as a house worker before she was...

Bernice  Mary Wiebusch

Bernice Mary Wiebusch

Mar 11, 2011

Bernice Mary Wiebusch, age 89, of Lake City died Friday, March 11, 2011, at the Lake City Hospital Mayo Health System. Bernice was born September 29, 1921 in Gillford Township to Joseph and Johanna (Laqua) Krismer. She was raised on a farm near Lake City, where she attended country schools and later graduated from Lake City High School. In 1941...

Harold  F. Mohlke

Harold F. Mohlke

Mar 10, 2011

Harold F. Mohlke age 84 of Pine Island, formerly of Oronoco died suddenly at his home in Pine Island on Thursday, March 10, 2011. The funeral service is scheduled for Monday, March 14, 2011 at 2:00 PM at the Mahn Family Funeral Home - Mahler Chapel in Pine Island with Pastor Dwight LaPine of Calvary Baptist Church officiating. Burial will...

Rebecca Walch

Rebecca Walch

Mar 10, 2011

Surrounded by her loved ones, Rebecca Ann Walch of Zumbrota, Minnesota died on Thursday, March 10, 2011. Rebecca will be remembered as a woman who lived for her family and created beauty in the simplest of things. Rebecca was born during The Depression Years to Elmer and Maude Wirt in Lewiston, a small farming community in southeastern Minnesota, on August...

Margaret Traxler

Margaret Traxler

Mar 9, 2011

ROCHESTER Margaret Traxler, 67, of Rochester, died Wednesday (March 9, 2011) at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester. Margaret Mae Deobald was born Sept. 17, 1943 in Bremerton, Washington to Clayton and Alice (Greer) Deobald. She moved to Minnesota in 1950, was raised in Rochester, and graduated from John Marshall High School in 1962. In 1965 she married Keith Traxler in...

Mary  Belle Anderson

Mary Belle Anderson

Mar 9, 2011

Mary Belle "Mitzi" Anderson, 80, of Red Wing, died Wednesday, March 9, 2011 at the Fairview Seminary Home. She was born Oct. 4, 1930, in Red Wing, to Henning and Leona (Siepelmeyer) Anderson. She graduated from Red Wing Central High School in 1948 and then attended Carthage College. On Sept. 8, 1951, she married Robert C. "Curly" Anderson in Red...

Gary  R. Babler

Gary R. Babler

Mar 9, 2011

Gary Ralph Babler, 64, of Bellechester, died from complications due to cancer on Wednesday, March 9, 2011, at Fairview University Medical Center in Minneapolis. He was born May 9, 1946 in LaCrosse, Wisconsin to Ralph and Grace (Kragness) Babler. His family moved to Red Wing in 1947 and he attended school in Red Wing and in Owatonna. On June 21,...

Vaughn  Albert Schultz

Vaughn Albert Schultz

Mar 7, 2011

Vaughn Albert Schultz, 92, of Red Wing, died Monday, March 7, 2011 at the Fairview Red Wing Medical Center. He was born March 9, 1918 in Plum City, Wisconsin to Albert and Elizabeth (Staehli) Schultz and attended school in the Plum City area. He joined the US Army and served in the European Theater during WW II, attaining the rank...

Dennis  H. Clemens

Dennis H. Clemens

Mar 6, 2011

Dennis Harry Clemens, 76, Bay City, died Sunday, March 6, 2011 in Bay City. He was born October 21, 1934 in Cooperstown, ND, the son of Harry and Inga (Vangen) Clemens. He graduated from Hannaford High School in North Dakota in 1953 and married Virginia Aldorfer in Northfield, Minnesota in 1955. He was drafted into the U. S. Army, serving...

Gertrude  M Hofschulte

Gertrude M Hofschulte

Mar 4, 2011

Gertrude M (Darcy) Hofschulte, age 100, died peacefully on Friday March 4, 2011 at Zumbrota Health Services in Zumbrota. Gertrude M Darcy was born on September 8, 1910, at her home in rural Chester Township, Wabasha County, Minnesota. She was the 2nd of 9 children born to Edward ad Mary (Peters) Darcy. She attended St. Mary's Elementary School in Bellechester...

Wayne  C. Cordes

Wayne C. Cordes

Mar 4, 2011

Memorial service will be 11 a.m. Thursday, March 17, at Mahn Family Funeral Home, Bodelson-Mahn Chapel with Rev. Greg Strunk officiating. Visitation will be for one houe prior to the service.

Audrey Brunner

Audrey Brunner

Mar 4, 2011

Audrey Jean Brunner, 84, of Red Wing, died unexpectedly, Friday, March 4, 2011, at the Fairview Red Wing Medical Center. She was born August 14, 1926, in Red Wing, to Lester and Florence (Tiedeman) Danielson. She graduated from Red Wing Central High School in 1944 and married Lloyd Brunner on May 27, 1950. She worked at Goodhue County National Bank...