Obituaries
Patrick Henry Simmons
Aug 20, 2019
Patrick H. Simmons, 84, of Mazeppa, died Tuesday, August 20, 2019, at the Mayo Clinic Hospital Saint Marys Campus surrounded by his family. He was born on April 23, 1935, in Hammond, MN to Frank and Elizabeth (Griffin) Simmons and grew up in Hammond. On January 23, 1954, he married Maureen Shea and they were blessed with five children. He...
Mary Jean Barringer
Aug 20, 2019
Mary Jean Barringer, 88, of Red Wing, died Tuesday, August 20, 2019, at the Mayo Clinic Health System, Red Wing. She was born May 8, 1931, in Red Wing, to Alfred and Mary (Nelson) Buck. She grew up in the Red Wing area and graduated from Red Wing Central High School in 1949. On Oct. 12, 1950, she was united...
David Allen Schimek
Aug 18, 2019
David Allen Schimek of Zumbrota, passed away Sunday, August, 18, 2019. David was born in Albert Lea, MN to Francis "Bud" and Elizabeth "Betty" (Barrie) Schimek. As a child he attended elementary school in Mazeppa and graduated from high school in Pine Island in 1979. In 1981, David married Susan Kundert and they were blessed with four boys. In 1991,...
Wilfred "Bob" Holm
Aug 15, 2019
Wilfred "Bob" Holm, 89, of Red Wing, died Thursday, August 15, 2019, at the Mayo Clinic Health Systems, Lake City Care Center. He was born January 6, 1930, in Red Wing, to Lars Arthur and Margaret (Luhman) Holm and grew up in Goodhue. Following his father's death, he left school at age 14 and began working to help support his...
Royce Gerald Lynner
Aug 14, 2019
Royce Gerald Lynner, of Red Wing, died Wednesday, August 14, 2019 at the Lake City Care Center in Lake City. He was born April 13, 1939 in Red Wing to Milton and Rosella (Mann) Lynner. He attended Red Wing schools and began working at the the Red Wing Shoe Company when he was 16 years old. After nearly 25 years...
Patricia Venoy Johnson
Aug 14, 2019
Patricia Venoy Johnson, 84, of Hager City, died on Wednesday, August 14, 2019, at Mayo Clinic Hospital, St. Marys Campus in Rochester. She was born on December 2, 1934 in Bowdle, South Dakota, to Albert and Mary (Wentz) Doerr. She grew up in Diamond Bluff, Wisconsin and graduated from Prescott High School. Patricia was united in marriage with Don E....
Betty L. Scheffler
Aug 14, 2019
Betty L. Scheffler, age 92 of Pine Island died on Wednesday, August 14, 2019 at her home. A funeral service will be held on Monday, August 19, 2019 at 1:30 PM at Saint Paul Lutheran Church in Pine Island with Pastor Marie AK Anderson officiating. Burial will be in the Pine Island Cemetery. Visitation will be on Sunday, August 18,...
Lorraine "Lorry" M. Anderson
Aug 13, 2019
Lorraine "Lorry" Anderson, 87, of Red Wing, died Tuesday, August 13, 2019 at St. Crispin Living Community. She was born May 16, 1932 in Goodhue Township to Theodore "Ted" and Mildred (Oelkers) Zemke. She attended school in rural Goodhue until the family moved to Red Wing where she started the 6th grade at Colvill School. She graduated from Red Wing...
Carol Ann Yarwood
Aug 12, 2019
Carol Ann Yarwood, 69, of Hager City, died Monday, August 12, 2019 at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester. She was born August 16, 1949 in Austin, Minnesota to Earnest and LaVonne (Silker) Butts. She grew up in Austin and attended high school there. On February 6, 1971 she married Vernon Yarwood and the couple moved to the Red Wing area,...
Robert "Bob" Carl Swanson
Aug 11, 2019
Robert (Bob) Swanson, 94, died Sunday, August 11, 2019, in Rochester, Minnesota. He grew up on a farm in Shellsburg, Iowa, and married Lorna Fiebelkorn on February 11, 1945. He was a World War II veteran having served in the US Army. Bob worked at FMC in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, for 30 years before taking early retirement and starting a...
