Obituaries

Larry Christensen
Dec 11, 2008
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Vernon Ross Mattox
Dec 11, 2008
Funeral services for Dr. Vernon Mattox will be held Tuesday December 16 at 11:00 AM at Mahn Family Funeral Home � Rochester Chapel. The Reverend Michael Wuehler of Christ United Methodist Church will officiate. Burial, at a later date, will be at East Lawn Cemetery in Springfield, Missouri. Dr. Mattox, 94, of Rochester, died Thursday December 11, 2008 at Shalom...
Carrie Jane McDonald
Dec 9, 2008
Carrie J. McDonald age 85 of Zumbrota, formerly of Minneapolis died on Tuesday, December 9, 2008 at the Zumbrota Health Services. A Mass of Christian Burial is scheduled for Saturday, December 13, 2008 at 1:00 PM at the Church of the Ascension, 1723 Bryant Avenue North, Minneapolis, MN with Father Joseph Gillespie officiating. Burial will be in Crystal Lake Cemetery....

Flora Loretta Plotnik
Dec 8, 2008
Flora Loretta Plotnik, age 91, of Red Wing, died Monday, December 8, 2008, at St. Brigid's at Hi-Park. She was born on February 28, 1917, in Buffalo, Minnesota, to James and Veronica (Zaller) Bannochie. She was a graduate of Buffalo High School where she lettered in basketball. She was married to Paul Plotnik for more than 55 years. They lived...
Harold Ehlers
Dec 8, 2008
Harold Leslie Ehlers, 92, Red Wing, died Monday, December 8, 2008 at Fairview Seminary Home. He was born July 16, 1916 in Pepin County, Wisconsin, the son of Gustav and Laura (Juliot) Ehlers. He was schooled in Lake City, MN and was baptized and confirmed at St. John's Lutheran Church in Lake City. He served in the U. S. Army...
Allan Thuman
Dec 8, 2008
Allan Howard Thuman, age 64, of Kenyon, died Monday, December 8, 2008, at his home as the result of a home fire. He was born on October 19, 1944, in Red Wing, to Leonard and Lucille (Bartlett) Thuman. He grew up in Vasa where he attended school. He lived in the Red Wing area prior to moving to Kenyon seven...
Ronald M. Stokes
Dec 6, 2008
Ronald McArthur Stokes, age 63 of Red Wing died on Saturday, December 6, 2008 at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota. Ronald was born on October 1, 1945 in River Falls, Wisconsin to Harry and Marcine (Glaus) Stokes. He attended rural country schools in Old Frontenac and worked at several farms in rural Frontenac and also in Wisconsin. Ron began...
Bernice A. Witt
Dec 4, 2008
Obituary Notice Bernice A. Witt Bernice Agnes Witt, 91, of Lake City, died Thursday at the Lake City Nursing Home. Bernice was born August 29, 1917 in Lake City to Frank and Hilda (Benson) Danckwart. She married Edward Witt May 31, 1939 in Lake City at her family's farm. They lived in Lake City from 1939 to 1951, when they...
Ruth Marie Stogdill
Dec 4, 2008
Ruth Marie Stogdill, 92, of Red Wing, died Thursday, December 4, 2008 at the Fairview Seminary Home. She was born January 31, 1916 in Red Wing to Frank and Mary (Bolland) Wood, and grew up in the Red Wing area. She married Harold Stogdill on November 4, 1935 at United Lutheran Church in Red Wing. They farmed in the Hager...
Carolyn Laone Foley
Dec 4, 2008
Carolyn Laone Carver Foley, age 85 of Red Wing, died on Thursday, December 4, 2008 at St. Brigid's at Hi Park in Red Wing. Carolyn was born on November 19, 1923 in Faribault, Minnesota to Eugene and Laone Carver. She grew up in Faribault and graduated from Faribault High School. She attended MacMurray College in Jacksonville, Illinois and graduated in...
Dennis B. Nielsen
Dec 4, 2008
Dennis Brian Nielsen, 64, of Lakeville, died peacefully on Thursday at Abbott Northwestern Hospital with his family at his side. He was born March 2, 1944 in Red Wing, to Einer and Bernice (Stein) Nielsen. He graduated from Red Wing Central High School in 1962. He enlisted in the US Air Force in 1962 and was honorably discharged in 1965....

