Obituaries
Roger Dale Achterhof
Apr 26, 2021
Roger Dale Achterhof, 80, Rochester, died peacefully at his home April 26, 2021, enveloped in the love of family and caregivers from Visiting Angels and Mayo Clinic Hospice. Tipping the scales at 12.5 pounds, he was born at home, July 18, 1940 in Sioux Center, Iowa, to L.W. (Lawrence) and Jeanetta (Jean) Achterhof. At birth he inherited his father's...
Marjorie E. (Mandelkow) Deden
Apr 25, 2021
Marjorie “Marge” Edna Deden, 72, of Red Wing, died Sunday, April 25, 2021. She was born December 17, 1948, in Red Wing, to Milton and Marian (Bryant) Mandelkow, Sr. and graduated from Red Wing Central High School. She worked at St. John’s Hospital and then attended beauty school. She worked as a beautician in Red Wing for many years...
Gerald "Jerry" D. Mewhorter
Apr 23, 2021
Gerald “Jerry” Duane Mewhorter, 87, of Red Wing, passed away Friday, April 23, 2021 at Mayo Clinic, St. Marys Hospital. He was born January 5, 1934, in Red Wing, to Milton and Edna (Lehman) Mewhorter and graduated from Red Wing Central High School, class of 1952. He attended the University of MN and enlisted in the US...
Robert L Cox
Apr 23, 2021
Robert L. Cox 72, of Lake City passed away Friday April 23, 2021 at his home.
Robert was born March 9, 1949 in Lake City to Clarence & Colleen (Holden) Cox. In his childhood, he went to live with his grandparents, John and Eleanor Holden. He grew up in Lake City and graduated from Lincoln High School...
Vernon Leroy Mogenson
Apr 22, 2021
Vernon Leroy Mogenson, 81, of Red Wing, died Thursday, April 22, 2021 at his home. He was born July 10, 1939 to Harry and Leona (Ribbe) Mogenson in Summit Township. He attended Hope School and then went onto Owatonna High School, graduating in 1957. While still in school and for a short while after graduation he painted barns in...
James John Leonard
Apr 21, 2021
James John (“Jim”) Leonard, age 95, died peacefully April 21, 2021 in hospice with family holding his hand. Jim was born April 27, 1925 in Lake City MN and graduated from the Mary E. McCahill Institute. After serving in WWII as cadet in the US Navy Air Corps, Jim attended the Midwestern Airline School in Kansas City MO and...
Bradley K. Oliver
Apr 20, 2021
Bradley K. “Brad” Oliver, 33, of Minneapolis, Minnesota and formerly of Scottsdale, Arizona, died Tuesday, April 20, 2021. Brad was Born March 27, 1988 in Silver Spring, Maryland and moved with his family to Scottsdale, Arizona in 1998. He attended Desert Mountain High school where he was in the marching band and participated actively in all of...
Perry A Heitman
Apr 19, 2021
Perry A. Heitman, 78, passed away Monday , April 19, 2021 at the Mayo Health System Hospital in Lake City .
Perry was born on September 29, 1942 in rural Lake City, to Alfred & Melinda (Plote) Heitman. He attended Country School, then went to St. John’s in the 7th and 8th grade. He graduated from Lake...
Mary Elizabeth (Greene) Fitzgerald
Apr 18, 2021
Funeral services for Mary Fitzgerald will be held Saturday April 24th at 1:00 PM at Christ United Methodist Church in Rochester. The Rev. Elizabeth Macaulay will officiate. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service, and burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery. Mrs. Fitzgerald, 81, of Rochester, died Sunday April 18, 2021 at Meadow Lakes Senior...
Richard "Dick" D. Spriggle
Apr 17, 2021
Richard Delbert Spriggle, died Saturday, April 17, 2021 at Sacred Heart Hospital in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. He was born March 10, 1937, to Leon and Cordellia Spriggle, one of many brothers and sisters. Richard was known as “Dick” by his family and friends and spent most of his life in Bay City, Wisconsin until relocating to Plum City, Wisconsin. ...
