Obituaries

Robert Allen Kalass
Jul 16, 2012
A memorial service for Robert ‘Bob' Kalass will be held Friday July 20th at 1:00 PM at United Redeemer Lutheran Church in Zumbrota. The Reverend Tom Isaacson will officiate. Burial of the urn will follow at the Zumbrota Cemetery. Mr. Kalass, 76, of Zumbrota, died Wednesday July 16, 2012 at his home in Zumbrota. Robert Allen Kalass was born August...
Darline Verniel Flotterud
Jul 15, 2012
Darline V. Flotterud, age 81, of Zumbrota, died on Sunday, July 15, 2012 at the Zumbrota Health Services. She was born on July 31, 1930, in Zumbrota, to John and Emma (Borgschatz) Vieths. In 1944 she was confirmed at Christ Lutheran Church in Zumbrota. In 1948 Darline graduated from Goodhue High School. On September 6, 1953 she married Cleon Flotterud...
Robert F. Steffenhagen
Jul 15, 2012
Robert Frederick Steffenhagen, 88, of Red Wing, died Sunday, July 15, 2012 at the Seminary Home. He was born May 26, 1924 in Red Wing, to Charles and Lillian (Bremer) Steffenhagen. He grew up in Frontenac on the Hill Avenue family farm and attended country school. On December 22, 1943, he married Dorothy DeRoy at St. John's Lutheran Church, Frontenac...
Irene Elizabeth Strusz
Jul 14, 2012
Irene Elizabeth (Lovgren) Strusz, 89, of Red Wing, went home to be with her Lord and Savior in the early morning hours of Saturday, July 14, 2012 with her loving daughter at her side. She was born March 1, 1923 in Amery, Wisconsin, the daughter of Erick and Laura (Anderson) Lovgren. She was raised in Red Wing and graduated from...
Jean Marie Lowrie
Jul 14, 2012
Jean Marie Lowrie, of Red Wing, died Saturday, July 14, 2012, the day after her 87th birthday, at the Seminary Home. She was born July 13, 1925, in St. Paul, to William and Julia Ullman and grew up in St. Paul where she attended catholic school. On August 16, 1943, she married Donald Lowrie and they lived in Red Wing....
Bernice Kolling
Jul 13, 2012
ROCHESTER - Bernice Kolling, 90, formerly of Rochester, and Spring Valley, MN, died Friday (July 13, 2012) at the Zumbrota Health Center in Zumbrota, MN. Bernice Ruth Walker was born Jan. 4, 1922 in Deshler, Nebraska to Cleveland and Frieda (Kreisler) Walker. She was raised, and graduated from High School in Deshler. On July 11, 1941 she married William Kolling...
Donald W. Benrud
Jul 12, 2012
Donald W. Benrud, age 86, of Goodhue, died Thursday, July 12, 2012 at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester. A funeral service will be held on Monday, July 16, 2012 at 10:30 AM at St. Luke Lutheran Church in Goodhue with Reverend Greg Hall officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery in Goodhue with military honors provided by the Bellechester American...
James "Bud" V. McWaters
Jul 10, 2012
James V. "Bud" McWaters age 92 of Zumbrota died on Tuesday, July 10, 2012 at his home in Zumbrota. A memorial service will be held on Thursday, July 12, 2012 at 1:00 PM at the United Redeemer Lutheran Church in Zumbrota with Pastor Tom Isaacson officiating. Burial will be in Zumbrota Cemetery with military honors provided by Stary-Yerka VFW Post...
Arthur James Stull
Jul 10, 2012
Arthur Stull "Uncle Buzzy" June 6, 1939 - July 10, 2012 Arthur passed away peacefully Tuesday, July 10, 2012, at his residence. He is survived by his wife, Beverly (Ivens) Stull; three sisters, Dorothy Sieben, Beverly Hamilton and Betty Ryan; and many other family members and friends. He was preceded in death by his mother and father, Hazel and Truman...
Charles Richard Dornack
Jul 7, 2012
Celebration of Life gathering will be held from 1:00PM to 5:00PM, Sunday, July 15, 2012 at Mr. Bilz in Red Wing.
