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Katherine C. Slater
Apr 1, 2014
Katherine C. Slater, 95, of West Concord, Minnesota died Tuesday, April 1, 2014 at the Kenyon Sunset Home in Kenyon, Minnnesota. Katherine Chistine Rasmusson was born October 21, 1918 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. She was adopted into the loving arms of Dr. and Mrs. Robert Rasmusson and raised in Astoria, South Dakota. She graduated from high school and married...
Thomas Scott Carlsen
Mar 26, 2014
Thomas Scott Carlsen, 55, of Kenyon, died Wednesday, March 26, 2014 at his home in Kenyon. He was born September 5, 1958 in Faribault, Minnesota the son of Harry and Alice (Overby) Carlsen. He was the youngest of five children. He was a 1977 graduate of Kenyon High School where he excelled in track and sang in choir. He married...
Marion D. Hartwig
Mar 26, 2014
Marion D. Hartwig, 91, of Owatonna, passed away Wednesday, March 26, 2014 at the Owatonna Hospital. Marion Hartwig was born May 22, 1922 in Owatonna, Minnesota the daughter of Henry and Minnie (Kieselbach) Dunker. Marion graduated from Owatonna High School class of 1940. She was united in marriage to Donald Hartwig on March 25, 1947 at First St. John's Church...
James (Jim) E. Farmer
Mar 24, 2014
James (Jim) E. Farmer, 89, of Owatonna, died Monday, March 24, 2014, at East Georgia Regional Medical Center in Statesboro, Georgia. Jim was born February 28, 1925, in Howesville, Indiana the son of Harry and Essie (Miller) Farmer where he and his brother Jack operated the family farm until 1945. He was united in marriage to Dorothy Dottie Block on...
Annette A. Kubista
Mar 23, 2014
Annette Arlene Kubista , 83, of Owatonna, died Sunday, March 23, 2014 at Traditions in Owatonna, Minnesota. She was born January 27, 1931 in Owatonna, Minnesota the daughter of Richard and Agnes (Spindler) Sommer. Annette's mother died in October of 1935. She and her sister, Berneta, went to stay with her grandparents in Lemond Township. She attended District #54 country...
Dorothy Marie (Robinson) Olson
Mar 21, 2014
Dorothy Marie (Robinson) Olson joined her beloved husband, Dr. A. J. Olson and son Craig, in heaven on March 21, 2014. She was born in Gorman Texas March 31, 1921 and her family moved to CA. She graduated from USC with a BS in Nursing. She married Albert Jarl Olson in1944 and moved in Owatonna, MN, when he returned from...
Maria A. Beraza
Mar 19, 2014
Maria A. Beraza, 63, of Owatonna, passed peacefully on Wednesday, March 19, 2014 at her home in Owatonna. She was born October 22, 1950 in Brownsville, Texas the daughter of Mauricio and Guadalupe (Mercado) Moran. She resided in Owatonna, Minnesota as of 1996. She is survived by her daughters, Melinda Beraza and Malen B. Galvan and her son, Jose Beraza....
Clayton D. Nelson
Mar 17, 2014
Clayton Dale Nelson passed away Monday March 17, 2014 at the Owatonna Hospital. Memorial Service will be held Thursday March 20, 2014 at 2:00PM at the Michaelson Funeral Home in Owatonna with a visitation an hour prior to the service with the Reverend Eleazar Talamantes officiating. Michaelson Funeral Home is handling arrangements. Visitation: 03/20/2014 13:00 03/20/2014 14:00 Service: 03/21/2014 14:00
Ardith Lee
Mar 17, 2014
Ardith Lee, age 90 of Kenyon, Minnesota, passed away March 17, 2014 at District One Hospital in Faribault. A memorial service will be held at Faith Community Church of West Concord at a date yet to be determined. Interment will be at Forest Hill Cemetery in Stanton, Michigan. Ardith Adeline Arnold was born June 20, 1923 to Venus and Jennie...
