Velva A. Gitsch
Dec 11, 2017
Velva A. Gitsch, age 105, of Rochester died on December 11, 2017 at Charter House. Velva Ara Dungey was born on December 28, 1911 in rural Chickasaw County, Iowa to parents, William and Beulah (Tubbs) Dungey. She moved with her family to Alpha, Iowa and graduated from Alpha Consolidated High School. She attended Business College in Waterloo, Iowa and took...
Glenn W. Chamberlin
Dec 10, 2017
Glenn W. Chamberlin of Rochester, Minnesota passed away on Sunday, December 10, 2017 in the Homestead Memory Care Unit. He was born May 26, 1925 in Des Moines, Iowa, the second son of Glenn Williams Chamberlin and Ethel Hartsook Chamberlin. He was raised and educated in Oregon, Illinois schools. Glenn received his Bachelor's Degree from Northern Illinois University and his...
Nancy Mielke
Dec 9, 2017
Nancy L. Mielke (Barnhart), 77 of Rochester, passed away on Saturday, Dec. 9, 2017, at Saint Marys Hospital surrounded by her five children after a lengthy battle with lung cancer. Born Nancy Louis Wilson on July, 4, 1940 to Alice (Gilbertson) and Henry Wilson. She was a firecracker baby. Nancy attended Central High School, in Rochester. She met and married...
Twyla Finck
Dec 7, 2017
Twyla C. Finck, age 86 of Rochester, MN died Thursday, December 7, 2017 at J.A. Wedum Residential Hospice in Brooklyn Park, MN. Twyla Colleen Dreessen was born October 17, 1931 in Wall Lake, IA to Louis and Esther (Hoefling) Dreessen. Twyla was born with a hole in her heart and at the age of 35 she was one of the...
Dorothy Ohm
Dec 7, 2017
Dorothy L. Ohm, age 95 of Rochester, MN died Thursday, December 7, 2017 at Samaritan Bethany Home on Eighth. Dorothy Luella Tillotson was born August 24, 1922 in New Haven Township, Olmsted County to Charles and Ella Mae (Leavitt) Tillotson. She was raised and attended country school near Douglas, MN and graduated from eighth grade. She suffered the loss of...
Gary Coffin
Dec 6, 2017
Gary W. Coffin, 72 of Rochester, MN died Wednesday, December 6, 2017 at Saint Marys Hospital. Gary Ward Coffin was born April 3, 1945 in Stillwater, OK to Paul and Mildred (Brown) Coffin. He graduated from high school in Elyria, OH and attended college at Miami of Ohio. On November 6, 1965 he married Connie Waltz in Elyria, OH. Gary...
Weston L. Krause
Dec 6, 2017
Weston L. Krause, 81, of Rochester, passed away December 6, 2017. He was born at home in Ely, MN. on August 8, 1936, to Harlan and Bertha Krause. He attended Ely schools and was active on the swim team and band. After graduation, he spent four years in the U.S. Navy as a photographer. He moved to Rochester accepting a...
Terry Ellerman
Dec 2, 2017
Terry M. Ellerman, age 67, of Rochester, Minnesota died Saturday, December 2, 2017 at his home. Terry was born in Waseca on May 26, 1950 to Ronald and Anita (Larson) Ellerman. The family later moved to Rochester and Terry graduated from John Marshall High School in 1968. After graduation he entered the US Navy, serving aboard the USS Higbee until...
June Schmitz
Dec 2, 2017
June Marie (Wilberding) Schmitz, 88 of Rochester, MN, passed away peacefully December 2, 2017. She joins her beloved husband of 65 years, Michael "Mickey." June was born in 1929 in Dubuque, IA to Carl and Nuala (Byrne) Wilberding. She graduated from Immaculate Conception Academy High School in 1947. She and Mickey were married June 26, 1951 at St. Rose of...
Alice Mellin
Dec 2, 2017
Alice M. Mellin, 94, of Rochester, passed away peacefully on December 2, 2017 at Shorewood in Rochester, MN. Alice Martha Anderson was born at home on the family farm in Enterprise Township, Jackson, MN on May 15, 1923 to Martin and Amalia (Hanson) Anderson. After graduation from Jackson High School in 1941, she moved to Minneapolis, MN where she graduated...
