Obituaries
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Marilyn Graw-Vavro
Feb 3, 2007
Marilyn Graw-Vavro, 73, Fort Worth, Texas, formerly of Hager City, died Saturday, February 3, 2007 at Arlington Memorial Medical Center in Arlington, Texas after a lengthy battle with cancer. She was born January 22, 1934 in Red Wing to Arther and Florence (Peterson) Oberg. She graduated from Ellsworth High School in 1951. She founded the Harbor Bar in July 1964,...

Carolyn Stussy
Feb 2, 2007
Carolyn S. Stussy age 78 of Pine Island died Friday morning, February 2, 2007 at the Pine Haven Care Center. Private services are being held at the Mahn Family Funeral Home ? Mahler Chapel in Pine Island with Reverend Kip Groettum officiating. Inurnment will be in Pine Island Cemetery. Carolyn Shirley Waldon was born on February 23, 1928 in Minneapolis,...
Eugene Ryan
Feb 2, 2007
RED WING ? The funeral for Eugene ?Gene? Ryan will be 2 p.m. Wednesday (Feb. 7, 2007) at Our Saviours Lutheran Church in Zumbrota with Pastor Eric Westlake officiating. Burial will be in the Zumbrota Cemetery. Casketbearers will be Jeffrey, Jon, Joseph, and Greg Ryan, and Debra Ann and Roger Pahl Mr. Ryan, 74, of Red Wing, died Friday (Feb....
Norma Reese
Feb 1, 2007
Norma L. Reese, 94, of Zumbrota, formerly of Goodhue, died Thursday evening, February 1, 2007 at Pine Haven Care Center in Pine Island. Funeral services are scheduled for Monday, February 5, 2007 at 1:00 P.M. at Christ Lutheran Church in Zumbrota with Reverend Erich Westphal officiating. Burial will be in Grace Lutheran Church Cemetery in rural Goodhue. Visitation is scheduled...
Karyl `Curly` Kennedy
Feb 1, 2007
Karyl D. "Curly" Kennedy, 83, of Pine Island, died Thursday, February 1, 2007 at the Dodge Center Care Center after a lengthy illness. A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, February 3, 2007 at the United Methodist Church in Pine Island with the Reverend Greg Strunk officiating. Interment will follow in the Pine Island Cemetery. Visitation...
Thomas Kernan
Feb 1, 2007
Thomas Peter Kernan, 65, of Red Wing, died Wednesday, at his residence. He was born June 25, 1941, in Minneapolis, Minnesota to Phillip and Mary Frances(Beck) Kernan. He graduated from DeSalle High School in Minneapolis in 1959, from the University of St. Thomas in 1964 and received his master?s degree from Wayne State University in 1969. On August 7, 1965,...
Virginia Berg
Jan 31, 2007
ROCHESTER ? The funeral for Virginia Berg will be 2:00 p.m. Friday at the People of Hope Church with Rev. Gary Dreier officiating. Burial will be in Pine Island Cemetery in Pine Island. Mrs. Berg, 73, of Rochester, died Jan. 31, 2007 at Madonna Meadows, after a brief illness with Cancer. Virginia Lou Gordon was born May 11, 1933 in...
Esther Diercks
Jan 30, 2007
Esther Marie Diercks, 95, Red Wing, died Tuesday morning at St. Brigid?s at Hi-Park. She was born July 25, 1911, in Goodhue Township, the daughter of William and Mary (Reese) Vieths. She was baptized August 13, 1911 and was confirmed June 7, 1925 at St. John?s Lutheran Church, Goodhue. She attended country and parochial schools near Goodhue and was a...
Esther Copley
Jan 29, 2007
Esther R. Copley age 97 of Lake City died Monday January 29, 2007 at the Lake City Hospital. Esther was born January 21, 1910 in Wabasha, MN to Charles & Christena Koelmel. She grew up in the Wabasha area. Esther married George Copley June 27, 1927 in Winnona, MN. They lived in Lake City until moving to Bellchester where she...
Naomi Andrist
Jan 28, 2007
Obituary: Naomi M. Andrist Funeral services for Naomi M. Andrist of Pine Island will be at 1:30pm on Thursday, February 1, 2007 at the United Methodist Church in Pine Island with Reverend Greg Strunk officiating. Burial will follow in the Pine Island Cemetery. Naomi Mae Weidendorf, age 97, died on Sunday, January 28, 2007 at her residence. She was born...
Steven Jensen
Jan 28, 2007
Steven John Jensen, age 41, of St. Paul, died Sunday in Bayport, Minnesota. He was born on April 10, 1965, in Hastings to Dianne (Culbert) and Harry Goldberg. He moved to Red Wing in 1967 and was a 1983 graduate of Red Wing Central High School. In 1988, he received his degree in criminal justice from the University of Wisconsin...
Genevieve Hadler
Jan 28, 2007
Genevieve M. Hadler, 76, of Goodhue, died Sunday, January 28, 2007 at Fairview Red Wing Medical Center. A funeral service will be held at 2 P.M. on Wednesday January 31, 2007 at Grace Lutheran Church in rural Goodhue with the Reverend Andy Krause officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be held on Tuesday from 4-8 P.M....
Lila Plote
Jan 26, 2007
Lila Mary Plote, 79, of Red Wing, died Friday, January 26, 2007, at her daughter?s home in Red Wing. She was born on December 16, 1927, in Red Wing, to Luke and Anna (Westerberg) Nash. She attended schools in Red Wing and on October 4, 1952, she was married to Dean Plote in Frontenac. For 43 years she worked for...
Esther Stebbins
Jan 25, 2007
KASSON ? The funeral for Esther Stebbins will be 11 a.m. Monday at Mahn Family Funeral Home ? Rochester Chapel with the Rev. David Berg officiating. Burial will be in Pine Island Cemetery. Ms. Stebbins, 50, of Kasson, died suddenly at her home Thursday (Jan. 25, 2007). Esther May Ward was born March 30, 1956 in Rochester. She grew up...