Obituaries

Richard John Peters

Richard John Peters

Jul 9, 2020

Richard John Peters of Rochester, MN passed away on Thursday, July 9, 2020 at home after a long and courageous battle with Congestive Heart Failure. Richard was born April 17, 1950 in Rochester, MN to John and Laura Peters. He graduated from John-Marshall High School in 1969. After High School, Richard married Penny Gordon and later divorced. They had a...

Willis Merle Markham

Willis Merle Markham

Jul 9, 2020

Willis Merle Markham, 94, of Rochester, passed away on Thursday, July 9, 2020 at Edenbrook of Rochester. Willis was born June 7, 1926 in Rochester, MN to Daniel and Grace (Mills) Markham. He and his siblings grew up in old southwest Rochester in a home on the edge of Soldiers Field Park. After graduating high school, Willis attended the University...

Joan Y. Hall

Joan Y. Hall

Jul 4, 2020

Joan Yvonne Hall, 84, of Rochester, MN, passed away on July 4, 2020 at Mayo Clinic-St. Mary's Campus in Rochester. She was born July 28, 1935 in Center Township, Winnebago County, Iowa to Vernon and Bernice (Swenson) Peterson. Joan was the third born daughter out of four and shared many stories of what is was like growing up on the...

John Hofer

John Hofer

Jul 3, 2020

John Richard "Rick" Hofer, 73, of Oelwein, Iowa, passed away on Friday, July 3, 2020, at Mayo Clinic Hospice, St. Mary's Hospital, in Rochester, Minnesota. Rick was born on June 27, 1947, in Fayette County, Iowa, to John and Dora (Gage) Hofer. He graduated from Fayette High School in 1965. Following his graduation, Rick joined the Navy, where he served...

Wilbur Mennecke

Wilbur Mennecke

Jul 3, 2020

Wilbur E. Mennecke, 86, of Rochester, MN peacefully entered eternal rest on Friday, July 3 at Samaritan Bethany. Wilbur was born in Summit, Illinois on September 5, 1933 to Ernest and Mercedes Mennecke. He is survived by his loving wife of 61 years, Janet Mennecke, as well as his son, Alan (Nancy) Mennecke; daughter-in-law Joyce Mennecke; and grandchildren Britta (Paul)...

Philomena "Phil"  Malagrino

Philomena "Phil" Malagrino

Jun 29, 2020

Philomena "Phil" Malagrino, age 90, passed away peacefully at Benedict House in Rochester, MN surrounded by her family on June 29, 2020. Philomena met her husband Gerald, they fell in love, and were truly partners for the rest of their lives. They married in NY, and moved to Rochester for Gerald's employment with IBM. Besides being a loving wife and...

Matthew  Lackore

Matthew Lackore

Jun 29, 2020

Matthew Andre Lackore, age 41, died unexpectedly on Monday, June 29, 2020 in Rochester, MN. Born on October 5, 1978 in Grand Marais, MN the son of Stephen and Lois (Knutson) Lackore. The family lived on the North Shore until moving to Rochester, MN in 1987. Matthew attended Rochester Public Schools and graduated with an honors diploma from Mayo High...

Richard Mahler

Richard Mahler

Jun 29, 2020

Richard Wesley Mahler passed away peacefully at St. Marys Hospital on June 29, 2020. He died of natural causes unrelated to Covid 19. Rick was born on January 13, 1923 in Waseca, MN. His family moved to Winnebago, MN when Rick was a boy. In high school he lettered in football and there he met his future wife, Phyllis Loft,...

Doris Jean Mulholland

Doris Jean Mulholland

Jun 28, 2020

It is with sadness, yet great joy, that we let you know of our wonderful mother's passing into eternity with Christ on June 28, 2020 in Rochester, MN at the age of 88. Sadness, because we will miss her terribly, and joy, because four years after her stroke she now has a perfect body that is able to walk, talk...

Lisa Enger

Lisa Enger

Jun 27, 2020

Lisa Renee Enger, age 56, of Rochester, MN passed away peacefully on Saturday, June 27, 2020 at St. Mary's Campus with her family by her side. Lisa was born on December 21, 1963 in Aurora, IL to Burdette and Ella Mae (Gargo) Enger. She was a graduate of Hayfield high school in 1982. She was married to Ken Latwesen and...

