Obituaries
Phyllis Jean Becker
Jun 8, 2011
Funeral services for Phyllis Becker will be held Saturday at 11:00 AM at Evangel United Methodist Church in Rochester. The Reverend Jeffrey Utecht and the Reverend Gwen Bohlke will co-officiate. Interment, at 2:00 PM on Saturday, will be at the Chatfield Cemetery. Mrs. Becker, 82, of Rochester, died Wednesday June 8, 2011 at her home in Rochester. Phyllis Jean Carlson...
Allie Cook
Jun 7, 2011
Allie Lawrence Cook, Sr., 81, of Red Wing, died Tuesday, June 7, 2011, at his home surrounded by family. He was born Oct. 16, 1929 in Vergas, MN to Harry and Irene (Orr) Cook. He attended schools at Prairie Island and worked as an egg candler before entering the U. S. Army where he served in the Korean Conflict. After...
Elaine Lemon
Jun 6, 2011
Elaine Barbara Lemon, 83, of Red Wing, died Monday, June 6, 2011, at her home, surrounded by family. She was born Feb. 15, 1928 in Red Wing, to George and Edna (Carlson) Peterson and attended school in Red Wing. After her school years she worked at Red Wing Pottery, where she met her husband, Earl Lemon. They were married on...
Otto Flemke
Jun 4, 2011
Otto Flemke, age 84, of Red Wing, MN died peacefully surrounded by family on Saturday, June 4, 2011 at the Red Wing Health Center. Otto was born in Vergas, MN on February 6, 1927 to Gustav and Martha (Harke) Flemke. He was raised on a farm in Vergas, MN and attended a one room schoolhouse in Vergas. At the age...
Clara Martens
Jun 2, 2011
Clara Pauline Martens, 82, of Red Wing, died peacefully in her home on Thursday, June 2, 2011. She was born June 22, 1928, one of eleven, to Peter and Mary (Meneguzzo) Nicoletti in Herbster, Wisconsin. She grew up in the Herbster area and graduated from South Shore High School. She married her high school sweetheart, Peter Martens on March 31,...
Gerald J. Hammes
May 31, 2011
ROCHESTER - Gerald John Hammes (a.k.a. "Red"/"Jerry"), 73, a simple farm boy at heart, from Rochester, MN, joined the Lord May 31, 2011 at home surrounded by family. Dad, you were right- you caught the next train to glory. Born July 13, 1937 in LaCrosse, WI, the son of late Norbert and Marie Hammes. He is survived by his wife...
Irene E. Pasche
May 31, 2011
Irene E. Pasche, 91, of Red Wing, formerly of Hoffman, Minnesota, died Tuesday, May 31, 2011 at St. Brigid's at Hi-Park. She was born Oct. 1, 1919 at the home farm, to Herman and Alice (Shauer) Podratz in Hoffman, MN. She graduated from West Central High School in Morris, MN. She married Carl Pasche on Oct. 30, 1940 at Zion...
Mathilda Buck
May 31, 2011
Mathilda "Tillie" Buck of rural Mazeppa died on Tuesday, May 31, 2011 at the Zumbrota Health Services. The funeral service will be on Friday, June 3, 2011 at 2:00 PM at Grace Lutheran Church in rural Goodhue with Reverend Andy Krause officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the...
Cassie Bennett
May 30, 2011
MahpiyaToWin (Blue Sky Woman) Cassie Jamie Bennett, 26, of St. Paul, died unexpectedly, Monday, May 30, 2011 at her home. She was born Nov. 12, 1984 in Red Wing, to Richard and Audrey (Campbell) Bennett. Her early years were spent in Woodbury, where she attended Woodbury schools. She is survived by her daughter, Ida Elsie Bennett of St. Paul; parents,...
Bonnie Lindstrom
May 28, 2011
Bonnie Marie Lindstrom, 90, of Red Wing, died Saturday, May 28, 2011 at the Fairview Seminary Home. She was born Feb. 25, 1921, in Pierce County, Wisconsin, to Claude and Anna (Dahl) Nelson. Growing up, she attended various schools in Pierce County. She married John Lindstrom on Oct. 26, 1940 in Decorah, Iowa. For a 20 years, she was employed...
