Obituaries

Raymond "Ray" O. Ross

Raymond "Ray" O. Ross

Aug 8, 2007

Raymond O. "Ray" Ross, 91, of Byron died Wednesday, August 08, 2007 at Season's Hospice in Rochester. A funeral service will be held at 2 PM on Monday, August 13, 2007 at the Byron United Methodist Church with the Reverend Sharon Nelson officiating. Interment will be in Pine Island Cemetery with military honors provided by the Sumner R. Hair American...

Carol Johnson

Carol Johnson

Aug 8, 2007

Carol L. Johnson age 88 of Lake City died Wednesday, August 8, 2007 at the Lake City Hospital. Carol was born September 11, 1918 in La Crosse, WI to Carl & Katherine (Hass) Hauge. She grew up in the La Crosse area and graduated from Logan High School in La Crosse in 1936. She married Arlan Johnson June 7, 1941...

Margaret  I. Standfield

Margaret I. Standfield

Aug 7, 2007

OBITUARY: Margaret Standfield Funeral services for Margaret Standfield will be on Friday, August 10, 2007 at 2PM at Mahn Family Funeral Home � Mahler Chapel in Pine Island. Reverend Kip Groettum will officiate. Casketbearers will be Steve Krause, Roger Krause, Donald Peterson, Donald Krause, Dan Borgschatz and Doug Andrist. Burial will follow in the Pine Island Cemetery. Margaret, age 90,...

Ralph Mercer

Ralph Mercer

Aug 7, 2007

Ralph Edwin Mercer, 54, of Bay City, died Tuesday, August 7, 2007 from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. He was born December 6, 1952 in Wabasha to Walter and Verna (Peters) Mercer. He grew up in Pepin, Wisconsin and attended Pepin schools, graduating from Pepin High School in 1972. On May 7, 1977 he married Bonnie Quade in Red...

Eleanor  Anna Carlson

Eleanor Anna Carlson

Aug 7, 2007

Eleanor A. Carlson age 92 of Lake City died Tuesday, August 7, 2007 at the Lake City Nursing Home. Eleanor was born March 11, 1915 to Henry & Mary (Meerkins) Holst in Mount Pleasant Township in Wabasha County. She attended Country School in Mount Pleasant Township and St, John's Parochial School in Lake City. She married Roy D. Carlson October...

Lorraine  Ruth Matthees

Lorraine Ruth Matthees

Aug 6, 2007

Lorraine Ruth Matthees, 80, a longtime Goodhue area resident passed away at Fairview Red Wing Medical Center on Monday, August 6, 2007. She was born on January 20, 1927 to Arnold and Lillian (Borgschatz) Stechmann of Zumbrota. On September 4, 1949, she married Reynold Matthees. Reynold and Lorraine farmed in Goodhue. Lorraine was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church...

Deloris  M. Roth

Deloris M. Roth

Aug 5, 2007

Deloris M. Roth, age 76, died Sunday August 5, 2007, at Fairview Seminary Home. She was born on May 11, 1931, in Red Wing to Luke and Anna (Westerberg) Nash. She attended school in Red Wing. She married Marvin Roth in 1949 in Cresco, IA. They lived in Red Wing where she worked at Red Wing Shoe Plant 2 for...

Maxine  A. Nelson

Maxine A. Nelson

Aug 2, 2007

Maxine Anna Nelson, 86, of Red Wing, died Thursday, August 2, 2007 at Fairview Red Wing Medical Center. She was born May 20, 1921 in Plum City, Wisconsin to Richard and Carrie (Breunig) McCardle. Her family moved to Belle Creek, Minnesota and she attended high school in Cannon Falls. When she was 16, she graduated from high school and then...

Evelyn  J. Betcher

Evelyn J. Betcher

Aug 2, 2007

Evelyn J. Betcher age 88 of Goodhue died on Thursday morning, August 2, 2007 at the Zumbrota Nursing Home. Funeral services are scheduled for Monday, August 6, 2007 at 10:30 AM at Grace Lutheran church in rural Goodhue with Reverend Andrew Krause officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation is scheduled for Sunday, August 5, 2007 from 4:00...

Doris  Geraldine Fortner

Doris Geraldine Fortner

Aug 2, 2007

OBITUARY NOTICE DORIS FORTNER Doris Geraldine Fortner, 90 of Red Wing, died Thursday, August 2, 2007, at Fairview Seminary Home in Red Wing. She was born on February 24, 1917 in Salem Township, Wisconsin to Ellsworth and Ella (Meyer) Hague. She attended Lincoln grade school helped on the farm, and hired out doing house work. She worked in the factory...

