Obituaries
Vivian Richter
Aug 24, 2008
Vivian Elizabeth Richter, 76, Red Wing, died Sunday, August 24, 2008 at Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota. She was born October 8, 1931 in Red Wing, the daughter of Seneca and Alice (McKinley) VanGuilder. She attended school in Red Wing and she worked at Durkee-Atwood. She married Glenn Richter on November 27, 1954 and she stayed at home to...
Ronald Clifford Lund
Aug 21, 2008
OBITUARY: Ronald Lund Funeral service for Ronald Lund will be at 11AM on Wednesday, August 27, 2008 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Wanamingo with Reverend Byron Meline officiating. Casketbearers will be Dean Cocker, Chris Smedsrud, Shane Farmer, Reid Teigen, Mitch Ryan, Alex Peterson and Jordan Ryan. Honorary casketbearers will be his remaining grandchildren: Dave Farmer, Brenda Donovan, Karin Smedsrud, Tricia...
Linden Giar
Aug 19, 2008
Linden Earl Giar, age 63, of Red Wing, died Tuesday, August 19, at his home. He was born on March 5, 1945, in Lodi, Ohio, to Leo and Geniva (Patton) Giar. He grew up in Spencer, Ohio, and attended schools in Ohio and Minnesota. He served in the U.S. Army from 1963 to 1983, receiving the Bronze Star and the...
Luverne Lidgerding
Aug 18, 2008
Luverne Lidgerding, 96, of Red Wing, died Monday at Fairview Seminary Home. She was born on June 14, 1912, to Arthur and Etta (Edstrom) Lindquist. She graduated from Red Wing Central High School in 1930. On July 1, 1938 she was married to Reuben Lidgerding in Nashua, Iowa. She was a homemaker and worked with her parents on their family...
Ronald Gatz
Aug 18, 2008
Ronald William Gatz, age 58, of Red Wing, died Monday, August 18, 2008, at his home. He was born on April 12, 1950, in Hinsdale, Illinois, to Nicholas and Gladys (Thomas) Gatz. He was a 1968 graduate of Hinsdale High School and married Cathleen Cain on February 22, 1969, in Hinsdale. They moved to Red Wing in 1972. He worked...

Jack L. Burridge
Aug 16, 2008
. Jack Lee Burridge, age 76 of Colfax, Wisconsin died on Saturday, August 16, 2008 at the Red Cedar Medical Center in Menomonie, Wisconsin. Jack was born in Red Wing, Minnesota, the son of John and Myrel (Gray) Burridge. Jack attended grade school in Maiden Rock, Wisconsin and graduated from Harding High School in St. Paul in 1949. After graduation...
Delores Bye
Aug 16, 2008
PINE ISLAND � A Mass of Christian Burial for Delores Bye will be 10:00 a.m. Thursday at St. Michael's Catholic Church in Pine Island with Rev. Steven Hoffman officiating. Burial will be in St. Michael's Catholic Church Cemetery. Mrs. Bye, 85, of Pine Island, died Saturday, (Aug. 16, 2008) at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester from complications following a stroke....
Ruth W. Olson
Aug 15, 2008
Ruth W. Olson age 92 of Zumbrota died Friday, August 15, 2008 at the Pine Haven Care Center. Funeral services are scheduled for Tuesday, August 19, 2008 at 10:00 AM at Christ Lutheran Church in Zumbrota with Reverend Erich Westphal officiating. Burial will be in Zumbrota Cemetery. Visitation is scheduled for Monday, August 18, 2008 from 5:00 � 7:00 PM...
Donald Clarence Steffenhagen
Aug 14, 2008
Donald Clarence Steffenhagen, age 89, of Frontenac died Thursday at the Lake City Medical Center. He was born July 3, 1919 in Lake City, the son of William and Caroline (Kohn) Steffenhagen. Donald attended Lake City Schools before beginning to farm with his father in Frontenac, taking over the farming operation in 1950 until his retirement in 1981and moving...
Dyrol "Dyke" Keith Jackson
Aug 14, 2008
Obituary Notice Dyrol "Dyke" Jackson Dyrol "Dyke" Jackson, age 75, of Welch, died on Thursday morning, August 14, 2008 at his home, after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. Funeral service will be 11 a.m. Monday, August 18, 2008 at Cross of Christ Lutheran Church in Welch with Reverend Bob Albing officiating. Burial will be 2:30 p.m. at Emmanuel Lutheran...

