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Bonnie L. Bickel

Bonnie L. Bickel

Aug 28, 2022

Bonnie Lee (Palmer) Bickel, age 78, died at Madonna Meadows assisted living facility on August 28, 2022. Bonnie was born on September 24, 1943 in Fort Dodge, IA to Leland and Eleanor (Nekvinda) Palmer. She was the oldest of 6 children. She lived in Dayton, IA until the age of 17, when her family moved to Mankato, MN in 1960...

Lawrence Everett Howe

Lawrence Everett Howe

Aug 26, 2022

Lawrence "Larry" E. Howe, 87, of Rochester, MN went to his eternal home on Friday, August 26, 2022. He was born June 15, 1935 to Raymond and Barbara (Hayle) Howe at their farm home in Dexter, MN. He was the sixth of seven children. This was before electricity and running water was available in the country. He attended country school...

Eugene Zmolek

Eugene Zmolek

Aug 26, 2022

Eugene E. Zmolek, 79, of Rochester, passed away peacefully at home, with his loving family at his side, on Friday, August 26th, 2022. Eugene was born July 13th, 1943, in Toledo, IA to Edward and Helen (Yuska) Zmolek. He was a 1961 graduate of Traer High School, in Traer, IA. Following graduation he went on to serve our country in...

Michael Joseph Farrell

Michael Joseph Farrell

Aug 25, 2022

Michael Joseph Farrell, age 25 of Rochester, passed away at his home on August 25, 2022. He was born on November 30, 1996 to Joseph and Terri (Landon) Farrell. Mike grew up playing hockey with his family, and he graduated from John Marshall High School in 2015 where he played football and hockey. Mike had a great love for fire...

Nancy Kay Schramm

Nancy Kay Schramm

Aug 25, 2022

Nancy Kay Bohach Schramm, 82, of Rochester, Minnesota passed away on August 25th, 2022 at The Homestead of Rochester, Minnesota. Nancy was born on October 14th, 1939 to parents Richard and Gladys Bohach in Hopkins Minnesota. She graduated from Appleton Minnesota High School in 1957. Nancy attended Moorhead College and graduated with a BS degree in education in 1963. Later...

William 'Bill' Franklin Holden

William 'Bill' Franklin Holden

Aug 25, 2022

William 'Bill' Franklin Holden II, age 79, of Rochester passed away Thursday morning at Mayo Clinic Hospital, St. Mary's Campus. Bill was born March 14, 1943 in La Crosse, WI to William and Kathryn (Lund) Holden. He was employed by IBM for 32 years and proudly served in the US Navy from 1962 to 1966. He lived in several towns...

Brady Thomas Fuchs

Brady Thomas Fuchs

Aug 24, 2022

Brady Thomas Fuchs, 28, of Omaha, Nebraska, (formerly of Byron, Minnesota) died on Wednesday, August 24, 2022.

Brady graduated from Byron High School in 2012 where he was an Honor and Triple Academic All-State student. He was very active in football, basketball and track. After graduating high school, he went to the University of Wisconsin in Madison, then to...

Randy Lee Anderson

Randy Lee Anderson

Aug 23, 2022

Randy Lee Anderson, (62), was born April 4th, 1960 to Harry and Marlene (Grove) Anderson of Harmony, MN. Randy graduated from Chatfield High School in 1978. He then enlisted into the Navy in 1980 and served active duty until 1984. Then served in the Naval reserve with the SeeBee's from 1987 to 1995. While stationed in San Diego, CA, Randy...

Arlene Adeline Wentworth

Arlene Adeline Wentworth

Aug 22, 2022

Arlene Adeline Wentworth, 87, of Rochester died Monday August 22, 2022 at Cottagewood Senior Communities in Rochester. Arlene was born February 25, 1935 near Northwood, IA to Roy and Maxine (Louden) Nelson. As a young girl she grew up near Northwood and graduated from Austin, MN High School in 1953. She then received her nursing degree from Northwestern University in...

Michael Alan Doyle

Michael Alan Doyle

Aug 22, 2022

Michael Alan Doyle was born on March 15, 1938 at 1:30 PM in St. Vincent's Hospital in Billings, Montana to George Joseph Doyle and Genevieve Burns Doyle. He was the oldest of 4 children. His three sisters are Susan Ludvigson of Henderson, NV, Nancy Gingerelli of Henderson, NV and Patricia Doyle of Minneapolis, MN. He was preceded in death by...

