Marilyn Goodman
Mar 7, 2020
Funeral services for Marilyn Carol Goodman, 80, of Rochester will be at 11:00 am on Friday, March 13, 2020 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Rochester. Visitation will be from 5:00-7:00 pm on Thursday, March 12, 2020 at Ranfranz and Vine Funeral Homes and also one hour prior to the service at the church. Burial will be at Pleasant Prairie Cemetery....
Thomas T Takekawa
Mar 6, 2020
Thomas "Tom" Tsuyoshi Takekawa, 86, of Rochester died peacefully on Friday, March 6, 2020, of cancer at home surrounded by family. Tom was born on November 5, 1933, in Seattle, WA to Yasuhei and Kaneji (Kakegawa) Takekawa. Tom's father passed away only months later. At 8 years-old in 1942, due to WWII hysteria against Japanese and Americans of Japanese descent,...
Gordon N. Greene
Mar 5, 2020
Gordon N. Greene, 72, of Rochester passed away on Thursday, March 5, 2020, at Rochester Health Services West. Gordon was born on June 1, 1947, in San Francisco, CA, to Daniel and Eunice (Kelly) Greene. He was a graduate of Warren High School in Warren, MN. After graduation, Gordon attended Luther College for two years before transferring to Moorhead State...
Patricia Ann White
Mar 4, 2020
Patricia Ann White, 82, of Rochester, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, March 4, 2020 at Seasons Hospice House. Patricia was born February 16, 1938 in Rochester to Leonard and Virginia (Postier) Wilber. She was a 1956 graduate of Rochester High School and went on to obtain her degree as a paralegal from Rochester Community College. Patricia worked as a paralegal...
Robert "Bob" Highet
Mar 1, 2020
Father, son, husband, brother, "Papa" and friend to all. Our Rock, Robert "Bob" Alen Highet, 54, left our beautiful world on March 1, 2020 .Bob was born to Duane Highet and Ione (Helland) Speer on October 19, 1965 in Austin, Minnesota. He graduated from John Marshall High School in 1984. Overcoming the loss of his father, Bob took on the...
Daniel "Dan" John Paulios
Mar 1, 2020
Daniel "Dan" Paulios, age 68, passed away due to complications of Alzheimer's disease on March 1, 2020 at Cottagewood. Dan was born on May 10, 1951 in Pipestone, MN to Mike and Mary Paulios. Dan lived in Pipestone and West Salem, WI until his family moved to Rochester, MN in 1964. He graduated from Mayo High School in 1969 and...
Dr. Frederick "John" Service
Feb 28, 2020
Dr. F. John Service passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his family on February 28, 2020. John was born August 23, 1936 to Marjorie and Fredrick Service in Kapuskasing Ontario, Canada. He was the oldest of 3 children: brother George and sister Marjorie. He grew up in St Catharines and then later Thorold, Ontario. John graduated from Linwell High...
Eleanor Nichols
Feb 28, 2020
Eleanor Nichols, 91, of Byron, MN died Friday, February 28, 2020 at Saint Marys Hospital. Eleanor Roerish was born November 10, 1928 to William and Frances (Brugger) Roerish in Rochester, MN. She graduated from Rochester High School. On March 13, 1947 she married Marvin Nichols and the couple made their home in rural Byron. Marvin died on June 15, 2013....
Gordon Grosenick
Feb 27, 2020
Gordon L. Grosenick, 90, of Rochester, passed away peacefully on February 27, 2020 at The Mayo Clinic, St. Marys campus. Gordon, the son of Alvin and Viola (Blazer) Grosenick was born and raised in Mayville, WI, where he played football, baseball, sang in the church choir and a barbershop quartet. After graduation, Gordon enlisted and proudly served in the U.S....
Saroeuth Roeun
Feb 27, 2020
On February 27, 2020, Saroeuth Roeun received her wings and went to heaven to meet all the angels that had left us. She was 68 years old. Saroeuth Roeun was born in Battambang, Cambodia to Roeun Tap and Kong Ros on July 20, 1951. She was a strong and independent country girl who was very stubborn. She had passed that...
