Obituaries
Anna S. Smith
Sep 16, 2012
Anna Sophia Smith of Red Wing, died on Sunday Sept.16, 2012 at the Lake City Care Center. She was born October 16, 1920 in Lake City, one of twelve children of Maria (Augustine) and Claus Sprick. In 1939, she graduated from Lincoln High School in Lake City. In 1943, she enlisted in the WAVES U.S. Naval Reserve and served as...
Joe Peter Burton
Sep 16, 2012
Joe Peter Burton passed away after a lengthy illness on Sunday, September 16, 2012. An ECK Memorial Service and Life Celebration will be held on Saturday, September 22, at 1:00 p.m. in Room CF206, 2nd floor Coffman Building, on the Rochester Community and Technical College (RCTC) Campus. The address is 851 30th Avenue SE, Rochester, MN. Peter was born on...
Myrna O. Johnson
Sep 11, 2012
Myrna O. Johnson, 75, of Red Wing, died on Sept. 11, 2012 at the Red Wing Health Center. She was born on August 27, 1937 in Red Wing to Walter and Hilma (Setter) Johnson. Myrna attended school in Ellsworth and later furthered her education in Eau Claire. She then worked at 3M in Rochester. She married Glen Steffhagen and they...
Vernon Frances Markham
Sep 11, 2012
Vernon F. Markham, age 91, of Oronoco, died on Tuesday, September 11, 2012 at the Zumbrota Health Services. He was born on September 9, 1921, in Marion Township, Olmsted County, to Bernie and Mabel (Stoppel) Markham, where he grew up until moving to a farm in Oronoco township with his family. On August 30, 1945 he married Eunice I. Morris....
Helen Ruth Grote
Sep 10, 2012
Helen Ruth Grote, 90, of Red Wing, died Monday, Sept. 10, 2012 at Loving Residence. She was born on December 22, 1921 in Arlington, Minnesota to Reinhard and Caroline (Koenig) Wolter. She graduated from Arlington High School and then attended St. John's Nursing School in Red Wing, graduating in 1944. She then continued on as an instructor and nurse there...
Evelyn Grace Tischer
Sep 8, 2012
Evelyn Tischer, 91, of Rochester, formerly of Mankato, died Saturday (Sept. 8, 2012) at Sunrise Cottages in Rochester. Evelyn Grace Tischer was born April 14, 1921 in Sheldon, Iowa to Homer I. and Allie M. (Coles) Smelser. She spent her younger years near Mobridge, South Dakota, returned to Sheldon where she graduated from high school. She attended Mankato State University...
Duard M. Svee
Sep 8, 2012
Duard M. Svee, age 80, of Zumbrota died on Saturday morning, September 8, 2012 at the Zumbrota Health Services. The Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Thursday, September 13, 2012 at 2:00 PM at St. Paul's Catholic Church in Zumbrota with Father Randal Kasal officiating. Inurnment will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be held on Thursday...
Arletta Apollonia Rupp
Sep 6, 2012
Arletta Apollonia Rupp, age 101, died Thursday, September 6, 2012 at her daughter's home in Wacouta Township, MN. She was born August 21, 1911, the daughter of Reverend and Mrs. Henry Jacob (Edna Hummel) Soltau in the parsonage of the Methodist Church, Grove Lake, MN. She attended schools in Otsego and Brooklyn Center and graduated from North High School in...
Rosella Mae Cliff
Sep 6, 2012
Rosella Mae Cliff was born October 1, 1925 in Dodge County, the daughter of Sigval and Selma (Hegna) Edgar. She graduated in 1943 from Hayfield High School. She married Donald J. Cliff June 25, 1947, in Hayfield, Minnesota. The couple lived in Lake City until moving to Red Wing in 1953. Rosella graduated from the Minneapolis Business College and was...
Mattie Lifto Ginapp
Sep 5, 2012
Mattie Lifto Ginapp went to be with Jesus at her daughter's home in Frontenac, Minnesota, September 5, 2012. She was born at her parents farm in Pennington Gap, Viriginia, an Appalachian Mountain girl, to Rosa and George Turner on January 2, 1922. Her mother passed away when Mattie was seven followed by the passing of her father when she was...
