Lois Swanson
Jan 18, 2018
Lois Marie Swanson, 85, died on Thursday, January 18, at her home at Charter House in Rochester. Lois was born July 14, 1932, in Viborg, South Dakota, to Marie and Viggo Rasmussen. She grew up first in Viborg and then, after the deaths of her parents, in Chicago. Her studies for a B.A. degree with a major in French at...
Lorraine Pearson
Jan 18, 2018
Lorraine A. Pearson, age 84, died Thursday, January 18, 2018 at her home. Lorraine was born February 7, 1933 in Olmsted County, Minnesota the daughter of Douglas and Adlyn (Hemshrot) Fellows. She graduated with the class of 1951 from Rochester High School. Lorraine married Gene Pearson and in their union had four children. Lorraine worked in various positions at Mayo...
Virginia Anderson
Jan 18, 2018
Virginia A. Anderson, 83 of Rochester, MN died Thursday, January 18, 2018 at Saint Marys Hospital. Virginia Anne Jasmer was born November 21, 1934 to Clarence and Elene (Fischer) Jasmer in Winona, MN. In 1952 she graduated from Winona Senior High School. She married Lyle Anderson in 1957 and they later divorced. Virginia worked at several different hotels in the...
Sharon M. Young
Jan 17, 2018
Sharon Marie (Louks) Young, age 53, of Rochester passed away January 17, 2018 at St. Mary's Hospital of complications with the flu. Sharon was born to Julie (Bergerson) and Roger "Butch" Louks on December 27, 1964 at the Owatonna Hospital. Sharon graduated in 1983 from Hayfield High School. Sharon loved her husband Jon Michael, her children, little dog Tank, all...
Laverne Leqve
Jan 17, 2018
LaVerne W. Leqve, 82, died on January 17, 2018 at Cottagewood in Rochester. He was born on January 31, 1935 in Rochester to Sander and Lillian (Krahn) Leqve. LaVerne attended Byron Schools and married Judy Fitch on July 14, 1956 in Rochester. The couple moved to the Pine Island area in 1958 where LaVerne farmed. He also did custom farming,...
Leland Bierbaum
Jan 15, 2018
Leland H. Bierbaum. 91 of Rochester died on Monday, January 15, 2018 at Shorewood Assisted Living . Funeral Service will be 11:00 am on Friday January 19, 2018 at Christ United Methodist Church in Rochester. The visitation will be and hour prior to the service at the church. Burial will be in Grandview Cemetery. Leland Henry Bierbaum was born July...
Elfrieda "Chris" Quick
Jan 15, 2018
Elfrieda Mary "Chris" Quick, 98, passed away on Monday, January 15, 2018 at the Stewartville Care Center. She was born on December 28, 1919 to Charles Clark and Minnie Outcalt in St. Paul, MN. As a young child she was taken in and raised by her cousins, Anne and Arnold Davidson of Stewartville. She attended high school in Stewartville and...
Marlys Brown
Jan 15, 2018
BROWN Marlys Helen (Geerdes) Brown, 89, of Rochester, died of natural causes on Monday, January 15, 2018 at Cottagewood Senior Communities. Marlys was born September 25, 1928 in Rochester, MN to John and Helen (Hinze) Geerdes. Marlys attended Golden Hill Elementary School and Rochester High School. She graduated in 1946. In April 1946, Marlys married Pvt. Ray Ned Brown in...
Bernard "Ben" E. Wyatt
Jan 14, 2018
Bernard "Ben" Wyatt, age 92 of Rochester, passed away Sunday, January 14, 2018 at Samaritan Bethany. Ben was born August 23, 1925 in Rochester to Norman and Freida (Schacht) Wyatt. He attended Rochester schools and graduated in 1943. He was drafted into the U.S. Army and served from 1943 to 1946 and took part in the Battle of the Bulge...
Ronald Hall
Jan 14, 2018
Ronald Elliott Hall, 82, of Rochester, MN. passed away on January 14, 2018 at Mayo Clinic Hospital - St. Marys Campus in Rochester. He was born December 17, 1935 in Albert Lea, MN. to Elliott and Iva (Clementson) Hall. Ron graduated from Emmons, MN High School where he was a three-sport athlete and academic all-star. He attended Mankato State University...
Beverly E. Thoma
Jan 13, 2018
A memorial service for Beverly Elaine (nee Terwilliger) Thoma will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 23, 2018 at Charter House Chapel in Rochester with the Reverends Jay Rowland and Rachael Hanson officiating. Burial will take place in Fort Snelling National Cemetery at a later date. Mrs. Thoma, 97, of Rochester, died January 13, 2018 at the Charter...
Richard Badger
Jan 12, 2018
Richard E. Badger, 92, of Rochester, MN. passed away on January 12, 2018 at Madonna Towers Benedict House in Rochester. He was born February 4, 1925 in Rochester, MN. to Robert and Verna (Searles) Badger. Richard was a graduate of Rochester High School. On September 8, 1945 he married Elizabeth Gilgenbach in Rochester. Elizabeth died in 2006. He served in...
Shirley Green
Jan 12, 2018
Shirley M. (Tschumper) Green, 93, passed away January 12, 2018 in Eyota, MN. Shirley was born in Winona April 14, 1924. She was raised in Minnesota City where she attended grades 1 thru 8 in a 2 room school. She attended school in Winona for grades 9th thru 12th, graduating in 1942. She moved to Rochester and lived with her...
Ralph Pike
Jan 10, 2018
Ralph Harry Pike, age 99, died January 10, 2018 at the Arbor Terrace assisted living facility in Rochester. Ralph was born May 30, 1918 in Rochester. His parents were Leon and Estella (Eggler) Pike. He attended the District 47 one-room school through 8th grade and graduated from Rochester High School. He went on to graduate from the University of Minnesota's...
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
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
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
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
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...
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