Obituaries
Lori Walczak
Dec 23, 2008
Lori Walczak, 43, of Red Wing, died Tuesday, December 23, 2008 at her home. She is survived by her husband, Daniel; four children, Tonya Walczak, Jessica, Joshua and Mellisa Baker; her ex-husband, Rodney Baker; her mother, Shirley (Lyle) Zemke; father, LeRoy Hayes; one sister, Kathleen Hayes; three brothers, Scott, Rodney and Mark Hayes and grandmothers, Lola Hayes and Frances Ostrander....
Colleen Margaret Owen
Dec 21, 2008
A funeral mass for Colleen Owen will be held Friday December 26th at 11:00 AM at Saint Michael's Catholic Church in Pine Island. The Reverend Tim Dolan will officiate. Burial will follow at Pine Island Cemetery. Mrs. Owen, 77, a lifelong resident of Pine Island, died Sunday December 21, 2008 at Pine Haven Care Center in Pine Island. Colleen Margaret...
Susan Nibbe
Dec 21, 2008
Susan Nibbe, 47, of Highland Park, Illinois, died December 21, 2008 at Rainbow Hospice Ark in Park Ridge, IL. Susan Marlene Nibbe was born June 14, 1961 to Fritz & Marlene Nibbe in Lake City, MN. She graduated from Lincoln High School in 1979. Susan worked for Equitable Life Ins. Co. in Rochester and received a degree of Associate in...
Marie Poloson
Dec 20, 2008
Ernestine Marie Poloson, age 85, of Red Wing, died Saturday, December 20, 2008, at Saint Marys Hospital in Rochester. She was born on March 3, 1923, in Helena, Montana, to Dan and Mae Deschamps Poloson. She spent her early years at their Wolf Creek home where, from infancy, she accompanied her mother on horseback and by wagon traveling over steep...
Reynold Steffenhagen
Dec 18, 2008
Reynold (Ray) Steffenhagen age 88 of Lake City passed away December 18, 2008 at the Lake City Nursing Home. Reynold was born June 8, 1920 in Lake City, MN to Albert & Hilda (Wohlers) Steffenhagen. He married Lauda Steffenhagen August 29, 1942 in Lake City. After they were married they farmed and owned and operated Sugar Loaf Valley Dairy in...
Todd Allen Arndt
Dec 18, 2008
The funeral service for Todd A. Arndt will be 1 p.m. Monday, December 22, 2008, at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Pine Island, with Reverend Kip Groettum and Reverend John Torris Lohre officiating. Burial with military honors will be at St. John's Lutheran Church � Bear Valley Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Brandon Arndt, Mike Wiebrand, Andy Olson, Ryan Olson, Mark...
John Enblom
Dec 16, 2008
John Clint Enblom, 97, of Red Wing, died Tuesday, December 16, 2008, at Fairview Red Wing Medical Center. He was born August 17, 1911, in Minneapolis, Minnesota to Albert and Minnie Enblom. He attended West High School in Minneapolis and graduated from the University Of Minnesota School of Engineering in 1933. While attending the University of Minnesota he was also...
Werner Schneider
Dec 14, 2008
Werner Paul Albert Schneider, 87, Red Wing, died Sunday at Fairview Seminary Home. He was born July 17, 1921 in the free state of Danzig, the son of Gustav and Dorothea (Merkins) Schneider. He graduated from the free state of Danzig and served in the German Navy during WW II. He married Johanna Schneider on March 25, 1944 in Danzig...
Beatrice Alpers
Dec 14, 2008
Beatrice Mae Alpers, age 81, of Red Wing, was welcomed into Heaven on Sunday, December 14, 2008 at Loving Care Cottage in Cottage Grove, MN. She was born on May 13, 1927, in Waltham Township, MN, to Henry and Emma (Reinke) Schlichting. She graduated from Austin High School in May, 1946 and a teacher training school. She married Edmund Alpers...
Doris L. Romo
Dec 13, 2008
Obituary Notice Doris Romo The funeral service for Doris L. Romo will be at 1p.m. Tuesday at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Pine Island with Reverend Kip Groettum and Reverend John Torris Lohre officiating. Burial will be at Pine Island Cemetery. Pallbearers will be her grandchildren, Steve Romo, Gary Romo, Kerri Carda, Lisa Tybor, Kelly Romo, Tony Romo, Jessica Thornton,...
