Belinda A. Deming
May 25, 2012
Belinda A. Deming, 38, of Owatonna, died Friday, May 25, 2012 at Homestead Hospice House after a courageous 18 year battle with Hodgkins. She was born December 20, 1973 in Anoka, Minnesota the daughter of John and Pam (Wandrey) Bowe. Belinda was a graduate with the class of 1992 from Owatonna High School, and attended Rochester Community College for two...
Magdalen E. Peach
May 25, 2012
Magdalen E. Peach, 86, of West Concord, died Friday, May 25, 2012 at Homestead Hospice House. She was born May 17, 1926 in Aurora Township, Minnesota the daughter of Frank and Agnes (Moravec) Fischer. Magdalen attended country school in Aurora Township, and then worked at Hormel in Austin, and later helped care for her sister's children. She married Lawrence Peach...
Arvella J. Braaten
May 19, 2012
Arvella June Braaten, 85, of Kenyon, died Saturday, May 19, 2012 at Kenyon Sunset Home. She was born June 20, 1926 in Cherry Grove Township, Minnesota the daughter of Lars and Mabel (Lilleskov) Larson. She graduated from Kenyon High School in 1943. She then worked at Red Owl in Kenyon. She married Joseph Braaten in June of 1948 at the...
Eunice I. Kruesel
May 16, 2012
Eunice Ida Kruesel, 86, of Owatonna, died Wednesday, May 16, 2012 at Owatonna Hospital. She was born November 17, 1925 in Meriden Township the daughter of Paul and Elma (Mundt) Buecksler. Eunice married Edwin Kruesel on October 25, 1945. They farmed most of their married life near Meriden. Eunice also worked at Swift's in Waseca, Oakhill Nursing Home and Owatonna...
Jenny M. Kraling
May 15, 2012
Jenny M. Kraling 21, of Mankato, died Tuesday, May 15, 2012 near Mankato resulting from a tubing accident. She was born June 14, 1990 in Faribault, Minnesota the daughter of Jerome and Elaine (Stenbakken) Kraling. Jenny graduated from Kenyon High School in 2008, and then moved to Mankato and attended Mankato Vo-Tech. She was currently employed with REM in Mankato....
Fern A. Hansen
May 15, 2012
Fern Alma Hansen, 93, of Owatonna, died Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at St. Mary's Hospital. She was born August 15, 1918 in Osnabrock, North Dakota the daughter of Edward and Helga (Quinell) Stewart. She graduated from Wales High School, North Dakota in 1937. She then attended Valley City Teachers College in Valley City, North Dakota. Fern worked at Deaconess Hospital...
George A. Knutson
May 13, 2012
George Allen Knutson, 80, of Owatonna, died Sunday, May 13, 2012 at Homestead Hospice House. George was born March 31, 1932 in Heron Lake, Minnesota the son of Lester and Florence (Peacock) Knutson. He was raised in Windom, Minnesota and there he attended and graduated from Windom High School in 1951. While in high school he excelled in all sports....
Richard A. Wachter
May 11, 2012
Richard Wachter, 90, went home to be with the Lord on May 11, 2012 at Golden Living-Whitewater, St. Charles, succumbing to the effects of a stroke which he suffered on Easter Sunday. The funeral service will be Thursday, May 17 at 11 a.m. at New Life Church, Wanamingo, with Pastor Pat McBride officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to...
Keith E. Bachman
May 10, 2012
Keith E. Bachman, 92, of West Concord, died Thursday, May 10, 2012 at Field Crest Care Center, Hayfield. Keith was born November 30, 1919 in Ellington Township, Minnesota the son of Neal and Margaret (Cassady) Bachman. He graduated from West Concord High School. Keith enlisted in the United States Army and served during WWII serving in Japan and Hawaii. After...
Eleanor A. Worke
May 7, 2012
Eleanor Anne Worke, 83, of Owatonna, died Monday, May 7, 2012 at St. Mary's Hospital, Rochester. She was born December 27, 1928 in Owatonna, the daughter of Henry and Martha (Jansa) Spatenka. She started working at the age of 16 as a candy girl at Spurgeons. Eleanor married Karl Christey in 1951 and the couple was later divorced. She married...