Verlyn Haukom
Dec 3, 2008
ROCHESTER A memorial service for Verlyn Haukom will be 11:00 a.m. Saturday at Mahn Family Funeral Home Rochester Chapel with Rev. Carol Shaffer, Chaplain at Seasons Hospice, officiating. Burial will be in West St. Olaf Lutheran Church Cemetery near Rock Dell, MN at a later date. Mr. Haukom, 77, of Rochester, died Wednesday (Dec. 3, 2008) at Seasons Hospice after...
Russell Fred Swagger
Dec 3, 2008
Obituary Notice Russell F. Swagger Russell Fred Swagger, 91, of Lake City passed away Wednesday, December 3, 2008 at the Lake City Hospital Mayo Health System. He was born June 13, 1917 in Clayton, WI to Edward & Estella (Payson) Swagger. Russell grew up in the Clayton area working for farmers in the area. He married Loretta Cross in 1952...
Arline Snow
Dec 2, 2008
Beatrice "Arline" Snow, 92, of Red Wing, died Tuesday, December 2, 2008, at the Red Wing Health Center. She was born on July 16, 1916, in Red Wing to Arthur and Mary (Merrill) Anderson. She attended Red Wing Schools. On August 13, 1938, she was married to Everett Snow in Decorah, Iowa. For a short time they owned a produce...
Lillian Damann
Dec 1, 2008
ROCHESTER A memorial service for Lillian A. Damann will be held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday (Jan. 1, 2009) at Mahn Family Funeral Home Rochester Chapel. Private burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery. Mrs. Damann, 97, of Rochester, died Monday (Dec. 1, 2008) at Samaritan Bethany Home on Eighth where she had resided since 2001. Lillian Florence Otte was born Jan....
Gene Deden, Sr.
Nov 30, 2008
Gene Victor Deden, Sr. 68, of Red Wing, died Sunday, November 30, 2008, at his home. He was born on June 24, 1940, in Hay Creek Township, Goodhue County to Victor and Ethel (Thuman) Deden. He attended Red Wing Schools and also farmed with his dad on the family farm. For a few years he worked for the Red Wing...
James Carman Elliott
Nov 30, 2008
Funeral services for James Elliott will be held Thursday December 4th at 11:00 AM at Christ United Methodist Church in Rochester. The Rev. Michael Wheeler will officiate. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery. Mr. Elliott, 90, of Rochester, died Sunday November 30, 2008 at his home in Rochester. James Carman Elliott was born October 25, 1918 in Newcastle, Wyoming. Raised...
Josephine Glewwe
Nov 29, 2008
Josephine Frances Glewwe, age 80, of Red Wing, died Saturday, November 29, 2008, at her home. She was born on February 10, 1928, in St. Paul, to Joseph and Stella (Rezac) Pokorny. She was a 1946 graduate of South St. Paul High School and attended St. Paul School of Art and Design. She married Richard Glewwe on February 10, 1948,...

Jeanette "Babe" Knutson
Nov 29, 2008
Jeanette "Babe" Berniece Knutson, age 79, of Red Wing, died Saturday, November 29, 2008, at Red Wing Health Center. She was born on July 28, 1929 in Red Wing to Einar and Hilda (Upman) Knutson. She attended Red Wing Central High School. She worked for Durkee Atwood then Dayco for forty years retiring in 1991. She was a nature lover...
Daniel William Webster
Nov 28, 2008
OBITUARY: Daniel W. "Don" Webster Mass of Christian Burial for Daniel W. "Don" Webster will be at 11AM on Tuesday, December 2, 2008 at Ss. Peter & Paul Catholic Church in Mazeppa with Father Robert G. Meyer and Father Caesar Dralega co-officiating. Active casketbearers will be Joe Camp, Jr., Jim Williams, Jack Webster, Josh Malinski, Greg Kirchhoff, Ryan Bellew, Pat...