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Edna M. Timm

Edna M. Timm

Jan 16, 2019

Edna Marie Timm, 56, of Rochester, passed away peacefully on January 16, 2019 at Cottagewood Senior Communities. Edna was born September 19, 1962 in Wabasha, MN to Julius and Genevieve (Nolan) Timm. She was a graduate of Elgin Millville High School and went on to Rochester Vo-Tech in the nursing program. Edna worked for Ability Building Center for several years....

Bradley A. Hodges

Bradley A. Hodges

Jan 16, 2019

Bradley A. Hodges, 61, formerly of Rochester passed away on Wednesday, January 16, 2019 in Huntington, West Virginia. He had been ill one month. He died of B-cell lymphoma. Brad was born December 5, 1957 in Waukegan, Illinois to Alfred (Fred) and Colleen (Ceminsky) Hodges. He was the first born of three sons. At the age of nine months, he...

Dale  E. Chambers

Dale E. Chambers

Jan 14, 2019

Dr. Dale Eugene Chambers died at age 87 on January 14, 2019 surrounded by loving and caring family members at his residence at The Homestead at Rochester, enrolled in Seasons Hospice. He was born January 3, 1932 to Earl and Adriana (Jane) Chambers in Crookston, MN, the last of six children, all of whom had a strong affinity for humor....

Norah Nell Cook

Norah Nell Cook

Jan 13, 2019

Norah "Nell" (Myrberg) Cook, 88, passed away on January 13, 2019, at Season's Hospice in Rochester, MN. Nell was born November 21, 1930, in rural Stromsburg, NE, to Abner I. and Norah V. (Nelson) Myrberg. She graduated from Stromsburg High School. Nell attended Mounds Midway School of Nursing in Saint Paul, MN and the College of St. Francis in Joliet,...

Max Topic

Max Topic

Jan 13, 2019

Maximillan V. Topic, "Max", 25 of Rochester, passed away Sunday, January 13, 2019 at his home. Max was born May 7, 1993 in Carthage, IL to James Topic and Christine Fagans. He was a graduate of John Marshall High School and went on to RCTC, finishing his bachelors degree in Respiratory Therapy at The University of Minnesota, Rochester. He was...

Julie A. Schinke

Julie A. Schinke

Jan 11, 2019

Julie A. Schinke, age 61, of Dodge Center, MN passed away Friday, January 11, 2019 at her home. Julie Ann Schinke was born March 4, 1957 in Madison, Wisconsin, the daughter of Gordon and Jane (Schimmelpfennig) Grosenick. She attended John Marshall High School and graduated in 1975. She than began her 40 year career with Mayo and was currently still...

Ruth C. Suby

Ruth C. Suby

Jan 10, 2019

Ruth Suby, age 86, of Rochester, died on Thursday, January 10, 2019, at her home. The memorial service will be at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, February 2, 2019, at Our Savior's Lutheran Church, 2124 Viola Rd NE, Rochester MN, 55906. The visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Interment will be in Our Savior's Lutheran...

Gertrude Seegmiler

Gertrude Seegmiler

Jan 10, 2019

Gertrude (Malli) Seegmiller, age 92, formerly of Decorah, Iowa, died peacefully in her sleep of natural causes on Thursday, January 10th, 2019, at the Lake City Nursing Home in Lake City, Minnesota. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, January 14th, 2019, at the Ranfranz & Vine Funeral Funeral Home. Burial of cremains will take place this...

Michael Drath

Michael Drath

Jan 10, 2019

Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on July 8, 1943 to Bob and Betty Drath. He passed away on January 10, 2019 at his daughter's home in Rochester. He had fond memories of spending time in his youth in Spring Lake and Wild Rose, Wisconsin. After graduating from Brookfield Central in 1961, Mike entered the Army where he worked as a mechanic....

Joan Slattery

Joan Slattery

Jan 8, 2019

Joan Slattery, 80, of Rochester, MN passed away Tuesday, January 8th, 2019 at Cottagewood Senior Communities. Joan was born August 12, 1938 to Sturmi and Frieda (Wendling) Reinhard in Chicago, IL. She graduated from Longwood Academy High School in Chicago and on August 1, 1959, she married Ken Slattery. The couple started their lives together in Chicago and later moved...