Lyle Fremont Parrish
Mar 17, 2014
Lyle Fremont Parrish, 90, of Owatonna, Minnesota, died Monday, March 17, 2014 at Homestead Hospice in Owatonna where he had resided the past 12 months following a stroke and a long battle with Parkinson''s disease. Lyle Fremont Parrish was born in Waseca, Minnesota on February 1, 1924 to the late Eugene and Katherine (O''Neil) Parrish. He attended Waseca High School...
Frances L. Wikre
Mar 16, 2014
Frances L. Wikre, 93, of Owatonna, died Sunday, March 16, 2014 at Traditions in Owatonna. She was born June 29, 1920 in West Concord, Minnesota the daughter of Harry and Pearl (Freeman) Parker. Frances grew up in West Concord and graduated from West Concord High School. She was united in marriage to Kenneth Wikre on December 31, 1939 in Austin....
Gerald A. Griffith
Mar 15, 2014
Gerald A. Griffith, 77, of Owatonna, Passed away on Friday, March 14, 2014 at the Owatonna Hospital with his family by his side. Gerald was born on July 10, 1936 in southern Iowa to Norris and Dorothy (Trapp) Griffith. He graduated from Owatonna High School in 1954. After high school he attended the University of Minnesota before joining the National...
William "Bill"� E. Sarazine
Mar 14, 2014
William "Bill"� E. Sarazine, 53, of Owatonna, died Friday, March 14, 2014 at his home. Bill was born January 16, 1961 in Virginia, Minnesota the son of Edward "Bill" and Elizabeth Sarazine. He was raised in Burnsville and graduated from Henry Sibley High School. He lived in Portland, OR for a short while and then returned to Minnesota. Bill then...
Arnold R. Loken
Mar 13, 2014
Arnold R. Loken 90 was born on August 6, 1923 on the family farm, the youngest of eleven children of Jens and Cecelia (Hagen) Loken. He died Thursday March 13, 2014 at Countryside of Owatonna. He was a life long member of LeSueur Lutheran Church in rural New Richland. He graduated from New Richland High School in 1942. He enlisted...
Regino Ortega Sr.
Mar 11, 2014
Visitation: 03/13/2014 16:00 03/13/2014 19:00 Service: and one hour prior to the service at the church 03/14/2014 10:30
Mary Jean Blaisdell
Mar 10, 2014
Mary Jean Blaisdell, 64, of Jackson, New Jersey, died Monday, March 10, 2014 after a courageous battle with cancer at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey. She was born July 19, 1949 in Dodge Center, MN, the daughter of Harold and Evelyn (Phelps) Moreland. She graduated West Concord High School with the class of 1967 and...
Donald H. Cassels
Mar 8, 2014
Visitation: 03/17/2014 16:00 03/17/2014 19:00 Service: 03/18/2014 11:00
Marjorie M. Trandem
Mar 6, 2014
Marjorie M. Trandem, 88, of New Richland, Minnesota, formerly of Owatonna died Thursday, March 6, 2014, at Country Neighbors in New Richland. Marjorie Mae (Crabtree) Trandem was born June 27, 1925, in Summit Township, Steele County, Minnesota, to Charles Wesley and Pearl (Hubbell) Crabtree. She attended School District 82 and graduated from Ellendale High School. She also attended Jr College...
Ruth Marjorie Wendlandt
Mar 4, 2014
Ruth Marjorie Wendlandt, 91, of Owatonna, died Tuesday, March 4, 2014 at Clare Bridge of Owatonna. Ruth was born January 5, 1923 in Aurora Township, Steele County, Minnesota the daughter of Marcus and Beatrice (Moe) Anderson. She attended high school in Owatonna graduating in 1940. Ruth was united in marriage to Clinton Wendlandt on June 17, 1945 at Aurora Lutheran...
Pastor Marvin Emanuel Nygaard
Feb 26, 2014
Pastor Marvin Emanuel Nygaard, 98, of Owatonna, was called home to be with Jesus Christ his savior on Wednesday, February 26, 2014 at the Homestead Hospice house with his wife and children at his side. Marvin was born on June 20, 1915 in Bazile Mills, Nebraska to Nels and Carrie (Jensen) Nygaard. He graduated from high school in 1933, and...
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