Obituaries
Maybelle Wells
May 9, 2006
Maybelle Wells age 96 of Coon Rapids Formerly of Lake City died Tuesday May 9, 2006 at her home. Maybelle was born August 10, 1909 in Lake City, MN to Henry & Lena (Reinhard) Baesler. She married Harry Wells August 10, 1931 in St. Paul, MN. They lived in St. Paul where she worked for RL Polk and Company. They...
Irene Furchner
May 9, 2006
Irene Gladys Furchner, 73, of Tucson, Arizona, and formerly of Red Wing, died Tuesday, May 9, 2006 at her son?s home in rural Lake City. She was born November 5, 1932, in Leon Township near Cannon Falls, to Orval and Gladys (Larson) Young. She graduated from Cannon Falls High School in 1950, and received her practical nursing license from Miller...
Byron W. Brueske
May 8, 2006
ROCHESTER ? A private graveside service will be held for Byron W. Brueske at Oakwood Cemetery. Mr. Brueske, 83, of Rochester, died Monday (May 8, 2006) at St. Mary?s Hospital after a lengthy illness. Born Oct. 15, 1922 in Valley City, ND he was raised in the Crosby-Ironton, MN area. On Jan. 17, 1943 he married Aileen Liversage in Brainerd,...
Winifred `Winnie` Thomas
May 6, 2006
Winifred ?Winnie? Thomas, 84, of Red Wing and formerly of West St. Paul died Saturday, May 6, 2006 at her home. She was born on July 9, 1921 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Edwin and Ruth (Wilson) Webster. She graduated in 1939 from Kemper Hall in Kenosha, Wisconsin and on July 25, 1942 she married David Thomas in Milwaukee. For five...
Tom Fechter
May 1, 2006
Tom Michael Fechter, 54, of Red Wing, died Sunday at his home in Red Wing. He was born January 31, 1952 in Red Wing to Russell and JoAnn (Lowe) Fechter and graduated from Red Wing Central High School in 1970. He attended Mankato State University, where he played basketball and had received most valuable player award his senior year. In...
Bonnie Pfingsten
May 1, 2006
Bonnie Kay Pfingsten, 61 of Red Wing, died Monday, May 1, 2006 at Region?s Hospital in St. Paul. She was born March 27, 1945 in Red Wing to Seneca and Alice (McKinnley) VanGuilder and attended school there. She married Waleigh Pfingsten on September 10, 1966. She had been employed at Randy?s Restaurant for 22 years. Waleigh died June 20, 1999....
Lydia Culver
Apr 30, 2006
Lydia M. Culver of the Oronoco and Pine Island area died on Sunday afternoon, April 30, 2006 at the Pine Haven Care Center. Funeral Services are scheduled for Thursday, May 4, 2006 at 2:00 P.M. at Grace Lutheran Church in Oronoco with Reverend Paul Baldauf officiating. Burial will be in Oronoco Cemetery. Visitation is scheduled for Wednesday, May 3, 2006...
Gerald D. `Jerry` Wees
Apr 28, 2006
ROCHESTER ? The funeral for Gerald D. ?Jerry? Wees will be 11 a.m. Monday at the Zwingli United Church of Christ in Berne, MN with the Rev. Terje Hausken officiating. Burial will be in Pine Island Cemetery with Military Honors by the Charles Cowden Post 184 of the American Legion. Mr. Wees, 83, of Rochester, formerly of Pine Island, a...
Lonnie Johnson
Apr 27, 2006
Lonnie Walter Johnson, 45, of Red Wing, died Thursday, April 27, 2006, at his home. He was born March 18, 1961 in Red Wing to Delbert and Colleen (Kleist) Johnson. He attended schools in Red Wing and later worked for Red Wing Shoe Company and then Cannon Equipment, quitting in 1998 due to health reasons. A member of the Bearing...
Alverna Miller
Apr 24, 2006
Alverna Miller, 81, of Lake City, Minn., died Monday, April 24, 2006, in a one-vehicle accident near Reads Landing, Minn. She was a retired schoolteacher and adventurous member of the Greatest Generation who until recently had lived in Old Frontenac, Minn. She was born July 23, 1924, on a farm in West Albany Township, in Wabasha County, one of 12...
