Obituaries
Rojean B. Brandecker
Dec 29, 2007
Rojean B. Brandecker age 86 of Lake City died Saturday, December 29, 2007 at St. Elizabeth Health Care Center in Wabasha. Rojean was born October 17, 1921 in Lake City to Henry & Amanda (Rademacher) Sprick. Rojean graduated from Lincoln High School in Lake City in 1939. She then attended Minneapolis School of Business. Rojean married Joseph Costello October 10,...
Thomas Brady Kolberg
Dec 29, 2007
Thomas Brady Kolberg, age 79, of Red Wing, died Sunday at Fairview Red Wing Medical Center, after a short battle with cancer. He was born on November 9, 1928, in Red Wing, to Almer and Edith (Haller) Kolberg. He was a 1947 graduate of Red Wing Central High School. He married Marion Diercks on September 14, 1956, at Immanuel Lutheran...
Monika Anna Gudrais
Dec 28, 2007
Obituary notice Monika Anna Gudrais, 96, of Red Wing and formerly of Rochester, died Friday, December 28, 2007, at her son's home in Red Wing, where she has resided for the past three years. She was born on November 7, 1911, in Daugavpils, Latvia to Stephan and Hedwig (Purvinskis) Bogdanovs. She attended schools in Latvia and in 1938 was married...
Shirley Mae Hutchson
Dec 28, 2007
Shirley Mae Hutchson, 79, of Red Wing, died Friday, December 28, 2007, at the Fairview Seminary Home, surrounded by her family and friends. She was born on October 27, 1928, in Burr Oak, Wisconsin, to Arthur and Clara (Thiessen) Turnbell. She attended school in Pierce County, Wisconsin and on April 14, 1948, she was married to Donald Hutchson at St....
Alice Evangeline Axelson Holmes
Dec 28, 2007
Alice Evangeline Axelson Holmes, age 90,of Montello, Wisconsin, formerly of Welch, died Friday, December 28, 2007, at the Montello Care Center. She was bornon March 7, 1917, to Henry and Esther (Norell) Axelson, and grew up in Welch Minnesota. She graduated Valedictorian from Red Wing High School and then completed nurses training at Bethesda Hospital Nursing School in St. Paul....
Susan J. (King) Gentile
Dec 27, 2007
Susan J. (King) Gentile, age 74, of Rochester, died on Thursday, December 27, 2007 at her residence. She was born on November 16, 1933 in Stillwater to Frank and Lucille (Ahl) Tobisch. She is survived by four sons: Michael (Susan) King, of Bloomfield, MI, Brian (Kim) King, of Apex, NC, Kenneth King, of Altamonte Springs, FL, and Timothy (Shelly) King,...
Virginia Georgie Swanson
Dec 25, 2007
OBITUARY: Virginia Georgia "Jean" Schiesser Funeral services for Virginia Georgie Schiesser will be a 10 A.M. on Saturday, December 29, 2007 from the Mahn Family Funeral Home Mahler Chapel in Pine Island. Casketbearers will be John Schiesser, Stevie Schiesser, Will McKnight, Jade Schiesser, Keith Hickey and Allen Miller. She has donated her body to the Mayo Clinic following the service....
Faye Martin
Dec 25, 2007
Faye A. Martin, age 82, of Red Wing, died Monday, December 25, 2006, at Fairview Seminary Home. She was born on May 23, 1924, in Hemingford, Nebraska, to Harry and Jessie (Clayton) Wildy. She was a graduate of Hemingford High School and attended Nebraska Wesleyan University. She married Leonard ?Len? Martin on October 7, 1944, at the Army Air Force...
May M. Whipple
Dec 25, 2007
OBITUARY: May M. Whipple Funeral services for May M. Whipple will be at 1:30 P.M. on Saturday, December 29, 2007 at St. John's Lutheran Church in Mazeppa with Reverend Alan Horn officiating. Marla Tupper, organist and Dawn Whipple, soloist, will provide the music. Casketbearers will be Tron Compton-Engle, Myron Engle, Tony Whipple, Michael Whipple, John Pereda and Kenneth Tiedemann. Burial...
Edith B. Schafer
Dec 25, 2007
Edith Schafer, 93, a lifelong Bellechester area resident, died Tuesday, December 25, 2007 in Mesa, Arizona. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, December 29, 2007 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Bellechester with Father Bruce Peterson officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery. A visitation will be held from 5-8 p.m. at...
