William Oliver
Sep 30, 2018
William "Bill" Newton Oliver, died at home at 12:30 AM on September 30, 2018, after a courageous two-and-a-half-year battle with stage IV pancreatic cancer. At his initial diagnosis he was given just two months to live but thanks to the love, support and prayers of his family and friends and with the exceptional care from his doctors and nurses at...
Howard J. Helland
Sep 30, 2018
Howard J. Helland, age 92, of Rochester, MN died Sunday, September 30, 2018 at River Bend Assisted Living with loving care provided by Mayo Hospice and the Visiting Angels. Howard was born February 14, 1926, north of Binford, ND, the son of Hjalmer and Julia (Gilbertson) Helland. He grew up on the family farm and attended a one room country...
Robert E. Erickson
Sep 26, 2018
Robert E. Erickson, age 76, of Rochester, died peacefully on Wednesday, September 26, 2018, surrounded by family at the Mayo Clinic Hospital - St. Mary's Campus in Rochester. The funeral service will be at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, October 1, 2018, at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church with Pastor Karna Hagen Moskalik officiating. The visitation will be from 3:00-6:00 p.m. on...
Vernon Exe
Sep 25, 2018
Vernon Anthony Exe, 76, of Byron, MN passed away Tuesday, September 25, 2018 at Samaritan Bethany in Rochester, MN after a courageously fought battle with Progressive Supranuclear Palsy. Vernon was born March 11, 1942 in Rock Dell, MN to Hilman and Clara (Holt) Exe. He attended Waseca Agriculture School and began work as a backhoe operator for Viker and Sorensen....
Raynelle Bleimeyer
Sep 23, 2018
Raynelle Bleimeyer, 82 of Rochester, MN died Sunday, September 23, 2018 at Saint Marys Hospital. Raynelle Fitzgerald was born March 17, 1936 in Cleburne, TX to Homer and Bernice (Darby) Fitzgerald. She graduated High School in Texas. On August 30, 1952 she married Herman Bleimeyer in Texas. The couple moved to Oklahoma and then Wyoming. In 1971 they moved to...
Lewis Judd
Sep 22, 2018
Lewis Dean Judd, 96, passed away on Saturday, September 22, 2018, at Pine Haven Care Center. Lewis Dean Judd was born on August 10, 1922, in Mazeppa, MN, to William F and Josephine A (Roland) Judd. He graduated from Mazeppa High School in 1940, then attended Winona State College, Gustavus Adolphus, and then Notre Dame University military officer's school. He...
Mildred Richter
Sep 20, 2018
Mildred Elizabeth Richter "Millie", 91 of Rochester, passed away peacefully on September 20, 2018 at The Rochester Living and Rehabilitation Center. Millie was born October 21, 1926 in Stockton, MN to Bernhardt "Ben" and Amanda (Richter) Block. She was a 1946 graduate of St. Charles High School and a 1947 graduate of the Mankato Beauty College. Millie worked as a...
Janet Ann Mack
Sep 20, 2018
Janet Ann Mack, age 83, of Loudon TN and formerly of Lake City, MN, was called by God to join him on September 20, 2018. Jan was born to parents George & Leona Chlanda on July 22, 1935, in Blue Island, IL. They later settled in Madison, WI where Jan met her husband Kenneth Mack. Both Jan and Ken attended...
Delaine Foster
Sep 20, 2018
DeLaine O. Foster passed away Thursday, September 20, at Madonna Towers Living Community of Rochester. She was 101 years old. DeLaine was born February 27, 1917, in Roseau, Minnesota, to Frank and Ella Krause. She spent much of her adult life in Mankato, Minnesota where she married Mickey Date in 1936. Mickey was Sheriff of Blue Earth County when he...
Nile C. Stafford
Sep 17, 2018
Nile Stafford, 76, of Rochester, MN, passed away on September 17, 2018, at the Season's Hospice House in Rochester, MN. Nile was born on April 10, 1942, in rural Lyon County in Southwestern, MN, to Walter (Lee) Edna Stafford. On February 17, 1962, Nile married Janet (Paul) from Tyler, MN, and together they had two children. Nile worked for Honeywell...
