Obituaries

Gerda Borgen

Gerda Borgen

Feb 16, 2007

Gerda Clara Pernilla Borgen, 97, Red Wing, passed away peacefully February 16, 2007, at St. Brigid?s Villa at Hi-Park. She was born January 16, 1910 in Diamond Bluff, Wisconsin, to Scandinavian immigrants Frederick and Gina (Mickelson) Peterson. She attended District 44 rural grade school in Ramsey County and graduated from Anoka High School in 1926. The next six years she...

Robert Gisslen

Robert Gisslen

Feb 15, 2007

Robert Clarence Gisslen, 87, of Red Wing died Thursday, February 15, 2007, at St. Mary?s Hospital in Rochester. He was born October 22, 1919 in Red Wing to Nicholas and Sophie (Eskala) Gisslen and graduated Red Wing Central High School in 1937. In September of 1941 he was drafted into the U.S. Army and served until being honorably discharged in...

Benjamin Segerstrom

Benjamin Segerstrom

Feb 15, 2007

Benjamin Franklin Segerstrom, 89, of Red Wing, died Thursday, February 15, 2007 at Cedarview Nursing Home in Owatonna. He was born May 8, 1917 in Forest City, Iowa to Albert and Hilma (Johnson) Segerstrom. He graduated from Forest City High School in 1934 and then attended Waldorf College. On August 17, 1940 he married Sylvia Hall in Lisbon, Iowa. He...

Daryle Williams

Daryle Williams

Feb 15, 2007

Daryle Lee Williams, 49, Welch, died Thursday at St. Mary?s Hospital in Rochester. He was born January 18, 1958 in Waterloo, Iowa, the son of Llewellyn and Rosalie (Murphy) Williams, Sr. He graduated from Tripoli High School in 1977. He enlisted in the US Navy, serving July 26, 1978 to July 20, 1981. He married Kristy Quass on July 19,...

Virgil Bartels

Virgil Bartels

Feb 14, 2007

Virgil W. Bartels age 88 of Lake City died Wednesday, February 14, 2007 at the Lake City Hospital. Virgil was born November 8, 1918 in Mount Pleasant Township in Wabasha County to Gust & Anna (Wiebusch) Bartels. As a young man he and his parents moved to a farm in Gillford Township, in Wabasha County. He married Catherine Lamb June...

Eunice Nadeau

Eunice Nadeau

Feb 13, 2007

Eunice Charlotte Nadeau, 82, of Red Wing, died Tuesday at the Fairview Red Wing Medical Center. She was born on November 11, 1924, in Spring Garden, Minnesota to Clarence and Myrtle (Johnson) Martenson. She graduated from Red Wing Central High School. On January 21, 1947, she married Rolland ?Blackie? Nadeau in Hastings. She worked for Durkee Atwood, Northwest Aeronautical, LaGrange...

Robert Wallace

Robert Wallace

Feb 12, 2007

Robert S. Wallace age 83 of Lake City died Monday at the Lake City Nursing Home. Robert was born February 28, 1923 in Lake City to William & Bertha (Booth) Wallace. He graduated from Lincoln High School in Lake City in 1941and then attended the University of Minnesota until April of 1943 when he entered the Army Air Corps. He...

Warren Seeker

Warren Seeker

Feb 12, 2007

Obituary Notice Warren E. Seeker Warren Earl Seeker, 61 of Red Wing, died Monday, February 12, 2007 at his home. He was born January 28, 1946 in Minneapolis, to Warren and Wilhelmina (Krause) Seeker. He attended school in Minneapolis and in 1962, joined the US Army at the age of 16. He was stationed in Germany and in 1965, was...

Dean Plote

Dean Plote

Feb 12, 2007

Dean Henry Plote, 78, of Red Wing, died Monday, February 12, 2007, at his daughter?s home in Red Wing, following a brief illness. He was born on September 11, 1928 in West Florence Township, Wabasha County, Minnesota to Erwin and Emma (Wimmer) Plote. He attended schools in Lake City and for a number of years worked for Gould Foundry in...

Ruth Trone

Ruth Trone

Feb 12, 2007

Ruth A. Trone, 89 of Folsum, California and formerly of Hastings, died Monday, February 12, 2007, at the Folsom Convalescent Hospital in Folsum, California. She was born on April 17, 1917 in Kalmar, Minnesota to Marvin and Ethel (Horton) Whipple. She received her education and on October 5, 1935, she married Albert Trone. They lived in Rochester and Red Wing...

