Obituaries
Ruby Amelia Wilson
Aug 17, 2007
OBITUARY: Ruby Wilson Funeral services for Ruby Wilson will be at 11:00 AM on Wednesday, August 22, 2007 at Christ Lutheran Church in Zumbrota with Reverend Christopher Pratt officiating. Music will be provided by Carol Schumacher. Casketbearers will be Tylor Wilson, Elisha Wilson-Kimmes, Coty Balfe, Kenny Timm, Jerry Timm and Dereck Flom. Burial will follow in the United Lutheran Cemetery,...

Phalon Justice Berg
Aug 16, 2007
Obituary Notice Phalon J. Berg Phalon Justice Berg, 84, formally of Bloomington, died Thursday, August 16, 2007, at the Red Wing Health Center. Phalon was born February 19, 1923 in Lake City, to Martin and Mildred (DeWitt) Berg. He graduated from Lake City High School and then entered the U.S. Army where he was stationed overseas until being honorably discharged...
Donald H. Lohmann
Aug 16, 2007
OBITUARY: Donald H. Lohmann Funeral services for Donald H. Lohmann will be on Monday, August 20, 2007 at 2:00 PM at the United Redeemer Lutheran Church in Zumbrota with Reverend Tom Isaacson and Susan Vikstrom co-officiating. Burial will be in the Zumbrota Cemetery. Visitation will be on Sunday, August 19, 2007 from 3-6 PM at the Mahn Family Funeral Home...

Linda M Benford
Aug 15, 2007
Linda M. Benford, 55, of Red Wing, died Wednesday, August 15, 2007 at the Red Wing Health Center. Born December 20, 1951 she was orphaned at the age of 2 and was challenged by multiple physical and cognitive impairments all of her life. She was a longtime resident of Cambridge, Minnesota and Red Wing, where she resided at REM River...

Bernard Joseph Friary
Aug 13, 2007
Mass of Christian Burial for Bernard "Bud" Friary will be at 11AM on Thursday, August 16, 2007 at St. Michael's Catholic Church in Pine Island with Father Timothy Dolan officiating. Casketbearers will be Tony Frank, Jason Arvidson, Darin Yamasaki, Mike Friary, Sean Harkins and Dean Bollinger. Burial will follow in the Pine Island Cemetery. Bernard "Bud" Friary, age 87, of...
Eric Jon Tix
Aug 11, 2007
Eric Jon Tix, age 26, of Red Wing, died Saturday, August 11, 2007, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was born on September 27, 1980, in Red Wing, to Clayton and Susan (Woodford) Tix. He was a 1999 graduate of Red Wing High School and he worked for UPS. He had a successful career in Ultimate Fighting with continuing training in Mixed...
Vernon Lund
Aug 8, 2007
Vernon Dale Lund, 81, of Red Wing, died Wednesday, August 8, 2007, at the Red Wing Health Center where he has resided for the past month. He was born on September 5, 1925, in Red Wing to Ernest and Esther (Johnson) Lund. He graduated from Red Wing Central High School in 1943 and then served in the US Navy from...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...