Fern Wulff
May 28, 2011
Fern LaVonne Wulff, born 5/27/1922 in Badger IA, passed away May 28, 2011 at Potter Ridge Assisted Living in Red Wing MN. Visitation will be Thursday, June 16 from noon to 1PM at First Covenant Church in Red Wing with a memorial service to follow at 1PM. Fern was born to Amos B. and Bertha (Soppeland) Hill at home on...
Gertrude R. Martin
May 26, 2011
Gertrude R. Martin, age 93, of Lake City, passed away Thursday, May 26, at the Olmsted Medical Center in Rochester. Gertrude was born September 22, 1917 in Lake City, MN to Milton and Clara (Juergens) Erickson. She attended school in Lake City and went on to attend Gustavus Adolphus College and received her teaching degree. She taught in Montevideo and...
Jean Schmidt
May 24, 2011
Jean Marie Schmidt, 52, of Oakdale, MN, formerly of Red Wing, died unexpectedly Tuesday, May 24, 2011 at Fairview Ridges Medical Center in Burnsville. She was born February 25, 1959 in Red Wing, the daughter of James E. and Elda M. (Hansen) Reitan. She was a 1977 graduate of Central High School and she attended nursing school at Midway Hospital...
Faith M. Bodelson
May 23, 2011
Faith Marie Bodelson, 54, of Red Wing, died Monday, May 23, 2011 at the Red Wing Health Center. She was born Oct. 1, 1956 in Red Wing, to Weldon and Sandra (Rundquist) Bodelson. A 1974 graduate of Red Wing Central High, she also attended Mankato State University. She married Brian Bernstein and they lived in Harris, Minnesota. They later divorced...
Bernard Dammann
May 23, 2011
Bernard Frederick Dammann, 78, Red Wing, died Monday, May 23, 2011 at his home. He was born October 2, 1932 in Red Wing, the son of Frederick and Hazel (Larson) Dammann. He graduated from Red Wing High School in 1950. He worked for National Bushing and then served in the U. S. Army during the Korean War. Following his discharge...
Mary Ann Kenyon
May 23, 2011
Mary Ann Kenyon, 89, of Zumbrota, died Monday, May, 23, 2011, at Sunrise Cottages in Rochester. She was born to Othelia (Tilly) Hammer and Earle Bringgold August 14,1921. She graduated from Zumbrota High School in 1939. She was part of the "Classy Class" of '43 at Carlton, College in Northfield MN where she discovered her interest in art. She then...
Barbara Jean Goodman
May 23, 2011
Barbara J. Goodman age 75 formerly of Wanamingo died on Monday, May 23, 2011 at the Lake City Hospital. A funeral service is scheduled for Friday, May 27, 2011 at 11:00 AM at Trinity Lutheran Church in Wanamingo with Reverend Christopher Culuris officiating. Burial will be in the Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery. Visitation is scheduled for Thursday, May 26, 2011...
Jane L. Crumpler
May 22, 2011
Jane L. Crumpler, age 80, of Zumbrota died Sunday evening May 22, 2011, at Zumbrota Health Services. Jane was born on December 18, 1930, in Muskegon, MI, the daughter of Isaac and Elsie (Millard) Druif. She graduated from high school in Muskegon and went on to nursing college at St. Luke's in Chicago, IL. She married Charles Losensky in May...
Jackie Wood
May 19, 2011
Jacqueline "Jackie" Wood, aged 80 years and 2 months, of Red Wing, MN, died Thursday, May 19, 2011 at Fairview Red Wing Hospital, of natural causes, surrounded by those who loved her so dearly. Jackie was born in Red Wing to Hazel G. Wood and Lester Van Schick, on March 19, 1931. She grew up in Cambridge, MN, lived at...
Esther Schultz
May 18, 2011
ROCHESTER - Esther Schultz, 100, of Rochester, died Wednesday (May 18, 2011) at Samaritan Bethany on Eighth where she has resided for the last ten years. Esther Mina Amanda Schultz was born Nov. 23, 1910 in Sargeant, MN to Arend and Mary (Barwig) Arends. She was raised in Plainview, MN on the family farm. On June 12, 1929 she married...