Obituaries

Grace Caroline Hallman

Grace Caroline Hallman

Jun 26, 2014

Grace Hallman, most recently of Rochester, MN died Wednesday, June 26, at Cottagewood Senior Community. Grace was born in Sunbury, PA, August 5, 1915. and moved to Williamsport, PA, in 1943, where she became active in the First Evangelical United Brethren Church as a childrens Sunday School teacher, choir member, and member of the Womens Missionary group.Grace loved music, and...

Wilbur Leroy Wakefield

Wilbur Leroy Wakefield

Jun 26, 2014

Wilbur L. Wakefield Rochester Will, 78, died Thursday, June 26, 2014 at his home in Gramercy Park. Will was born April 14, 1936, in Herman, NE to Warren and Marjorie Wakefield. Will finished 8th grade in a one-room schoolhouse as the only student in his class.He participated in many 4-H and FFA activities.He graduated from Blair High School; earned a...

Alan Wade Mctavish

Alan Wade Mctavish

Jun 26, 2014

ROCHESTER:Alan W. McTavish, 74, of Rochester, MN passed away Thursday, June 26, 2014 at Fairview Nursing Home in Dodge Center, MN. Alan Wade McTavish was born October 30, 1939 to Robert and Bernice (Break) McTavish in London, Ontario, Canada. Alan graduated from RCC Institute of Technology in Toronto, Canada with a degree in electronic engineering in 1964.He started work for...

Michael Robert Cummings

Michael Robert Cummings

Jun 23, 2014

Michael Robert Cummings, 52, of Rochester, MN, passed away on June 23, 2014. Mike was born on December 25, 1961 in Rochester, MN, to Warren and Marcy Cummings.He married Lisa (Engebretson) Cummings and together they have a son, Bradley who lives in Minneapolis, MN.They were later divorced.He married Jamie L. Schwerman on February 24, 1996, in Rochester, MN.Together they have...

Russell Eugene Lienau

Russell Eugene Lienau

Jun 19, 2014

ROCHESTER, MN:Russell E. Lienau, 78, died Thursday, June 19, 2014 at Fairview Care Center, Dodge Center, MN. Russell Eugene Lienau was born August 6, 1935 to Clair and Mabel (Siewert) Lienau in Kalmar Township, Olmsted County, MN. His family moved to Kasson, and he graduated from Kasson High School in 1953. After graduation, Russell served in the army for one...

Donna M. Swanson

Donna M. Swanson

Jun 15, 2014

Donna Mae (Judd) Swanson, 84 of Rochester passed away very unexpectedly early Sunday morning June 15, 2014. She was born January 15, 1930 in Mazeppa MN to Josephine and William Judd. She went to school there and met her lifelong love Harleth (Whitey) Swanson. Her family moved to Rochester in 1946 and she graduated from Rochester High School in 1948....

Mildred Catherine Heldt

Mildred Catherine Heldt

Jun 13, 2014

ROCHESTER -Mildred C. Heldt, 94, died on Friday, June 13, 2014 at Samaritan Bethany in Rochester. Mildred was born in Jacksonville on May 25, 1920 to John and Lydia (Holst) Vosler.She attended rural Jacksonville School.Mildred married Harry Heldt and later divorced.Harry died in July 1975.Mildred lived in Rochester since 1967 and worked many years at Holiday Inn South. Mildred was...

Lucille Audrey Reinalda

Lucille Audrey Reinalda

Jun 11, 2014

Lucille Reinalda, of Rochester, was welcomed home to her Fathers house in heaven on Wednesday, June 11th, 2014 at the age of 86. Lucille Audrey Hermann was born at her familys farm in South Troy, Minnesota on July 18th, 1927. She was the second of 6 children born to Alfred William and Ethel Mae (Pencille) Hermann.During her school years at...

Carol Ann Wees

Carol Ann Wees

Jun 11, 2014

Carol A. Wees, 79 of Pine Island, MN died June 11, 2014 at Pine Haven Care Center. Carol Ann was born to Vernon and Dorothy (Murray) Swenson on June 17, 1934 in Rochester, MN. Carol married Gerald Jerry Wees on May 11, 1964.Together they raised seven children. She worked for the Mayo Clinic for 25 years as a supervisor.She enjoyed...

Eleanore  Edith Yunghans

Eleanore Edith Yunghans

Jun 11, 2014

Eleanore Edith Yunghans was the fourth child and only daughter born to Charles Henry and Edith Emma (nee Zander) Kirchner in their home near Sargeant, MN on March 13, 1918. She was baptized at her home on April 21, 1918 by the Rev. C. A. Affeldt of St. Johns Lutheran Church, Sargeant and confirmed by the Rev. Rudolph F. Schroeder...