Robert Tucker
Dec 1, 2017
Robert Oris Tucker, 83, of Rochester, MN. passed away on Friday, December 1, 2017 at Samaritan Bethany in Rochester. Robert was born January 15, 1934 in Austin, MN. to Oris and Eva (Dahl) Tucker. He graduated from Austin High School in 1952 and attended Gustavus Adolphus College. On October 29, 1956, he married Janice Sollie in Northwood, Iowa. Robert served...
Ileana "Sandra" Alexandra Aderca
Nov 28, 2017
Ileana Alexandra "Sandra" Aderca passed away on Tuesday, November 28, 2017 in Rochester, Minnesota after a courageous battle with cancer. Sandra was born January 4, 1954 in Pietrosita, Romania the daughter of Nicolae and Maria Botnariuc. She was married to Ion Christoph "Hans" Aderca who preceded her in death. Sandra earned her Masters Degree in Biology in Bucharest, Romania. She...
Arnold J. Jensen
Nov 27, 2017
Arnold "Arnie" Jacob Jensen Born April 17, 1928 in Spring Valley, MN, died at home with family on November 27, 2017. Arnie was born to Jacob and Esther (Hinze) Jensen and grew up on a farm just outside Rochester with his 2 brothers and 3 sisters. He attended Rochester HS before his entrepreneurial spirit led him into the work place...
Donald F. Hofbauer
Nov 27, 2017
The funeral mass for Donald Frank Hofbauer will be Friday, December 1, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church (1114 3rd Street SE) with Rev. Msgr. Thomas Cook officiating. Visitation will be from 5:00 - 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 30, 2017 at Ranfranz and Vine Funeral Homes and one hour prior to the service at...
Marianne Braun
Nov 26, 2017
Marianne Elizabeth Braun, 78, of York, S.C., passed away on Sunday, November 26, 2017 at her home with family at her side. Marianne was born May 21, 1939 in Fredericksburg, IA to Earl and Frieda (Jost) Mayo. She married Nicholas Braun on June 19, 1960 at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, IA. She worked as a clerk typist for...
Gwendolyn Campbell
Nov 25, 2017
Gwendolyn Mary Campbell died on Saturday, November 25th, 2017 at Pine Haven Care Center surrounded by her family. She was a gracious hostess and enjoyed entertaining guests from near and far. Her priorities in life were Faith, Family and Friends. Gwen was born on December 20, 1926 to Eben and Gertrude Lundquist, and grew up In Rochester, MN. She graduated...
Robert John Fuchs
Nov 24, 2017
Robert (Bob) John Fuchs passed away November 24, 2017, at the age of 58, at his home in Rochester, Minnesota. Bob will be lovingly remembered and is survived by his wife of 6 years, Connie, his mom Mary Fuchs, brother Jerry (Patrice) Fuchs, sister Joan Fuchs, niece Angela (Chris) Wilhelm, nephews Gavin (Mayer) Fuchs, Tyler Fuchs and Jordan Fuchs and...
Martin Mckenney
Nov 24, 2017
Our son, brother, uncle, grandson Martin Duke McKenney, age 25, of Rochester, passed away Friday November 24th. Martin was born in San Diego, CA on August 20th 1992, to Kelly McKenney and Gail (Vilen) McKenney. Martin was the youngest of three siblings. Being part of a military family, Martin had the opportunity to live in many different places including both...
Esther Ostlund
Nov 23, 2017
Funeral services for Esther E. Ostlund, 79, of Owatonna (formerly of Rochester) will be at 11:00am on Monday, November 27, 2017 at Ranfranz and Vine Funeral Homes. Visitation will be on Sunday, November 26, 2017 from 2:00 - 4:00pm at Ranfranz and Vine Funeral Homes and also one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Burial will be...
Robert Mayhew
Nov 23, 2017
Robert F. Mayhew, 79, of Rochester, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, November 23, 2017 at the Mayo Clinic, St. Marys Hospital. Bob was born February 1, 1938 in Rochester to Robert D. and Louise (Simonds) Mayhew. He was a graduate of Rochester High School, attended Rochester Junior College and graduated from the University of Minnesota with a degree in civil...
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