Obituaries
Dale Roger Meier
Apr 8, 2012
Dale Roger Meier, age 83 of Lake City, was called home to heaven on Easter Sunday, April 8, 2012, at the Lake City Hospital Mayo Health System, after a courageous battle with cancer lovingly surrounded by his wife and children. He was born April 9, 1928 to Robert and Marjorie (Mapes) Meier in Prescott, Wisconsin. Dale graduated from Prescott High...
Joyce A. Wheeler
Apr 7, 2012
Obituary Notice Joyce Wheeler Joyce Wheeler, age 80, of Brainerd, passed away Saturday, April 07, 2012 at North Memorial Hospital in Robbinsdale. She was born on April 17, 1931 in Lake City to Walter and Lenora (Michaelsen) Prigge. She grew up in Lake City and graduated from Lincoln High School. After school she moved to Minneapolis, where she worked in...
Karl Henry Larson
Apr 7, 2012
Karl Larson, 61 of Red Wing, died on April 7, 2012. Karl was born November 7, 1950, in Zumbrota, the son of Oliver and Agnes (McNulty) Larson. He graduated from Zumbrota High School and attended Metropolitan State College in Minneapolis and Dakota County Technical College with an Associate Degree in horticulture. Karl is survived by his mother, Agnes Larson of...
Ralph Leon Odden
Apr 6, 2012
Ralph Leon Odden, age 81 of Frontenac, died at his home on April 6, 2012. Ralph was born on February 15, 1931 to Ralph and Leota (Prichard) Odden in Ellsworth, WI. Ralph grew up in Ellsworth then moved to Florence Township where he attended country school, while working on the family farm and neighboring farms. Ralph entered the United States...
Dorothy E. Knoblauch
Apr 6, 2012
Dorothy Ellen Knoblauch, 89, of Red Wing, died Friday, April 6, 2012 at her home. She was born December 19, 1922 in Luverne, Minnesota to Albert and Leona (Peters) Remme. When she was three years old, they moved to Cannon Falls, where she graduated from high school and the Normal Training Department. For two years she taught at rural schools...
Mavis Joann Cohenour
Apr 4, 2012
Mavis Joann Cohenour, 75, of Red Wing, died Wed. April 4, 2012 at St. Brigid's at Hi-Park. Born June 25, 1936 to Joseph and Evelyn (Giese) Vadner, she grew up in the Alexandria area. She married Thomas E. Cohenour, Sr. May 4, 1957 at the Little Brown Church in Iowa and they moved to the Ellsworth area in 1974. She...
Dorothy Katherine Gladys Kohn
Apr 3, 2012
Dorothy Katherine Gladys Kohn, 87, of Red Wing, died Tuesday, April 3, 2012 at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester. She was born June 11, 1924 in Gilford Township, to Reno and Katherine (Stapel) Barghusen. She graduated in 1943 from Lake City High School and had worked at Red Wing Pottery as a painter. On June 6, 1944 she married Vernon...
Irene Louise Wegner
Apr 2, 2012
ROCHESTER - Irene L. Wegner, 92, of Rochester, died Monday (April 2, 2012) at Seasons Hospice in Rochester. Irene Louise Krunzl was born in La Crosse, WI on Aug. 31, 1919 to Antoine and Freida (Hoffman) Krunzl. She moved to Rochester and was a waitress before her marriage to Reuben "Rube" Wegner, on Sept. 9, 1946 in La Crosse. They...
Edward Lother Raasch
Apr 1, 2012
Funeral services for Edward Raasch, Jr. will be held Thursday April 5th at 11:00 AM at United Redeemer Lutheran Church in Zumbrota. The Reverend Tom Isaacson will officiate. Mr. Raasch, 80, of Zumbrota, died Sunday April 1, 2012 at his home in Zumbrota following a lengthy illness. Burial, with military honors provided by the Zumbrota VFW, will be in the...
Harry John Tiedeman
Mar 31, 2012
Harry "Babe" Tiedeman, age 82 of Lake City, died on Saturday, March 31, 2012 at the Lake City Care Center surrounded by his loving family. Harry was born on April 4, 1929 to William and Amanda (Hoops) Tiedeman in Gillford Township. He graduated from Lincoln High School in 1947. He worked on his family farm during school and continued on...
