Obituaries

Arlene Geraldine Johnson

Arlene Geraldine Johnson

Feb 27, 2023

Arlene Geraldine Johnson was born in Detroit Lakes, MN on May 24, 1922, to August Quade and Sophia Zehms Quade. She was the fourth of six children. As a child she moved with her family to LeRoy, Mn where she graduated from high school. She was very proud of learning to play the French horn. It was during her childhood...

Jenny 'Jennifer' Lynn Nelson

Jenny 'Jennifer' Lynn Nelson

Feb 27, 2023

Jenny Lynn Nelson "Jennifer" age 58 passed away peacefully in her sleep on February 27, 2023. Jenny was born on August 10,1964 to Carroll J. Nelson and JoAnne (Streiff) Nelson. She is survived by sisters Dawn Stevens (Robert) Carol Nelson, Adele Ingalls (Todd) and brother James Nelson (Lynn), plus many nieces and nephews. She recently was living in Belle Plaine...

David John Janssen

David John Janssen

Feb 24, 2023

David John Janssen, 76, of Rochester, Minnesota passed away on February 24, 2023 at St. Mary's Hospital. He was born on July 27, 1946, in Rochester to John and Virginia (Sweeney) Janssen. David was baptized into God's forever family on September 8, 1946. He attended Rochester Central Lutheran School and John Marshal High School, graduating in 1964. Following High School,...

Sandra Kay Bowers

Sandra Kay Bowers

Feb 22, 2023

Sandra Kay Bowers, 84, of Oronoco, MN passed away peacefully on Wednesday, February 22, 2023 at St. Mary's hospital surrounded by the love of her family. Sandra was born in Austin, MN on August 2, 1938 to Russell and Evalyn (Farguson) Brownlow. She was raised on the family farm in LeRoy, MN where she graduated from LeRoy High School in...

Patricia Ann Martinson

Patricia Ann Martinson

Feb 21, 2023

Patricia Ann Martinson, 55, of Byron, Minnesota died Tuesday, February 21, 2023 at her home in Byron. Patricia was born April 23, 1967 to Dale and Anna (Smith) Eckert. She grew up in Rochester and graduated from John Marshall High School in 1985. Pat started working at Mayo Clinic in 1989 and spent most of her career in the department...

Jane Elizabeth Faber Rubin

Jane Elizabeth Faber Rubin

Feb 19, 2023

Jane Elizabeth Faber Rubin, 76, of Maple Grove, Minnesota, peacefully entered the presence of her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Sunday, February 19, 2023. Jane was born on September 20, 1946 to Dr. John and Bernice (Frey) Faber in Rochester, Minnesota. She was especially fond of her childhood in Rochester, considering it to be her true home. Jane graduated...

David George Scherer

David George Scherer

Feb 18, 2023

David George Scherer, age 71, peacefully passed away on February 18, 2023 at his home in Rochester, MN. He survived almost 30 years of compounding heart issues and his heart finally tired out. His family would joke that he had 9 lives because he could have passed on several occasions due to his "big heart". His hilarious dad jokes, love...

Norma Geraldine Sedlack

Norma Geraldine Sedlack

Feb 17, 2023

Norma Geraldine Conn Sedlack, passed away at Charter House on February 17, 2023, at the age of 87. Norma was born March 3, 1935, in Ft Wayne, Indiana to Bertha and Gerald Conn. Norma and her sister, Eileen moved a lot during their childhood...including Yuma, AZ. As Norma became a teenager, being a nurse became a passion. She got her...

Robert "Bob" John Raddatz

Robert "Bob" John Raddatz

Feb 17, 2023

Robert (Bob) Raddatz, 82, of Rochester, Minnesota, formerly of Kasson-Mantorville, and Lake City, passed away Friday, February 17, 2023, at Mayo Clinic Rochester, Saint Mary's Campus. Bob was born April 28, 1940, to Victor and Etta (Stussy) Raddatz in Faribault, Minnesota. He grew up in Mantorville and graduated from K-M High School in 1958. Bob married Berna Dene Prescher on...

Muriel Esther Hawley

Muriel Esther Hawley

Feb 15, 2023

Muriel E. Hawley, 97, of Rochester, MN died on February 15, 2023 at Seasons Hospice House. Muriel Esther (Tate) Hawley was born to Winnifred and Henry Tate on March 2, 1925 in the Township of Eastwood in Aitkin County, Minnesota. She attended the local grade school and then high school in Isle, Minnesota - Graduating in 1943. After graduation she...

