Obituaries
Kenneth M. Jenkins
Aug 31, 2008
Kenneth M. Jenkins, 72, of Bay City, died Sunday, August 31, 2008 at his home. He was born December 9, 1935 in Manly, Iowa to Kin and Gertrude Jenkins. He attended school in Manly and moved to Clear Lake, Iowa where he began working as a heavy equipment operator. He married Sharon Brand on October 31, 1975 at the Methodist...
Harlan M. Hostager
Aug 31, 2008
Harlan M. Hostage age 69 of Zumbrota died on Sunday morning, August 31, 2008 at his home in Zumbrota. Funeral services are scheduled for Thursday, September 4, 2008 at 2:00 PM. Due to remodeling at United Redeemer Lutheran Church the service will be held at Lands Lutheran Church in Zumbrota with Reverend Susan Vikstrom officiating. Burial will be in Zumbrota...
Corrine Lenore Johnson
Aug 29, 2008
Corrine Lenore Johnson, age 87 of Red Wing, formerly of Hager City, died Friday at the Fairview Red Wing Medical Center. She was born February 11, 1921 in St. Paul to Emil and Bertha (Lindell) Johnson. She grew up on the family farm in Hager City and attended Wilson School through eighth grade and then graduated from Red Wing Central...
Clarice Marian Hoeft
Aug 26, 2008
Clarice Marian Hoeft, 78, Red Wing, died Tuesday, August 26, 2008, at Fairview Seminary Home. She was born July 24, 1930 in Red Wing, the daughter of Erwin and Clara (Schwartau) Hinrichs. She graduated from Red Wing High School in 1948.She married Lloyd J. Hoeft on September 16, 1950 in Red Wing. He died October 11, 1996. She was a...
Joseph E. McCusker
Aug 25, 2008
Joseph E. McCusker, age 88, of Red Wing, died Monday, August 25, 2008, at Fairview Seminary Home. He was born on December 7, 1919, in Trimbelle Township, Wisconsin, to William and Lucille (Floody) McCusker. He attended rural school. He served two tours of duty in the U.S. Army during World War II. He married Ruth Lubach on May 21, 1951,...

Jay Gardas
Aug 24, 2008
Cashmere "Jay" Gardas, age 61 of Hager City, Wisconsin died on Sunday, August 24, 2008 at his residence. Jay was born on September 10, 1946 in Red Wing, MN the son of Cashmere and Genette (Johnson) Gardas. He was a graduate of Ellsworth High School and attended the University of Wisconsin-River Falls. He was a lifelong resident of Trenton Island...
Arthur Snyder
Aug 24, 2008
Arthur F. Snyder Jr. age 89 of Lake City passed away Sunday, August 24, 2008 at the Lake City Hospital Mayo Health Systems. Arthur was born June 14, 1919 in Minneapolis, MN to Arthur & Lillian (Oys) Snyder. He graduated from high school in Minneapolis he also attended the University of Minnesota. He served in the Army during WW II,...
Vivian Richter
Aug 24, 2008
Vivian Elizabeth Richter, 76, Red Wing, died Sunday, August 24, 2008 at Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota. She was born October 8, 1931 in Red Wing, the daughter of Seneca and Alice (McKinley) VanGuilder. She attended school in Red Wing and she worked at Durkee-Atwood. She married Glenn Richter on November 27, 1954 and she stayed at home to...
Ronald Clifford Lund
Aug 21, 2008
OBITUARY: Ronald Lund Funeral service for Ronald Lund will be at 11AM on Wednesday, August 27, 2008 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Wanamingo with Reverend Byron Meline officiating. Casketbearers will be Dean Cocker, Chris Smedsrud, Shane Farmer, Reid Teigen, Mitch Ryan, Alex Peterson and Jordan Ryan. Honorary casketbearers will be his remaining grandchildren: Dave Farmer, Brenda Donovan, Karin Smedsrud, Tricia...
Linden Giar
Aug 19, 2008
Linden Earl Giar, age 63, of Red Wing, died Tuesday, August 19, at his home. He was born on March 5, 1945, in Lodi, Ohio, to Leo and Geniva (Patton) Giar. He grew up in Spencer, Ohio, and attended schools in Ohio and Minnesota. He served in the U.S. Army from 1963 to 1983, receiving the Bronze Star and the...
Luverne Lidgerding
Aug 18, 2008
Luverne Lidgerding, 96, of Red Wing, died Monday at Fairview Seminary Home. She was born on June 14, 1912, to Arthur and Etta (Edstrom) Lindquist. She graduated from Red Wing Central High School in 1930. On July 1, 1938 she was married to Reuben Lidgerding in Nashua, Iowa. She was a homemaker and worked with her parents on their family...
Ronald Gatz
Aug 18, 2008
Ronald William Gatz, age 58, of Red Wing, died Monday, August 18, 2008, at his home. He was born on April 12, 1950, in Hinsdale, Illinois, to Nicholas and Gladys (Thomas) Gatz. He was a 1968 graduate of Hinsdale High School and married Cathleen Cain on February 22, 1969, in Hinsdale. They moved to Red Wing in 1972. He worked...