Donald Herman Rademacher
Aug 6, 2019
Donald Herman Rademacher age 80, of Rochester passed away August 6, 2019 at Stewartville Care Center in Stewartville, MN. Don was born April 17, 1939 to Marcella (Loechler) and Herman Rademacher in Lake City, MN. He married Phyllis (Bartels) July 9, 1966 in Elma, IA. His working years were spent in the Produce and Meat departments of Super Value in...
Shirley Ann Hamilton
Aug 6, 2019
Shirley Ann Hamilton, 74, of Prescott, Wisconsin, formerly of Bay City, Wisconsin, died Tuesday, August 6, 2019 at her home. She was born July 20, 1945 in Bismarck, North Dakota, to George and Rose (Anderson) Bushinger. Her family moved to Minnesota and she graduated from high school in St. Paul Park. In 1968, she was united in marriage to Aaron...
Shirley Ann Schultz
Aug 4, 2019
Shirley Ann Schultz, 70, of Red Wing, died Sunday, August 4, 2019 at the Lake City Care Center. She was born February 9, 1949 to Dale and LaVonne (Lorenzen) Scott in Luverne, Minnesota. She spent her early childhood in the Hardwick area until her family moved to Red Wing, where she graduated from Red Wing Central High School. She married...
D. Jean Klein
Aug 3, 2019
(Doris) Jean Klein, 86, formerly of Rochester, MN, passed away Saturday August 3, 2019 at Meadow Lakes Senior Living. She was born December 27, 1932 in Wessington Springs, SD to Henry and Helen (Besse) Schmoll. On June 14, 1951 she married Miles Klein and they later divorced. Jean farmed for many years, became an LPN at age 54, and worked...
Arlene Marie Gifford
Aug 2, 2019
Arlene Marie Gifford, 89, formerly of Hager City, Wisconsin, died Friday, August 2, 2019 at the Waverly Gardens Care Center in North Oaks, Minnesota. She was born June 18, 1930, in Lake City, Minnesota, to Emil and Mary (Andrews) Axelson. She grew up in Ella and Arkansaw, Wisconsin, graduating from Arkansaw High School. On Feb. 26, 1949, she married Wallace...
Solomon Daniel Campbell
Aug 1, 2019
Solomon "Tatanka Maza" Daniel Campbell, 35, died Thursday, August 1, 2019 in Bloomington, Minnesota. He was born March 3, 1984 to Julie Ann Red Cloud in Red Wing, Minnesota. He was a member of the Prairie Island Indian Community and he grew up in Red Wing area. He enjoyed four wheeling, driving cars and talking sports. He particularly liked, baseball,...
Patricia L. Stenlund
Jul 29, 2019
Patricia Stenlund April 9, 1945 to July 29, 2019 Birth: Akron, Ohio Death: Goodhue, MN An adventurous spirit and a quest for fun, Patricia Stenlund, lived her life to the absolute fullest. Pat was born in Akron, Ohio on April 9, 1945 and passed away on July 29, 2019 in Goodhue, Minnesota. Pat grew up in Ohio and attended Buchtel...
Jean Jilk
Jul 28, 2019
Jean (McGrath) Jilk, 63, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, July 28, 2019. She was born on September 16, 1955 in Hastings to Mathew and Virginia (Thome) McGrath. She attended Guardian Angels Catholic School, where she perfected her penmanship talent. After graduating from Hastings High School, Jean worked at the State Training School in Red Wing for several years and had...
Sandra Kay Lebert
Jul 27, 2019
Sandra Kay Lebert, Age 75. Beloved Wife, Mom, Grandma, Great Grandma and Friend to many, passed away July 27th , 2019. Sandra Kay White was born on November 7 th , 1943 in Des Moines, Iowa to Donald C. and Dorothy L. (Ayers) White. Her family moved from Mason City, Iowa when she was starting the 5th grade. She graduated...
Ava Cleone Thompson
Jul 23, 2019
Ava Cleone (Morkin) Thompson, 87, passed away on July 23, 2019 at Atrium Post Acute Care in Ellsworth. She was born on August 26, 1931 to Leo and Ava (Hedleson) Morkin. She married Duane Thompson in 1950. They later divorced. She loved to read, go on rides to Red Wing with her brother, Elwood and his wife, Gail. She loved...
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