Troy A. Petersohn
May 4, 2012
Troy Alan Petersohn, 44, of Claremont, died Friday, May 4, 2012 at St. Mary's Hospital. He was born May 18, 1967 in Rochester, Minnesota the son of Judi (Quaale) Petersohn and Donald Petersohn. He graduated from Claremont High School in 1985. During his senior year, he earned the Eagle Scout award and All Conference in Baseball. He then worked for...
Robert P. Jensen
May 3, 2012
Robert P. Jensen, 84, of Owatonna, died Thursday, May 3, 2012 at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester. Bob was born December 29, 1927 in Rochester, Minnesota the son of Peter and Caroline (Kaplan) Jensen. Bob enlisted in the Army in 1946 at Fort Snelling, and served in various places including South Korea until his discharge in 1948. He attended the...
Brian J. Westman
May 2, 2012
Brian J. Westman, 41, of Owatonna, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, May 2, 2012. Brian was born May 29, 1970 in Mankato, Minnesota. He was raised and attended school in Mankato. He lived in Faribault and then moved to Owatonna. Brian enjoyed working on electronics and mechanical devices. He loved his scooter. He also enjoyed listening to...
Richard R. Chapman
Apr 28, 2012
Richard R. Chapman, 64, of Owatonna, died Saturday, April 28, 2012 at Homestead Hospice House. He was born May 29, 1947 in Oelwein, IA the son of Robert and Sheila (Murray) Chapman. Rick graduated from Valley High School in Elgin, IA and was drafted into the Vietnam War and served in the United States Army. After his service he went...
Lorna M. Flaten
Apr 26, 2012
Lorna Marie (Lorenson) Flaten of Zumbrota, MN and formerly of Kenyon, MN passed away on Thursday, April 26, 2012 at Zumbrota Care Center at the age of 95. Lorna was born on February 11, 1917 in the family living area of the Skyberg cheese factory in Skyberg, MN. The daughter and eldest child of Lewis and Olga (Johnson) Lorenson. Lorna...
Berneta H. Yess
Apr 24, 2012
Berneta H. Yess, 78, of Owatonna, died Tuesday, April 24, 2012. Berneta was born November 29, 1933 in Owatonna, Minnesota the daughter of Richard and Agnes (Spindler) Sommer. Here she was raised and attended school graduating from Owatonna High School. She was united in marriage to Wilbert Yess on August 2, 1953 at St. John Lutheran Church. She worked at...
Janell P. Lester
Apr 22, 2012
Janell Phyllis Lester, 59, of Owatonna, died Sunday, April 22, 2012 at Faribault Care Center. She was born January 17, 1953 in Owatonna, Minnesota the daughter of Phyllis and Corvin Ditlevson. She attended Blooming Prairie High School. She worked for Federated Insurance for 27 years taking an early retirement. Following her retirement, she worked various jobs until ill health. She...
Douglas J. Bock
Apr 21, 2012
Douglas J. Bock, 67, of Owatonna, died Saturday, April 21, 2012, at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester. Douglas was born July 13, 1944, in Blooming Prairie, Minnesota the son of Lloyd and Lucille (Kvasnicka) Bock. Douglas attended New Richland High School lettering in football before transferring to Owatonna High School where he graduated in 1962. He was united in marriage...
Robin J. Buck
Apr 21, 2012
Robin Jean Buck, 47, of Kenyon, died Saturday, April 21, 2012 at St. Mary's Hospital, Rochester. She was born September 25, 1964 in Zumbrota, the daughter of Ron and Jean (Benson) Hunt. She graduated from Zumbrota High School. After high school she went to RCTC to be a medical transcriptionist. She worked for Allina Heath Systems for over 12 years....
Esther E. Hanson
Apr 20, 2012
Esther E. Hanson, age 94, of Owatonna, Minnesota died Friday, April 20, 2012 at the Homestead Hospice House in Owatonna. She was born June 18, 1917 in Owatonna, Minnesota the daughter of Edward and Minnie (Wilker) Krippner. She graduated from Owatonna High School, where she was very active in sports and was selected as All Around Sophomore Girl. She won...