Ronald Alexander Mackenzie

Ronald Alexander Mackenzie

Aug 21, 2022

Dr. Ronald Alexander MacKenzie was born March 31, 1938 in Detroit, Michigan. He was the youngest of four children. His two brothers James D. MacKenzie and Kenneth MacKenzie, his beloved sister Evelyn Sienkiewicz, and his parents Elizabeth and James MacKenzie preceded him in death. His parents hailed from the Highlands of Scotland, and although born in Detroit, he was exceptionally...

Violet May Hostetler

Violet May Hostetler

Aug 21, 2022

Violet May Hostetler, 83, of Rochester, Minnesota died and was welcomed into God's loving arms on August 21, 2022, at The Homestead in Rochester. Violet was born on October 24, 1938, in Fillmore County, Minnesota to Rudolph and Erna (Barchant) Hamm. Violet moved to Rochester, Minnesota and married Bill Hostetler on June 7, 1958. They had one son, Frederick and...

Donovan Lee Hase

Donovan Lee Hase

Aug 21, 2022

Donovan Lee Hase, age 53, of Rochester, Minnesota died on Sunday, August 21, 2022 at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester following a 30 day stay in the ICU due to a motorcycle accident. The family wishes to thank all of the staff on Mary Brigh floor 7 who took amazing care of Donovan and his family. Donovan was born on...

James Dean Helvig

James Dean Helvig

Aug 19, 2022

James Dean (Jim) Helvig, 81, of Rochester, MN passed away at Saint Mary's Hospital in Rochester, MN on Friday, August 19th 2022 from complications related to Parkinson's Disease. Jim was born April 27, 1941, in Fairmont, MN, son to Orron and Evelyn Helvig and brother to Denny and Mary Helvig. He grew up on Sunny View farm near Truman, MN....

Sandra Kay Stutz

Sandra Kay Stutz

Aug 18, 2022

Sandra Kay (Sandie) Stutz, age 74, of rural Elgin, MN passed away on August 18th, 2022 at The Homestead at Rochester after a long illness. Sandie was born on July 4th, 1948 in Rochester, MN to Arnold and Bette (Messer) Teske. As a young girl, she moved to Lake City, MN and graduated from Lincoln High School in 1966. She...

Joanne Hebrink

Joanne Hebrink

Aug 15, 2022

Joanne Marie Hebrink, age 81, passed away on Monday, August 15, 2022 at Madonna Towers Skilled Nursing Home. She was born March 12, 1941 to Erwin and Mildred (Neumann) Tetzlaff of Viola, MN. She graduated from Eyota High School in 1959. Joanne began working for Rochester Methodist Hospital, and later Mayo Clinic for 25 years. She was active in her...

Donna Lanette Lee

Donna Lanette Lee

Aug 14, 2022

Donna L. Lee, age 89, of Rochester, MN passed away Sunday, August 14, 2022 at her home. Donna Lanette Lee was born June 29, 1933 in Clarksville, Arkansas the daughter of Waymon and Ethel (Kidd) Hauth. At the age of 16, she graduated valedictorian of her high school class. Following high school, she was accepted into the Kahler School of...

Theresa Ann Karwoski

Theresa Ann Karwoski

Aug 11, 2022

Theresa Karwoski was born on November 3, 1928 to Louis and Mary (Witczak) Karwoski in Chicago, Illinois. She lived with her family above a grocery store that her father owned. She married Edmund Karwoski on October 15, 1949 and settled into their family home on the Northwest side of Chicago. Together, they had three boys, Ed, Ron and Don. She...

Alvin Paul Servick

Alvin Paul Servick

Aug 7, 2022

Alvin Paul Servick of Rochester passed away peacefully at the age of 82, on Sunday, August 7, 2022, at Samaritan Bethany on 8th. Paul was born on January 27, 1940 in Rochester, PA to Alvin P and Norma D (Bennett) Servick. He met his bride, Deanna Joy Wolfgram in Tarkio, Missouri while attending college and on June 26, 1959, they...

Donald William Hasti

Donald William Hasti

Aug 6, 2022

Donald William Hasti, age 71, of Rochester, MN passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family on Saturday, August 6, 2022 at the Season's Hospice House in Rochester, MN after a 7 year battle with dementia. Donald was born August 23, 1950 in Minneapolis, MN to Einard Arthur and Nellie Violet (Kurtti) Hasti. He attended and graduated from Osseo High...

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