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Mogib Salama

Mogib Salama

Oct 24, 2015

Mogib Habib Salama, 65, was called by the Lord on Saturday, October 24, surrounded by family and friends around 2:20 pm at St. Marys Hospital. Mogib Salama was born to Habib and Amalia Saleeb on January 10, 1950 in Khartoum, Sudan as the seventh of eight children. He graduated from dental school in Yugoslavia in 1972, later establishing several successful...

Ruth J. Mann

Ruth J. Mann

Oct 24, 2015

ROCHESTER:Ruth J. Mann died peacefully at home in Charter House on October 24, 2015, at the age of 94. Ruth spent her career as the History of Medicine Librarian at Mayo Clinic, a perfect job for a book lover from a medical family.She was the only daughter of Dr. Frank C. Mann, who was hired by Drs. Will and Charlie...

Paul Don Erdman

Paul Don Erdman

Oct 21, 2015

Paul Don Erdman, 58, of Rochester died Wednesday, October 21, 2015, at Seasons Hospice House in Rochester. He had been diagnosed with an aggressive brain cancer on October 6, 2015. His funeral will be Saturday, November 7, 2015, at 1:30 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church in Rochester. There will be no reviewal. Paul Don was born in Rochester on January...

Eleanor E. Putnam

Eleanor E. Putnam

Oct 21, 2015

Eleanor E. Putnam, 95, of Rochester, passed away peacefully Wednesday, October 21, 2015 at Olmsted Medical Center. Eleanor was born December 2, 1919 in Arthur, ND to Albert and Esther (Martin) Drake. Eleanor was a resident of Rochester since the 1940's. On June 8, 1946, Eleanor married Hawley Putnam. Eleanor and Hawley later divorced but remained very close friends. She...

Ragnar S. Nelson

Ragnar S. Nelson

Oct 21, 2015

Ragnar Sylvester Nelson, 97, died October 21, 2015 at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon, IA with his family by his side. Ragnar was born in Scandia, (Vasa) MN on February 4, 1918, the second child out of five born to Reuben William Ferdinand Nelson and Ida Beata (Swenson) Nelson. The Nelsons moved within the Scandia area a couple of times...

Gerald Malagrino, Sr.

Gerald Malagrino, Sr.

Oct 20, 2015

Gerald Malagrino, Sr., 88, of Rochester, passed away peacefully Tuesday, October 20, 2015 at Shorewood. Gerald was born August 3, 1927 in New York City, grew up in Pokipsy, NY and later moved to Rochester, MN. He served in the US Army in Korea as a Sargent First Class, receiving the commendation medal for meritorious service and the combat infantry...

Dr. Arnold Lanehart Brown, Jr.

Dr. Arnold Lanehart Brown, Jr.

Oct 20, 2015

Arnold L. Brown Arnold Lanehart Brown, Jr.Bud to his friends; only a couple called him Arniedied on October 20, of natural causes, at his home in Rochester, Minnesota. The physician and former medical school dean was 89 and had been in declining health for several years. Stem to stern a Midwesterner, Bud was born in Wooster, Ohio on January 26,...

Paul L. Schmitter

Paul L. Schmitter

Oct 18, 2015

ROCHESTER, MINN:Paul L. Schmitter, 82, died October 18, 2015 at Mayo Clinic Hospital, St. Marys Campus. Paul Lawrence Schmitter was born September 3, 1933 to Lawrence and Nelda (Fechtler) Schmitter in St. Louis, MO. Paul served in the Navy for four years in Honolulu, HI, where he met Mary Hanson and they married on May 1, 1954. Paul worked for...

Gwendolyn P. Edwards

Gwendolyn P. Edwards

Oct 18, 2015

Funeral services for Gwendolyn P. Edwards, 93, of Rochester will be at 1:00pm on Friday, October 23, 2015 at Ranfranz and Vine Funeral Homes.Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.Burial will be at Oakwood Cemetery. Gwendolyn Prudence Dornack was born on January 20, 1922 in Rochester to Alfred and Mary (Campbell) Dornack.She died on...

Diann Ruth Olson

Diann Ruth Olson

Oct 16, 2015

Diann Ruth Olson 5/26/1952 10/16/2015 Diann Ruth Olson, 63, of Rochester, died peacefully in her home Friday, October 16, 2015surrounded by both her Sons. Diann was born on May 26, 1952 in Pine Island, MN to Edward and Margery Manthei. She grew up on the family farm and attended Pine Island High School, graduating in 1970. She then pursued a...