Gerald D. Fitzsimmons
Dec 24, 2007
Funeral services for Gerald D. Fitzsimmons will be held at 7 p.m. on Thursday, January 3, 2008 at the Mahn Family Funeral Home- Rochester Chapel with Father Lavern Trocinski officiating. Burial will be at 11:45 a.m. on Friday, January 4, 2008 at Assembly Area #4 at Ft. Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations...
Annes Voth
Dec 24, 2007
Annes Marie Voth, 89, of Red Wing, died Sunday, December 24, 2006 at the Fairview Seminary Home. She was born October 2, 1917 in Seward, Nebraska to Frank and Emilia (Lage) Block. She graduated from high school in Ulysses, Nebraska in 1935 and then moved to Red Wing to attend St. John?s School of Nursing. In 1940, she received her...
Bradford Friedrich
Dec 22, 2007
Dr. Bradford E. Friedrich, 75, of Wacouta, died Friday, Dec. 22, 2006 at his home. He is survived by his wife, Patricia of Red Wing; four children, Joel (Dar) of Bradenton, Florida, Molly (Christopoe) Nicaise of Madison, Wisconsin, Chris (Julie) of Maplewood and Jeff (Laurie) of Corcoran, Minnesota and four grandsons. Memorial service will be 11a.m. Friday at the Church...
Helen Lois Forsberg
Dec 22, 2007
Helen Lois Forsberg, 92, of Red Wing, died Saturday, December 22, 2007 at Fairview Red Wing Medical Center. She was born August 28, 1915, in Frankfort Township in Pepin County to Andrew and Mary (Fryklund) Johnson. She attended High School in Ellsworth, WI. She married Merlin Forsberg April 8, 1935 in Durand, WI. They moved to Red Wing in 1936....
Joyce Thomforde
Dec 22, 2007
Joyce Irma Thomforde, 72, of Rockford, IL died Friday, December 22, 2006 in OSF ST. Anthony Medical Center. Born April 22, 1934 in Red Wing to Lawrence & Wilma (Thumann) Swanson. Married to DuWayne Thomforde in Red Wing on August 29, 1952. Graduated from Red Wing Central High School in May of 1952. She worked as Office Manager for Orthodontist...
Lawrence Larson
Dec 22, 2007
Lawrence ?Lars? Julius Larson, 74, of Red Wing, died Friday, December 22, 2006 at the Fairview Seminary Home. He was born December 19, 1932 in Hager City, Wisconsin to Lawrence A. and Ethel (Dahl) Larson. He graduated from Red Wing Central High School in 1951 and attended two years at the University of Minnesota. He joined the Army in March...
John W. Ruegg
Dec 21, 2007
PINE ISLAND The funeral for John Willie Ruegg will be 1 p.m. Thursday at Saint Paul Lutheran Church with Rev. John Torris Lohre officiating. Burial will be in Pine Island Cemetery with Military Honors by the Charles Cowden Post #184 of the American Legion of Pine Island. Mr. Ruegg, 89, of Pine Island, died Friday (Dec. 21, 2007) at the...
Agnes Blakstad
Dec 21, 2007
Agnes L. Blakstad age 91 of Zumbrota, formerly of Wanamingo died on Friday, December 21, 2007 at the Zumbrota Health Services. Funeral services are scheduled for Thursday, December 27, 2007 at 11:00 AM at Minneola Lutheran Church in rural Zumbrota with Reverend Sarah Nietz officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to the...
Reuben V. Scharpen
Dec 21, 2007
Reuben V. Scharpen age 91 of Goodhue died unexpectedly on Friday, December 21, 2007. Funeral services are scheduled for Thursday, December 27, 2007 at 1:30 PM at St. John's Lutheran Church ? Minneola in rural Zumbrota with Reverend Randall Kuznicki officiating. Burial will be in St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery in rural Goodhue. Visitation is scheduled for Wednesday, December 26,...
Jeanette Axelson
Dec 21, 2007
Obituary Notice Jeanette P. Axelson Jeanette Pauline Axelson, 83, of Welch, died Thursday, December 21, 2006, at St. Brigid?s at Hi-Park. She was born July 19, 1923 in Red Wing to Richard and Dena (Hegseth) Simonson. A graduate of Red Wing Central High School, she married Gilbert Axelson on January 6, 1945 in Red Wing. She had worked at Smead?s...


