Obituaries
Dale M. Ayen
Dec 30, 2012
Dale M. Ayen, age 89, of Zumbrota, died on Sunday, December 30, 2012 at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester. He was born on October 13, 1923, in Woonsocket Township, Sanborn County, SD, to Marvin and Margaret (Kruse) Ayen. Dale was confirmed at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Hay Creek. On November 8, 1944 he married Audrey E. Holst at Christ Lutheran...
Alexander Joseph Rodriquez
Dec 30, 2012
Alexander Joseph Rodriquez was born Saturday, December 29, 2012 to Kacie Korsten and David Rodriquez in Mankato, Minnesota. Alexander died Sunday, December 30, 2012 at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota. Memorial Service will be at 2 p.m., Friday, January 4, 2013 at Mahn Family Funeral Home, Bodelson-Mahn Chapel with Reverend Todd Engel officiating. Visitation will be from 1:30 p.m....
Helen I. Zipp
Dec 29, 2012
Helen I. Zipp, age 93, of Zumbrota, died on Saturday, December 29, 2012 at Zumbrota Health Services. She was born on April 3, 1919, in Goodhue County, to August and Sarah (Lother) Rietmann. Helen attended school in Goodhue and graduated from Zumbrota High School. On June 10, 1939, she married Carl Zipp at The Little Brown Church in Iowa. The...
Dorothy M. Thompson
Dec 28, 2012
Dorothy Muriel Larson was born July 2, 1923 in Red Wing, MN to Victor and Clara Ruebke Larson. She married William B. " Bill" Thompson on April 8, 1944 forever joining together the Larson and Thompson families. Dorothy was the last of that generation to pass on Dec. 28, 2012, of natural causes, at Potter Ridge Assisted Living in Red...
Marjorie Mae Meacham
Dec 28, 2012
Marjorie Mae Meacham, 88 of Red Wing, died Friday, December 28, 2012 surrounded by her family at her home in Red Wing. She was born May 9, 1924 in Red Wing, the daughter of William and Edna (Nelson) Burdick. She grew up and attended school in Red Wing and graduated from Red Wing Central High School in 1942. On June...
Wilbert George Reese
Dec 24, 2012
Wilbert G. Reese, 84, died Monday, December 24, 2012 at his home in Goodhue, Minnesota. He was born on August 10, 1928 in Goodhue to George and Alvina (Diercks) Reese. He graduated from St. John's Parochial School in Goodhue and went on to attend the School of Agriculture in Saint Paul. On September 16, 1950 he married Leora Born. They...
Dolores Katherine Stemmann
Dec 24, 2012
Dolores Katherine Stemmann, 90, of Red Wing, died Monday, December 24, 2012 at her home. She was born January 15, 1922 in Featherstone Township, to Fred and Luella (Mahler) Alms. She grew up on the family farm and attended country and parochial schools. As a young woman, she worked at Red Wing Pottery, where she hand-painted dinnerware. On October 18,...
Marjorie L. Jagusch
Dec 22, 2012
Marjorie Lorraine Jagusch, 90 of Red Wing, died on Saturday, December 22, 2012 at St. Brigid's Hi-Park. She was born on August 14, 1922 in Red Wing to Reuben and Laura (Anderson) Peterson. She graduated from Ellsworth High School in 1940. On June 5, 1948, she married James Jagusch at First Lutheran Church in Red Wing. They made their home...
Russell W. Postier
Dec 21, 2012
Russell W. Postier, age 87, of Pine Island, died on Friday, December 21, 2012 at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester. He was born on November 27, 1925, in Oronoco Township, Olmsted County, to Raymond and Hazel (Moulton) Postier. Russell attended country school in Oronoco. On February 29, 1944 Russell entered the U.S. Navy. He served on the USS Saratoga in...
Ralph Belin
Dec 19, 2012
Reverend Ralph Burton Belin, 87, of Chaska, died Wednesday, December 19, 2012 at the Chapelview Care Center in Hopkins. He was born February 16, 1925, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Frank and Emma Carlson Belin, who preceded him in death. He graduated from Patrick Henry High School and enlisted in the US Air Force. He became a pilot with the Airborne...
