logo-image

Obituaries

Donald Harold Firl

Donald Harold Firl

Oct 26, 2013

Donald Harold Firl was bornJune 28, 1926 at Red Wing, MN, the oldest child and oldest son of Max R. and Henrietta Diercks Firl.He passed away on Saturday,October 26, 2013 at his home in Rochester, MN. He was 87 years of age. He was graduated from the former Central High School at Red Wing in 1947. He added to his...

Charlotte Ruth Sprague

Charlotte Ruth Sprague

Oct 25, 2013

ROCHESTER, MINN:Charlotte R. Sprague, 91, died of congestive heart failure at Samaritan Bethany Home on Friday, October 25, 2013. Charlotte Ruth Boelter was born May 1, 1922 to Herman and Frieda (Buetow) Boelter in Sheboygan, WI. After growing-up and graduating from high school in Montevideo Minnesota, Charlotte attended Valparaiso University from1940-1943.She completed her nurses training at Rochesters Kahler School of...

Stephen  Barna

Stephen Barna

Oct 25, 2013

ROCHESTER - Stephen Barna, 90, died on Friday, October 25, 2013 at Cottagewood Senior Living in Rochester. Stephen was born in Binghamton, NY on January 12, 1923 to Vasil and Anna (Pecka) Barna. He married Margaret Hamar on August 28, 1948 at St. Michael's Greek Catholic Church in Binghamton, NY. Margaret died on February 8, 2010. Stephen worked at IBM...

Richard Meyer

Richard Meyer

Oct 24, 2013

Richard Albert Meyer -- Rochester Richard Albert Meyer, age 86, passed away on October 24, 2013 at Madonna Towers in Rochester, MN. Richard Albert Meyer was born July 31, 1927 in Chicago, Illinois.He attended high school in Chicago.He served in the U.S. Army from 1945 to 1952 and used the GI Bill to get his Bachelors and Masters engineering degrees...

Scott  D. Holmes

Scott D. Holmes

Oct 20, 2013

ORONOCO: Scott Holmes passed away peacefully from cancer surrounded by his loving family on Sunday, October 20th at 3:29 PM. He was a loving husband, father, son, brother, uncle and grandfather. Scott David Holmes was born January 28, 1957 in Rochester, Minnesota to Charles and Martha (Erickson) Holmes.Scott enlisted in the Navy in 1975 and was discharged in 1979.He married...

Owen Russell Olson

Owen Russell Olson

Oct 16, 2013

Judge O. Russell Olson died peacefully in his sleep on October 16, 2013 at Shorewood Senior Campus in Rochester. He was 89 years old.He was born on the family farm, June 19, 1924, in McKenzie County, North Dakota, to Halvor and Ida (Trytten) Olson. The family had no electricity or running water.During these formative years on the dustbowl during the...

Dennis John Tauscher

Dennis John Tauscher

Oct 15, 2013

AUBURNDALE - Dennis J. Tauscher, 69, died on Tuesday, October 15, 2013 at Ministry St. Joseph's Hospital in Marshfield. Denny was born in Marshfield, WI on March 15, 1944 to George and Dora (Haasl) Tauscher. He graduated from Auburndale High School and was a member of the 1960 State Baseball Championship team. Denny married Dianne Doebereiner on December 31, 1966...

Dustin "Dusty" Allen-Dean Schultz

Dustin "Dusty" Allen-Dean Schultz

Oct 14, 2013

Dustin Dusty Schultz, 32, of Eyota, died Monday, October 14, 2013 as a result of an automobile accident. Dustin Allen-Dean Schultz was born December 26, 1980 in Rochester.He married Kimberly McAllister on September 15, 2012 in Rochester.He worked at Savers and Stewartville Fed-Ex. Dusty enjoyed spending time with his family, especially his wife and newborn daughter.He also was an avid...

Thomas Joseph Felmlee

Thomas Joseph Felmlee

Oct 13, 2013

ROCHESTER, MN: Thomas Joseph Felmlee, 52, passed away October 13, 2013. Tom was born February 5, 1961 in Red Wing, MN to Donald and Mary (Pfarr) Felmlee. He was a graduate of Red Wing Central High School and St. Cloud State University. On September 28, 1991 Tom married Terri Allen at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Pine Island. Tom worked...

Anna O. Gathje

Anna O. Gathje

Oct 11, 2013

A memorial service for Anna O. Gathje, 98 of Rochester, MN will be at 1:00pm on Tuesday, October 15, 2013 at Bethel Lutheran Church with Rev. Anjanette Bandel officiating.Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church.Inurnment will be at Oakwood East Cemetery. Anna Orelle Bagaason was born on September 2, 1915 in Albert Lea, MN to...

