Obituaries
Joanne Herron
Feb 19, 2011
Joanne A. Herron age 68 of Lake City passed away Saturday, February 19, 2011 at the Lake City Nursing Home. Joanne was born November 23, 1942 in Lake City to George & Marcene (Meincke) Herron. Joanne left home for Cornell University, graduating with degrees in Textile Design and Organic Chemistry in 1964. She found success in multiple careers. Joanne was...
Maurice W. Klingsporn
Feb 19, 2011
Maurice W. Klingsporn, age 66 of Rochester, died on Saturday, February 19, 2011 at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota. A memorial mass is scheduled for 11:00 AM on Friday, February 25, 2011 at St. Michael's Catholic Church in Pine Island with Father Timothy Dolan officiating. Visitation will be held on Thursday, February 24 from 5:00 until 7:00 PM at...
Myra Marie Foss
Feb 18, 2011
Obituary Notice Myra Marie Foss Myra Marie Foss, age 88, of Lake City, passed away Friday, February 18, 2011 at the Lake City Medical Center. She was born November 17, 1922 in Buffalo County, WI to Harry and Selma (Gueltzow) Hendricks. She grew up in Buffalo County graduating from Cochrane High School and then attending Winona Business College. After graduating...
Florence Luella Meyer
Feb 18, 2011
Florence Luella Meyer, 91, of Red Wing, died Friday February 18, 2011 at St. Brigid's at Hi Park. She was born on March 21, 1919 in Red Wing, the daughter of Peter and Anna (Leutje) Feindt. She attended Hay Creek School and Red Wing High School. She married Victor Meyer on September 16, 1944. They lived on a farm for...
Earl Walter Nardinger
Feb 17, 2011
Earl Walter Nardinger, 70, of Red Wing, died Thursday, February 17, 2011, at Fairview Red Wing Medical Center. He was born June 27, 1940, in Red Wing to John and Caroline (Zorn) Nardinger. Earl grew up on the family farm in rural Bellechester. He moved to Faribault, where he participated in the Special Olympics, and later moved to REM in...

Linda Jean Turcotte
Feb 17, 2011
Funeral services for Linda Turcotte will be held Monday February 21st at 1:00 PM at Mahn Family Funeral Home, Rochester Chapel. The Reverend Maury Hagen will officiate. Entombment will follow at the Grandview Memorial Gardens Mausoleum. Mrs. Turcotte, 65, of Rochester, died Thursday February 17, 2011 at Maple Manor Nursing Home in Rochester. Linda Jean Reinsvold was born to Vernon...
Patricia Ruth Vavra
Feb 17, 2011
Patricia Ruth Vavra, 82, of Lake City, passed away Thursday, February 17th at the Lake City Medical Center. Patricia was born September 8, 1928 in St Paul to George and Kristina (Holicky) Crawley. She grew up in St Paul, started working for a telephone company as a switch board operator. She married Fred Vavra, Jr. on April 8, 1947 in...
Wilbert Sas
Feb 16, 2011
Funeral services for Wilbert 'Bill' Sas will be held Saturday February 19th at 11:00 AM at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Rochester. The Reverend Rance Settle will officiate. The service will conclude with military honors provided by American Legion Post 92 of Rochester. Burial will occur at a later date at the Christian Reformed Cemetery near Leota. Mr. Sas, 84, of...

Lucille F. Kubik
Feb 16, 2011
Obituary Notice Lucille F. Kubik Lucille Fredereka Kubik, age 85 of Lake City, passed away Wednesday, February 16, 2011 at the Lake City Nursing Home. She was born August 24, 1925 in Grandblanc, MI to Lewie and Delilah (Bloss) Myers. She grew up and attended schools in the Lapeer county area. On May 13, 1944, she married Stephen Kubik in...

Kathleen Louise Martin
Feb 16, 2011
Kathleen L. Martin, 83, of Red Wing, died Wednesday, February 16, 2011 at St. Brigid's at Hi-Park. She was born on November 30, 1927 in Red Wing to Charles and Emma (Gihlstorf) Hauschildt. She attended schools in Red Wing and in 1945 graduated from Red Wing High School. On October 24, 1947 she married Perry W. Martin. They lived in...

