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Darlene Harvey

Darlene Harvey

Jan 9, 2018

Darlene Joy Harvey, 81, of Rochester, MN. passed away on January 9, 2018 at her residence at Shorewood Place. She was born September 23, 1936 in Cresco, Iowa to Herschel and Geneva (Mathison) Berning. She graduated from Grand Meadow High School. On December 30, 1954, she married John Harvey in Grand Meadow. The couple lived in Oronoco during their working...

John Hoellbacher

John Hoellbacher

Jan 8, 2018

John Hoellbacher passed away January 8, 2018 in Rochester, MN surrounded by the love and company of his family. John was born December 30, 1922 in Salzburg, Austria. He immigrated to the United States with his wife Paula and their son, Manfred. Their son, Henry would be born later in the U.S. John enjoyed spending time with family, working with...

Kimberly Kalli

Kimberly Kalli

Jan 8, 2018

Kimberly Ruth Kalli, PhD, 55, died of uterine cancer on January 8th at the Mayo Clinic Hospital-Methodist Campus. Kim was born on August 4th, 1962 in Cloquet, Minnesota to Karl Robert and Elaine Carol (Aho) Kalli. She receive her bachelors degree in biology in 1984 from Ripon College in Wisconsin and her PhD in immunology in 1993 from The Johns...

John Grupp

John Grupp

Jan 7, 2018

John F. Grupp, age 74, of Rochester, MN died Sunday, January 7, 2018. John was born in Mason City, Iowa on November 27, 1943 to Jack and Doris (Midge) Grupp, both deceased. He graduated from Mason City High School with the class of 1963. He attended Mason City Junior College (NIACC) prior to serving four years of active duty in...

Bette Colebeck

Bette Colebeck

Jan 7, 2018

Bette Mae (nee Brown) Colebeck, 92, of Rochester, passed away peacefully on Sunday, January 7, 2018 at Rochester East Health Services. Bette was born October 29, 1925 in Rochester to Arthur and Amalia (Tietz) Brown. She was a graduate of Rochester High School class of 1943. After high school, Bette went to Washington D.C. with friends to work for the...

David Rehbein

David Rehbein

Jan 6, 2018

David A. Rehbein, 54 of Rochester, MN died Saturday, January 6, 2018 at Saint Marys Hospital. David Alan Rehbein was born November 1, 1963 to Donald and Darlene (Bothun) Rehbein in Rochester, MN. David graduated from John Marshall High School. Following high school, he worked at the Martin Hotel, C & M Auto Body in Rochester and McNeilus Truck in...

Roger Blanchard

Roger Blanchard

Jan 6, 2018

Roger A. Blanchard, 78, of Rochester, MN died Saturday, January 6, 2018 at Cottagewood Senior Communities. Roger Almon Blanchard was born December 28, 1939 to Paul and Effie (Holt) Blanchard in Des Moines, IA. He graduated from Des Moines Technical High School. He worked as a police dispatcher in Iowa and worked as an electronics technician in Ostrander, MN for...

Sheila M. Walsh

Sheila M. Walsh

Jan 5, 2018

Vibrant, passionate, determined, loving and loved. Sheila Marie Walsh, 59, passed away Friday, January 5, 2018 at her home in Rochester. Sheila was born April 10, 1958 in St. Croix Falls, WI to Leslie and Lynnette (Gebhart) Chase. She was a graduate of Dwight D. Eisenhower High School, class of 1976. On August 10, 1979, Sheila married Allyn Walsh in...

James Robert Larsen

James Robert Larsen

Jan 4, 2018

James Robert Larsen of Oronoco passed away on January 4th, 2018 at Rochester Methodist Hospital at the age of 82 years old. He was born on December 28, 1935 to Robert and Ruth (Rueber) Larsen, long time dairy farmers. He attended rural schools and graduated from Rochester Public High School in 1953. He married Sally Cuffel in 1957. They had...

Natalie Meek

Natalie Meek

Jan 4, 2018

Natalie Inez Meek, age 93, of Rochester, Minnesota passed away on January 4, 2018 at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester. Natalie was born March 8, 1924 in International Falls, Minnesota, the daughter of Don and Bernice (Hawkins) Pettis. She attended high school in International Falls. She then went to work in the shipyards of Superior, Wisconsin during WWII. Natalie moved...

