Obituaries
Arlen McKinley
Jul 17, 2025
Arlen Dean McKinley, 71, of Red Wing passed away at home surrounded by family. He was born on January 20, 1954 to Herbert and Mildred McKinley in Red Wing, Minnesota.
Arlen was united in marriage to Loretta "Lori" Lea Bartz on June 17th, 1972 in Wisconsin. Arlen started his career at the Red Wing Shoe Company on May 28, 1975 and...
Joy Lynn George
Jul 17, 2025
With broken hearts, we share the passing of Joy Lynn George, age 53, of Ellsworth WI, who passed away on July 17th 2025, after a seven year courageous battle with cancer.
Joy Lynn was born on October 27, 1971, in Park Falls WI, to Edwin and Eunice Pritzl. She grew up in and graduated from Butternut High School in 1989 and...
Clarence Jordahl
Jul 16, 2025
Clarence Howard Jordahl, 86, of Red Wing, passed away on Wednesday, July 16, 2025, at Benedictine Living Community, St Crispin in Red Wing. He was born on August 22, 1938, in Sisseton, South Dakota to Hans and Martha (May) Jordahl. He graduated from Sisseton High School in 1956, and then served in the US Army for three years. In 1961,...
Carl Munson, Jr.
Jul 15, 2025
Carl J. Munson, 94, of Red Wing formerly of Wabasha died Tuesday, July 15, 2025, at his home. No services will be held. Burial will be at the Fort Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis. Arrangements by the Mahn Family Funeral Home, Bodelson-Mahn Chapel in Red Wing.
Lawrence "Boomer" E. Brummund
Jul 12, 2025
Lawrence “Boomer” Brummund, 85, formerly of Wanamingo, died Saturday, July 12, 2025 at the Three Links Care center in Northfield. He was born August 21, 1939, on the family farm near Rosemount, Minnesota. He graduated from Farmington High School in 1958 and enlisted in the US Navy in 1961, serving during the Vietnam War. After his discharge in 1965, he...
Edward Frank Ogden Jr.
Jul 12, 2025
Edward Frank Ogden, Jr., age 72, of Red Wing, died Saturday, July 12, 2025 at his residence. He was born October 18, 1952 in Red Wing to Edward Ogden Sr. and Katherine (Siewert) Bjorngaard. He attended school in Red Wing. He married Jody Bursell May 17, 1971. They lived in Lake City where they raised their family. They later divorced....
Kirk D. Vogel
Jul 9, 2025
Updated Service information: A celebration of Life for Kirk Vogel will be Saturday, July 26 at 2 pm, 1210 Featherstone Rd., Red Wing, MN.
Kirk Daniel Vogel, 56, died unexpectedly, on Wednesday, July 9, 2025. He was born April 12, 1969, in Minneapolis, to Gerry and Shirley (Hannekamp) Vogel. He graduated from Richfield High School in 1988. Kirk was...
Nancy Falls
Jul 9, 2025
Nancy Falls age 101, of Red Wing, died peacefully Wednesday July 9, 2025 at her home. Her three children whom she loved dearly and who cherished her were at her bedside when she passed.
Born May 20th 1924 to John Harlin Geisse and Esther Wilhelmina (Wattawa) Geisse in Washington DC. She graduated from Holy Cross Academy in 1942 and then received...
Ellie Mae Lyon
Jul 9, 2025
Ellie Mae Lyon peacefully took her final rest in the arms of her loving parents on July 9th, 2025 at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, Minn.Ellie was born on July 3rd, 2025 at Rochester Methodist Campus to Aubrey and Matthew Lyon. She is the answer to their prayers and they waited for her birth with joyful expectation. Ellie was immensely...
Carla Hilleshiem
Jul 6, 2025
Carla Hilleshiem, born in Red Wing, Minnesota on June 28, 1967 to Marjorie (Blaisdell) and Carl Hilleshiem at St. John’s Hospital. She was raised in Red Wing and Lake City where she graduated in 1986.
She is survived by her siblings, Randy Hilleshiem, Robert Hilleshiem, Cathy Weisz, and Christie Hilleshiem; nieces and nephews, Zachery Knudsen (Plank), Marissa Buckingham (Plank), David (Brandie)...