Delores Mae Behm
Feb 15, 2011
Delores Mae Behm, 88, of Red Wing, died Tuesday, February 15, 2011 at St. Brigid's at Hi-Park. She was born April 2, 1922 in Hector, MN. She is survived by four children; grandchildren; two brothers; one sister; and many nieces and nephews. Delores was preceded in death by her husband Walter, two children, and one sister. Funeral will be 1:30...
Richard Diercks
Feb 13, 2011
Richard Norman Diercks, 70, of Red Wing, died Sunday, Feb. 13, 2011 at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester. He was born August 10, 1940 in Hay Creek Township to Norman and Molly (Carlon) Diercks. He graduated from Red Wing Central High School in 1958 and married Barbara Nelson in September of 1959, later divorcing. On May 17, 1986 he married...
Irene Emma Betcher
Feb 10, 2011
Irene Emma Betcher, 94, died Thursday February 10, 2011 at her home in Goodhue. She was born on January 23, 1917 in Goodhue Township, the daughter of Henry and Emma (Sharpen) Gerdes. She attended Immanuel Lutheran School in Hay Creek. She married Carl Betcher on August 8, 1946 at Immanuel Lutheran Church. The couple farmed in Belvidere Township until their...
Verneal Irene Otterson
Feb 9, 2011
Verneal Irene Otterson, 98, of Red Wing, died Wednesday February 9, 2011 at Fairview Seminary Home. She was born on April 6, 1912, the daughter of John and Maggie (Luchau) Miller. She attended school in Claybank. She married Walter Otterson on December 8, 1928 in Red Wing. She worked at SB Foot Tanning Company for 30 years retiring in 1972....
Bertha Guenther
Feb 8, 2011
Bertha Guenther, 100, of Red Wing, died Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2011 at St. Brigid's at Hi-Park. She was born May 25, 1910 in Elgin, North Dakota to Michael and Barbara (Emhoff) Stevahn. She married Andrew Guenther in 1926 and they lived in Elgin where they raised their family. They moved to Hager City, Wisconsin in the 1950's and she had...
William H. Heydmann
Feb 6, 2011
William "Bill" Heydmann, age 82, of Lake City died on Sunday February 6, 2011 at his home. A funeral service is scheduled for 11:00 AM on Thursday February 10, 2011 at Grace Lutheran Church in rural Goodhue with the Reverend Andy Krause officiating. The visitation will be held from 9:30 AM until the time of the service at the church....
Margaret Louise Seehausen
Feb 4, 2011
Margaret Louise Seehausen, 89, of Red Wing, died Friday February 4, 2011 at Potter Ridge where she had resided for the past four years. She was born on September 13, 1921, daughter of Jay and Norma (Bill) Nelson. She attended schools in Ellsworth. She married Kenneth Ness in June 1941 and to this union they had six children together and...

Audilee Steffens
Feb 4, 2011
Audilee Steffens, 89, of Red Wing, died February 4, 2011 at Loving Residence. She was born June 8, 1921 in Verden, Oklahoma to Norman and Anne (Tankersley) Taylor. She attended school in Oklahoma and college at Lawton, Oklahoma. From 1944 to 1956 she lived in Pine Island. In 1956 she moved to Red Wing. She married John Steffens in1958. She...
Patrick E. Gadient
Feb 3, 2011
Patrick Edward Gadient, age 23 of Mazeppa died in a motor vehicle accident on Thursday February 3, 2011. A funeral service is scheduled for 11:00 AM on Monday February 7, 2011 at St. John's Lutheran Church in rural Goodhue with the Reverend Andy Krause officiating. Visitation will be held from 2:00 until 5:00 PM on Sunday, February 6 and one...
Mary I. Nelson
Feb 1, 2011
Mary Ilene Nelson, 65, Red Wing, died Tuesday, February 1, 2011, at Methodist Hospital, Rochester. She was born November 25, 1945 in St. Croix Falls, Wis., the daughter of Raymond W. and May R. (Abraham) Holmgren. She grew up on a farm in Almelund, and as an only child, she helped her father with many of farm chores. She attended...