Lenora Buske

Lenora Buske

Jan 4, 2018

LeNora Rose (Geise) Buske, 96, of Rochester, passed away peacefully, surrounded by loved ones, on Thursday, January 4, 2018. LeNora was born September 27, 1921, in West Concord, Minnesota, to Edward and Mildred (Campbell) Geise. She married Ralph Buske on April 28, 1942. LeNora was a loving and devoted wife, mother, and grandmother to her two daughters; Sharon (Jim) Glynn...

Agnes Larson

Agnes Larson

Jan 4, 2018

Agnes Virginia Valvik was born in New York City to Thomas and Olga Valvik on February 24, 1924. She attended NYC public schools, and graduated from Mission High School in San Francisco in 1942. She graduated from Augsburg College in 1947. Agnes married Calvin Larson in New York City on August 23, 1947. They lived in Minneapolis, MN, Gardner, Il,...

Harold Fuchs

Harold Fuchs

Jan 3, 2018

Harold Kenneth Fuchs, age 89, of Byron passed away peacefully at his apartment at Madonna Summit in Byron on January 3, 2018. Born February 5, 1928, in rural Byron to Harvey and Floy (Hair) Fuchs, Harold grew up on various farms in Kalmar and Salem Townships in Olmsted County. Harold attended rural Byron area elementary school and graduated from Byron...

Laura Rice

Laura Rice

Jan 2, 2018

Laura L. Rice, 97, of Rochester, MN died Tuesday, January 2, 2018 at Samaritan Bethany Nursing Home. Laura Lorena Rice was born August 22, 1920 to Lewis and Clara (Zamzow) Mahnke in Stewardson, IL. Laura's family moved to Dodge Center, MN at a young age. She graduated from Dodge Center High School. She married Louis Hollenbach, they later divorced. She...

John Adams

John Adams

Jan 2, 2018

John L. Adams, 69, of Rochester, MN died Tuesday, January 2, 2018 at his residence. John Lee Adams was born May 14th, 1948 to Harry and Evelyn (Kolbet) Adams in New Hampton, IA. He graduated from LeRoy High School in 1966 and attended vocational school in Austin for welding and graduated the two year program in 1968. On July 13th,...

Jean D. Martin

Jean D. Martin

Jan 1, 2018

In Loving Memory of Jean Dorothy Martin (Extrum) who passed away on January 1, 2018- an indomitable spirit who never stopped fighting. Jean was born on April 20, 1942, she was preceded in death by parents, Earl and Mary Extrum, former husband, Bob Martin, and nephew, Jeffrey Barratto. She is survived by husband, David Schwartzkopf, sisters, Joanne (John) Barratto, Judy...

Robert Aaby

Robert Aaby

Dec 31, 2017

Bob Aaby, 89, of Rochester, MN died December 31, 2017 at Rochester Health West. Robert Bruce Aaby was born September 7, 1928 to Bert and Hazel (Wiltsey) Aaby in Salem Corners, MN. He graduated for Byron High School in 1946. He married Betty Weaver August 30, 1950 at the First Methodist Church. He served in the U.S. Army from January...

Mary Margaret Mullen

Mary Margaret Mullen

Dec 30, 2017

Mary Mullen passed away on December 30, 2017 at Mayo Clinic Hospital - St. Marys Campus in Rochester. Mary Margaret Mullen, age 84, was born February 17, 1933 to parents Leo T. and Bernice E. (Kinney) Mullen in Denison, Iowa. She was the fifth of six children, with older siblings Thomas, Kinney, Leo Patrick, and Anna Mae, and younger brother...

Leonard Jansen

Leonard Jansen

Dec 29, 2017

On December 29, 2017, Leonard Jansen of Rochester MN, passed away peacefully at the age of 92. Born in 1925 and raised in Shakopee MN, he was married for 65 years to Phyllis Frederickson of Faribault MN who died in 2015. They had no children. While enrolled at DePaul University, he volunteered as a Navy corpsman during WW2 with the...

Mary F. Petree

Mary F. Petree

Dec 28, 2017

Mary Freida Rench Petree, 94, of Rochester, MN., passed away December 28, 2017 at Cottagewood Senior Communities . She was born on September 30, 1923 in Cincinnati, OH to Orville and Lillian (Koch) McCormick. Mary graduated from Withrow High School in Cincinnati and attended classes at The Art Institute of Cincinnati . She married Robert J. Rench and he preceded...

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