Norman Holby
Aug 11, 2008
Norman Herbert Holby, 51, of Elmwood, Wisconsin, died Monday, August 11, 2008 at United Hospital in St. Paul. He was born November 27, 1956 in Minneapolis. He attended Harding High School from 1972-1975 and for many years had lived in the St. Paul area. For the past four years he lived in the Red Wing area and was employed at...
Mary Gwen Owen Swanson MacLeod
Aug 11, 2008
Mary Gwen Owen Swanson MacLeod, age 68, of River Falls, WI, passed away August 11, 2008 at United Hospital in St. Paul, MN. Mary was born on April 7, 1940, in Red Wing, MN, the daughter of Edward Swanson and Mary Gwen Owen Swanson. She grew up in Hager City, WI, and attended the Villa Maria in Frontenac, MN. Over...
Peter Daniel Sand
Aug 5, 2008
Peter D. Sand age 21 of Zumbrota died unexpectedly on Tuesday, August 5, 2008 in St. Paul. Memorial service will be on Saturday, August 9, 2008 at 11:00 AM with Reverend Tom Isaacson officiating. Due to remodeling at United Redeemer Lutheran Church, the service will be held at Christ Lutheran Church in Zumbrota. Inurnment will be in Zumbrota Cemetery. Visitation...
Eunice D. Roble
Aug 4, 2008
Eunice D. Roble age 94 of Bellechester died on Monday, August 4, 2008 at the Mayo Health Systems, Lake City Nursing Home where she had resided for less than a week. A Mass of Christian Burial is scheduled for Friday, August 8, 2008 at 10:30 AM at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Bellechester with Father Bruce Peterson officiating. Burial will...
Irene Ruth Ward
Aug 4, 2008
Funeral services for Irene Ward will be held Thursday 11:00 AM at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Rochester. The Reverend David Berg will officiate. Burial will follow at Pine Island Cemetery. Mrs. Ward, 86, of Rochester, died Monday August 4, 2008 at Madonna Meadows in Rochester, where she had briefly resided. Irene Ruth Shanks was born June 2, 1922 in...
Ludwig Kirgis
Aug 2, 2008
PINE ISLAND A memorial service for Ludwig Kirgis will be 11:00 a.m. Wednesday at Zwingli United Church of Christ in Berne with the Rev. Victor Jortack officiating. Private burial will be in the Berne Cemetery. Mr. Kirgis, 95, of Pine Island, died Saturday (Aug. 2, 2008) at the Pine Haven Care Center in Pine Island. Ludwig Albert Kirgis was born...
Neal Ansgar Anderson
Aug 2, 2008
Neal Ansgar Anderson, 70, of Red Wing, died Saturday, August 2, 2008 at St. Brigid's at Hi-Park. He was born June 19, 1938 in Red Wing to Ansgar and Lillian (Olson) Anderson. He graduated from Red Wing Central High School in 1956 and attended the University of Minnesota, where he studied electrical engineering. He worked for Red Wing Marine and...
Hazel Bartlett
Jul 31, 2008
Mary "Hazel" Bartlett, 81, of Red Wing, died Thursday, July 31, 2008 at her home. She was born August 18, 1926 in Barron, Wisconsin to Joseph and Sadie (Kavanaugh) Castonia. She graduated from high school in Barron and married Gale Bartlett on November 26, 1947, and they lived in Rice Lake. In 1977, they moved to Red Wing. She worked...
Corrine J. Albers
Jul 29, 2008
Corrine J. Albers age 76 of Oronoco died on Tuesday morning, July 29, 2008 at her home in Oronoco. Funeral services are scheduled for Friday, August 1, 2008 at 11:00 AM at Grace Lutheran Church in Oronoco with Reverend Paul Baldauf officiating. Burial will be in Zumbrota Cemetery. Visitation is scheduled for Thursday from 5:00 � 8:00 PM at the...
Olga Caletta Ebersold
Jul 27, 2008
Olga Caletta Ebersold, 100, of Red Wing, died Sunday evening at the Fairview Seminary Home. She was born on May 13, 1908, in Kenyon, Minnesota to Ole and Christina Hanson and she attended schools there. She married Thelmar Enevold and they later divorced. She lived in Zumbrota and in 1943 moved to Red Wing. On February 27, 1949 she married...