Obituaries
Clara Mattson
Oct 2, 2007
CLARA JEANETTE MATTSON Clara Jeanette Mattson, 74, of Red Wing, died Tuesday, October 2, 2007, at the Fairview Red Wing Medical Center. She was born on October 17, 1932, in Nerstrand, Minnesota to Alfred and Clara (Veek) Severson. In 1937 she moved to Red Wing where she was raised by Martin and Josephine Detlie. She graduated from Red Wing High...
Roy H. Miller
Oct 1, 2007
Roy Henry Miller, 78, Red Wing, died Monday evening at Fairview Seminary Home. He was born March 21, 1929, in Red Wing, the son of Henry and Dorris (Carpenter) Miller. He attended school in Red Wing and joined the United States Marine Corps in 1948, serving for 5 years, including Adak, Alaska. He was employed for 38 years at Red...

Dorothy Caroline Spriggle
Oct 1, 2007
Dorothy Caroline Spriggle, 89, formerly of Bay City, died Monday, October 1, 2007, at the Fond du Lac Lutheran Home in Fond du Lac, WI where she had been a resident since 2004. She was born May 25, 1918 in Cannon Falls, MN to Arthur and Adeline (Stapf) Vernstrom. She was confirmed May 21, 1933 in St. Ansgars Lutheran Church...
Henrietta Windhorst
Sep 30, 2007
Henrietta Windhorst age 88 of Mazeppa died on Sunday, September 30, 2007 at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester. Funeral services are scheduled for Wednesday, October 3, 2007 at 11:00 AM at St. John's Lutheran Church, Bear Valley in rural Mazeppa with Reverend Alan Horn officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation is scheduled for Tuesday from 4:00 �...

Evelyn Mae Hanson
Sep 29, 2007
OBITUARY: Evelyn Mae Hanson Evelyn Mae Hanson, age 87, of Jacksonville, FL, passed away September 29, 2007. She was preceded in death by her husband, Clifford E. Hanson and is survived by her sister, Violet Lechtenberg. She is also survived by nieces, nephews, extended family and friends. A visitation was held at Hardage-Giddens Funeral Home in Jacksonville on October 10,...
Florence Edith Kruse
Sep 29, 2007
Florence Edith Kruse, 84, Welch, died peacefully in her sleep, Saturday, Sept. 29, 2007 at the Fairview Seminary Home. She had resided at the Seminary Home for the past eight years, where she was well cared for. She was born June 2, 1923 to Roy and Anna (Helgeson) Miller in Earl Park, Indiana. They moved to Franklin St. in Red...
Marjorie Holst
Sep 27, 2007
Marjorie Anna Holst, 79, Red Wing, died at her home Thursday night. She was born January 11, 1928 in Lake City, Minn, the daughter of George and Alice (Gerken) Dose, Sr. She attended school in Oak Center. She married Willard Rudolph Holst on June 30, 1950 at St. John's Lutheran Church in Lake City. They lived on their farm in...
John W. Shaw Van
Sep 27, 2007
OBITUARY: John W. Shaw Van Memorial services for John W. Shaw Van will be at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, October 6, 2007 at the Charter House in Rochester, MN. Chaplain Mary Mason will officiate. Dr. Kenneth Tjeerdsma will provide the music. Scattering of his cremains will be in the Calvary Episcopal Church Columbarium. John Warner Shaw Van, age 84, of...
Bud Heise
Sep 26, 2007
Ralph "Bud" Heise, age 84, of Lake City died Wednesday, September 26, 2007 at his home. Ralph was born May 12, 1923 in Gillford Township, Wabasha County to Gustav & Johanna (Meyer) Heise. Bud grew up in Gillford Township and graduated from Lincoln High School in Lake City in 1941. Ralph entered the Navy in 1943and was later transferred to...
Edwin "Jim" Trebble
Sep 26, 2007
Edwin "Jim" Trebble age 86 of Lake City died Wednesday, September 26, 2007 at the Lake City Nursing Home. Jim was born March 6, 1921 in Howard, South Dakota to Vincent & Gladys (Tuttle) Trebble. He graduated from Howard High School in 1939. He worked for his father in the family owned bakery. He enlisted in the Army Signal Corps...
Maxine Brostrom
Sep 25, 2007
Maxine Lois Brostrom, 81, Lake City, died Tuesday at her residence. Born April 21, 1926, in Wanamingo, Minn., to Helge and Gitta (Overkill) Johnson, she attended Red Wing Central High School and later the McPhail School of Music. On January 4, 1944, she married Howard Brostrom in Red Wing, Minn. They moved to Lake City in 1945. She was the...
Rachael O. Flormoe
Sep 23, 2007
OBITUARY: Rachael Flormoe Funeral services for Rachael Flormoe will be at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, September 27, 2007 at the Zwingli United Church of Christ in Berne. Reverend Victor Jortack will officiate with music provided by Sam Ellson, organist; Pat Coy, pianist; Bob Johnson, soloist and special pianists: Rachael Coan and Cori Kennedy. Active casketbearers will be some of her...
Pamela Varnado
Sep 22, 2007
Pamela Jane Varnado, age 46, of Red Wing, died Saturday, September 22, 2007, at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester. She was born on January 26, 1961, in Minneapolis, to Marvin and Eldora (Ertz) Pagel. Her family lived in Apple Valley where she attended grade school. In 1975, they moved to Cannon Falls where she graduated from high school in 1979....
Harold Lostetter
Sep 19, 2007
Harold Everett Lostetter, 86, of Red Wing, died Wednesday at St. Brigid's at Hi-Park. He was born on July 30, 1921, in Spooner, Wisconsin, to Harold and Clara (Hawkins) Lostetter. He attended schools in Pepin and on May 25, 1942, he was married to Fern Edlin in Pepin. They farmed with his parents for a number of years and also...

