Obituaries
Ervin O Carsten
Sep 23, 2013
Ervin O. Carsten, age 89, of Lake City, passed away Monday, September 23, at St. Mary's Hospital, Rochester, MN. He was born in Bremen, MN to John and Mathilda (Karsten) Carsten. Ervin graduated from West Albany grade school. Ervin served his country during WWII in the US Army and was stationed in the South Pacific. He married Florabelle Brehmer on...
Daniel "Dan" J. Siems
Sep 23, 2013
Daniel "Dan" J. Siems, age 64, of Mazeppa died of natural causes on Monday, September 23, 2013, at his home. He was born on May 22, 1949, in Pine Island, to Allen and Mary (Murray) Siems. Dan graduated from Mazeppa High School 1967. On November 4, 1967, he married Rose Lubahn in Oronoco and they later divorced. Dan was a...
Neil Richter
Sep 23, 2013
Neil Wilfred Richter, 80, of Red Wing, died Monday, September 23, 2013, at the Seminary Home in Red Wing. He was born January 2, 1933 in Red Wing, the son of William and Edna (Pohl) Richter. He attended Red Wing Schools and worked on the family farm for several years. He served in the National Guard and on January 12,...
Richard J. Reuter
Sep 23, 2013
Richard J. Reuter age 89 of Mazeppa died suddenly on Monday, September 23, 2013 at his home in rural Mazeppa. The funeral mass will be held on Thursday, September 26, 2013 at 2:00 PM at Ss. Peter & Paul Catholic Church in Mazeppa with Fr. Joseph Fogal officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be on Thursday...
Aryana Patricia-Larenda Wolff
Sep 22, 2013
Aryana Patricia-Larenda Wolff, 3 years old of Red Wing, passed away Sunday, September 22, 2013 at her home. She was born January 6, 2010 in Red Wing, daughter of Cyrus and Tishena (Cree) Wolff. Aryana was a wonderful and beautiful little girl who will be missed greatly. She enjoyed playing in the tub with her duckies, making new friends at...
Patricia Ellen Burridge
Sep 22, 2013
Patricia Ellen Burridge, of Colfax, WI passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on September 22. Pat was born in Cleveland, OH in 1942, to Emmett & Evelyn (Lang) Funkhouser, and was raised primarily by her grandparents, Reverend Edwin & Veora Stoddard of Bellaire, MI. She is preceded in death by her loving husband, Jack and her loyal poodle, Gigi....
Alfred H. Morseth
Sep 22, 2013
Alfred H. Morseth, age 98 of Kenyon, formerly of Zumbrota died on Sunday, September 22, 2013 at the Kenyon Sunset Home. The funeral service will be on Thursday, September 26, 2013 at 11:00 AM at Lands Lutheran Church in rural Zumbrota with Pastor David Krinke officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be held on Wednesday, September...
Jeffrey Vincent Lawrence
Sep 19, 2013
Jeffrey Vincent Lawrence, 58, of Red Wing, died Thursday, September 19, 2013, at his home surrounded by his family. He was born August 17, 1955, in Red Wing, to Vincent and Dorothy (Thuman) Lawrence. He attended Red Wing Central High School. He enlisted in the US Air Force and was honorably discharged in 1976. Following the service, he became a...
Robert Hoyer Schrimpf
Sep 19, 2013
Obituary Notice ROBERT H. SCHRIMPF Robert Hoyer Schrimpf, age 89 of Lake City, died Thursday, September 19, 2013 at the Lake City Medical Center. He was born September 7, 1924 along with his twin brother Ralph to Otto and Isabell (Hoyer) Schrimpf in Red Wing. He was confirmed on April 2, 1939 at St. John's Lutheran in Red Wing. Robert's...
Karl Klaus Tombarge
Sep 18, 2013
Karl Klaus Tombarge, 93, of Red Wing, died Wednesday, September 18, 2013, at the Red Wing Health Center. He was born March 25, 1920, in Chester, Minnesota, to Klaus and Anne (Grabow) Tombarge. His family moved to Daisy, North Dakota when he was a young boy and he attended schools there. He was united in marriage to Jane Staehli on...