Nordis M. Urness
Dec 12, 2008
Nordis Urness, 90, of Zumbrota, MN., passed away on Friday, December 12, 2008, at St. Brigid's at Hi-Park in Red Wing, MN. Funeral services will be held at Friday, December 19, 2008, at 2 pm, at Lands Lutheran Church, Zumbrota, MN., with Pastor David Krinke officiating and burial will follow in the church cemetery. Nordis Marguerite Jacobson was born on...
Larry Christensen
Dec 11, 2008
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Vernon Ross Mattox
Dec 11, 2008
Funeral services for Dr. Vernon Mattox will be held Tuesday December 16 at 11:00 AM at Mahn Family Funeral Home � Rochester Chapel. The Reverend Michael Wuehler of Christ United Methodist Church will officiate. Burial, at a later date, will be at East Lawn Cemetery in Springfield, Missouri. Dr. Mattox, 94, of Rochester, died Thursday December 11, 2008 at Shalom...
Carrie Jane McDonald
Dec 9, 2008
Carrie J. McDonald age 85 of Zumbrota, formerly of Minneapolis died on Tuesday, December 9, 2008 at the Zumbrota Health Services. A Mass of Christian Burial is scheduled for Saturday, December 13, 2008 at 1:00 PM at the Church of the Ascension, 1723 Bryant Avenue North, Minneapolis, MN with Father Joseph Gillespie officiating. Burial will be in Crystal Lake Cemetery....
Flora Loretta Plotnik
Dec 8, 2008
Flora Loretta Plotnik, age 91, of Red Wing, died Monday, December 8, 2008, at St. Brigid's at Hi-Park. She was born on February 28, 1917, in Buffalo, Minnesota, to James and Veronica (Zaller) Bannochie. She was a graduate of Buffalo High School where she lettered in basketball. She was married to Paul Plotnik for more than 55 years. They lived...
Harold Ehlers
Dec 8, 2008
Harold Leslie Ehlers, 92, Red Wing, died Monday, December 8, 2008 at Fairview Seminary Home. He was born July 16, 1916 in Pepin County, Wisconsin, the son of Gustav and Laura (Juliot) Ehlers. He was schooled in Lake City, MN and was baptized and confirmed at St. John's Lutheran Church in Lake City. He served in the U. S. Army...
Allan Thuman
Dec 8, 2008
Allan Howard Thuman, age 64, of Kenyon, died Monday, December 8, 2008, at his home as the result of a home fire. He was born on October 19, 1944, in Red Wing, to Leonard and Lucille (Bartlett) Thuman. He grew up in Vasa where he attended school. He lived in the Red Wing area prior to moving to Kenyon seven...
Ronald M. Stokes
Dec 6, 2008
Ronald McArthur Stokes, age 63 of Red Wing died on Saturday, December 6, 2008 at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota. Ronald was born on October 1, 1945 in River Falls, Wisconsin to Harry and Marcine (Glaus) Stokes. He attended rural country schools in Old Frontenac and worked at several farms in rural Frontenac and also in Wisconsin. Ron began...
Bernice A. Witt
Dec 4, 2008
Obituary Notice Bernice A. Witt Bernice Agnes Witt, 91, of Lake City, died Thursday at the Lake City Nursing Home. Bernice was born August 29, 1917 in Lake City to Frank and Hilda (Benson) Danckwart. She married Edward Witt May 31, 1939 in Lake City at her family's farm. They lived in Lake City from 1939 to 1951, when they...
Ruth Marie Stogdill
Dec 4, 2008
Ruth Marie Stogdill, 92, of Red Wing, died Thursday, December 4, 2008 at the Fairview Seminary Home. She was born January 31, 1916 in Red Wing to Frank and Mary (Bolland) Wood, and grew up in the Red Wing area. She married Harold Stogdill on November 4, 1935 at United Lutheran Church in Red Wing. They farmed in the Hager...


