Obituaries
Eileen Mae Laudon
Nov 8, 2014
Eileen M. Laudon, age 96 of Lake City died on Saturday, November 8, 2014 at the Mayo Clinic Health System-Lake City. Eileen Mae Anderson was born on April 29, 1918 in Rochester, MN the daughter of Charles and Lennie (Hanson) Anderson. She graduated from Byron High School. She married Donald D. Laudon on May 19, 1940. The couple lived in...
Marie Alvina Musselman
Nov 6, 2014
Marie A. Musselman, age 79 of Zumbro Falls, Minnesota died from a brain tumor at her home surrounded by her family on Thursday, November 6, 2014. Marie Alvina Thiel was born on June 13, 1935 in Davenport, IA the daughter of Kurt Thiel and Adele Bochwoldt. She attended school in the Davenport area and graduated from Davenport High School. She...
Thomas Gerald Stodola
Nov 5, 2014
Thomas Gerald Stodola, 56, of Red Wing, died Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014 at his home. He was born on December 5, 1957 in Austin, Minnesota to Richard and Shirley (Tointon) Stodola. He attended schools in Austin and graduated from the Red Wing Technical College receiving an Auto Mechanics degree. On May 22, 1975 he married Dawn Stuhr. He worked for...
Wayne C. Geppert
Nov 5, 2014
Wayne Clifford Geppert, 86, of Lake City passed away on Wednesday, November 5, 2014 at the Lake City Care Center. He was born on April 27, 1928 in Lake City to Elmer and Iva (Copp) Geppert. He married Elizabeth Hickman on February 17, 1952 at the Wabasha Congregational Church. They farmed in the Mount Pleasant Township area until retiring and...
Robert Nick Wegman
Nov 2, 2014
Robert Nick Wegman, age 83, of Pine Island, MN died on November 2, 2014 at Banner Heart Hospital in Mesa, AZ. Robert Nick Wegman was born on January 20, 1931 in Olmsted County, rural Pine Island the son of Nick Ernest and Ida (Wanke) Wegman. He attended school in rural Pine Island. Following his education Bob worked for the Pine...
Frederick Schulz
Nov 1, 2014
Frederick "Fritz" Lee Schulz, 74, of Goodhue, died Saturday, November 1, 2014 at home, surrounded by his family. He was born January 4, 1940, in Red Wing, to Reinhold and Edna (Albers) Schulz and was a 1957 graduate of Goodhue High School. He enlisted in the US Army on January 23, 1958 and served until he was honorably discharged on...
Wayne W. Siem
Nov 1, 2014
Wayne W. Siem age 60, of Mazeppa died suddenly on Saturday, November 1, 2014 in Mazeppa. The funeral service will be held on Thursday, November 6, 2014 at 11:00 AM at Dale Lutheran Church in rural Wanamingo with Pastor Heather Culuris officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be held on Wednesday, November 5, 2014 from 4:00...
Marcia Margaret Gray
Nov 1, 2014
Marcia Priebe Gray, age 80, of rural Pine Island, died peacefully Saturday (Nov. 1, 2014) at her home, surrounded by her family. Marcia Margaret Priebe was born Dec. 3, 1933 in Rochester, MN to Mayo L. and Josephine M. (Hanf) Priebe. She attended the Villa Maria Academy in Frontenac, MN before graduating from Lourdes High School in 1951. While in...

James F. Thacker
Oct 30, 2014
James Floyd Thacker, 84 of Red Wing, formerly of Columbia, South Carolina, died Thursday, October 30, 2014 at the Seminary Home in Red Wing. He was born December 31, 1929 in Beloit, Kansas, son of James Lloyd Thacker and Mary Faye Kulhman. He grew up in Denver, Colorado and North Platte, Nebraska, where he graduated from high school in 1948....
Lois M. Lewis
Oct 30, 2014
Lois Maujer Lewis, age 93, a resident of Red Wing, MN since 2008, formerly of Delaware, Ohio, peacefully passed away at Loving Residence on Thursday evening, October 30, 2014. Lois was born on August 23, 1921 in Ben Avon, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Robert Irving and Edith Louis Maujer. Lois married Benjamin Morgan Lewis on September 10, 1942, shortly before...