Robert Ely Michael
Jul 7, 2012
Robert Michael, 93, of Rochester, died Saturday July 7, 2012 at Charter House in Rochester. Mr. Michael was born in New York City on February 1, 1919. He married Viola Fried of Fountain City, Wisconsin, on November 4, 1944 in Baltimore. He served in the U.S. Army Military Police from 1942 to 1946, after which he returned to the steamship...
Thomas Gwaltney
Jul 5, 2012
Thomas H. (Wolfie) (Red), Gwaltney, of Lake City, went to be with our Lord and Savior after a brave battle with ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) Thursday, July 5th, 2012 at the age of 70 years and 8 months and 16 days. Tom was born October 19th, 1941 in Streator, IL to Homer & Edna Leshewski. He grew up in Wichita,...
LaVonne Mae Scott
Jul 5, 2012
LaVonne Mae Scott, 85, Red Wing, died Thursday, July 5, 2012 at Seminary Home. She was born April 5, 1927 near Edgerton, MN, the daughter of Albert and Alta (Bendt) Lorenzen. She graduated from Edgerton High School in 1945 and she attended beauticians school in Sioux Falls, SD. She married Dale Scott of Hardwick, MN on June 9, 1948. They...
Dale Eugene Veith
Jul 4, 2012
Dale Eugene Veith, 88, of Red Wing, died Wednesday, July 4, 2012 at the Mayo Clinic Health System - Red Wing Hospital. He was born on May 5, 1925 in Hay Creek Township, Goodhue County, Minnesota to John and Edna (Stumpf) Veith. He attended rural schools in Hay Creek Township and Red Wing Schools. He served in the US Army...
Florence Rosella Allyn
Jul 4, 2012
Florence Rosella Allyn, 99, died Wednesday, July 4, 2012 at the Villa at Hi-Park in Red Wing, Minnesota. She was born March 6, 1913 in Clifton Township of Pierce County, Wisconsin, to Vincent and Henrietta (Steiner) Seifert. She graduated from Ellsworth High School in 1931. On August 26, 1940, she married Kenneth Allyn at St. Francis Catholic Church in Ellsworth,...
Doris Ione Stoddard
Jul 4, 2012
Doris I. Stoddard, age 88, of Pine Island, died on Wednesday, July 4, 2012 at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester. She was born on August 13, 1923, in Wanamingo, to Paul and Berntine (Ree) Jacobson. She graduated from Wanamingo High School. She worked at the family meat market and at Toby's the local restaurant in Wanamingo as a waitress. On...
Grace Lucille Romo
Jul 3, 2012
Grace Lucille Romo, age 94, of Zumbrota, died on Tuesday, July 3, 2012, at the Zumbrota Health Services. She was born on August 16, 1917, in Roscoe Township, Goodhue County, to Archie and Nellie (Swain) Hemenway. In September of 1917 Grace was baptized at United Lutheran Church by Pastor Froiland and was confirmed in May of 1931. She graduated from...
Richard "Dick" Allen Markee
Jul 2, 2012
Richard "Dick" Markee, 74, of Rochester, passed away on July 2, 2012 at home after fighting a long battle with cancer. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, July 7, at 1:00 p.m. at Peace United Church of Christ, Rev. Paul Bauch officiating. Dick was born September 26, 1937, to Floyd and Gladys Markee, at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester....
Michael O. Hauschildt
Jul 1, 2012
Michael O. Hauschildt, 65, of Bay City died Sunday, July 1, 2012 at Saint Marys Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota. He was born December 29, 1946 in Red Wing, the son of Harry and Sally (Turnbell) Hauschildt. He grew up and attended school in Red Wing, where he graduated from Red Wing Central High School in 1965. After graduation he was...
Mary K. Sterling
Jun 30, 2012
Mary Kaye Sterling, 65, of Red Wing, died Saturday, June 30, 2012. She was born March 12, 1947 in Rochester, to Kenneth and Catherine (Sweeney) Atkinson. She was a 1965 graduate of Marian High School in Owatonna and went on to attend O'Brien School of Cosmetology. On December 2, 1967, she married Jerry Sterling and they lived in Owatonna until...