Obituaries
Elizabeth Benrud
Jul 27, 2007
Elizabeth Marie Benrud, age 22, of Goodhue, died Friday, July 27, 2007 in Duluth, after an accidental fall. She was born on January 3, 1985, in Lake City, Minnesota, to Bruce and Becky (Balow) Benrud. She was confirmed on October 31, 1999, at St. Luke's Lutheran Church. She graduated with honors in 2003 from Goodhue High School where she was...
Cletus Tomhave
Jul 25, 2007
Cletus Harry Tomhave, 64, Red Wing, died Wednesday, July 25, 2007 at his home, surrounded by loved ones, following a courageous battle with leukemia. He was born January 20, 1943 in Red Wing, to Harry and Agnes (Banitt) Tomhave. He graduated from Red Wing Central High School in 1961 and attended Mankato State for two years. He enlisted in the...

James Virgil Harris
Jul 23, 2007
James Virgil Harris, 86, formerly of Red Wing, died Monday, July 23, 2007, at the Briar Cliff Health Center in Tyler, Texas. He was born October 25, 1920 in Trimbelle Township, Wisconsin, to Mark and Margaret "Madge" (Ryan) Harris and graduated from Red Wing Central High in 1939. He enlisted in the US Navy in February of 1942 and served...
Gertrude E Dicke
Jul 22, 2007
Gertrude E. Dicke, 86, of Red Wing, died Sunday at St. Brigid's at Hi Park. The daughter of William and Maria (Reese) Vieths, she was born on December 14, 1920, in Goodhue Township. She attended schools in rural Goodhue and graduated from Goodhue High School and later completed teacher training in Red Wing. She taught school in rural Goodhue and...

Donald E. Sundberg
Jul 21, 2007
Donald Elroy Sundberg, 84, of Red Wing, and formerly of Austin, died Saturday, July 21, 2007 at the Fairview Red Wing Seminary Home. He was born November 11, 1922 in Red Wing to Elroy and Verna (Adler) Sundberg and graduated from Red Wing Central High School in 1940. He attended Gustavus Adolphus College before enlisting in the US Navy on...
Merle J. Juers
Jul 20, 2007
Merle L. Juers age 76 of Goodhue died Friday, July 20, 2007 at his home. Merle was born September 29, 1930 in Mount Pleasant Township in Wabasha County to Emanuel & Meta (Boettcher) Juers. He attended St. Peter's Belvidere School and also the University Of Minnesota School Of Agriculture. He entered the Army in 1952 and served during the Korean...
Mary Gludt
Jul 19, 2007
Mary Gludt age 70 formerly of Lake City, died on July 19, 2007 in Spa Creek Center, Annapolis, Maryland, of complications from Alzheimer's disease. Mary Gludt was born March 21 1937, in Red Wing, Minnesota and raised in Lake City, MN, the oldest child of Howard and Rectina Gludt. Mary graduated from Lake City HS in 1955 with honors, including...
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...