Obituaries
Berdella Swee
Oct 23, 2006
Berdella J. Swee, age 88, of Zumbrota died on Monday, October 23, 2006 at the Zumbrota Nursing Home. Funeral services are scheduled for Friday, October 27, 2006 at 11:00 A.M. at Dale Lutheran Church in rural Wanamingo with Reverend Michael Lockerby officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation is scheduled for Friday one hour prior to the service...
Nora Emerson
Oct 23, 2006
Nora Dagmar Emerson, 93, of Red Wing, died Monday at Fairview Seminary Home. She was born on January 18, 1913 in Kittson County, Richardville Township, Minnesota to Nels and Karin (Kjellgren) Hanson. She attended schools in Kittson County. On March 16, 1936 she married William Emerson in Orleans, Minnesota. They moved to Red Wing in 1952, where she worked many...
Mary Baldwin
Oct 22, 2006
Mary F. Baldwin age 72 of Lake City died October 22, 2006 at St. Mary?s Hospital in Rochester. Mary was born August 21, 1934 in Modoc, IL to Russell & Phleta (Ling) Hoffman. Mary graduated from Red Bud High School in Red Bud, IL in 1951. She moved to Chicago, IL where she worked for Martin Brower as a buyer...
James Bechel
Oct 21, 2006
James a. Bechel age 77 of Lake City died Saturday, October 21, 2006 at the Lake City Nursing Home. James was born November 19, 1928 in Plum City, WI to Anton & Julia (Schmidt) Bechel. He grew up in the Plum City area. He joined the Army in 1949 and served during the Korean War and was discharged in 1952....
Jerene Friese
Oct 20, 2006
OBITUARY: Jerene Friese Funeral service for Jerene Friese will be at 2PM on Tuesday, October 24, 2006 at Christ Lutheran Church in Zumbrota with Reverend Erich Westphal officiating. Music will be provided by Carol Schumacher with congregational singing. Active casketbearers will be Doug Sommer, Troy Kennedy, Todd Kennedy, Bari Herman, Mike Jonas and Percy Thompson. Honorary casketbearers will be Tony...
Philip Smith
Oct 18, 2006
Obituary: Philip R. Smith Funeral services for Philip R. Smith will be on Sunday, October 22, 2006 at 2PM at the Resurrection Evangelical Lutheran Church in Rochester with Reverend Jon Bitter officiating. Music will be provided by Steve Rutschow, organist, with the congregation singing. Casketbearers will be James Smith, Jason Smith, Jacob Sundblad, Tom Henderson, Orlin Friedrich and David Friedrich....
William Cleary
Oct 18, 2006
William M. Cleary age 64 of Lake City died Wednesday, October 18, 2006 at the Lake City Hospital. William was born March 22, 1942 in Racine, Wisconsin. He graduated from Racine High School. He worked as an EMT in the Racine and Eau Clair, WI area. He then worked as a Conductor for the Canadian Pacific Railroad for ten years....
Joseph Verkinderen
Oct 15, 2006
Joseph Verkinderen age 61 of Lake City died October 15, 2006, at his home. Joe was born December 30, 1944, in East Moline, IL to Lucien & Madeleine (Van Damme) Verkinderen. Joe grew up on the family farm in the Minneota area. He graduated from Marshall High School in 1962. Joe married Jean Fischer on February 3, 1962, in Cottonwood,...
Marion Peterson
Oct 15, 2006
Marion Adelia Peterson, 89, St. Petersburg, Fla., died Sunday. Born March 4, 1917, in Cedar, Minn., to Carl and Emmy (Holmes) Peterson, she attended school through the eighth grade and later received a high school diploma through correspondence. She went to the Prairie Bible Institute in Three Hills, Alberta Canada, for three years and then went to Minneapolis as a...
Gregg Haugen
Oct 15, 2006
Gregg A. Haugen age 58 of Pine Island died on Sunday morning at the Rochester Methodist Hospital. Funeral services are scheduled for Wednesday, October 18, 2006 at 11:00 A.M. at Saint Paul Lutheran Church in Pine Island with Reverend?s Kip Groettum and John Torris Lohre officiating. Burial will be in Kenyon Cemetery. Visitation is scheduled for Tuesday, October 17, 2006...