Hildegard Koester

Hildegard Koester

Feb 11, 2007

Hildegard Leona Koester, 89, of Red Wing, died Sunday, February 11, 2007 at St. Brigid?s at Hi Park. She was born October 15, 1917 in Hay Creek Twsp., to Fred and Lydia (Holst) Stumpf and attended school in Hay Creek. She married Clarence Koester on May 31, 1939 at Immanuel Lutheran Church and they farmed in Hay Creek for many...

Catherine Thygesen

Catherine Thygesen

Feb 10, 2007

Catherine (Katie) Thygesen, age 82, of Red Wing, passed away peacefully on February 10, 2008, at St Brigid's at Hi-Park, of natural causes, after a full and rewarding life. She was born in Welch Township on January 1, 1926, to William and Margaret (Nilan) Wiederholt. She attended rural school and graduated from Red Wing Central High School in 1943. She...

Robert Diepenbrock

Robert Diepenbrock

Feb 10, 2007

Robert E. Diepenbrock age 83 of Lake City died Saturday, February 10, 2007 at the Lake City Nursing Home. Robert was born February 18, 1923 in Lake City to Grover & Cecil (Rill) Diepenbrock. Robert graduated from Lincoln High School in Lake City. He then married Helen Katzner September 10, 1946; at El Toro Marine Corps Base in Santa Anna,...

Bonita  St. Claire

Bonita St. Claire

Feb 10, 2007

Bonita Karen St. Claire, age 68, of Red Wing, died Saturday, February 10, 2007, at Red Wing Health Center. She was born on November 26, 1938, in St. Paul, to Donovan and Ellen (Johnson) St. Claire. She lived in West St. Paul and moved with her family to Bay City, Wisconsin, in 1971. She has been a resident of Red...

Kenneth  L. Johnson

Kenneth L. Johnson

Feb 9, 2007

OBITUARY: Kenneth L. Johnson Funeral service for Kenneth L. Johnson will be at 2pm on Wednesday, February 14, 2007 at Lands Lutheran Church, Zumbrota with Reverend Paul Reppe officiating. Honorary casketbearer will be Brad Johnson. Active casketbearers will be Sean Johnson, Raymond Goranson, Alex Dominguez, Kevin Strain, Kyle Strain and David Fransen. Burial will follow in Lands Lutheran Church Cemetery....

Grant Sundby

Grant Sundby

Feb 8, 2007

Grant George Sundby, 80, of Red Wing died Thursday at Fairview Seminary Home. He was born in Red Wing on October 11, 1926 to George and Meta (Joost) Sundby. He was known in his early years for his red wagon and later on for his power wheel chair with ?Grant? written on the back and a red flag, along with...

Carl Seymour

Carl Seymour

Feb 7, 2007

Carl ?Sonny? Edward Seymour, 80, of Red Wing, died Wednesday at St. Mary?s Hospital in Rochester. He was born on July 18, 1926 in Red Wing to Carl and Elvira (Johnson) Seymour. He attended schools in Red Wing. On July 29, 1944, he was married LaVerne Fasbender in Red Wing. He served in the US Army from December 4, 1944,...

Leona Dack

Leona Dack

Feb 6, 2007

Leona Bernice Dack, age 90, of Red Wing, died Tuesday, February 6, at her home. She was born on September 28, 1916, in Vasa Township, to Arthur and Clara (Bloom) Monson. She attended school in Vasa and Cannon Falls. She married Lavern Dack on December 3, 1941, and they moved to Red Wing in 1957. He died on March 6,...

Ardyce Lohmeyer

Ardyce Lohmeyer

Feb 6, 2007

Ardyce Bertha Lohmeyer, 89, Red Wing, died Tuesday, February 6, 2007, at St. Brigid?s at Hi Park. She was born July 31, 1917 in St. Paul, Minn., the daughter of Emil and Bertha (Lindell) Johnson. She was baptized September 21, 1917 at Zion Lutheran Church in St. Paul by Reverend J. A. Frost. She attended elementary school in St. Paul...

Leon Meacham

Leon Meacham

Feb 4, 2007

Leon Edward Meacham, 87, of Red Wing, died Sunday, February 4, 2007, at Fairview University Hospital in Minneapolis. He was born on January 24, 1920, in Ellsworth, Wisconsin to Clifford and Mathilda (Zirnheldt) Meacham. He attended schools in Ellsworth and then did carpentry work with his dad. He served in the US Coast Guard from October 14, 1942 to November...