Norman Ray Hennings
Mar 30, 2012
Norman R. Hennings, age 90, of Red Wing, and formerly of Zumbrota, died peacefully at his home at Deer Crest in Red Wing on Friday March 30, 2012 with family by his side. Norman Ray Hennings was born December 15, 1921 in St. Paul, Minnesota to Norman G. and Jessie K. (nee Hubbard) Hennings. Growing up in St. Paul, he...
Vera Hielscher
Mar 27, 2012
Vera Eleanor Hielscher, age 90 of Red Wing, died on March 27, 2012 at her home at Potter Ridge. She was born on February 19, 1922 in Wabasha to Andrew and Mary (Theismann) Dick. She graduated from St. Felix High School in Wabasha. On June 11, 1946 she married George Hielscher in Wabasha. They farmed near Red Wing for many...
Harold Ore Oelkers
Mar 27, 2012
Harold O. Oelkers, 80, of Pine Island, formerly of Mazeppa died Tuesday, March 27, 2012 at the Kenyon Sunset Home. The memorial service will be Saturday, March 31, 2012 at 11:00 AM at St. John's Lutheran Church in Mazeppa with Reverend Alan Horn officiating. Burial will be at the Mazeppa Cemetery with military honors provided by the Mazeppa Veterans Honor...
Milton John Hayman
Mar 26, 2012
Milton John Hayman died shortly before noon at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Wabasha, Minnesota, on Monday, March 26, 2012. He was peaceful, attended by his wife and son. Milt was born in Red Wing, the son of Charles William and Dorathea Augusta (Issendorf) Hayman, on May 17, 1928. He graduated from Red Wing High School in 1946, joined the US...
Edna C. (Koopman) Johnson
Mar 26, 2012
Edna C. (Koopman) Johnson, 92, of Esdaile, formerly of Bay City and Red Wing, died Monday, March 26, 2012 at her son's home in Esdaile. She was born on November 11, 1919, in the town of Hallie, Wisconsin to William and Alice (Hilp) Buttenhoff. She was baptized and confirmed at Zion Lutheran Church in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. She married Theodore...
Donna Faye Finch
Mar 25, 2012
Donna Faye Finch, 83 of Red Wing, died Sunday, March 25, 2012 at the Red Wing Health Center. Donna was born on September 22, 1928 in Grange Hall Township, Wisconsin, the daughter of August and Helen (Coulson) Ferber. She grew up in the Ellsworth area and graduated from Ellsworth High School. She worked as a nurse's aide at St. John's...
Jon D. Ofstie
Mar 22, 2012
Jon D. Ofstie, age 70 of Zumbrota died peacefully on Thursday, March 22, 2012 at the Zumbrota Health Services after a long battle with Huntington's disease. The funeral service will be on Tuesday, March 27, 2012 at 2:00 PM at the United Redeemer Lutheran Church in Zumbrota with Reverend Susan Vikstrom officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the...
Ardith Elaine Latcham
Mar 21, 2012
Ardith Elaine Latcham, 89, of Red Wing, died Wednesday, March 21, at Fairview Red Wing Medical Center. She was born Oct. 13, 1922 in Salem Township, Wisconsin to Ellsworth and Ella (Meyer) Hague. She graduated from Plum City High School and attended the Minneapolis Business College and the Commerce School of Business in San Francisco, California. She married Charles Latcham...
Brian Lee Swagger
Mar 21, 2012
Brian Lee Swagger, age 52 of Lake City, passed away on March 21, 2012 in Rochester, MN. He was born on June 11, 1959 to Russell and Loretta (Cross) Swagger in Lake City. He graduated from Lincoln High School. He began working as a mechanic and a repairman. He moved to Red Wing and eventually moved back to Lake City....
Arnold William Steffens
Mar 21, 2012
Arnold William Steffens, age 84, of Zumbrota died on Wednesday, March 21, 2012 at the Pine Haven Care Center in Pine Island where he had resided for the past several weeks. He was born on August 8, 1927, in Red Wing, to Rudholph and Edna (Firl) Steffens. On September 28, 1927 he was baptized at United Lutheran Church and confirmed...
Support After A Loss
Circle of Friends+ provides you with resources on grief support and settling affairs, sent to you via text and email.