Christina Marie Frechette

Christina Marie Frechette

Oct 8, 2013

Christina Marie Frechette, M.D. 42, of Rochester, passed away peacefully Tuesday, October 8, 2013 at St. Marys Hospital. Christina was born March 6, 1971 in North Kansas City, Missouri, to Michael and Nancy (Istas) Muehl. She graduated medical school in 1999 from the University of Minnesota. On August 22, 1992, Christina married Thomas Frechette in Ham Lake, MN. She worked...

Jeanette Lou Hicks

Jeanette Lou Hicks

Oct 6, 2013

Jeanette Lou Hicks, of Rochester, died October 6, 2013 at St. Marys Hospital of Alzheimer disease. Jeanette was born in Winona, Minnesota, on February 26, 1930. She was the youngest of four children of Henry and Emma (Gerson) Safranek. She graduated from Winona Senior High School and attended St. Teresa College in Winona. She married Melvin Hicks on May 13,...

David H. Pomroy

David H. Pomroy

Oct 6, 2013

David, the only child of Vernon and Ruth (Rahm) Pomroy, was born on January 16, 1938, in Rochester, MN. He passed away on October 6, 2013, in his home city of Roseville, CA, due to complications following a stroke in August. David grew up in Lake City, MN, graduating in 1956 from Lincoln High School.An Eagle Scout, he also held...

Barbara S. Bartholomew

Barbara S. Bartholomew

Oct 5, 2013

Barbara (Barb) Bartholomew, 80, died October 5, at home in Maple Grove, Minnesota where she moved from Rochester in 2009. Barb was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on June 16, 1933, to Walter and Thelma Nothstein.She was the oldest of two girls.She graduated from Whitehall High School in Allentown, PA in 1951 and the Allentown School of Nursing in 1954.She married...

Robert Harold St. John

Robert Harold St. John

Oct 5, 2013

Robert Harold St. John, age 79, of Rochester, passed away October 5, 2013 in his home after a lengthy illness.Bob was born March 12, 1934, in Belmond, Iowa, the son of Harold and Mary (Wilkins) St. John.Bob graduated from Pine Island High School and entered the U.S. Navy at Great Lakes Naval Center.He continued his education at the Naval Medical...

Leslie Kay Sperry

Leslie Kay Sperry

Oct 4, 2013

BURNSVILLE, MINN:Leslie Kay Sperry, 58, formerly of Rochester, MN, passed away peacefully after a courageous battle with A.L.S. on Friday, October 4, 2013 at Fairview Ridges Hospital, Burnsville, MN. Throughout her journey with this horrible disease she always managed to light up the room with her beautiful smile everyday. She was truly an inspiration to all who knew her. Leslie...

Richard Donald Anderson

Richard Donald Anderson

Sep 27, 2013

Richard D. Anderson, 90, died Friday, September 27, 2013 at St. Marys Hospital. Richard Donald Anderson was born July 31, 1923 to Herbert and Sophia (Boie) Anderson in Rochester, MN. Richard attended Rochester Lutheran High School. He served in the Navy from1941-45. After serving his country, he returned to Rochester and worked as a plumber until his retirement in 1986....

Ronald A. Radke

Ronald A. Radke

Sep 24, 2013

KASSON, MINN:Ronald A. Radke, 71 known as G-Pa to many passed awayTuesday, September 24, 2013 following a courageous battle with Leukemia at Rochester Methodist Hospital. Ronald Arthur Radke was born on September 10, 1942 to Paul and Beulah (Newell) Radke in Chatfield, MN. He grew up in Byron, MN and later married Liela Schleusner on June 10, 1961. Ronald was...

Robert H. Bray

Robert H. Bray

Sep 24, 2013

ROCHESTER -Robert Bob H. Bray, 90, died on Tuesday, September 24, 2013 during a brief stay at Golden Living Center East in Rochester. Bob was born in Eyota, MN on December 29, 1922 to John and Clara (Hanenberger) Bray.He graduated from Eyota High School.Bob proudly served in the U.S. Army during WWII.Robert married Mina Gregory on October 5, 1941.Bob began...

Veryl Emma Firl

Veryl Emma Firl

Sep 24, 2013

Veryl B. Firl passed away at her home on Tuesday, 24 September 2013 in peaceful slumber. She was 81 years of age. She was born on 1 April 1932 at Topeka, Kansas, her parents being Russell Ervin Bowen and Carrie Emma Montfoort of Richland, Kansas. She grew up on the farm settled by her great grandparents. Zadok Cramer Bowen and...

Share by: