Obituaries

Dora  Alice Cox

Dora Alice Cox

Dec 19, 2007

Dora Alice Cox, 88, of Red Wing, died Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2007 at the Red Wing Health Center. She was born December 16, 1919 in Pleasant Hill, Louisiana to Louis and Mamie (Grantham) Mary. Moved to Red Wing in August of 1993. Preceded in death by former husband Edwin Austin Cox, and daughters Judith Ann Cox and Patricia Larimer, formerly...

Larry  Raymond Groth

Larry Raymond Groth

Dec 19, 2007

Larry R. Groth age 68 of Zumbrota died on Wednesday, December 19, 2007 at his home. Funeral services are scheduled for Saturday, December 22, 2007 at 2:00 PM at St. John's Lutheran Church ? Minneola in rural Zumbrota with Reverend Randall Kuznicki officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation is scheduled for Friday, December 21, 2007 from 4:00...

Sandra  L. Ebensperger

Sandra L. Ebensperger

Dec 18, 2007

Sandra Louise Ebensperger, 58, Bay City, died Tuesday at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Minneapolis. She was born April 23, 1949 in St. Paul, Minnesota, the daughter of Ralph and Kim C. (Myhre) Galchutt. She graduated from Red Wing Central High School in 1967 and Robinson Beauty School in Minneapolis in 1968. She enlisted in the U. S. Navy....

Merle  J. Mehrkens

Merle J. Mehrkens

Dec 18, 2007

Merle J. Mehrkens age 66 of Zumbrota died on Tuesday, December 18, 2007 at Rochester Methodist Hospital. Funeral services are scheduled for Saturday, December 22, 2007 at 11:00 AM at Christ Lutheran Church in Zumbrota with Reverend Erich Westphal officiating. Burial will be in Zumbrota Cemetery. Visitation is scheduled for Friday, December 21, 2007 from 4:00 pm to 7:00 PM...

Luella Mandelkow

Luella Mandelkow

Dec 18, 2007

Luella Hattie Mandelkow, 84, of Vasa, died Tuesday, December 18, 2007, at St. Brigid's at Hi-Park. She was born on April 2, 1923, in Oak Center, Wabasha County, Minnesota to John and Martha (Ohlhaber) Wohlers. She attended school at Vasa district #131. She worked for different families cooking, cleaning and babysitting. On February 15, 1945, she was married to Vernon...

Leonard  William Schumacher

Leonard William Schumacher

Dec 15, 2007

Leonard William Schumacher, 93, of Red Wing, died Saturday, December 15, 2007, at the Fairview Red Wing Medical Center. He was born on January 26, 1914, in Wabasha County to Fred and Sara (Witt) Schumacher. On August 30, 1941, he was married to Dorothy Erickson and they lived in Red Wing. He was employed at Pittsburgh Plate and Glass and...

Harvey  Robert Bjork

Harvey Robert Bjork

Dec 15, 2007

Harvey Robert Bjork, 82, of Red Wing, died Saturday, December 15, 2007, at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester. He was born on October 27, 1925, in Red Wing and graduated from Red Wing Central High School in 1944. In 1948 he married Joyce Bostrom. They lived in Waseca for 20 years where he was employed as a general manager at...

Virginia  Erna Haar

Virginia Erna Haar

Dec 14, 2007

Virginia Erna Haar, 64, of Red Wing, died Friday, December 14, 2007, at St. Brigid's at Hi-Park. She was on January 31, 1943, at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester to Rev. Theophil and Lenora (Busse) Haar. Due to frail health, she spent the first three months at the hospital. While there she was baptized in the Lutheran faith by her...

Steven Veek

Steven Veek

Dec 13, 2007

Steven Mark Veek, age 23, of Red Wing, died Thursday, December 13, 2007, at Lake City Nursing Home, following a lengthy illness. He was born on February 20, 1984, in Red Wing, to Corey and Barbara (Dale) Veek. He attended Red Wing Schools and graduated in 2005 through the special education program. He lived at Vasa Children's Home for a...

Rosa Glasby

Rosa Glasby

Dec 12, 2007

Rosa May Glasby, 92, of Red Wing, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2007 at the Red Wing Health Center. She was born on January 24, 1915 in Cannon Falls, MN to George and Lois (King) McKinley. Survivors include three sons, Gifford (Katherine) Moorhouse, Rodney (Elizabeth) Fitcha and Clinton Glasby; one daughter, Diane (Michael) McCormick; 18 grandchildren and many...

Shirley  M. Murray

Shirley M. Murray

Dec 11, 2007

OBITUARY: Shirley M. Murray Funeral services for Shirley M. Murray will be at 11 AM on Saturday, December 15, 2007 at the Presbyterian Church in Oronoco with Rev. Dr. Gary Titusdahl officiating. Music will be provided by Katha Johnson. Shirley's grandsons will be casketbearers. Burial will follow in the Oronoco Cemetery. Shirley, age 80, of Oronoco died on Tuesday, December...

Larry  L. Corbin

Larry L. Corbin

Dec 11, 2007

Larry L. Corbin, 60, of Rochester, died unexpectedly Tuesday, December 11, 2007 in Morris, Minnesota. Funeral services will be held at 11 AM, Monday, December 17, 2007 at the Autumn Ridge Church-Timothy Chapel with the Pastor Andy Kumpel officiating. Interment will be in the Jeffers Cemetery in Jeffers, Minnesota. Visitation will be held from 4-7 PM on Sunday, December 16,...

Mary  Jane Postier

Mary Jane Postier

Dec 10, 2007

OBITUARY: Mary J. Postier Mass of Christian Burial for Mary J. Postier will be at 10:30 AM on Friday, December 14, 2007, at St. Michael's Catholic Church in Pine Island with Father Timothy Dolan officiating. Casketbearers will be Michael Postier, Travis Postier, Daniel Collett, Gery Wondrow, Laurel Holt and Dennis Beyer. Burial will follow at the Center Grove Cemetery in...

Sophie Timmons

Sophie Timmons

Dec 7, 2007

ROCHESTER A Funeral Mass for Sophie Timmons will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at St. Pius X Catholic Church with Rev. Paul Nelson officiating. Interment will be in Calvary Cemetery. Mrs. Timmons, 89, of Rochester, a long time Avon Representative, died Friday (Dec. 7, 2007) at Olmsted Medical Center Hospital after a brief illness. Sophie Vandy Marchwinski was born Mar....

Olga  E. Jonas

Olga E. Jonas

Dec 7, 2007

Olga E. Jonas, 91, of Red Wing, died Friday, December 7, 2007 at the Fairview Seminary Home. She was born November 9, 1916 in Goodhue County to Claus and Lydia (Muhlmann) Jonas. She attended rural public school and Hay Creek Parochial School. For 26 years, she was employed at St. John's Hospital as a physical therapy aide and nursing assistant....

Richard  J. Gorcowski

Richard J. Gorcowski

Dec 7, 2007

Richard J. Gorcowski age 37 of Pine Island died on Friday, December 7, 2007 of injuries received in a motor vehicle accident near Dexter, MN. A Mass of Christian Burial is scheduled for Tuesday, December 11, 2007 at 11:00 AM at St. Michaels Catholic Church in Pine Island with Father Timothy Dolan officiating. Visitation is scheduled for Monday, December 10,...

Kenneth  E. Juers

Kenneth E. Juers

Dec 7, 2007

Kenneth E. Juers age 74 of Lake City died Friday, December 7, 2007 at the Lake City Hospital. Kenneth was born September 20, 1933 in Mount Pleasant Township in Wabasha County to Emanuel & Meta (Boettcher) Juers. Kenneth attended rural school in Wabasha County and he graduated from Lincoln High School in Lake City. He joined the Army and was...

Marian  L. Sigrist

Marian L. Sigrist

Dec 4, 2007

OBITUARY: Marian L. Sigrist Memorial services for Marian L. Sigrist will be at 2 PM on Friday, December 7, 2007 at Mahn Family Funeral Home Mahler Chapel in Pine Island. Pastor Deanna Woodward will officiate. Visitation will be one hour prior to services on Friday. Marian age 80, of rural Pine Island died in her sleep on Tuesday, December 4,...

Evelyn Anderson

Evelyn Anderson

Dec 3, 2007

Evelyn Gertrude Emma Anderson, 86, of Red Wing, died Monday at Fairview Red Wing Medical Center. She was born January 16, 1921 in Odebolt, Iowa to Lorence and Lela (Gertsmeier) Lichtenburg. She graduated from high school in 1939 and worked as a phone operator for Bell Telephone for 25 years. She married G. Harold Anderson on August 5, 1964 in...

Janice Holm

Janice Holm

Dec 3, 2007

Janice Cleone Holm, 80, of Red Wing, died Monday at Fairview University Medical Center in Minneapolis. She was born August 13, 1927, in Red Wing to Clarence and Lucile (Veith) Larson. She graduated from Red Wing Central High School in 1945. She worked as a telephone operator in Red Wing and St. Paul, before moving to San Francisco for a...