Obituaries
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Elizabeth Hoshor
Dec 2, 2007
Elizabeth Louise Hoshor, 88, of Red Wing, Minnesota formerly of Peoria, Illinois, died Sunday at the Fairview Seminary Home. She was born on April 3, 1919, in Peoria, Illinois to Willis and Henrietta (Heinrich) Harney. She graduated from Academy of Our Lady High School and attended Bradley University. On February 17, 1940, she was married to Roy Hoshor. They lived...
Florence Eleanor Lillian Berg
Dec 1, 2007
Florence Eleanor Lillian Berg, age 91, of Welch, died Saturday, December 1, 2007, at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester. She was born on December 4, 1915, in Douglas Township, Dakota County, to Henry and Christine (Dahlstrom) Bodin. After attending District 139 Bloom School, she boarded in Cannon Falls to attend high school. She graduated early and went to teacher training...
Fritz E. Dose
Nov 30, 2007
Fritz E. Dose, 85, of Rochester, died Friday, November 30, 2007 at his home of an apparent heart attack. A funeral service will be held at 2 PM, Tuesday, December 4, 2007 at Rochester Covenant Church with Reverend Gary Downing officiating. Interment will be in Pleasant Prairie Cemetery in Rochester. Military honors will be provided by the American Legion Post...
Neil George Youngs
Nov 29, 2007
Neil George Youngs, 55, of Bay City, died Thursday at Fairview University Medical Center in Minneapolis. He was born on October 16, 1952, in Kenosha, Wisconsin to Ronald and Patricia (Herrick) Youngs. At the age of five he moved with his family to California. He graduated from Notre Dame High School in Riverside, California in 1971 and then served in...