Eileen Theresa Searle
Sep 5, 2012
Eileen Searle, 94, of Rochester, died Wednesday (Sept. 5, 2012) at Samaritan Bethany Home on Eighth, where she had resided for the past three years. Eileen Theresa Peterson was born Aug. 3, 1918 at Miles City, Montana to Emil and Mathilda (Roedel) Peterson. She grew up in Jamestown, North Dakota where she graduated from High School. After graduating from a...
Earl John Schafer
Sep 4, 2012
Earl J. Schafer, 86, died Tuesday, September 4, 2012 at Deercrest in Red Wing. He was born April 12, 1926 in Goodhue, Minnesota, the son of Louis and Anna (Diercks) Schafer. Earl grew up in Goodhue and graduated from Red Wing High School. In October of 1950, he married Jane Fjerstad at First Lutheran Church in Red Wing. He spent...
Lyle H Mandelkow
Sep 3, 2012
Lyle Herbert Mandelkow, 84 of Red Wing, died Monday, September 3, 2012, at his home, with his family by his side, following a brief illness. He was born on March 6, 1928 in Red Wing to Gustav and Helen (Gielow) Mandelkow. He attended schools in Red Wing. He then served in the US Army during the Korean Conflict from 1950-1952....
Delma R. Rigelman
Sep 1, 2012
Delma Ruth Rigelman, 87, of Red Wing, died Saturday, Sept. 1, 2012, at the Seminary Home. She was born on Sept. 15, 1924, in Red Wing to Frederick and Clara (Olson) Chellberg. She graduated from Red Wing Central High School in 1942 and then attended Winona State Teachers College, graduating in 1944. She taught school at East Chain, Minnesota and...
Mildred Margaret Luhman
Aug 28, 2012
Mildred Margaret (Vieths) Luhman was born on August 6, 1917 to August and Emma (Hinrichs) Vieths in Goodhue County. She was baptized September 23, 1917 at Grace Lutheran Church, rural Goodhue by Pastor Gerhard Hinnenthal. Her Godparents were her two grandmothers, Catherine (Pickenpack) Hinrichs and Margaret (Reese) Vieths. Her earlier school years were at Grace Lutheran Parochial School until the...
Walter Frank Mehrkens
Aug 28, 2012
Walter F. Mehrkens, 89, of Mazeppa, died on Tuesday, August 28, 2012, at St. Marys Hospital ER in Rochester. He was born on October 4, 1922, in Kidder County, North Dakota, to Elsie (Siebrasse) and Fred Mehrkens. He attended schools near Goodhue and in Bear Valley through the eighth grade and helped on the family farm until joining the US...
Patricia Darlene Rions
Aug 26, 2012
Patricia D. Rions, age 87, of Rochester, died Sunday (Aug. 26, 2012) at the Stewartville Care Center. Patricia D. Scott was born July 13, 1925 in Rochester to Carroll and Frances (Sumner) Scott. She attended Rochester Schools. Pat married Howard A. Rions on Oct. 15, 1942 and the family made their home in Rochester until 1951 when Sgt. Rions was...
Traci Lee Nannette Hardy
Aug 25, 2012
Traci Lee Nannette Hardy, 30, of Red Wing, died Saturday, August 25, in Martell Township, as the result of a motor vehicle accident. She was born July 27, 1982 in Seoul, Korea and was adopted when she was four months old by Kevin and Sue (Hanson) Hardy. She grew up in Red Wing and graduated with the Red Wing High...
Scott Kull
Aug 25, 2012
Scott Mikael Kull, 22, of Red Wing died unexpectedly, Saturday, August 25, 2012 in Pierce County, Wisconsin from injuries received in a motor vehicle accident. He was born November 7, 1989 in Red Wing, Minnesota, son of Larry and Debra (Quinn) Kull. Scott attended his schooling in Red Wing and graduated in 2008 from Red Wing High School. He then...
Lucille A. Befort
Aug 22, 2012
Lucille A. Befort age 97, of Zumbrota, died peacefully on August 22, 2012 at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester after a long and well-lived life. Lucille A. Majerus was born on July 27, 1915 in Bellechester, Minnesota to Stephen and Katherine (nee Schweich) Majerus. She completed high school at Good Counsel Academy in Mankato and married Frank Befort on September...
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