Obituaries
Wayne Joseph Gallas
Feb 10, 2015
A memorial service for Wayne Gallas will be held Saturday February 14th at 11:00 AM at Mahn Family Funeral Home, Rochester Chapel. The Reverend Thomas Loomis will officiate. Mr. Gallas, 74, of Rochester, died Tuesday February 10, 2015 at Cottagewood Senior Communities in Rochester. Wayne Joseph Gallas was born March 26, 1940 in Winona, the son of Vince and Mary...
Henrietta L Baldwin
Feb 9, 2015
Henrietta "Hank" Baldwin, 102, of Red Wing, died Monday, Feb. 9, 2015, at the Seminary Home. She was born December 14, 1912, in Wheeler, Washington, to August and Dora (Winger) Westfield. She graduated from Johnson High School in St. Paul, Minnesota. She married Harrison Cadwell and he later died. She then married Roy Baldwin. During her life, she worked at...

Kenneth J. Crosby
Feb 8, 2015
Kenneth J. Crosby, age 94, of Zumbrota died on Sunday, February 8, 2015 at the Zumbrota Health Services. The funeral service will be held on Wednesday, February 11, 2015 at 11:00 AM at Christ Lutheran Church in Zumbrota with Reverend Wayne D. Schoch officiating. Burial will be in Zumbrota Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at...
Verlyn W. Bursell
Feb 6, 2015
Verlyn (Arnold) Bursell Verlyn Wilma (Arnold) Bursell, 84, of Red Wing, died Friday, Feb. 6, 2015 at her home, surrounded by her family. She was born January 9, 1931, in Perrysburg, Ohio to William and Edna (Schram) Brown. Her family moved to Minnesota and she graduated from Red Wing Central High School in 1949. She married Rolland Arnold in 1949...
Wayne Dale Wadleigh
Feb 5, 2015
Wayne Dale Wadleigh, age 60, of Lake City passed away on Thursday, February 5, 2015 at Mayo Clinic Health Systems, Lake City. He was born on August 29, 1954 in Madison, MN to Frank and Lenora (Goetsch) Wadleigh. He grew up in Madison and graduated from Madison High School. Wayne went on to receive a Bachelor of Science degree from...
Gloria J. Boldt
Feb 3, 2015
Gloria J. Boldt, 68, of Red Wing, died Tuesday, February 3, 2015, at her home, surrounded by the love of her family, after a lengthy battle with cancer. She was born April 19, 1946, in Red Wing, to William and Frances (Jablonske) Siewert. She graduated from RW Central High and attended St. Cloud State University. On August 28th, 1965, she...
Brad A. Einck
Feb 3, 2015
Bradley Allen Einck, 42, of Red Wing, died Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015, with his family by his side, at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester. He was born November 14, 1972, in Decorah, Iowa, to Dennis and Kathy (Bucheit) Einck. His family moved to Wabasha where he graduated from high school in 1991. A natural athlete, Brad played football during high...
Claudine H. Sellers
Feb 2, 2015
Claudine H. Sellers, 70, of the Prairie Island Indian Community, Welch, MN peacefully began her journey home on Monday, February 2, 2015. She was born in Milwaukee, WI on February 24, 1944 to Lorenzo and Lucille (Campbell) Childs and raised on the Prairie Island Indian Community. She graduated from Brainerd Indian School in Hot Springs, SD and moved to the...
Eugene "Geno" John Jackson
Feb 2, 2015
Eugene "Geno" Jackson, age 73 of Pine Island died Monday, February 2, 2015 at Mayo Clinic Hospital-St. Mary's Campus, Rochester. A Memorial Service will be held for Geno on Thursday, February 5, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at the Church of Saint Michael, Pine Island, MN. Father Randal Kasel will officiate. Visitation will be held at the Mahn Family Funeral Home,...
Wendy Jo Bruce
Feb 1, 2015
Wendy Jo Bruce, age 51 of Pine Island died unexpectedly, following a brief illness, on Sunday, February 1, 2015 at St. Mary's Hospital, Rochester surrounded by her family. A memorial service will be held on Thursday, February 5, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. at Pine Island United Methodist Church, Pine Island, MN. Pastor Carolyn Westlake will officiate. Family and friends will...