June Cecelia Lampman
Dec 19, 2012
June Cecelia Lampman, age 81 of Red Wing died Wednesday, December 19th at the Red Wing Seminary Home after a lengthy battle with lung cancer. June was born on June 3rd, 1931 in Red Wing to Jacob and Gertrude (Kaiser) Wiebusch. She grew up in the Red Wing area and attended Red Wing Central High School. On November 25th, 1948...
James Kann
Dec 19, 2012
James "Jim" Kann, 65, of Rochester, died Wednesday, December 19, 2012, at St. Marys Hospital. He was born June 16, 1947 in Red Wing, to Bernard and Rosella (Borgschatz) Kann. He attended school in Red Wing. After high school he worked as a painter and in the early ‘80's he moved to Rochester and had owned his own business, "Jim's...
Donald Duden
Dec 18, 2012
Donald Elmer Duden, 76, of Red Wing, died Tuesday, December 18, 2012 at St. Brigid's at Hi-Park. He was born March 28, 1936 in Red Wing to Elmer and Hulda (Swanson) Duden. He was a graduate of Red Wing Central High "Great Class of ‘54" and attended Mankato State University. He enlisted in the US Army and served during the...
Delores Borrowes
Dec 18, 2012
Delores Borrowes went to join her heavenly father and her loving family on December 18, 2012. Delores was born March 25, 1927 in Highland township, MN to Elmer and Leona (Taushaus) Funke. Her parents moved to Boyceville, Wisconsin when Delores was young. She graduated from the Boyceville High School in 1944. That same year, Delores married Charles Rossiter. They made...
Lucille E. Bach
Dec 18, 2012
Lucille Evelyn Bach, 86, of Red Wing, died peacefully at her home on December 18, 2012. She was born February 22, 1926 in Red Wing, to Charles and Pauline (Wanz) Tyler. She grew up in Red Wing, graduated from Red Wing Central High School in 1944 and married her husband, Loren Bach on November 15, 1946. She retired from the...
Julius Block
Dec 16, 2012
Dr. Jule Block, 81, a longtime Rochester Optometrist, died Sunday (Dec. 16, 2012) at the Shorewood Senior Campus. Julius Lyle Block was born Aug. 1, 1931 in Minneapolis to Julius Herman and Celia E. (Renneke) Block. He was raised in Le Sueur, MN and graduated from Le Sueur High School as Salutatorian of his class in 1949. During High School...
Betty L. Frederick
Dec 16, 2012
Betty Lee Frederick, 89, of Minneapolis, died Sunday, Dec. 16. She was a long time employee at Dayton's in downtown Minneapolis. Survivors included nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by seven sisters. Funeral will be 10 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 20, at Mt. Olivet Home Chapel, 5517 Lyndale Ave. S., Mpls. Burial Lakewood Cemetery. Visitation will be for one...
Lawrence A. Bjornstad
Dec 16, 2012
Lawrence A. Bjornstad, age 93 of Red Wing, died Sunday, December 16, 2012 at Three Links Reflections Hospice Home in Northfield, Minnesota. Larry was born April 20, 1919 in Red Wing, the son of Oscar and Alice (Sather) Bjornstad. He grew up and graduated from high school in Red Wing. After graduation he attended the University of Northern Iowa where...
Alene B. Foley
Dec 13, 2012
Alene "Toots" Barbara Foley, 90, of Red Wing, died Thursday, December 13, 2012 at Fairview Southdale Hospital. She was born February 22, 1922 in Diamond Bluff, Wisconsin to George and Annie (Benson) Truttmann. She was a 1940 graduate of Prescott High School. Following high school, she worked for a time at Durkee Atwood in Red Wing. On June 14, 1945...
Pearl Margaret Smith
Dec 13, 2012
Pearl M. Smith, 94, of Rochester, died Thursday (Dec. 13, 2012) at the Stewartville Care Center in Stewartville, MN. Pearl Margaret Connelly was born Sept. 8, 1918 in Salem Township, Olmsted County, MN to James and Oral (Gwinn) Connelly. She attended school at Byron, MN. After finishing Teacher's Training, she taught in rural schools. She also worked as a PBX...
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