Jeanette M. Tollefsrud
Sep 18, 2013
Jeanette Tollefsrud, age 88, of Zumbrota, died on Wednesday, September 18, 2013 at the Zumbrota Health Services. Funeral service will be on Monday, September 23, 2013 at 11:00 AM at Lands Lutheran Church in rural Zumbrota with Pastor David Krinke officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be on Sunday, September 22, 2013 from 3:00 - 5:00...
Janice Mary Arbuckle
Sep 16, 2013
Janice (Jan) Mary Arbuckle, 69, passed away surrounded by her loving family at the Mayo Clinic Hospital in Scottsdale, Ariz. on Monday (Sept. 16, 2013). She was born Dec. 20, 1943, to Ben and Mary (Lynch) Brzinski in St. Cloud, MN. Jan and Bob Arbuckle were married May 1, 1975 at the Little Brown Church in Iowa. Jan worked in...
Margaret C. Dabill
Sep 15, 2013
Margaret Dabill, 96, of Red Wing, died September 15, 2013 at St. Brigid's at Hi-Park Care Center. She was born March 17, 1917 in Starbuck, Minnesota to Emil and Bertha (Barsness) Erickson. She married Everett Dabill in 1935. They owned a sawmill and farmed in Pine River, Minnesota. Everett died in 1989. In 1994 Margaret moved to Red Wing and...
Kora Eileen Knowlton
Sep 14, 2013
A funeral service for Kora Knowlton will be held Thursday September 19th at 1:00 PM at Trinity Lutheran Church in Rochester. The Reverend William Otte will officiate. Burial, on Friday, will be at Fort Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis. Mrs. Knowlton, 92, of Rochester died Saturday September 14, 2013 at Cottagewood in Rochester. Kora Eileen Anderson was born June 29,...
John "Jack" Edward Byrne
Sep 13, 2013
John "Jack" Edward Byrne, 92, of Red Wing, died Friday, September 13, 2013 at the Seminary Home. He was born February 9, 1921 in Park Falls, Wis. the only child of Edward and Kathyrn (Sullivan) Byrne. At age two he and his family moved to Minneapolis. He graduated from DeLaSalle High School. He then worked at Wheeling Corrugated for a...
Loren Charles Franks
Sep 11, 2013
Loren Charles Franks, III, 60, died Wednesday, September 11, 2013 at his home in Red Wing. Loren was born on June 20, 1953 in Anchorage, Alaska. He was a veteran of the United States Coast Guard and was an avid outdoorsman. He loved rock hunting, animals, and cooking, but not as much as hiking in the woods, hunting and fishing....
Shirley "Pete" Peterson
Sep 10, 2013
Shirley J. (Pete) Peterson, 87, of Rochester passed away peacefully at home Tuesday, September 10, 2013. Pete was born September 7, 1926 in Skyberg, Minnesota, the son of John and Annetta Peterson. He served in the Air Force in World War II in Okinawa and Misawa Air Force Base in Japan. He married Carol Jean Steege on November 10, 1951...
James Patrick Williams
Sep 10, 2013
James Patrick Williams, 71, of Farmington, died Tuesday, September 10, 2013 at the Seminary Home in Red Wing. He was born October 18, 1941 in Minneapolis to Richard and Mary (Gurtek) Williams. He was raised by his mother and stepfather, Leonard Lamphire and he farmed for a number of years. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1958 where he...
Helen L. Torkelson
Sep 10, 2013
Helen L. Torkelson, age 91, of Zumbrota, died on Tuesday, September 10, 2013 at Zumbrota Health Services. She was born on June 20, 1922, in Minneola Township, Goodhue County, to Martin and Lizbeth (Bremseth) Nygren. Helen was baptized and confirmed at United Lutheran Church in Zumbrota. She attended country school and graduated from Zumbrota High School. Helen worked at several...
Donna Mae Kirtz
Sep 10, 2013
Donna Mae "Mickey" Kirtz, age 82 of Lake City passed away Tuesday, September 10, 2013 at the Care Center at Mayo Clinic Health System in Lake City. Donna was born January 16, 1931 in Lake City, MN, to George & Emma (Dammann) Kirkwood. She grew up in Lake City and attended school at St. John's Lutheran. She married Alvin Kirtz...