Obituaries
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...
J. Fred Wiebusch
Jul 23, 2008
ROCHESTER � The funeral for J. Fred Wiebusch will be 1:00 p.m. Saturday at Zumbro Lutheran Church with the Rev. Carol Solovitz officiating. A graveside service will be 11:45 a.m. Friday (Aug. 1, 2008) at Fort Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis. A memorial service will be held 1:00 p.m. Saturday (Aug. 2, 2008) at North Heights Lutheran Church in Roseville,...
Irene Evaline Sable
Jul 22, 2008
Funeral services for Irene Sable will be held Monday July 28th at 10:30 AM at Saint Paul Lutheran Church in Pine Island. The Reverend John Torris Lohre will officiate. Burial at Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery near Ellendale will follow at 2:30 PM. Mrs. Sable, 91, a longtime resident of Mazeppa, and recently of Pine Island, died Tuesday July 22, 2008...
Mary Elaine Wilson
Jul 20, 2008
Mary Elaine Wilson, 63, Red Wing, died Sunday of cancer at Fairview Seminary Home. She was born December 17, 1944 in Pipestone, Minnesota, the daughter of Charles and Florence (Gannon) Wilson. She married Ronald Freier and they later divorced. She worked for the dental office of Drs. Johnson and Hewitt for 33years and part-time at the Hush Puppy Shoe Store...
Grace E. Kuhl
Jul 18, 2008
Grace E. Kuhl age 93 formerly of Florence Township, passed away Friday, July 18, 2008 at the Lake City Nursing Home. Grace was born September 27, 1914 in Florence Township to Henry & Minnie (Peters) Kuhl. Florence graduated from Red Wing High School and then attended Normal Teachers Training and she taught in rural schools in the Frontenac area. She...
Margot Elisabeth Knopp
Jul 17, 2008
Margot Elisabeth Knopp, 80, Red Wing, died Thursday at Fairview Red Wing Medical Center. She was born March 31, 1928 in Wiesbaden, Germany, the daughter of Fredrick and Elisabeth (Brinkmann) Menger. She graduated from high school in Germany, immigrated to the United States in 1948 and became a U. S. citizen in 1952. She lived in Winona, MN. She married...
Allan Louis Berg
Jul 17, 2008
Allan Louis Berg, age 78 of Red Wing, formerly of Minneapolis, died on Thursday, July 17, 2008 at The Villa at Hi Park in Red Wing. Allan was born on June 30, 1930 in Centuria, Wisconsin to Leonard and Ida (Swan) Berg. He attended school in rural Polk County and started working at Donaldson's Inc. at the age of 16....
Rosaline Conway
Jul 16, 2008
Rosaline E. Conway age 89 of Lake City passes away July 16, 2008 at the Lake City Nursing Home. Rosaline was born November 21, 1918 in Lake City, Minnesota to Theodore & Amelia (Lindgren) Olson. She grew up in Lake City and graduated from Lincoln High School in Lake City in 1936. She married James Conway December 13, 1941 in...
Beverly Decker-Erickson
Jul 15, 2008
Beverly Decker-Erickson, age 75 of Red Wing, died Tuesday, July 15, 2008 at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, MN. Beverly was born on March 13, 1933 in Red Wing, the daughter of Vernon and Irene (Anderson) Oelkers. After graduating from Red Wing High School she went to work as a Lab Technician for Interstate Medical Center where she was employed...
Randy A. Kosnopfal
Jul 15, 2008
Randy A. Kosnopfal, 59, of Balsam Lake, Wis., formerly of Red Wing died Tues., July 15, 2008. Born in Olmsted County, he had worked as a correctional case manager for the State of MN and Deputy Sheriff for Polk County, Wis. He was educated at Edison High School in Minneapolis and was a graduate of Lakewood Community College. A Vietnam...
Tom Avery
Jul 15, 2008
AVERY, TOM WEST CONCORD, MINNESOTA A memorial service for Tom Harold Burdette Avery will be held Sunday July 20, at 3:00 p.m. at Meadow Park Church of Christ in Rochester. The Pastor Aaron Wager will officiate. Mr. Avery, 86, of West Concord died Tuesday July 15th at the Kenyon Sunset Home due to complications of renal disease following 10 years...
Bernice E. Voth
Jul 13, 2008
Bernice Elizabeth Voth, 92 of Goodhue, died Sunday, July 13, 2008, at St. Brigid's at Hi-Park. She was born March 9, 1916 in Goodhue to Johannes and Anna (Rehder) Matthees. She married Raynold Voth on June 1, 1940 at St. John's Lutheran Church in rural Goodhue. They lived and farmed in the Goodhue area for many years before moving to...
Mary Truttman
Jul 13, 2008
Mary "Jo" Truttman, 59, of Red Wing, died Sunday, July 13, 2008 at her home. She was born July 20, 1948 in Red Wing to Donnie and Marian (Johnson) Gardas and graduated from Ellsworth High School with the class of 1966. On September 21, 1968, she married Steve Truttman. They lived in rural Ellsworth until 1978 when they moved to...

Father John Bartholomew
Jul 12, 2008
The Very Rev. John Paige Bartholomew, 77, Dean Emeritus of Saint Mark's Cathedral, Hastings, Nebraska died July 12, 2008. Father Batholomew served at Saint Mark's for 25 years, the longest tenure in the history of that church, from 1973 until his retirement in 1998 when he moved to Lake City, where he was a supply priest at Saint Mark's Episcopal...
Dr. Wilbur Hallahan
Jul 9, 2008
Dr. Wilbur E. "Webb" Hallahan, 87, of Red Wing, died Wednesday, July 9, 2008 at the Red Wing Health Center. He was born December 7, 1920 in Clinton, Minnesota to Harry and Rosella (Dudney) Hallahan. His family moved to Pipestone where he graduated from high school in 1939. He married Mildred "Mickie" Johnson on January 26, 1941. He served in...
Donald Walter Kopecky
Jul 9, 2008
The memorial service for Donald Kopecky will be at 4:00 PM on Sunday July 13th at Oasis Church, 1815 38th St. NW, in Rochester. Inurnment of the cremated remains will be at the Albin, Wyoming Cemetery. Mr. Kopecky, 83, of Rochester, Minnesota went to be with the Lord on Wednesday July 9, 2008 at Sunrise Cottages in Rochester. Donald Walter...