Obituaries
Joel H. Erie
Jul 18, 2007
Joel Howard Erie, 72, Welch, died Wednesday at Fairview University Hospital, Minneapolis, Minn. He was born August 30, 1934 in Red Wing, the son of Jens Orvil and Olava (Finne) Erie. He attended school in White Rock and Red Wing. He enlisted in the Air Force on September 12, 1951 and served in the Korean War. He married Joyce Marie...
Howard Henry Korsten
Jul 17, 2007
Howard Henry Korsten, 86, Red Wing, died Tuesday. He was born December 4, 1920 in Belvidere Township, the son of Henry and Kate (Kunde) Korsten. He attended school in Goodhue. He married Deloris Kuhfuss on August 3, 1946. They farmed in Hay Creek until 1967. He worked at Red Wing Sewer Pipe and then at Durkee Atwood, retiring in 1985....
Allison James Heisler
Jul 17, 2007
Allison James Heisler, age 77, of Lake City died Tuesday, July 17, 2007, at home. Allison James Heisler was born to John & Marie Heisler August 31, 1929, on the Indian Reservation in White Earth, MN. He attended many grade schools in Iowa, Minnesota, and Illinois. He graduated from Caledonia Loretto High School in 1948. He entered into the Air...

Jamie W. Smith
Jul 17, 2007
Our beloved son, brother, uncle, nephew and grandson entered God's arms on Tuesday, July 17, 2007, surrounded by his loving family who learned so much from him during his lifetime of 39 years. Survived by his parents, Roger and Joyce Smith of Red Wing; brother, Randy and Randy's fianc?e, Jennifer Jay of Maiden Rock, Wisconsin; his "other mother" Auntie Carol...

Eleanor Barth
Jul 17, 2007
Eleanor M. Barth age 82 of Dodge Center, formerly of Pine Island died on Tuesday evening, July 17, 2007 at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester. A memorial service is scheduled for Saturday, July 21, 2007 at 11:00 A.M. at the Mahn Family Funeral Home ? Mahler Chapel in Pine Island with Father Harry Jewison officiating. Burial will be at a...
Margaret Nettie Johnson
Jul 16, 2007
Margaret Nettie Johnson, age 82, of Maiden Rock, died Monday, July 16, 2007, at her home. She was born on July 14, 1925, in Rushford, Minnesota, to Edward and Anna (Jens) Simonson. She attended school in Red Wing. On February 14, 1944, she was married to William Johnson at United Lutheran Church in Red Wing. She received her GED and...
Obert Loken
Jul 15, 2007
Obert N. Loken, age 96, of Zumbrota died on Wednesday, July 18, 2007 at the Zumbrota Nursing Home. Funeral services are scheduled for Monday, July 23, 2007 at 11:00 AM at Lands Lutheran church in Zumbrota with Reverend Luther Peterson, and Reverend Paul Reppe officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation is scheduled for Sunday, July 22, 2007...
Gladys Esther Cox
Jul 15, 2007
Gladys Esther Cox, age 80, of Red Wing, died Sunday, July 15, 2007, at St. Brigid's at Hi Park in Red Wing. She was born on September 23, 1926, in Buffalo City, Wisconsin, to Fred and Dorothy (Porter) Heuer. She attended rural Buffalo City rural school and Plainview High School. She received her nursing assistant degree. On October 6, 1944,...
Ione M. Anderson
Jul 15, 2007
Ione Mae Anderson, 83, Red Wing, died Sunday at her residence. She was born December 7, 1923 in Tyler, Minn, the daughter of Arthur and Nellie (Raine) Salzman. She graduated from Lake Benton High School and then from the School of Cosmetology in Minneapolis. After finishing beauty school, she moved to Red Wing in 1942 and married Leland Anderson on...
Edward Swagger
Jul 14, 2007
Edward "Rusty" Russell Swagger, 49, of Pepin, Wisconsin, died Saturday at St. Elizabeth's Medical Center in Wabasha. He was born September 4, 1957, in Lake City to Russell and Loretta (Cross) Swagger. He attended grade school and Lincoln High School in Lake City. For a number of years he worked at a factory in Winona and then traveled throughout Washington,...
Alberta Roberson
Jul 14, 2007
Alberta Jean Roberson, 77, of Zumbro Falls, died Saturday, July 14, 2007, at her home. She was bon on March 27, 1930 in Minneapolis, Minnesota to Albert and Evalina (Sprenger) Schultz. She graduated from Lake City High School in 1947 and then attended nursing school in Rochester. On May 22, 1948 she married David Roberson in Lake City. They farmed...