Betty Renstrom

Betty Renstrom

Jan 6, 2019

Betty Ellen Kopischke Renstrom was born January 17, 1925, at Leader, Minnesota, to Henry and Violet Kopischke. She grew up in northern Minnesota. Betty graduated from Fergus Falls High School and attended Business College in St. Cloud, Minnesota. During WW II, she worked in a defense plant in Tacoma, Washington. Betty met LeRoy (Nels) Renstrom in Elbow Lake, Minnesota, and...

John Paul Kalwasinski

John Paul Kalwasinski

Jan 5, 2019

John Paul Kalwasinski, 58, of Rochester, passed away Saturday, January 5, 2019 after a brief battle with cancer. John was born February 26, 1960 in Evergreen Park, IL to Frank and Vivian (Moore) Kalwasinski. He was a 1978 graduate of St. Francis DeSales High School in Chicago, IL and went on to receive his bachelor degree from Concordia College. On...

Dwight Bisbey

Dwight Bisbey

Jan 4, 2019

Dwight E. Bisbey, 91, of Rochester, passed away peacefully at Seasons Hospice House on Friday, January 4, 2019. Dwight was born December 22, 1927 in Webster City, IA to Elmer and Ruth (Schwabauer) Bisbey. He was a 1946 graduate of Clarion High School in Iowa and went on to proudly serve his country as part of the U.S. Army, during...

Eloise  V. Applen

Eloise V. Applen

Jan 2, 2019

Funeral services for Eloise V. Applen, 76, of Rochester, will be at 11:00 am on Friday, January 11, 2019, at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, 2703 9th Ave NW Rochester. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery. Eloise was born on May 2, 1942, in Red Wing, MN to Arnold...

Leon G. Waters

Leon G. Waters

Jan 2, 2019

Leon G. Waters, age 95, of Zumbro Falls, MN passed away Wednesday, January 2, 2019. Leon George Waters was born September 12, 1923 in Buffalo, MN the son of Thomas and Cecile (Hayes) Waters. He graduated from Buffalo High School and entered in the U.S. Navy where he was stationed in California during WWII. While in California, he met his...

Donna Barnhart

Donna Barnhart

Jan 1, 2019

Donna M. Barnhart, 74, of Rochester, MN passed away Tuesday, January 1, 2019 at Saint Mary's Hospital. Donna Mae Barnhart was born December 1, 1944 to Lee and Vera (Bybee) Barnhart in Mapleton, MN. She graduated from Hayfield High School in 1962. She worked for 25 years at AMPI in Rochester. She had a passion for baking and knew everyone's...

Maynard C. Rain

Maynard C. Rain

Jan 1, 2019

Maynard C. Rain, age 62, of Rochester, died on January 1, 2019.

Kimberly Walls

Kimberly Walls

Dec 30, 2018

Kimberly A. Walls, 53, of Byron, MN died unexpectedly on Sunday, December 30, 2018 at her residence. Kimberly Ann Kotz was born February 4, 1965 in Northfield, MN to Harold and Marilyn (Bartel) Kotz. She graduated from Northfield High School in 1983. After graduation, she attended Mankato State University and graduated with a bachelors degree in English. She then proceeded...

William Masters

William Masters

Dec 29, 2018

ROCHESTER -- William "Bill" E. Masters, age 83, of Rochester, MN joined his beloved wife in heaven on Saturday, December 29, 2018. William Everett Masters was born September 3, 1935 in New Cumberland, West Virginia the eldest child of Lewis and Margaret (Murray) Masters. He joined the Air Force in 1953 where he became an air traffic controller and earned...

Loren D. Gates

Loren D. Gates

Dec 27, 2018

Funeral services for Loren D. Gates, 87, of Rochester will be at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, December 31, 2018, at Zumbro Lutheran Church, 624 3rd Avenue, SW. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery. Memorials may be directed to Zumbro Lutheran Church Mission Sewing or an organization of the...

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