Les Pearson

Les Pearson

Feb 14, 2023

The Rev. Dr. Leslie B. Pearson, 92, of Rochester, MN, died on Tuesday, February 14th, 2023 Rochester, MN, and went home to be with His Lord and Savior Jesus Christ who he served for 76 years. A man who was kind, loving, giving and whose Celebration of Life service will be held on Saturday, May 13, 2023, at 10:30 AM...

Walter Allen Benscoter

Walter Allen Benscoter

Feb 13, 2023

Walter A. Benscoter (Walt) husband, father, and grandfather, passed away on February 13, 2023, at the age of 93 at Cottagewood Senior Community. Walt was born on June 7, 1929, in Slocum Township Pennsylvania. He was the second of three sons born to Alfred K. Benscoter and Nellie M. Benscoter. Walt was a child of the Great Depression and grew...

Richard "Dick" Melvin Humphrey

Richard "Dick" Melvin Humphrey

Feb 13, 2023

Richard "Dick" Melvin Humphrey, aged 87, of Rochester, passed away on February 13, 2023. Dick grew up in Spencer, IA, as the youngest of three children. After graduating from Spencer High School, he joined the Army. He served for two years, spending much of that time in Germany. After leaving active service, Dick came back to the Midwest and worked...

David Lee Zinser

David Lee Zinser

Feb 13, 2023

David Lee Zinser, 71, of Pine Island, MN passed away on February 13, 2023 at his home surrounded by his loving family. David was born April 21, 1951 in Minneapolis, MN the son of Kenneth and Shirley (Schneider) Zinser. He was a 1969 graduate of Mayo High School in Rochester, MN. He was united in marriage to Linda Pool on...

Norma Adella Strelow

Norma Adella Strelow

Feb 13, 2023

Norma Adella Strelow, age 91 of Rochester, passed away on February 13, 2023 at Seasons Hospice House. Norma was born on June 24, 1931 to Herbert and Adella (Wokersein) Koeller in Altura, MN. Norma married Robert Strelow on April 16, 1949 in Nodine, MN. Together they moved to Rochester in 1957 and raised their family. In addition to being a...

Naomi Victoria Hysell

Naomi Victoria Hysell

Feb 12, 2023

Naomi Victoria Lee Hysell, age 104, of Rochester died on February 12, 2023, at Charter House in Rochester. A memorial service will be held in late spring or early summer. Naomi was born in Spring Grove, Minnesota, on November 22, 1918. Naomi's middle name of Victoria was in honor of the armistice marking the end of World War I--at the...

Ned Raymond Brown

Ned Raymond Brown

Feb 11, 2023

Ned R. Brown, 95, of Rochester, Minnesota passed away on February 11, 2023 at St. Mary's Hospital. He was born on December 15, 1927 in Eyota to Harry and Inez (Jerad) Brown. Ned married Marlys Geerdes in 1946 and together they raised 9 children. They lived much of the time on a farm north of Rochester. In addition to farming,...

Raymond "Dennis" Hovey

Raymond "Dennis" Hovey

Feb 11, 2023

Raymond D. "Dennis" Hovey, 70 of Byron, MN died Saturday, February 11, 2023 at his home with his family by his side. Dennis served in the United States Army and was then united in marriage to Nancy Aleckson on July 9, 1977. The couple made their home in Byron. Dennis worked many years as a league director at D&R Star....

Hulet Adams Sherry

Hulet Adams Sherry

Feb 7, 2023

Hulet A. Sherry, age, 74, of Vadnais Heights, MN passed away February 7, 2023 at her home. Hulet was born in Birmingham, Alabama on April 20, 1948, the daughter of Joseph Alexander Sherry and Chloe Elizabeth (Griffith). Hulet lived in Alabama and Florida for many years before making her way to the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, where she graduated with an...

Ronald Alfred Meline

Ronald Alfred Meline

Feb 6, 2023

Ronald A. Meline, 79, of Rochester, MN passed away on Monday, February 6th, 2023 at Cottagewood Memory Care in Rochester, MN. Ron was born May 8th, 1943 to Clarence and Ione (Schuchard) Meline. Ron's father died when Ron was 15. Three years later his mother married George Morse, a wonderful man whose extended family welcomed Ron and his mother with...