Hazel Barnard
Apr 16, 2021
Hazel E. Barnard, 95, of Lake City, Minnesota, passed away on Friday, April 16, 2021. Born in Annandale, Minnesota, to Frank and Esther Alama. She was one of eleven children.
Preceded in death by husband, Lester Pyle, second husband, Warren Barnard, and son, Rodney Pyle.
Survived by daughters, Patricia Wetmore (husband, Joe) and Kathy May,...
Walter J. Hodgins
Apr 15, 2021
Walter J. Hodgins, 86, of Red Wing, passed away Thursday, April 15, 2021. He was born June 3, 1934 in Winona to Roy and Edna (Tillman) Hodgins. He graduated from Winona Central High School in 1951 and immediately entered the Army and later, the Air Force. While assigned to Fort Snelling in St. Paul, Walt met Carole Nealon and...
Jody Dodge
Apr 14, 2021
Jody Marie (Sammon) Dodge, 55, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her loving family, at home early on April 14th, after a courageous battle against breast cancer.
Jody was born on March 15, 1966, to Roger and Carol Sammon. She grew up in Red Wing and graduated from Red Wing Central High in 1984. On April 26, 1986,...
James E. Johnson
Apr 13, 2021
James Edward Johnson, 62, of Red Wing, passed away at home on Tuesday, April 13, 2021. He was born December 20, 1958, in Red Wing to parents, Raymond and Karna (Diercks) Johnson and was a 1977 graduate of Red Wing Central High School. He was husband to Janey Marie Johnson, who preceded him in death, and father to Timothy...
Danielle Moore
Apr 12, 2021
Danielle Michelle Marie Moore, 33 of Red Wing, died Monday, April 12, 2021. She was born on June 20, 1987, in Minneapolis to Michelle Poetz and Daniel Moore. She grew up in Mound, Minnesota and graduated from Red Wing High School. She attended Red Wing Technical College for business management. She worked for Bic Graphics and part-time at Snowball’s...
Harold T. Wipperling
Apr 11, 2021
Harold T. Wipperling, 89, of Red Wing, died Sunday, April 11, 2021, at Benedictine Living Community in Red Wing. He was born July 29, 1931, in New Rockford, ND, to Julius and Meta (Fahrenkrug) Wipperling. His family moved to Minnesota and lived in St. Paul, Red Wing and then Goodhue, where he graduated from high school. He...
Jean Marie Burke
Apr 10, 2021
Jean Marie Burke, age 57, of Red Wing, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, April 10th, 2021 at the Mayo Clinic – Methodist Hospital in Rochester, due to complications of a recent diagnosis, Amyloidosis and Multiple Myeloma.
Jean was born on September 6, 1963 to Bud and Mary (Kasel) Burke. She grew up in Red Wing, attended Red...
Gary G Pahl
Apr 8, 2021
Gary G. Pahl, 79, passed away peacefully on April 8, 2021 surrounded by his loving wife and children. He was born July 17, 1941 to Grant and Jane Pahl, in Arcadia, Wisconsin. Gary grew up in Arcadia where he excelled in athletics and began his lifelong love of fishing and hunting. He graduated from Arcadia High School in 1959,...
Sandra Kay (Sorenson) Thorson
Apr 8, 2021
Funeral services for Sandra Thorson will be held 1:00 PM Friday at Mahn Family Funeral Home – Larson Chapel in Zumbrota. The Rev. David Krinke will officiate. Ms. Thorson, 68, of Zumbrota, died Thursday April 8, 2021 at her home. Proper masking is required inside the funeral home and social distancing is encouraged whenever possible. Visitation will be one...
Shirley Sullivan
Apr 8, 2021
Shirley Sullivan, 71, died Thursday, April 8th at her home in Red Wing. She was born December 20, 1949 to Bill and Marcella Rosener. She grew up in Goodhue with her five brothers and sisters (Katie, Marv, Murlyn, Kay, and Eileen) and graduated in 1967 from Goodhue High School. Then, on the coldest day of 1972, (January 15) she...