Obituaries
John "Sonny" A. Mehrkens
Oct 24, 2015
John "Sunny" Albert Mehrkens, 88, of Red Wing, died Saturday, October 24, 2015 at the Seminary Home in Red Wing. He was born on October 19, 1927 in Red Wing to John and Emma (Thompson) Mehrkens. He graduated from Red Wing Central High School in 1945. He served in the US Navy and Marines during World War II and the...
Richard Leonard Brown
Oct 23, 2015
Richard Leonard Brown, 66, of Red Wing, died Friday, October 23, 2015 at his home. He was on April 15, 1949 in Huron, South Dakota to Leonard and Evelyn (Eschenbacher) Brown. He attended schools in West Fargo, North Dakota and graduated from high school in Sioux City, Iowa where he was a state swimmer. He attended Oregon State where he...
Sharon K. Luhman
Oct 21, 2015
Sharon K. Luhman, age 71 of Bellechester, passed away on Wednesday, October 21, 2015 at her home surrounded by her family. The funeral service will be on Saturday, October 24, 2015 at 2:00 PM at St. John's Lutheran Church in rural Goodhue with Pastor Jim Bourman officiating. Burial will be in Zumbrota Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Friday, October...
LaWanda C. Keller
Oct 21, 2015
LaWanda C. Keller, age 85, of Pine Island, formerly of Bellechester, arrived home in heaven on Wednesday, October 21, 2015 after a courageous battle with congestive heart failure. LaWanda Catherine Keller was born in Minneapolis, on August 5, 1930 to Theodore and Lorraine (nee Hawkins) Pahl. She attended Assumption Catholic grade school and graduated from Bloomington High School in 1948....
Doreen Phyllis Day
Oct 19, 2015
Services for Doreen Day will be held Saturday October 24th at 11:00 AM at Pine Island United Methodist Church. The Reverend Carolyn Westlake will officiate. Burial will follow at the Pine Island Cemetery. Ms. Day, 82, of Pine Island, died Monday October 19, 2015 at Pine Haven Care Center in Pine Island. Doreen Phyllis Day was born November 27, 1932...
Kimberly York
Oct 19, 2015
Kimberly Ann York, 51, of Lake City, died unexpectedly on Monday, Oct. 19, 2015, at the Mayo Clinic Health System in Lake City. She was born March 14, 1964, in Toppenish, Washington to Ernest and Patricia (Thompson) Baker. She grew up in Zillah, Washington, graduating from high school there in 1982. She went on to attend nursing school in Jefferson,...
Rhonda Lynn Baldwin
Oct 18, 2015
Rhonda (Henslin) Baldwin was born in Rochester, Minnesota on September 14, 1953. She was the daughter of Edwin and Lucille (Lee) Henslin. She was confirmed at Lincoln Lutheran Church in rural Lake City, MN and also graduated from Lincoln High School in Lake City in 1972. Rhonda loved shopping with her sister, Gina, and being with her family, especially the...
Mary "LaRayne" Andrist
Oct 16, 2015
Mary "LaRayne" Andrist, 93, of Lake City, died Friday, Oct. 16, 2015 at the Lake City Care Center. She was born April 28, 1922 in Kasson, Minnesota to Homer and Blanche (Barber) Kellar and graduated from Kasson-Mantorville High School in 1940. She was united in marriage to James Andrist on June 1, 1941 in Lanesboro, Minnesota. They lived several places...
Walton J. Luettinger
Oct 16, 2015
Walt Luettinger, 97, of Lake City, died Friday, Oct. 16, 2015, at his home, surrounded by his family. He was born Oct. 31, 1917, in St. Charles, Minnesota, to Oscar and Mabel (Miller) Luettinger. He attended school at Lincoln High in Lake City and worked for the CC Camp prior to being drafted into the US Army in 1941. He...
Barbara Jean Kelm
Oct 15, 2015
Barbara "Barb" Jean Kelm, 68, of Red Wing, died Thursday, October 15, 2015. Born in Wabasha, MN on January 24, 1947 to Leonard and Louise (Schleicher) Rollins, she grew up on her family's century farm near Weaver, MN. She attended grade school near their home and graduated from Wabasha High School. After earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Home...