Jay Johnson
Jul 4, 2025
Jay Logan Johnson, formerly of Menomonee Falls, WI and Bonita Springs, FL, died peacefully on July 4, 2025 in Lake City, MN at the age of 101 years. He is survived by his children, Ann, Thomas (Ann), Allen, and daughter-in-law, Nancy Sorensen. He also leaves behind three grandsons, Charles, Benjamin, and Owen Johnson, his sister-in-law, Lily Schmidt of Wauwatosa, WI,...
Robert C. Stroupe
Jul 1, 2025
Robert C. Stroupe, 92, of Bay City, Wisconsin, died Tuesday, July 1, 2025 at Mayo Clinic Hospital, St. Marys Campus, in Rochester.
He was born September 30, 1932, in Red Wing, to Floyd and Elizabeth (Stumpf) Stroupe. Bob had a love for fishing and the river, which may have begun when he was just an infant, as his family lived on...
Audrey Horn
Jul 1, 2025
Audrey Jean Horn, 90, of Red Wing, died Monday, July 1, 2025, at her home at Deer Crest Senior Living in Red Wing. She was born on January 27, 1935, in Red Wing to Edward and Lenora (Banitt) Kohrs and was baptized and confirmed at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Hay Creek. She graduated from Red Wing Central High School in...
Barbara Aunan
Jun 30, 2025
Barbara Lee Aunan, 81, of Zumbrota, died Monday, June 30, 2025, at Goodhue Living where she has resided for the past year. She was born on September 24, 1943, in Duluth, MN to Vera Swartz and Wiliam King. She graduated from Denfeld High School in Duluth in 1961. On September 12, 1964, she was united in marriage to Frank Aunan....
Clara Mathilda Aarsvold
Jun 30, 2025
Clara Mathilda Aarsvold, of Kasson, Minnesota, passed away Monday, June 30, 2025 at the Mayo Clinic, Methodist Campus in Rochester, Minnesota.
Clara was born on July 21,1943 to Alfred and Marie (Petz) Brueske near Plainview, Minnesota. She graduated from John Marshall Senior High School in Rochester, Minnesota. Clara worked her whole life for the Mayo Clinic Health Systems, Methodist Campus. She...
Georgia Fahy
Jun 29, 2025
Georgie Ann (Murray) Fahy, age 92, of Rochester, Minnesota, passed away after a full and blessed life. Born October 23, 1932, she was the 15th of 16 children in a close-knit family of eight boys and eight girls.
She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Donald Fahy. Married in 1950, they shared 54 wonderful years together. They found time...
Henry Richard Dison
Jun 28, 2025
Henry Richard Dison was born on May 17, 1933, in Rochester, Minnesota, to Henry H. and Gladys Mae (Tuttle) Dison. He was called to his eternal home on June 28, 2025, in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Henry grew up in Rochester, where he attended public schools and graduated from Rochester High School in 1951. A gifted athlete, he was a proud member...
Ethel Florence Jaspers
Jun 28, 2025
Ethel Jaspers passed away peacefully at Cannon Rivers on June 28th, 2025.
Born in rural, west-central Minnesota during the Great Depression, Ethel was the youngest of four children [and only daughter] born to Maynard and Josie Holtz. Ethel's education was typical of the times-walking what would now be considered a long distance to and from a one-room schoolhouse. Her high school years,...
Bonnie J. Peterson
Jun 28, 2025
Bonnie J. Peterson, of Ellsworth, died Saturday, June 28, 2025, at Mayo Clinic Hospital, Methodist Campus, on her 79th birthday. Bonnie was born in Red Wing, MN, to Clarence and Inez (Halverson) Diercks and grew up in Hager City, Wisconsin. She graduated from Ellsworth High School, class of 1964. On Oct. 19, 1968, she married Raynold Peterson at the United...
Margaret Ann Stiller
Jun 28, 2025
Margaret Stiller, 78, of Zumbrota, passed away Saturday, June 28, 2025, at the Zumbrota Care Center, surrounded by her family.
Margaret Ann was born in Red Wing on October 2, 1946 to Bernie and Emma (Mehrkens) Diercks. She attended St. John’s rural school and Goodhue High School. She attended Mankato State for two years. Margaret married Dale Stiller on July 16,...
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