Beatrice "Bea" E. Brueske

Beatrice "Bea" E. Brueske

Jun 8, 2014

Beatrice Bea Brueske, 76, of Rochester, passed away peacefully Sunday, June 8, 2014 at Seasons Hospice. Bea was born August 6, 1937 in Winona County to Edward and Emma (Prowatschke) Harmon. She was a graduate of Elgin High School Class of 1955. On August 19, 1955, Bea married Otto Brueske in Breman, MN. Bea worked as an assembler for Water...

Debra Ann Ferrie

Debra Ann Ferrie

Jun 7, 2014

BYRON, MINN:Debra Ann Ferrie, 59, died Saturday, June 7, 2014 at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester, MN. Debra Ann Donovan was born March 16, 1955 to Howard and Bernice (King) Donovan in Austin, MN. She graduated from Hayfield High School in 1973.Debra worked for Farmstead in Albert Lea, MN and Hormel in Austin, MN. She currently worked for Mayo Clinic...

Laurel "Tiny" Glennis Holt

Laurel "Tiny" Glennis Holt

Jun 6, 2014

ORONOCO, MINN:Laurel G. (Tiny) Holt, 73, died on Friday, June 6, 2014 at St. Marys Hospital. Laurel Glennis Holt was born April 27, 1941 to Stanley Z. and Martha V. (Newell) Holt in Rochester, MN. Tiny was in the first graduating class at Rochester John Marshall High School in 1959.He worked construction for many years as a backhoe operator and...

Eleanor Dashiell Hoaglan

Eleanor Dashiell Hoaglan

Jun 5, 2014

Eleanor Corki Hoaglan of Rochester, MN died at Samaritan Bethany Home on Eighth on Thursday, June 5, 2014. She was born Eleanor Dashiell Gatch on July 11, 1920, in Annapolis, MD, into a navy family, the daughter of Nancy Dashiell and Thomas Leigh Gatch. During the Second World War her father was Captain of the Battleship South Dakota. Her first...

Roger John Bowers

Roger John Bowers

Jun 3, 2014

Roger John Bowers, 78, of Oronoco, MN. died Tuesday, June 3, 2014, peacefully at home. He was born August 25, 1935 in Zumbrota, MN the son of Denny and Louise (Zilz) Bowers.Roger attended and graduated from Mazeppa High School.After his graduation, he worked for Daytons and Gebert Floor Covering in Rochester.After mastering his trade, Roger partnered with Arlin Spicer and...

Rev. Charles W.  Johnston

Rev. Charles W. Johnston

Jun 1, 2014

Charles Warren Johnston, 76, of Rochester, Minnesota died on June 1, 2014. He leaves a wife, Nancy; two sisters, Marian Giles (Robert); and Marilyn Layer; three children, Laura Peterson (Brent) of New Hope, Minnesota; Kara Rusk (Jason) of Indianapolis, Indiana; and Jay Johnston (Jenny) of St. Paul, Minnesota; and eleven grandchildren, Alex Peterson, Cole Peterson, Courtney Cagle Peterson, Madison Cagle...

James Ray  Cadwell

James Ray Cadwell

May 29, 2014

ROCHESTER:James R. Cadwell, 81, died on Thursday, May 29, 2014, at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester. Jim was born in Columbia Heights, MN on December 24, 1932, to Donald and Susan (Hysell) Cadwell. He graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics in 1961 from St. Cloud State College. Jim proudly served in the U.S. Air Force. He married Sharon Ellison...

Sheldon Keith Zimmerman

Sheldon Keith Zimmerman

May 28, 2014

ROCHESTER -Sheldon K. Zimmerman, 80, died on Wednesday, May 28, 2014 at Angels Care Center in Cannon Falls. Sheldon was born in Grand Marais, MN on January 10, 1934.He proudly served in the U.S. Army.Sheldon married Karen Shaffer Tollefson on November 1, 1975 in St. Paul.He worked as a machinist for 3M for 15 years.Sheldon enjoyed clock making, crossword puzzles,...

E. Robert "Bob" Kintzi

E. Robert "Bob" Kintzi

May 27, 2014

E. Robert "Bob" Kintzi passed away peacefully on Tuesday, May 27,2014, at St. Elizabeth's Care Center in Wabasha, surrounded by his family. He was born July 17, 1934 to Eugene and Gertrude (Petersen) Kintzi in St. James, Minnesota.Upon graduation from high school in 1952, Bob attended the University of Minnesota at Minneapolis and Mankato State from 1952-1953, when he enlisted...

Youn Un

Youn Un

May 27, 2014

Mrs. Youn Un, 86, of 3549 7th St. NW and a Rochester resident since 1983, died of natural causes Tuesday night May 27, 2014 at her home.She was born July 2, 1928 in Battambong, Cambodia and was married to Phim Chao in 1946 in Cambodia.The family fled to the Thailand border in 1979 and immigrated to Rochester, MN in November,...