Obituaries
John H. Nelson
Jan 13, 2025
John H. Nelson, 96, of Red Wing, passed away on Monday, January 13, 2025 at his home at Potter Ridge.
John was born to Edwin and Emma (Radle) Nelson on September 10, 1928 in Ellsworth, WI. He attended Stafford grade school and graduated from Ellsworth High School in 1946. He married Dolores (Gorsy) Van Deusen March 1, 1947. They celebrated 71...
John Simanski, Jr.
Jan 13, 2025
John Eugene Simanski, Jr., 58 of Red Wing, died Monday, January 13, 2025, at Mayo Clinic Health System, Methodist Campus in Rochester. He was born on September 8, 1966, in Faribault to John and Juleanne (Hubbard) Simanski. He attended St. John's School, Red Wing Central High School, and then received his GED. He went to Brown Institute for Broadcasting and...
Dale Buck
Jan 12, 2025
Dale Erwin Buck, age 91 of Zumbrota, died Sunday, January 12, 2025 at the Zumbrota Care Center. He was born to Erwin and Vernice (Stary) Buck on July 7, 1933 in Zumbrota. He graduated from Zumbrota High School and enlisted into the Army National Guard. He served a little over two years in Germany. When he returned, he married Shirley...
Beverly J. Sander
Jan 9, 2025
Beverly June Sander, 91, of Red Wing, passed away Thursday, January 9, 2025, surrounded by the love of her family, at her home at Deer Crest. She was born June 29, 1933 in St. Paul, to Ralph and Margaret Biebighauser. She graduated from Johnson High School on June 13, 1951 as a member of the National Honor Society, Senior Honor...
Beverly Pauline Vinge
Jan 9, 2025
Beverly Pauline Vinge, 86, of Bay City, Wisconsin, died Thursday, January 9, 2025, at United Hospital in St. Paul.
She was born May 18, 1938, in Plum City, Wisconsin to Paul and Mildred (Wahlund) Hoffman. She attended Maiden Rock School and graduated in 1956. She graduated from Buffalo County Teachers College in Alma Wisconsin in 1958. On July 19, 1958, she...
Constance "Connie" Gillis
Jan 8, 2025
Constance “Connie” Marie Gillis, 79, of Vasa, died Wednesday, January 8, 2025 at her daughter’s home in Lake City where she has resided and been cared for by Andrea for the past several years. She was born on November 13, 1945 in Willmar, MN to Edmund and Hazel (Mortenson) Schwartzwald. She graduated from Osakis High School in Osakis, MN and...
Elmer Stock
Jan 5, 2025
Funeral services for Elmer Stock will be held Friday January 10th at 11:00 AM at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Pine Island. The Reverend Marie Anderson will officiate. The visitation will be from 10:00 to 11:00 AM at the church on the day of the service. Interment will follow at Pine Island Cemetery. Mr. Stock, 80, died Sunday January 5,...
Constance "Connie" Clark
Jan 3, 2025
Constance "Connie" Julia Clark, 80, of Welch died Friday January 3, 2025 at Tinta Wita Tipi Senior Living in Welch, Minnesota. She was born on April 28, 1944 to Wallace and Frances Mildred (Hoffman) Owen in Prairie Island.
Connie was a spunky spirit and a caring and giving woman. She always had a way of bringing smiles to peoples faces even...
Catherine Butler
Jan 1, 2025
Catherine Elizabeth Butler, 66, of White Rock, MN, passed away at her home on Wednesday, January 1, 2025, and went to be with our Lord and Savior. She was born on May 25, 1958, in Wisbech, England to Edwin ‘Ted’ and Kathleen (Owen) Burbidge. She grew up and attended schools in England and in the late 1970’s came to the...
Dennis Matthews
Jan 1, 2025
Dennis Jules Matthews, 83, of Hager City, Wisconsin, died Wednesday, January 1, 2025 at Mayo Clinic Hospital, St. Marys Campus in Rochester. He was born February 5, 1941, in Red Wing, Minnesota, to Orva and Gladys (Bystrom) Mathews and was a graduate of Red Wing Central High School, Class of 1959. He began working for the Red Wing Shoe Company,...