Margarete  Elizabeth Schneider

Margarete Elizabeth Schneider

Aug 1, 2007

OBITUARY NOTICE MARGARETE E. LUBACH SCHNEIDER Margarete E. Lubach Schneider, 87, Red Wing, died Wednesday at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester. She was born January 30, 1920 in Berlin Steglitze, Germany, the daughter of Kaufmann Ludwig Kurt and Elizabeth Margarete (Stander) Lubach. She was schooled in Germany and immigrated to the United States in 1954, moving to Ellsworth and then...

Gerald  B. Koenig

Gerald B. Koenig

Jul 31, 2007

Gerald B. Koenig age 75 of Pine Island died on Tuesday evening, July 31, 2007 at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester. A memorial mass is scheduled for Saturday, August 4, 2007 at 10:00 AM at St. Michael's Catholic Church in Pine Island with Father Harry Jewison officiating. Burial will be in Pine Island Cemetery with military honors provided by Charles...

Joshua  Robert Tharalson

Joshua Robert Tharalson

Jul 29, 2007

Joshua Robert Tharalson was stillborn Sunday at Fairview University Medical Center in Minneapolis to Kyle and Katie (Hanson) Tharalson of Red Wing. Besides his parents survivors include one sister, Sophia; maternal grandparents, Milo and Mary Hanson of Red Wing; paternal grandparents, Robert and Mary Tharalson of Hager City; maternal great-grandmother, Luella Ekern of Onalaska, WI; paternal great-grandparents, Elmer and Geraldine...

Elizabeth Benrud

Elizabeth Benrud

Jul 27, 2007

Elizabeth Marie Benrud, age 22, of Goodhue, died Friday, July 27, 2007 in Duluth, after an accidental fall. She was born on January 3, 1985, in Lake City, Minnesota, to Bruce and Becky (Balow) Benrud. She was confirmed on October 31, 1999, at St. Luke's Lutheran Church. She graduated with honors in 2003 from Goodhue High School where she was...

Cletus Tomhave

Cletus Tomhave

Jul 25, 2007

Cletus Harry Tomhave, 64, Red Wing, died Wednesday, July 25, 2007 at his home, surrounded by loved ones, following a courageous battle with leukemia. He was born January 20, 1943 in Red Wing, to Harry and Agnes (Banitt) Tomhave. He graduated from Red Wing Central High School in 1961 and attended Mankato State for two years. He enlisted in the...

James  Virgil Harris

James Virgil Harris

Jul 23, 2007

James Virgil Harris, 86, formerly of Red Wing, died Monday, July 23, 2007, at the Briar Cliff Health Center in Tyler, Texas. He was born October 25, 1920 in Trimbelle Township, Wisconsin, to Mark and Margaret "Madge" (Ryan) Harris and graduated from Red Wing Central High in 1939. He enlisted in the US Navy in February of 1942 and served...

Gertrude  E Dicke

Gertrude E Dicke

Jul 22, 2007

Gertrude E. Dicke, 86, of Red Wing, died Sunday at St. Brigid's at Hi Park. The daughter of William and Maria (Reese) Vieths, she was born on December 14, 1920, in Goodhue Township. She attended schools in rural Goodhue and graduated from Goodhue High School and later completed teacher training in Red Wing. She taught school in rural Goodhue and...

Donald  E. Sundberg

Donald E. Sundberg

Jul 21, 2007

Donald Elroy Sundberg, 84, of Red Wing, and formerly of Austin, died Saturday, July 21, 2007 at the Fairview Red Wing Seminary Home. He was born November 11, 1922 in Red Wing to Elroy and Verna (Adler) Sundberg and graduated from Red Wing Central High School in 1940. He attended Gustavus Adolphus College before enlisting in the US Navy on...

Merle  J. Juers

Merle J. Juers

Jul 20, 2007

Merle L. Juers age 76 of Goodhue died Friday, July 20, 2007 at his home. Merle was born September 29, 1930 in Mount Pleasant Township in Wabasha County to Emanuel & Meta (Boettcher) Juers. He attended St. Peter's Belvidere School and also the University Of Minnesota School Of Agriculture. He entered the Army in 1952 and served during the Korean...

Mary Gludt

Mary Gludt

Jul 19, 2007

Mary Gludt age 70 formerly of Lake City, died on July 19, 2007 in Spa Creek Center, Annapolis, Maryland, of complications from Alzheimer's disease. Mary Gludt was born March 21 1937, in Red Wing, Minnesota and raised in Lake City, MN, the oldest child of Howard and Rectina Gludt. Mary graduated from Lake City HS in 1955 with honors, including...