Lydia A. Deyoung
Sep 17, 2018
Lydia A. DeYoung, 89, of Rochester, MN died on September 17, 2018, at Samaritan Bethany Home on Eighth in Rochester. She was born on January 31, 1929, in Eastgate, Alberta, Canada to Peter and Nadia (Presezniuk) Horbatiuk. Lydia married Donald DeYoung on February 7, 1946, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and they moved to Minnesota in 1946, and she became a...
Rachel M. Harberts
Sep 15, 2018
Rachel M. Harberts, 43, of Dodge Center, MN died Saturday, September 15, 2018 at Saint Marys Hospital from injuries sustained in a car accident on September 7, 2018 in Claremont, MN. Rachel Marie Post was born May 19, 1975 in Spring Valley, MN to Jerome and Sharon (Smith) Post. She graduated from Lanesboro High School in 1993. She attended RCTC,...
Jeanne L. Fenske
Sep 15, 2018
Jeanne L. Fenske, age 96, of Rochester, Minnesota died Saturday, September 15, 2018 at Samaritan Bethany Home on 8th in Rochester. Jeanne Luellen Fenske was born March 12, 1922 in Wyoming, MN the daughter of George and Ruth (Aney) Archer. She was raised in Wyoming, MN and graduated from Forest Lake High School. In 1940 she moved to Rochester and...
Merrill Eugene Gutzmer Jr.
Sep 15, 2018
Merrill Eugene Gutzmer, Jr., 53, of Pine Island, went to be with Jesus on Saturday, September 15, 2018, surrounded by loved ones in his home. Eugene was born on March 31, 1965, in Fort Atkinson, WI, to M. Eugene, Sr. and Sharon (Shober) Gutzmer. He graduated from Whitewater High School in 1983 and went on to study electrical engineering at...
Margaret Giere
Sep 14, 2018
Margaret M. Giere, 99 of Rochester, MN died Friday, September 14, 2018 at Samaritan Bethany. Margaret Mae Munson was born August 23, 1919 to Oscar and Clara (Folkestad) Munson in Kasson, MN. She attended school in Kasson and after graduating she worked for the Rock Dell Exchange as a telephone operator. She married Haven Alexander Giere on December 9, 1937...
Clyde Taylor
Sep 13, 2018
Clyde E. Taylor passed away peacefully on September 13, 2018 at the age of 94 at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota, after being stricken by an undiagnosed cause two days earlier. Clyde was born on December 15, 1923 in Jermyn, Pennsylvania. He grew up in nearby Tompkinsville and attended Scott Township High School, graduating in 1940 at the top...
Lucille Wehrs
Sep 13, 2018
Lucille M. Wehrs, 96, of Rochester, MN died Thursday, September 13, 2018 at Samaritan Bethany. Lucille Mildred Cordes was born November 1, 1921 to Arthur and Anna (Hoenk) Cordes in Farmington Township, MN. She graduated from Byron High School in 1939 and worked for the Agricultural Adjustment Administration. She married Lawrence Wehrs on January 12, 1944 in Rochester at Trinity...
Scott Christopherson
Sep 11, 2018
Scott L. Christopherson, 62, of Rochester, MN died Tuesday, September 11, 2018 at his residence. Scott Lee Christopherson was born May 12, 1956 to Stanley and Shirley (Copeman) Christopherson in Preston, MN. He graduated from John Marshall High School in 1974. He started working at IBM while attending RCTC. He married Cheryl Wagner in 1980 in Rochester, the couple later...
Peter Andersen
Sep 10, 2018
On October 9, 2018, while surrounded by family and friends, Peter James Andersen passed away peacefully and joined his loving God in heaven. Peter was born on December 4, 1930 in Racine, Wisconsin to Hans Peter and Anna Andersen. Peter, a first-generation American proudly served his country in the U.S. Marine Corps. Upon completion of his service, he followed in...
Debra Brown
Sep 9, 2018
Debra JoAnn (Vomhof) Brown of Rochester passed away on September 9, 2018 at her home after a courageous 17-year battle with cancer. Deb was born December 21, 1953 in Racine, MN to Claire and Dorene (Kohlmeyer) Vomhof. She attended St. John's Lutheran School in Wykoff, MN and graduated from Wykoff High School in 1972. She earned her associate degree at...
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