Catherine Elizabeth Tapanila
Jul 12, 2007
Catherine Elizabeth Tapanila , age 90, of Red Wing, died Thursday, July 12, at Loving Residence in Red Wing. She was born on December 15, 1916, in New Rochelle, New York, to Axel and Rauha (Nummelin) Kivi. She was married to Theodore Tapanila and lived in the Coon Rapids area. She moved to Red Wing in 2002. Survivors include her...
Lucille Abraham
Jul 12, 2007
Lucille Bernice Abraham, 89, Lake City, died Thursday at Lake City, Hospital. She was born October 24, 1917 in Millville, Minnesota, to Herman and Emma (Jacob) Moechnig. She graduated from Lake City High School in 1935 and then attended Business College in the Twin Cities. She married Hollace Abraham on May 30, 1938 at St. John's Lutheran Church in Lake...

Mary Lynch
Jul 11, 2007
Mary Lynch, 63, of Red Wing, died Wednesday, July 11, 2007, at her home. She moved to Red Wing in February 2006. Survivors include 6 children, Denise (Steve) Kisor, Debbie (Bill) Keller, Deane (Allen) Leske, Terry, Herbie and Jeff Lynch; 9 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren and 3 sisters, Doris Brisco, Joyce Hoklas and Maureen (Bud) Cook. Preceded in death by parents;...
Donald A. Tiedemann
Jul 10, 2007
Donald Tiedemann, 75, of Zumbrota, died Tuesday, July 10, 2007 at his residence. A funeral service will be held at 11 A.M. on Saturday, July 14, 2007 at Christ Lutheran Church in Zumbrota with the Reverend Wayne D. Schoch officiating. Interment will be in the Zumbrota Cemetery with combined military honors provided by the Stary-Yerka VFW Post #5727 of Zumbrota,...
Karl D. Glabe
Jul 10, 2007
PINE ISLAND � A memorial service for Karl D. Glabe will be 1:00 p.m. Saturday at the First Presbyterian Church in Oronoco with Rev. Janet Shannon officiating. The body was cremated. Burial will be in Oronoco Cemetery. Mr. Glabe, 94, of Pine Island, died Tuesday (July 10, 2007) at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester. Born Oct. 13, 1912 on the...
Everett Waleski
Jul 9, 2007
Everett Leroy Waleski, 84, died Monday, July 9, 2007 at Fairview Seminary Home in Red Wing. He was born May 27, 1923 in Grand Rapids, Minnesota to Joseph and Theodore (Cieminski) Waleski. He attended school in Grand Rapids before entering the Army in 1943. He served in the 27th Combat Engineers until being honorably discharged in 1946. He participated in...
Marian T. Heitman-Bartels
Jul 8, 2007
Marian Theresa Heitman-Bartels, 94, of Red Wing, died Sunday, July 8, 2007 at St. Brigid's at Hi-Park. She was born April 9, 1913 in Lake City to William and Theresa (Berg) Eggenberger and attended school there. On May 11, 1929, she married Edwin Heitman and they lived in Lake City until moving to Red Wing 1942. Edwin died Feb. 1,...

Joan R. Anderson
Jul 7, 2007
Joan R. Anderson age 68 of Zumbrota died on Saturday, July 7, 2007 at the Rochester Methodist Hospital in Rochester. A Mass of Christian Burial is scheduled for Tuesday, July 10, 2007 at 11:00 AM at Ss. Peter & Paul Catholic Church in Mazeppa with Father Milo Ernster officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Park. Visitation is scheduled for...
James K. Brogan
Jul 6, 2007
PINE ISLAND � The Funeral Mass for James K. "Jim" Brogan will be 11:00 a.m. Wednesday at St. Michael's Catholic Church in Pine Island with Rev. Timothy Dolan officiating. Burial will be in the Church Cemetery. Mr. Brogan, 62, a retired Pine Island area farmer, died Friday (July 6, 2007) in a fishing accident in Northwest Ontario, Canada. Born June...