Norman Weist
Feb 26, 2020
A memorial service for Norman H. Weist, 95 of Rochester will be at 11:00am on Monday, March 9, 2020 at Grace Lutheran Church in Rochester. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Burial of his cremated remains will be at Grandview Memorial Gardens. Norman Henry Weist was born on January 16, 1925 in New Hartford...
Kathleen "Katie" Elizabeth Mcroberts
Feb 24, 2020
Kathleen "Katie" E. McRoberts, 47, of Mazeppa, MN died Monday, February 24, 2020 at Saint Mary's Hospital. Kathleen Elizabeth Clark was born April 29, 1972 to Dean and Penny Clark in Burlington, IA. She graduated from Burlington High School in Iowa in 1990. She was the first female engineer at the local TV station in Kirksville, MO. She attended Iowa...
David Lee Bredeson
Feb 23, 2020
BREDESON David Lee Bredeson, 77, of Rochester, passed away from complications of pneumonia on Sunday, February 23, 2020 at The Mayo Clinic, St. Marys campus. David was born December 24, 1942 in LeRoy, MN to Christian and Hazel (Halverson Bredeson. He always had a passion for working on cars and tore out his first engine by the age of 16....
Elaine T West
Feb 22, 2020
Elaine West of Rochester, Minnesota passed away on Feb 22, 2020. Her loved ones are composing her obituary, which you will be able to read here.
Carolyn Marie Jorgensen
Feb 21, 2020
Carolyn Marie Jorgensen, 74, of Eyota, MN, passed away peacefully Friday, February 21, 2020 at Seasons Hospice House. Carolyn was born December 31, 1945 in Rochester to Hugh and Ruth (Whiting) Cocker. She was a graduate of John Marshall High School and went on to obtain her Associates in Nursing from Rochester Community College. Carolyn started her nursing career at...
Roger A Brueske
Feb 21, 2020
Roger A. Brueske, age 57, of Chatfield, MN died Friday, February 21, 2020. Roger was born September 23, 1962 in St. Paul, MN the son of Otto and Beatrice (Harmon) Brueske. He graduated from Mayo High School and Rochester Community Technical College for automotive technician. Roger worked at several businesses in the Rochester area including Schmidt Printng and recently Strongwell...
Dr. Helmut Buettner
Feb 17, 2020
Helmut Buettner, MD, 79, died peacefully at home on February 17, 2020. Helmut was born in Cologne, Germany and raised in Waren, Germany. He obtained his medical degree at the University of Goettingen. He and his wife moved to Miami, FL, where he completed a residency and fellowship in Ophthalmology at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, specializing in vitreoretinal surgery....
Carol Sue Schroedel
Feb 16, 2020
Carol Schroedel, 83, of Rochester, Minnesota died peacefully in her home on February 16, 2020. Carol Sue Schroedel was born on September 5, 1936 in Quincy, Illinois. She was the daughter of Henry and Helen Huseman. She graduated from Quincy Senior High School, Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois, and received her Master's Degree in Education from the University of Minnesota....
John F. Wallace
Feb 13, 2020
John Francis Wallace, 85, a lifelong resident of Rochester, MN, died peacefully in his home on February 13th, 2020. He was born on November, 6th, 1934 in Rochester. The son of John T and Daisy (Bell) of Rochester, MN He attended Rochester Central High School. Then enlisted in the Marines in 1953 and served proudly for three years and did...
Gerald "Butch" Mielke
Feb 13, 2020
Butch Mielke, age 82, died peacefully at his home after a long battle with cancer on February 13, 2020. Gerald 'Butch' Leonard Mielke was born July 20, 1937 in Rochester to Leonard Fredrick and Arlene (Dickie) Mielke. He enlisted in the Army in 1960 and served two (2) years in Munich Germany. He married Karen Manecke of Bemidji, MN on...