Obituaries
Gerry "Boot" Butenhoff
Mar 26, 2015
Gerald Allen "Boot" Butenhoff, age 58, of Red Wing died Thursday, March 26, 2015 at this home. He was born on October 11, 1956 in Olivia, MN to Marlen and Marilyn (Carlson) Butenhoff. His family moved to Red Wing in 1966. He was baptized at St. John's Lutheran Church in Olivia, MN and confirmed at Concordia Lutheran Church in Red...
Ione Hager
Mar 25, 2015
Ione Martha Hager, 81, of Red Wing, died unexpectedly Wednesday, March 25, 2015, at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester. She was born on January 25, 1934, in Red Wing, Minnesota, to Martin and Martha (Boettcher) Wiebusch. She graduated from Red Wing Central High in 1951. She married Keith Hager, of Maiden Rock, Wisconsin on June 14, 1953, at St Peter's...
Neal H. Bremer
Mar 25, 2015
Neal H. Bremer, 78, of Red Wing, died Wednesday, March 25, 2015 at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester. Memorial service will be 11 a.m. Monday, March 30, 2015 at St. Paul's Lutheran Church with Rev. Kristen Schlauderaff officiating. Burial with full military honors will be at the Oakwood Cemetery. Visitation will be from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, March...
Florence Pirius
Mar 24, 2015
Florence Christine (Bergren) Pirius, age 92, died on Tuesday, March 24, 2015, at the Seminary Home in Red Wing, MN. She was born to Olof Hugo and Anna (Gull) Bergren on the family farm in Goodhue Township on September 9th, 1922. She attended public schools in Goodhue Township and Goodhue, MN graduating high school in 1940. After working on the...
William E. Roach
Mar 24, 2015
William Edward Roach, 29, of Hastings, died Tuesday, March 24, 2015 at Regina Hospital in Hastings surrounded by his family. He was born August 12, 1985 to Charles and Sally Roach in Fridley. He grew up and attended school in Hastings. An entrepreneur, in 2013, Bill opened Gamerheadz in Southdale Mall. He was a Timberwolves and Minnesota Twins fan and...
Lois Elizabeth Jones
Mar 23, 2015
Lois E. Jones age 92 of Lake City passed away Mach 23, 2015 at her home. Lois Elizabeth Waterbury was born in Wabasha, MN January 20, 1923 daughter of Warren and Chrissie Waterbury. Lois graduated from Wabasha High School in 1941. She then graduated from Miss Woods Teaching School in 1944. She married Roy Jones June 3, 1944 at the...
Joan L. Brown
Mar 22, 2015
Joan Lu Brown, 84, of Red Wing, died Sunday, March 22, 2015 at the Seminary Home in Red Wing. She was born January 1, 1931 to Leo and Helen (Ganssle) Roerig in Winnebago, Minn. She grew up and attended school there, graduating in 1949. After graduation she went to the Minnesota School of Business in Minneapolis. On November 15, 1952...
Mary J Robertson
Mar 21, 2015
Mary Robertson, 85, of Red Wing and formerly of Minocqua, Wis., died Saturday March 21 at her residence at Deer Crest. Born Mary Joan Rowe on May 2, 1929, in Chicago to Royce and Marie (Jacobs) Rowe, she grew up in Wilmette, Ill., where she developed a lifelong love of music, the water and dogs. She attended Occidental College and...
Anthony J. Wedricka
Mar 21, 2015
Anthony J. Wedricka, 93, of Hager City, died Saturday, March 21, 2015, at the Seminary Home in Red Wing. He was born November 20, 1921, in Featherstone Township, to Joseph and Eva Wedricka. He grew up and worked on the family farm before starting work at the SB Foot Tanning Company. He married Lois Jacques in 1938 and she died...
Erwin A. Scheffler
Mar 18, 2015
Erwin A. Scheffler age 90 of rural Cannon Falls died on Wednesday, March 18, 2015 at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester. The funeral service will be held on Saturday, March 21, 2015 at 10:30 AM at Minneola Lutheran Church in rural Zumbrota with Reverend Hannah Bergstrom de Leon officiating. Burial will be in Zumbrota Cemetery. The visitation will be on...