Verdayne Bubbers
Oct 14, 2006
Verdayne P. Bubbers age 61 of Lake City died Saturday October 14, 2006 at Bethesda Rehabilitation Hospital in St. Paul. Verdayne was born November 19, 1944 in Caledonia, MN to Peter & Esther (Ranzenberger) Bubbers. He moved to Lake City with his family and attended St. John?s Parochial School in Lake City. He married Marilyn Johnson August 30, 1964. They...
Dorothy Peterson
Oct 13, 2006
Dorothy Marie Peterson, Age 81, of Red Wing, died Friday, October 13, 2006, at her home. She was born on September 3, 1925, in Chicago, Illinois, to Henry and Marie (Zasadil) Seavey. She was a 1943 graduate of Brookfield Riverside High School. She worked for McLaughlin?s in Chicago prior to her marriage to Arthur Peterson on July 1, 1950 in...
Christian (Al) Fjeldstad
Oct 12, 2006
Christian Alford (Al) Fjeldstad, Jr., age 87 of Lake City, passed Thursday, October 12, 2006 at the Lake City Hospital. Al was born April 4, 1919, in Austin, MN, and former resident of Minneapolis, Edina, and Lake Minnetonka, he has lived in Lake City since 1968. Al attended the University of Minnesota as was a graduate of the Minnesota School...
Vincent Deden
Oct 11, 2006
Vincent E. Deden, age 83, of Red Wing, died unexpectedly of a heart attack Wednesday, October 11, 2006 at the Lake City Hospital of a heart attack. Vincent was born October 12, 1922, in Hay Creek Township in Goodhue County to Edward & Marietta (Mehrkens) Deden. Vincent grew up in Hay Creek Township. He married Adeline Hayman on August 14,...
Derek (Bubba) Tri
Oct 11, 2006
Derek N. ?Bubba? Tri age 23 of Mazeppa,died suddenly on Wednesday, October 11, 2006 in Zumbrota. Funeral services are scheduled for Saturday, October 14, 2006 at 10:00 A.M. at Christ Lutheran Church in Zumbrota with Reverend Wayne Schoch officiating. Burial will be in Grace Lutheran Church Cemetery. Visitation is scheduled for Friday from 3:30 ? 8:00 P.M. at the Mahn...
A. Joyce Alme
Oct 11, 2006
A. Joyce Alme, 85, of Wanamingo, died Wednesday, October 11, 2006 at his home. A funeral service will be held at 3 p.m., Saturday, October 21, 2006 at Lands Lutheran Church in Zumbrota with Pastor Rob Nelson officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be held from 4-7 p.m, Friday, October 20, 2006 at Mahn Family Funeral...
Albertha Plein
Oct 11, 2006
Albertha June Plein, 70, of Red Wing, died Wednesday, October 11, 2006 at Bethesda Rehabilitation Hospital in St. Paul. She was born February 2, 1936 in Red Wing to Willie and Margaret (Mann) Firl. She graduated from Ellsworth High School in 1953 and then worked at LaGrange Shoe factory until she married Harry Plein on March 8, 1958, at First...
Dorothy Wakefield
Oct 11, 2006
Obituary Dorothy Jean Wakefield, age 76, of Red Wing, died Wednesday, October 11, 2006, at Fairview Red Wing Medical Center. She was born on December 19, 1929, in Zumbrota, to Edward and Agnes (Gilbertson) Wiuff. As a child, she lived in various states while her father worked in the construction industry, prior to moving to Red Wing in 1946. She...
Henry Sommerfield
Oct 10, 2006
Henry ?H.O.? Sommerfield age 94 of Mazeppa died on Tuesday afternoon October 10, 2006 at St. Mary?s Hospital in Rochester. Funeral services are scheduled for Friday, October 13, 2006 at 3:00 P.M. at St. John?s Lutheran church in Mazeppa with Reverend Alan Horn officiating. Burial will be in Mazeppa Cemetery. Visitation is scheduled for Thursday, October 12, 2006 from 5:00...
Orrin Shelton
Oct 10, 2006
Orrin F. Shelton age 78 of Pine Island died early Tuesday morning, October 10, 2006 at the Pine Haven Care Center in Pine Island. A Mass of Christian Burial is scheduled for Friday, October 13, 2006 at 10:00 AM at St. Michael?s Catholic Church in Pine Island with Father Timothy Dolan celebrating the mass. Burial will be in the church...