Paul E. Swanson
Oct 30, 2014
Paul Elliot Swanson, 88, of Red Wing, passed away peacefully with his family by his side on Thursday, October 30, 2014. Paul was born on October 29, 1926, in Chicago to Otto and Lillie (Wahlstrom) Swanson. He attended Southwest High School in Minneapolis and then went into the Navy at age 17. Paul Married Patricia Harmon on June 19, 1954...
Lorraine Alice Nerud
Oct 28, 2014
Lorraine Alice (Johnson) Nerud, 91, of Zumbrota, MN, passed from this life on October 28, 2014, at Zumbrota Health Care Center. She was born in St. Cloud, MN, on August 13, 1923, to Martin Elmer and Grace Anna (Trafton) Johnson. She lived in St. Paul, MN for 30 years. Lorraine married Erwin "Erv" Nerud on September 5, 1942, in Forest...
Lois Emma Buck
Oct 28, 2014
Lois Emma Buck, 82 of Lake City, died unexpectedly Tuesday, October 28, 2014 at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester surrounded by her loved ones. She was born in Mount Pleasant Township of Wabasha County, Minnesota on May 12, 1932, daughter of John and Emma (Lutjen) Klein. She grew up in Mazeppa, and attended her schooling in Lake City. On June...
Joseph Patrick Goggin
Oct 27, 2014
Joseph Patrick Goggin, 79, of Red Wing, died unexpectedly at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester on Monday, Oct. 27, 2014. He was born February 9, 1935, in Murdock, Minnesota to Patrick and Margaret (Lee) Goggin. He graduated from Harvey High School in 1953 and enlisted in the US Army on July 27, 1954 serving until he was honorably discharged in...
Charles Fredrik Eickhoff
Oct 26, 2014
Funeral services for Charles Eickhoff will be held Thursday October 30th at 11:00 AM at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Rochester. The Reverend Fred Rengstorf will officiate. Burial, with military rites provided by VFW Post 1218, will follow at the East Saint Olaf Lutheran Church Cemetery near Rock Dell. Mr. Eickhoff, 80, died Sunday October 26, 2014 at Golden Living...
Norma Thomforde
Oct 26, 2014
Norma Louise Thomforde, 90, of Goodhue died Sunday, October 26, 2014 at the Methodist Hospital in Rochester. She was born on January 10, 1924 in Red Wing to Almer and Edith (Haller) Kolberg. She was baptized on April 3, 1924 and confirmed on February 27, 1938 at United Lutheran Church in Red Wing. She graduated from Red Wing Central High...
Edna C. Mahoney
Oct 25, 2014
Edna Cecilia Mahoney, 101, of Red Wing, died Saturday, October 25, 2014 at the Seminary Home. She was born on June 15, 1913, in Stewartville, to Joseph and Mary (Monstte) Mayou and was the eighth out of nine children. Edna graduated from Stewartville High School in June of 1931 and went on to complete normal teacher's training in Chatfield and...
Denise Mary Alt
Oct 25, 2014
With grace and dignity, Denise M. Alt, 59, a long-time resident of Red Wing, passed away peacefully after a year-long battle with cancer at Owatonna Homestead Hospice House on October 25, 2014. Denise was born in Wisconsin Rapids WI May 31 1955, daughter of Vern Alt and Georgine Lang Alt. Moving to Owatonna, she attended St. Mary's School, graduating from...
Clifford Peter Mattson
Oct 25, 2014
Clifford Peter Mattson, 84, of Red Wing, died Saturday, Oct. 25, 2014 at Deercrest in Red Wing. He was born on October 4, 1930 in Zumbrota, Minnesota to Peter and Henrietta (Luhmann) Mattson. He graduated from Cannon Falls High School in 1948. He was united in marriage to Jeanette Severson in February 1951. For many years he worked as a...
Roy David Black
Oct 23, 2014
Roy David Black, 95, of Welch died Thursday, October 23, 2014 at Deercrest. He was born on November 23, 1918 in Welch to Richard and Erma (Bogue) Black. He graduated from Red Wing Central High School and went on to attend the Minneapolis Institute of Technology. Roy served in the US Army during WWII. Following the war, he returned to...