LeRoy Peterson
Dec 31, 2024
LeRoy Carl Peterson, 76, of Welch, died Tuesday, December 31, 2024, at his home surrounded by his family. He was born on April 20, 1948, in Red Wing, to Carl and Mrytle (Johnson) Peterson. He graduated from Red Wing High School in 1966. For six years he served in the Army Reserves. LeRoy farmed many years on the family farm....
Brenda Joyce Sargent
Dec 30, 2024
Brenda Joyce Sargent, age 70, passed away peacefully on Monday, December 30, 2024, at Mayo Clinic in Lake City, MN, surrounded by her three daughters after a courageous year-long battle with Leukemia.
Brenda was born on February 18, 1954, in Minneapolis, MN, to Robert and Doris (Cooper) Sargent. She spent her childhood in Minneapolis, MN, Rockford, IL, and Pipestone, MN. She...
Ronald "Ron" Lovejoy
Dec 30, 2024
Ronald "Ron" Clay Lovejoy passed away at his home on December 30th, 2024, at the age of 83. Born on October 24, 1941, in Red Wing, Minnesota, Ron lived in Ravenna Township for nearly his entire life, apart from four years of honorable service in the U.S. Navy.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Francis and Dorothy Lovejoy, and...
Tung Nguyen
Dec 28, 2024
Tung Nguyen, a hard-working and family loving man, has died December 28, 2024. He was born December 17, 1970 in Vietnam to his mother, Phuong Le. He relocated to the U.S. in 1990 to where he landed in Oklahoma. Later, he moved to Minnesota, where he married Trang Huynh in 1995, started a family and lived for the rest of...
Allen Hansen
Dec 28, 2024
Allen Edward Hansen, 55, of Lake City, passed away unexpectedly of complications from Congestive Heart Failure, at Hansen's Harbor on December 28, 2024.
Allen was born May 14, 1969 to Peter and Jane Hansen in Lake City. He grew up, lived, and worked his entire life at Hansen's Harbor, getting his start by running forklifts by the age of 10. In...
Irma Elvir
Dec 27, 2024
Irma Sylivia Elvir, CRNA, of Rochester, Minnesota, passed away peacefully at her home on December 27, 2024, at the age of 100. Born in La Ceiba, Honduras, on May 4, 1924, she moved to the United States at 25 years old and settled in Rochester. She retired from the Mayo Clinic as a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist. Irma had a...
David Shoff
Dec 27, 2024
David Alan Shoff, age 60, of Rochester, Minnesota, formerly Albert Lea died on December 27, 2024, with his spouse and child by his side, at home in Rochester, from a battle with cancer. David was born on May 31, 1964, to Dr. Niles Rodell Shoff and Oral Irene (Larson) Shoff and was the seventh of eight born in the family....
John Betcher
Dec 23, 2024
A memorial service for John E. Betcher will be held Thursday January 2, 2025 at 10:30 AM at Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church, rural Goodhue. The Rev. Marty Weigand will officiate. Interment of the urn will follow at the church cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Mr. Betcher, 80, of Mazeppa, died Monday December...
Jane "Betsy" White
Dec 23, 2024
Jane “Betsy” White, 75, passed away at her home in Lake City on Monday, December 23, 2024.
Betsy White was born May 7, 1949 in York, Maine. Betsy and her husband Darrel made Lake City their vacation spot at Camp Lacupolis. After retirement, they became permanent residents on Ida Path. When Darrel died, Betsy carved out a place for herself, joining...
Marilyn Brownell
Dec 20, 2024
Marilyn Jane Brownell passed away on December 20, 2024. She was 93 years old. Marilyn was born in Stewartville on July 13, 1931, the 5th child of Helen (Doten) and Howard Brownell. She grew up on the family farm, with 5 other siblings. She attended country school, then attended Stewartville high school, and graduated Salutatorian in 1949. Marilyn first attended...
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