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Sannas Shaw Van

Sannas Shaw Van

Jun 7, 2017

Sannas D. Shaw Van, 94, of Rochester, MN passed away Wednesday, June 7, 2017 at the Charter House. Sannas DeVee was born August 23, 1922 to Rex and Sarah (Humphries) Fenley in Seymour, IA. She graduated from Ames High School (IA) and then attended Iowa State University. During the war Sannas was acting head of the Ames Building and Trust...

Helen Kunz

Helen Kunz

Jun 5, 2017

Helen Amelia Marie Kunz, 92, of Rochester, passed away peacefully, surrounded by family on Monday, June 5, 2017 at her home. Helen was born February 7, 1925 to Carl and Lois (Truax) Fuchs. At the age of 3, Helen was raised by her father and stepmother, Peg and then by her grandmother, Amelia Marie Fuchs. She was a graduate of...

Kathleen Suzanne Kutter

Kathleen Suzanne Kutter

Jun 5, 2017

Kathleen S. Kutter, 88, of Rochester, MN, formerly of Eugene, OR passed away on Monday, June 5, 2017 at the Rochester Rehabilitation Living Center. Kathleen Suzanne was born on January 26, 1929 to Robert and Hyacinth (Resch) Nilles in St. Paul, MN. She graduated from Wilson High School. After high school, she worked for the Red Cross. She married Raymond...

Marilyn (Lynn) B. Jensen

Marilyn (Lynn) B. Jensen

Jun 1, 2017

Marilyn (Lynn) B. Jensen Lynn Jensen, 87, of Rochester, died after a long battle with a rare neurological disease, progressive supranuclear palsy, on June 1, 2017. Lynn was born in Huntington Park, CA to Lyle and Wilma (Hein) Farmer on November 17, 1929. She attended school in Alahambra, CA. On April 18, 1948, in Rochester, she married Arnold Jensen and...

Mary M. Remington

Mary M. Remington

May 31, 2017

REMINGTON Mary M. Remington, 89, of Rochester, passed away unexpectedly on May 31, 2017 at her home. Mary was born Mary Marine Wright near Preston, Minnesota in 1928, one of 10 children of farmers Ed and Olive (Johnson) Wright. A precocious student, she skipped 2 grades and graduated from Preston High School. In 1946 she married LeRoy Goodenough, with whom...

Frederic Nitschke

Frederic Nitschke

May 31, 2017

Frederic A. Nitschke, 91, of Rochester, passed away peacefully on May 31, 2017 at Samaritan Bethany. Fred was born June 16, 1925 in Mankato, MN to Arthur and Alwina (Mueller) Nitschke. He attended St. Johns Lutheran School in Good Thunder, MN and High School at Concordia Academy, St. Paul MN. Fred then graduated from Concordia University in Seward NE with...

Eugene C. Searles

Eugene C. Searles

May 31, 2017

Praise to our dear Lord Jesus Christ for taking Eugene C. Searles into his loving kingdom on May 31, 2017. Gene was born April 11, 1928 to Tracy and Syvilla Searles and graduated from Rochester High School in 1947. On September 24, 1949 he married the love of his life Elaine E. Young in Winona Minnesota. Elaine passed away March...

Frankie Augusta Logan-Maass

Frankie Augusta Logan-Maass

May 29, 2017

Frankie Augusta Logan-Maass was born and passed away on Monday, May 29, 2017 at Rochester Methodist Hospital. Funeral services will be at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, June 3, 2017 at the First Congregational Church in Mantorville with the Reverend Brian Egelston officiating. Burial will be at Evergreen Cemetery in Mantorville. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at...

Marie Nelson Gertken

Marie Nelson Gertken

May 28, 2017

Marie Nelson Gertken (ne Anderson) was born on 11-1-50 in Lake Preston, South Dakota to Ralph and Margaret Anderson. She died on 5-28-2017 at Mayo Clinic Hospital St. Marys Campus following a long illness. She was 66 years, 7 months old. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Randy Nelson and nephew, Matthew MacGregor. She is survived by...

Wesley Crowle

Wesley Crowle

May 26, 2017

Wesley E. Crowle, age 95, of Rochester, died on Friday, May 26, 2017, at Zumbrota Health Services in Zumbrota. The memorial service will be at 11:00 am. on Thursday, June 1, 2017, at Saint Lukes Episcopal Church in Rochester. Private family interment will take place at the church. Memorials are preferred to Saint Lukes Episcopal Church or to the Salvation...

