Melba Johnson
Jan 3, 2020
Melba A. Johnson, 76, of Rochester, passed away peacefully on January 3, 2020 at Rochester Rehabilitation and Living Center. Melba was born January 18, 1943 in New York Mills, MN to Benjamin and Tynne (Koski) Matson. She married Douglas Johnson on December 17, 1966, working as a cosmetologist until her son, Christopher was born a few years later. Melba and...
Barbara M. Cain
Jan 2, 2020
Barbara Marie Cain, age 88, of Rochester, Minnesota, loving wife, mother and friend, died peacefully surrounded by her family on Thursday, January 2, 2020 at the Charter House in Rochester. Barbara was born June 26, 1931 weighing a tiny 3 lbs 6 oz. in Norwalk, California, the daughter of Marie (Rush) and D. E. McDonald. She grew up in Coalinga,...
Myron Wilke
Jan 1, 2020
Myron Arden Wilke, 94, of Rochester, died on Wednesday, January 1, 2020, at St. Mary's Hospital Mayo Clinic Campus. Myron was born on January 9, 1925 to Karl and Minnie (Deno) Wilke in Dodge Center, MN. Myron graduated from Dodge Center High School in 1942. On June 15, 1957 he married Marian Kadlec at Pioneer Presbyterian Church in Chatfield, MN....
Roger Brown
Dec 31, 2019
Roger D. Brown, 71 of Rochester, MN died Tuesday, December 31, 2019 at his residence in Rochester.
Roger A. Gaio
Dec 31, 2019
Roger Albert Gaio, age 93, died peacefully on December 31 at Madonna Living Community surrounded by his family. He will be remembered for his quiet manner, sharp wit and deep love of his family. Roger was born June 14, 1926 in Brooklyn, NY to Ruggero and Mary Gaio, the second of two children, where he lived and worked until enlisting...
Phyllis Eleanor Mccullough
Dec 30, 2019
Phyllis E. McCullough, 88 of Rochester, passed away on Monday, December 30, 2019 at St. Marys Hospital. Phyllis was born March 8, 1931 in Wadena, MN to Willard Leroy and Mary Eleanor (McBride) Perkins. After she graduated from high school, Phyllis went on to obtain her nursing degree from St. Marys School of Nursing. On May 25, 1957, Phyllis married...
Gayle Joan Kyllo
Dec 30, 2019
***POSTPONED UNTIL SPRING*** Gayle Joan Kyllo, 88, passed away Monday evening, December 30, 2019, at Madonna Towers in Rochester where she had resided for the past 3 years. Gayle was the only child of Thomas and Anna (Hamilton) born on August 21, 1931 in Amboy, Minnesota. Her mother passed away when Gayle was 1-1/2 years old and until her father...
Luvern Ernest Quandt
Dec 29, 2019
Luvern (Vern) Ernest Quandt, 87, of Rochester, died on Sunday, December 29, 2019 from injuries sustained in an auto accident. Vern was born to Harold and Bertha (Redemske) Quandt in Rochester. He grew up and worked on the family farm in Pleasant Valley Township. He graduated from Rochester High School and went on to serve his country in the United...
Bertrand Romel Davis
Dec 29, 2019
Bertrand Davis, 48 of Rochester, MN died Sunday, December 29, 2019. Obituary coming soon.
Dean Klauer
Dec 26, 2019
Dean Richard Klauer, age 74, of Rochester, passed away from complications of pneumonia on Thursday, December 26, 2019 at Mayo Clinic Hospital, Saint Marys Campus of Rochester. He was born on March 3, 1945 in the town of Berlin, Wisconsin, the youngest son of three children by Paul and Clara (Pigorsch) Klauer. Dean graduated from Berlin High School in 1963...
Jill Ann Buley
Dec 22, 2019
Jill Ann Buley, age 48 passed away on Sunday, December 22, 2019 at Methodist Hospital Rochester, Minnesota. Jill was born on September 22, 1971 in Denver, Colorado to Susan and Robert Micklick. Jill grew up with her brother John and her parents in Conifer and Evergreen, Colorado, as well as Decorah and Clear Lake, Iowa with many close-knit relationships to...
Antanas "Tony" Bivainis
Dec 22, 2019
A Mass of Christian Burial for Antanas "Tony" Bivainis, 94, of Rochester will be at 11:00 am on Friday, December 27, 2019 at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Rochester. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Burial will be at Calvary Cemetery. Antanas Bivainis was born on February 18, 2019 in Utena, Lithuania....
Sharon "Shari" Radke
Dec 22, 2019
Sharon "Shari" Ruth Radke, 75, of Rochester, passed away unexpectedly at St. Mary's Hospital on December 22, 2019. Shari was born on December 11, 1944 in Rochester to Arval and Ruth (Voll) Witter. She went to country school through 4th grade. In 5th grade she started in Stewartville Public School where she graduated in 1962. She went on to earn...
Leo Corfits
Dec 19, 2019
Leo D. "Dale" Corfits, 98, of Rochester, MN died Thursday, December 19, 2019 at Eden Brook. Leo Dale Corfits was born November 27, 1921, to Chris and Hazel (Dvork) Corfits, in Genoa Township, Olmsted County, MN, and attended grade school at Northrup School in Rochester, On February 20, 1942, he married Helen Timmerman in St, Charles, MN, while working for...
Audre Quandt
Dec 19, 2019
Audre Luise Quandt, 82, of Rochester Minnesota, died on Thursday, December 19, 2019 in an auto accident. Audre was born to Paul and Leona (Stuemke) Hiller in Mankato and grew up in Good Thunder where she graduated from Good Thunder High School in 1954. She went on to attend Mankato State College. She married Luvern (Vern) Quandt on March 9,...
Nancy Stanley
Dec 18, 2019
Nancy Lee Stanley, 84, of Rochester, passed away on December 18, 2019 at St. Marys Hospital. Nancy was born December 7, 1935 in Lancaster, WI to Levi and Mabel (Flaherty) Winfrey. She graduated from Wapello High School and went on to obtain her nursing degree from Hamline University and her B.S. from the College of St. Francis in 1988. On...
Alfred William Grunklee
Dec 17, 2019
Alfred William Grunklee, age 88, died peacefully at his home on Tuesday, December 17, 2019. Al was born in Claremont on January 6, 1931, to parents Alfred and Alma (Schley) Grunklee. He was the youngest of four children. Al graduated from Dodge Center High School in 1948. He served in the Army for two years and then he got a...
Emil "Herb" Pelnar
Dec 13, 2019
Herb was born in the township of Carlton in Kewaunee County, Wisconsin on May 7, 1938. His parents were Hedwig (Wetterling) and Emil Thomas Pelnar. He had seven brothers and sisters, worked the family farm and hired out to neighboring farms at the tender age of 14. He also worked at the cheese factory, where he gained his love for...
John Juergens
Dec 13, 2019
John Louis Juergens, 94, of Rochester, passed away peacefully at his home in Charter House on Friday, December 13, 2019. He was a kind and loving father, a devoted husband, a champion of women, and a great doctor and teacher. Juergens was a pioneering cholesterol researcher and cardiovascular specialist at Mayo Clinic for 37 years, treating farmers from Iowa, oil...
Beverly Joan Huneke
Dec 12, 2019
A Celebration of Life for Beverly J. Huneke, 93, of Burnsville, MN (formerly of Rochester) will be at 11:00 am on Tuesday, December 17, 2019 at Ranfranz and Vine Funeral Homes. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Burial will be at Grandview Memorial Gardens. Beverly Joan Haack was born on March 10, 1926...