Jack L. Burridge
Aug 16, 2008
. Jack Lee Burridge, age 76 of Colfax, Wisconsin died on Saturday, August 16, 2008 at the Red Cedar Medical Center in Menomonie, Wisconsin. Jack was born in Red Wing, Minnesota, the son of John and Myrel (Gray) Burridge. Jack attended grade school in Maiden Rock, Wisconsin and graduated from Harding High School in St. Paul in 1949. After graduation...
Delores Bye
Aug 16, 2008
PINE ISLAND � A Mass of Christian Burial for Delores Bye will be 10:00 a.m. Thursday at St. Michael's Catholic Church in Pine Island with Rev. Steven Hoffman officiating. Burial will be in St. Michael's Catholic Church Cemetery. Mrs. Bye, 85, of Pine Island, died Saturday, (Aug. 16, 2008) at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester from complications following a stroke....
Ruth W. Olson
Aug 15, 2008
Ruth W. Olson age 92 of Zumbrota died Friday, August 15, 2008 at the Pine Haven Care Center. Funeral services are scheduled for Tuesday, August 19, 2008 at 10:00 AM at Christ Lutheran Church in Zumbrota with Reverend Erich Westphal officiating. Burial will be in Zumbrota Cemetery. Visitation is scheduled for Monday, August 18, 2008 from 5:00 � 7:00 PM...
Donald Clarence Steffenhagen
Aug 14, 2008
Donald Clarence Steffenhagen, age 89, of Frontenac died Thursday at the Lake City Medical Center. He was born July 3, 1919 in Lake City, the son of William and Caroline (Kohn) Steffenhagen. Donald attended Lake City Schools before beginning to farm with his father in Frontenac, taking over the farming operation in 1950 until his retirement in 1981and moving...
Dyrol "Dyke" Keith Jackson
Aug 14, 2008
Obituary Notice Dyrol "Dyke" Jackson Dyrol "Dyke" Jackson, age 75, of Welch, died on Thursday morning, August 14, 2008 at his home, after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. Funeral service will be 11 a.m. Monday, August 18, 2008 at Cross of Christ Lutheran Church in Welch with Reverend Bob Albing officiating. Burial will be 2:30 p.m. at Emmanuel Lutheran...

Norman Holby
Aug 11, 2008
Norman Herbert Holby, 51, of Elmwood, Wisconsin, died Monday, August 11, 2008 at United Hospital in St. Paul. He was born November 27, 1956 in Minneapolis. He attended Harding High School from 1972-1975 and for many years had lived in the St. Paul area. For the past four years he lived in the Red Wing area and was employed at...
Mary Gwen Owen Swanson MacLeod
Aug 11, 2008
Mary Gwen Owen Swanson MacLeod, age 68, of River Falls, WI, passed away August 11, 2008 at United Hospital in St. Paul, MN. Mary was born on April 7, 1940, in Red Wing, MN, the daughter of Edward Swanson and Mary Gwen Owen Swanson. She grew up in Hager City, WI, and attended the Villa Maria in Frontenac, MN. Over...
Peter Daniel Sand
Aug 5, 2008
Peter D. Sand age 21 of Zumbrota died unexpectedly on Tuesday, August 5, 2008 in St. Paul. Memorial service will be on Saturday, August 9, 2008 at 11:00 AM with Reverend Tom Isaacson officiating. Due to remodeling at United Redeemer Lutheran Church, the service will be held at Christ Lutheran Church in Zumbrota. Inurnment will be in Zumbrota Cemetery. Visitation...