John Richard Rink
Oct 14, 2015
John Richard Rink was born in St. Paul, Minnesota on September 9, 1928. He was the son of Kuno and Nora (Jacobson) Rink. At the age of one his father died and he was adopted two years later by his loving step-father Oscar Eisenhauer. He graduated from Central High School in St. Paul and from the University of Minnesota with...
Paul D. Reppe
Oct 12, 2015
Paul D. Reppe age 87 of Zumbrota died Monday, October 12, 2015 at his home. The memorial service will be Friday, October 16, 2015 at 11:00 AM at United Redeemer Lutheran Church, Zumbrota, MN with Reverend Dr. Marggi Pleiss-Sippola officiating. Burial will be in Fort Snelling National Cemetery. Visitation will be Thursday, October 15, 2015 from 3:00 - 8:00 PM...
Harold Edwin Johnson
Oct 11, 2015
Harold Johnson, 89, died peacefully at home in Red Wing on Sunday, October 11, surrounded by his family. Harold and his wife of 65 years, Joyce, lived in Red Wing from 1949 - 1969, where they raised five children in the township of Burnside. He enjoyed his career as a medical technologist at City Hospital and Medical Block Clinic. When...
Marshall Edward Laidlaw
Oct 11, 2015
Obituary Notice Marshall E. Laidlaw Marshall Edward Laidlaw, age 93, of Frontenac, died Sunday, October 11, 2015 at the Mayo Clinic Health Systems, Lake City Care Center. He was born June 8, 1922 in St. Louis Park to William and Irma (Ackerman) Laidlaw. He graduated from St. Louis Park High School in 1940. He then joined the U.S. Army where...
Norma Elizabeth Mandelkow
Oct 10, 2015
Norma Elizabeth Mandelkow, 81, of Red Wing, died Saturday, October 10, 2015 at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester. She was born October 31, 1933 to Anton and Sophia (Anderson) Winberg in Red Wing. She graduated from Ellsworth High School. On November 1, 1952 she married Lyle Mandelkow at Svea Lutheran Church. She worked for Ferrin Furniture in Red Wing and...
Clarence H. Mehrkens
Oct 10, 2015
Clarence Henry Mehrkens was born on May 13, 1925 to Fred and Elsie (nee Siebrasse) Mehrkens in Greaterstone, North Dakota. At the age of five the family moved their farm by train to rural Goodhue. He attended Bear Valley School and helped on the family farm. Clarence worked for LaVerne Windhorst for several years before he married Lucille Banitt on...
Richard Ray Robinson
Oct 10, 2015
Richard R. Robinson age 64 of Mazeppa, formerly of Artesia, New Mexico, died on October 10, 2015. Richard was born on July 30, 1951, in Cedar Rapids Iowa to Gordon and Regina (nee Lacher) Robinson. He attended Sherburn School later entering into the US Army, serving from 1971-1974. In 1979 Richard met and later married Janelle Ollinger. They had two...
Harry Samuel Johnson
Oct 7, 2015
Harry Samuel Johnson, 88, of Red Wing, died Wednesday, October 7, 2015 at his home. He was born on July 7, 1927 in Lincoln, Nebraska to Herbert and Peninah (Gillam) Johnson. His family moved to Minnesota where he grew up in Bloomington, graduating from Bloomington High School in 1945. He attended Hamline University. He served in the Merchant Marines and...
David Hallahan
Oct 7, 2015
Dr. David B. Hallahan, 70, of Red Wing, died Wednesday, October 7, 2015 at Valentines. He was born on May 4, 1945, in Pipestone, Minnesota to Dr. Wilbur "Webb" and Mildred "Mickie" (Johnson) Hallahan. He lived with his family in Memphis, Tennessee for a time and later moved to Red Wing, graduating from Red Wing High school in 1963. He...
Dale Thomas Preble
Oct 7, 2015
Dale Thomas Preble "The Beer Man", age 50, of Zumbro Falls, passed away on Wednesday, October 7, 2015 unexpectedly in Zumbro Falls. He was born on May 4, 1965 in Lake City to David and Ruth (Kautz) Preble. He grew up in Zumbro Falls and went to school in Lake City. Dale graduated from Lincoln High School in 1983 and...
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