John Gamm
Apr 22, 2006
John Lewis Gamm age 80 of Rochester died Saturday April 22, 2006 in Rochester. John was born June 16, 1925 in Lake City, MN to John & Bertha (Hansen) Gamm. He graduated from Lincoln High School in Lake City in 1943. He then joined the Marines in 1943 and served during WW II. John was stationed in the Pacific Theater...
Cecelia Ahern
Apr 21, 2006
Cecilia Ackerman Ahern, 87, Red Wing died Friday, at St. Brigid?s at Hi-Park . She was born April 30, 1918 in Thief River Falls, Minn, the daughter of Louis and Mae (Ressler) Ackerman. She spent most of her childhood and young adult years in Farmington, Minn where she met her husband and developed lifelong friendships. She graduated from Farmington High...
Margie Plaas
Apr 21, 2006
Obituary Notice Margie Amelia Plaas Margie Amelia Plaas, 90, of Red Wing, MN, died Friday, April 21, 2006, at Mesa General Hospital in Mesa, AZ. She was born October 31, 1915, in Belt, MT, to Fred and Alma (Peterson) Potts. She was a 1933 graduate of Maiden Rock High School. She worked at the Lane Hotel in Ellsworth and also...
Kurtis Krause
Apr 21, 2006
Kurtis Carl Krause, 61, Red Wing, died at his home Friday morning. He was born June 11, 1944, in Red Wing, the son of Raynold and Rose (Mahler) Krause. He graduated from Red Wing Central High School in 1962 and attended Business College in the Twin Cities. He was employed by the Goodhue County Sheriff?s Department in various positions for...
Mabel Hentges
Apr 21, 2006
Mabel Hentges, age 68, of Rochester died on Friday, April 21, 2006 at Stewartville Care Center. Arrangements will be announced later by Mahn Family Funeral Home - Mahler Chapel in Pine Island.
Dorothy Schmotzer
Apr 21, 2006
Dorothy Helen Cushing Schmotzer, 91, of Red Wing, died Friday at the Fairview Seminary Home in Red Wing, after a brief stay. She was born on November 3, 1914 in St. Paul to A. William and Bertha (Beckler) Gibson. In 1915, her family joined their father, who had gone ahead of them to set up homestead 30 miles out of...
Mae Hanvelt
Apr 21, 2006
Mae Annette Hanvelt, 73, Red Wing, died Friday at Fairview Red Wing Medical Center. She was born November 24, 1932 in Red Wing, the daughter of Howard and Edna (Hanson) Tesdall. She was a graduate of Red Wing Central High School and she attended Stevens College in Missouri. She married F. Dewey Hanvelt in 1952. They lived various places including...
Ina Holden
Apr 20, 2006
Ina May Holden age 95 of Lake City died Thursday April 20, 2006 at the Lake City Hospital. Ina was born May 31, 1910 to George & Alice (Walters) LaMont in Oak Center, Minnesota. Ina graduated from Lincoln High School in Lake City. She married Elton Holden in 1928 in Lake City. She worked for Dr. Bowers & Dr. Gjerde...
Taylar Haglund
Apr 19, 2006
Taylar Marie Haglund daughter of Sara Steffenhagen and Derrick Haglund of Lake City was stillborn April 19, 2006 at Methodist Hospital in Rochester. She is survived by one sister Lillie Haglund; maternal grandparents Sharon (Mike) Crilly of Lake City; paternal grandparents Sherryl (Bill) Barton of Lake City and Jay Ecklund of Lake City; two aunts Lacy Steffenhagen and Jenna Steffenhagen...
MacKenzie Isackson
Apr 18, 2006
MacKenzie Marie Isackson, 23, of Red Wing died Tuesday at Fairview Red Wing Medical Center. She was born on May 25, 1982 in Red Wing to Jon and Wendy (Anderson) Isackson. She graduated from Shattuck ?St. Mary?s in Faribault in 2000. She received and accepted an appointment to the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She graduated...
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