Vernon L. Kolbe

Vernon L. Kolbe

Oct 12, 2015

ROCHESTER, MINN:Vernon L. Kolbe, 96, died peacefully on Monday, October 12, 2015 at Golden Living Center East. Vernon Linden Kolbe was born February 13, 1919 to Wesley and Theressa (Sibley) Kolbe on the family farm in rural Chatfield, MN. He lived and worked in the Rochester area for most of his life. Vernon worked at Rochester Methodist Hospital and enjoyed...

June Timm

June Timm

Oct 12, 2015

ROCHESTER:June Timm, 89, of Rochester, MN died Monday, October 12, 2015 at Samaritan Bethany Home on 8th. June was born May 31, 1926 in Butternut, WI to Sam and Mathilda (Schultz) Holt.On June 14, 1947, she married Richard Timm in Butternut, WI and was married 64 years before Richards death in 2012. In addition to being a homemaker, June and...

Daniel J. Schottler

Daniel J. Schottler

Oct 10, 2015

Daniel J. Schottler of Oronoco, Minn. died Oct. 10, 2015. The funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2015 at Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Rochester, MN.Visitation will be held at 9:00 a.m. until time of service. Pastors Steve Schauder and Fran Green will officiate. Dan was born July 28, 1951 to Edward and Lucy...

Lydia E. Dingfelder

Lydia E. Dingfelder

Oct 9, 2015

Lydia E. Dingfelder, age 91, of Rochester, died on Friday, October 9, 2015 at her home. Funeral service will be at 2:00 p.m.on Tuesday, October 13, 2015, at Our Savior's Lutheran Church, 2124 Viola Rd NE, Rochester, MN with Reverend Fred Rengstorf officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Burial will be in Woodlawn...

Keith Fee

Keith Fee

Oct 9, 2015

Keith Skeeter Arthur Fee, 83, of Rochester, MN, diedFriday, October 9, 2015, at Rochester Methodist Hospital, Hospice Unit, after being diagnosed with metastatic melanoma. Keith was born in Breda, Iowa on December 6, 1931, to Frank and Rosalia (Brinker) Fee.He had six siblings Iver, Velma, Elaine, Virtus Red, Phyllis Mae, and his only surviving sibling, Patricia Pat. After graduating from...

Joan L. Eldredge

Joan L. Eldredge

Oct 8, 2015

Joan Louise Eldredge, of Rochester, died at age 94 on Thursday, October 8, 2015 at the Samaritan Bethany Home in Rochester after a long illness. She was interred with her husband David on October 15 at St. James Episcopal Church in Grosse Ile, Michigan. Memorials can be sent to Season Hospice, 1696 Greenview Drive SW, Rochester MN 55902. Joan was...

Pamela Ann Fullem

Pamela Ann Fullem

Oct 7, 2015

The memorial service for Pamela Ann Fullem will be at 11:00am on Saturday, October 10th, at Hosanna Lutheran Church, 2815 57th St NW in Rochester. Burial will be at the Oronoco Cemetery following the service. Mrs. Fullem, 59 passed away while battling cancer Wednesday evening October 7th, 2015. Pamela Ann deVaal was born on March 23, 1956 in Milbank, South...

Dennis Wesley Hayden

Dennis Wesley Hayden

Oct 6, 2015

ROCHESTER:Dennis Wesley Hayden, 72, died Tuesday, October 6, 2015 at Saint Marys Hospital from chronic lung disease. Dennis was born on September 18, 1943 to Wesley and Marie (Gathje) Hayden in Douglas, MN.The family moved to Stewartville, MN where Dennis graduated high school in 1961.He joined the Navy and sailed the seven seas at the age of 17, was honorably...

Reginald T. Beach

Reginald T. Beach

Oct 6, 2015

Memorial services for Reginald T. Beach, 88, of Rochester, MN will be at 1:00pm on Saturday, October 10, 2015 at Ranfranz and Vine Funeral Homes.Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.Burial will be at Chester Hill Cemetery in Chester, IA at a later date. Reginald Thomas Beach was born on February 2, 1927 in...

Herbert Koerner

Herbert Koerner

Oct 6, 2015

Herbert Koerner, 56, of Rochester, MN. died on Tuesday, October 6, 2015 at his home.He was born on August 18, 1959 in Willich, Germany to Horst and Anneliese (Langels) Koerner.Herbert graduated from John Marshall High School in 1979.He enjoyed watching sports and fishing. Herbert is survived by his mother, Anneliese of Rochester; three brothers, Hans (Bonnie) Koerner of Sussex, WI,...

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