Albert "Al" Krause

Albert "Al" Krause

Jun 26, 2020

Albert "Al" Harold Krause, 69, of Zumbro Falls passed away at Methodist Hospital in Rochester after a long battle with Acute Myeloid Leukemia on June 26, 2020 surrounded by his loving family. He was born on May 3, 1951 in Red Wing at St. John's Hospital to Wilbur Carl Krause and Mary Agnes (McVay) Krause-Heins. He grew up in the...

Mildred "Millie" Knoepke

Mildred "Millie" Knoepke

Jun 26, 2020

Mildred R. Knoepke "Millie", 82, of Rochester, passed away peacefully on Friday, June 26, 2020 surrounded by her family. Born in Faribault, MN on March 13, 1938 to Rudolph "Rudy" and Mildred (Wickum) Sortedahl, she was raised in Kenyon MN and graduated from Kenyon HS in 1956. On April 5th, 1958, Millie married Kenneth Knoepke at the Holden Lutheran Church...

Sharon Baldwin

Sharon Baldwin

Jun 24, 2020

Sharon Sue Baldwin, 72, of Rochester, died Wednesday, June 24, 2020 at Cottagewood Senior Communities. Sharon was born October 21, 1947 to Merton and Caroline Meier. She is preceded in death by her parents, her loving husband, Roy B. Baldwin, and her loving daughter Karen Lee Porter. She is survived by her siblings, Don and Carol, daughter, Michelle, grandson Logan,...

Lynnette Kay Peters

Lynnette Kay Peters

Jun 22, 2020

Lynnette K. Peters, 59, passed away on Monday, June 22, 2020, at Rochester Methodist Hospital. Lynnette Kay Quam was born June 13, 1961, in Rochester, MN. She graduated from Mayo High School in 1979 and attended Winona State College. On August 21,1982, she married Jeff Peters in Rochester. Lynn worked as an auto-transfusionist at the Mayo Clinic for 35 years....

Thomas Lew Huggett

Thomas Lew Huggett

Jun 20, 2020

Thomas "Tom" Lew Huggett, born in Janesville, WI, November 8, 1947 died peacefully June 20, 2020 in Rochester, MN at the age of 72 with his family by his side following a courageous 3 year battle with cancer under Hospice Care at Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN. Born in Wisconsin his family moved to Rochester, MN in 1957 where he grew...

James "Jim" Dean Hausman

James "Jim" Dean Hausman

Jun 20, 2020

Jim (James) Hausman, 78, of Rochester, MN, passed in peace on Saturday, June 20, 2020 at his home. Jim Hausman was born July 27, 1941, in Burbank, CA, to Tony and Doris Hausman. Following the birth of his brothers Bob and Steve the family moved to Sioux Falls, SD, where he grew up and completed his education. Graduating with a...

Ronald H. Werner

Ronald H. Werner

Jun 20, 2020

Ronald "Ron" Werner died peacefully at the Waters Memory Care Unit on June 20th, 2020 in Rochester, Minnesota at the age of 85. Ron was born in St Paul, Minnesota on November 4, 1934 to Herbert and Florence Werner. He had one brother, Jerry, who preceded him in death. Ron attended one year at Hamline University before he joined the...

David Duane Thorpe

David Duane Thorpe

Jun 18, 2020

David D. Thorpe, 79, of Rochester, MN died Thursday, June 18, 2020 at Saint Marys Hospital. David Duane Thorpe was born July 9, 1940 to Roy and Sylvia (Crown) Thorpe in Rochester, MN. He graduated from Pine Island High School in 1959. He attended Rochester Community College for 2 years, graduating in 1960. On September 23, 1960 he married Helen...

Karen Kay Herron

Karen Kay Herron

Jun 18, 2020

Karen K. Herron, 69, of Rochester, MN died Thursday, June 18, 2020 at Samaritan Bethany. Karen Kay Koch was born March 21, 1951 to Robert and Phyllis (Utecht) Koch in Owatonna, MN. She graduated from Mayo High School in 1969. She babysat for many years and worked at Woodside Nursing Home. Most recently she worked as a nurse's aide at...

John Dreher

John Dreher

Jun 16, 2020

John Dreher, 86, of Rochester, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, June 16, 2020 at the Seasons Hospice House in Rochester. Mr. Dreher was born January 23, 1934 and was raised on the family farm north of Rochester. Once married, he farmed at home while employed at Mayo Clinic as a clinical researcher. He married Eunice Kvale in June of 1958...