Shirley Adams

Shirley Adams

May 23, 2017

Shirley Adams, age 90, of Rochester, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, May 23, 2017, at her home. The memorial service will be at 1:00 pm on Friday, May 26, 2017, at Real Life Co-Op, 825 Essex Parkway NW, Rochester with Pastor Jason Bryan-Wegner officiating. The visitation will be a half hour prior to the service with an inurnment in Grandview...

Virginia Maxine Mohlke

Virginia Maxine Mohlke

May 22, 2017

Viriginia M. Mohlke, age 88, of Rochester, died in the LORD on Monday, May 22, 2017, at Maple Manor Nursing Home in Rochester. The funeral service will be at 11:00 am on Wednesday, May 31, 2017, at Ranfranz and Vine Funeral Homes, with a visitation one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. The burial will be in...

Doris M. Miller

Doris M. Miller

May 20, 2017

Doris Miller, 93, of Rochester, passed away on Saturday, May 20, 2017 at Seasons Hospice. Doris Marvel Jensen Miller, daughter of Johannes (John) Jensen and Anna Larsen Jensen was born September 25, 1923 on the family farm near Rutland, Iowa. She attended country school through the 8th grade and graduated from Rutland High School in 1941. After high school she...

Helen R. Klenner

Helen R. Klenner

May 16, 2017

Helen R. Klenner, age 91, of Rochester, MN, passed away on Tuesday, May 16, 2017, following a lengthy illness, at Seasons Hospice House in Rochester. The funeral service will be at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, May 20, 2017, at Saint Lukes Episcopal Church in Rochester with Reverend Ernest Ashcroft officiating. The visitation will be one hour prior to the service...

Lloyd J. Larson

Lloyd J. Larson

May 15, 2017

Lloyd J. Larson, age 86, of Rochester, died on Monday, May 15, 2017, at the Mayo Clinic Hospital St. Marys Campus. The memorial service will be at 1:00 pm on Thursday, May 18, 2017, at Oakwood Cemetery Chapel in Rochester with Reverend Paul Bauch officiating. The visitation will be from 4:00-7:00 on Wednesday, May 17, 2017, at Ranfranz and Vine...

Kenneth Slattery

Kenneth Slattery

May 14, 2017

Kenneth J. Slattery, 81, of Rochester, MN passed away Sunday, May 14, 2017 at Saint Marys Hospital. Kenneth John was born March 12, 1936 to Thomas and Barbara (Kurtz) Slattery in Chicago, IL. After graduating from St. Ignatius High School in Chicago, he attended the College of the Holy Cross. On August 1, 1959, he married Joan Reinhard. The couple...

Beverly Hawkinson

Beverly Hawkinson

May 13, 2017

Beverly (Rhoads) Hawkinson, 73, of Rochester, passed away peacefully on Saturday, May 13, 2017 at Rochester Rehabilitation and Living Center, following a brief illness. Beverly Bev was born July 12, 1943 in Ottumwa, IA to Ward and Doris (Lohrenz) Rhoads. Bev married Max Hawkinson in 1962 and they later divorced. Max and Bev were blessed with three children, Todd (Lynne)...

Terry Jacobson

Terry Jacobson

May 13, 2017

JACOBSON Terry Allen Jacobson, 67, of Rochester, MN. passed away Saturday, May 13, 2017 at his home. Terry was born December 1, 1949 in Wabasha, MN to Carl and Lela (Kinseth) Jacobson. He graduated from Mayo High School in 1969. On March 14,1970 he married Marilyn Lockwood in Rochester. Terry farmed in Hayfield, MN until 1985 and then worked for...

Ruby Busby

Ruby Busby

May 13, 2017

Ruby Lee (Kitty) Busby, 78 of Zumbrota, MN passed away Saturday, May 13, 2017 at Maple Manor Care Center. Ruby Lee Leadmon, was born April 8, 1939 to Howard and Ida (Kercheval) Leadmon in Laurel, MD. Ruby married Willis Busby on July 1, 1955. After their marriage, the couple moved back to Minnesota. Ruby worked in food service and enjoyed...

Ramona Hoagland

Ramona Hoagland

May 12, 2017

Ramona Brooke Hoagland died May 12. She is survived by her family. Her husband H. Clark; her daughter Virginia Garcia and her husband Michael; two grandchildren Jessica and Devon; and brother Paul Brooke. Ramona grew up in Virginia. She graduated from nursing school in 1957. Ramona and H. Clark were married in 1959 in Richmond, Virginia. They settled in Rochester,...

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