Joseph Jerdee
Jan 31, 2015
Joseph C. Jerdee, 86, of Red Wing died peacefully on January 31, 2015 at his home at Deer Crest. He was born on December 9, 1928 in Bemidji, Minnesota. He is preceded in death by parents, Rev. Joseph Jerdee and Dora Jerdee (née Peterson). Will be dearly missed by his wife of 52 years, Rev. Sylvia A. Jerdee; sons Jonathan...
Ellen Anita Varnado
Jan 28, 2015
Ellen Anita Varnado, 81, of Red Wing died Wednesday, January 28, 2015 at Mayo Clinic Health Systems in Red Wing. She was born on March 31, 1933 in Alma, WI to Lyle and Sarah (Scott) Stewart. In 1943 her family moved to Fountain City, WI and then in 1944 her family moved to Red Wing. She attended schools in Alma,...

Donald Richard Rohrer
Jan 28, 2015
Donald Richard Rohrer, 88, of Red Wing died Wednesday, January 28, 2015 at the Red Wing Health Center. He was born on October 11, 1926 in Minneapolis to Anton and Viola (Skarvedt) Rohrer. He graduated from John Marshall High School and the University of Minnesota, both in Minneapolis. Don married Gene A. McWaters in 1947 and they lived in Edina....
John August Betcher
Jan 28, 2015
The funeral service for John Betcher will be held Tuesday February 3rd at 11:00 AM at Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church, rural Goodhue, with The Reverend Justin Gosch presiding. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mr. Betcher, 50, of Mazeppa, died Wednesday January 28, 2015 following a motor vehicle accident in Goodhue County. John August Betcher was born September 29,...
Patricia Ellen Coplan
Jan 26, 2015
Patricia E. Coplan, age 70, of Rochester, died Monday, Jan. 26, 2015 at Golden Living Center East in Rochester with her family at her side. Pat was born Feb. 28, 1944 in Minneapolis, MN. She was raised, and graduated from high school, in Watertown, SD. She had lived in Red Wing, MN Lake City, MN, and Rochester, MN. Pat had...
Robert Kastner
Jan 26, 2015
Robert G. Kastner, 76, of Red Wing, died Monday, Jan. 26, at the Mayo Clinic Health Systems in Red Wing. Born in Milwaukee, WI, on January 18, 1939, to George and Harriet Kastner, Bob graduated from Pius XI High School there. He served as a staff sergeant in the US Army and graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee with a...
Richard "Knobby" Lundquist
Jan 25, 2015
Richard "Knobby" Allyn Lundquist, 64, of Maiden Rock, WI died Sunday, January, 25, 2015 at Regions Hospital in St. Paul, MN. He was born June 17, 1950 in Red Wing to Victor and Esther (Pagelkopf) Lundquist. He grew up and attended high school in Ellsworth. Shortly after graduation, he enlisted in the U.S. Army. Following his honorable discharge in 1969,...
Gary E. Kells
Jan 25, 2015
Gary Eugene Kells, 58, of Red Wing, passed away after a battle with cancer. Born and raised in Red Wing, he was the youngest of 9 children. He enjoyed hunting and fishing and a good game of pool. He will be missed by many family and friends. A Celebration of Life will be at the Red Men Club from 1-5...
Lorraine A. Skovbroten
Jan 25, 2015
Lorraine A. Skovbroten age 87 of Zumbrota died Sunday, January 25, 2015 at the Zumbrota Health Services. A funeral service will be held on Friday, January 30, 2015 at 11:00 AM at Lands Lutheran Church with Pastor David Krinke officiating. Burial will be in Zumbrota Cemetery. The family will greet friends on Friday for one hour prior to the service...
Timothy R. Groby
Jan 24, 2015
Timothy Robert Groby, of Maiden Rock, died unexpectedly at his home on Saturday, January 24, 2015. He had just celebrated his 57th birthday one week prior, on January 17th. Born in 1958 to Leonard and Phyllis (Grunklee) Groby, he graduated from Pine Island High School in 1976. For most of Tim's life, he was a dairy farmer, and a pretty...