Barbara J. Janisch
Sep 19, 2007
Barbara Janisch, 74, of Red Wing, died Wednesday, September 19, 2007 at St. Brigid's at Hi-Park after a battle with cancer. A past employee of Watson-Speight Law office, she is survived by one brother, Tom (Joyce) Gerdes of Red Wing; an aunt, Delores Gerdes of Milbank, South Dakota and nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband,...
Dorothy Peterson
Sep 17, 2007
OBITUARY Dorothy Peterson Dorothy Miller Peterson, 83, of Lake City died Monday, September 17, 2007, at the Lake City Hospital. She was born on November 10, 1923, in Clearwater, Minnesota to Morris A. and Ida (Granzow) Miller. She attended schools in Clearwater and Minneapolis. On December 23, 1942 she was married to Rev. Lester Peterson. They lived in Minnesota and...
Kathy Reita Caughell
Sep 17, 2007
Kathy Reita Caughell, 55, of Byron, died Monday, September 17, 2007 at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester after a lengthy illness. A memorial service will be held at 12 P.M., Friday September 21, 2007 at Mahn Family Funeral Home-Rochester Chapel with Pastor Scott Jorgenson officiating. A visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Kathy Reita Caughell was...
Esther Odella Haller
Sep 16, 2007
Esther Odella Haller, 94, Maple Grove, formerly of Red Wing, died Sunday at North Ridge Care Center, New Hope, Minnesota. She was born November 1, 1912 in Cottonwood, Minnesota the daughter of Oscar and Emelia (Reishus) Erickson. She was baptized and confirmed in St. Lucas Church, rural Cottonwood. She attended country school in Vallers Township, Lyon County, Minn. She graduated...

Bruce Duane Anderson
Sep 14, 2007
Bruce Duane Anderson, 58, died of Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Friday, Sept. 14, 2007, at Riverview Manor in Wanamingo, MN. Born July 10, 1949, the son of Gloria J. (Dahl) Tri and Robert J. Anderson, Bruce was baptized in the First Lutheran Church of Red Wing. As a boy, he attended Washington and Colvill Schools in Red Wing. Bruce was a longtime...
Shirley M. McCord
Sep 13, 2007
Shirley Marie McCord, 78, Red Wing, died Thursday morning at Red Wing Health Center. She was born November 14, 1928 in Waterloo, Iowa, the daughter of Earl and Neva (Murphy) Conerd. She attended school in Waterloo. She was working at Black's Coffee Shop in Waterloo when she met her husband, Merrill "Mac" McCord whom she married on September 26, 1948....