MaryAnn Hinck
Mar 18, 2015
MaryAnn Hinck, age 89, of Lake City, passed away Wednesday, March 18, 2015 at the Lake City Care Center, surrounded by loved ones. She was born on January 31, 1926, the daughter of Reinhart and Helen Miller. She grew up and went to school in Belvidere, then started working on the family farm. On March 5, 1943 she married Alfred...
Lyle Howard Chapin
Mar 18, 2015
Lyle Howard Chapin, age 82, of Merrifield., MN passed away March 18, 2015 at St. Mary's Hospital-Mayo System in Rochester, MN. Lyle Howard Chapin was born in Richville, Minnesota on November 1, 1932 to Charles and Gladys (Whitney) Chapin. He grew up on a farm with his brother Ray and two sisters, Dona and Karen. He graduated from Perham High...
Francisco "Poncho" Jimenez
Mar 17, 2015
Francisco "Poncho" Jimenez, 47, of Goodhue, died Wednesday, March 17, 2015 at St. Mary's in Rochester. He was born January 12, 1968 in Valle de Santiago, Guanajuato, Mexico to Alfredo and Ramona (Arreguin) Jimenez. He grew up and attended school in Mexico before immigrating to California. He then moved Dundas, Minn and finally to Goodhue where he met Valerie Parker....
Doris Helen Berlin
Mar 16, 2015
Doris passed away Monday afternoon, March 16, at the Red Wing Health Center with her family present. Doris Helen Kihlgren was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Nov. 14th, 1925, the daughter of Severin and Ida Kihlgren. After her mother's death when Doris was two years old, she was raised by a great aunt and uncle, Theodore and Christina Anderson, on...
Mick Bohmbach
Mar 15, 2015
Michael "Mick" Bohmbach, age 68, died, Sunday, March 15, 2015, from metastatic melanoma. He was a beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother, and friend. Mick always had a sparkle in his eye and a laugh to share as well as a hug for everyone. He had a generosity of spirit and caring for all. His unbounding love for his two children...
Richard W. Huneke
Mar 15, 2015
Richard William Huneke, 85, of Red Wing died Sunday, March 15, 2015 at St. Brigid's at Hi-Park, surrounded by his loving family. He was born on October 20, 1929 in Red Wing to William and Josephine (Bach) Huneke. He attended rural schools and graduated from the University Of Minnesota School Of Agriculture in 1947. He served in the US Army...
Charles Cordes
Mar 14, 2015
Charles "Chuck" "Old Man" Cordes, age 70, of Lake City passed away on Saturday, March 14, 2015 at his home. He was born on June 15, 1944 in Lake City to Norman and Mary (Frendt) Cordes. He graduated from Lincoln High School in 1962 and went on to join the Army, where he served for three years. Chuck married Annette...
Gary Lyman Oberg
Mar 14, 2015
Gary Lyman Oberg, 58, of Hager City died on Saturday, March 14, 2015 at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester. He was born on August 10, 1956 in Red Wing to Lyman and Virginia (Budenski) Oberg. He grew up in Hager City and attended schools in Ellsworth. For over forty years he drove truck, driving for Red Wing Pottery and Hager...
Margaret Byers
Mar 13, 2015
On Friday, March 13, 2015 Margaret Byers passed away at the Hiawatha Care Center in Hiawatha, Iowa. She had moved to Iowa in July 2014 to be closer to family. She was born August 30, 1925, in Cherry Valley, IL to Charles and Myrtle Hyland. She graduated from Rockford High School in 1942, moved to Chicago, IL. where she met...
Bruce Allen Banitt
Mar 12, 2015
Bruce A. Banitt, age 64, of Pine Island passed away on Thursday, March 12, 2015 at his home in rural Pine Island, surrounded by his family. Memorial services for Bruce will be held on Tuesday, March 17, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. at Grace Lutheran Church in Goodhue, Minnesota. Friends and family will gather at the church one hour prior to...
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