Carl Major Reed Jr.
Jan 27, 2010
Carl Major Reed Jr., 67, of Claremont, died Wednesday, January 27, 2010 at his home. Carl was born July 5, 1942 in Litchfield, Minnesota the son of Carl and Olive (Larson) Reed. There he was raised and attended school graduating from Litchfield High School in 1960. He moved to Minneapolis where he attended Minnesota Bible College. He was married in...
Ione M. Shorter
Jan 26, 2010
Ione M. Shorter, 92, of Owatonna, formerly of Blooming Prairie, died Tuesday, January 26, 2010 at Prairie Manor Care Center, Blooming Prairie. Ione was born November 13, 1917 in Blooming Prairie, Minnesota the daughter of Henry and Emelia (Moravec) Embrickson. She was raised in Blooming Prairie and attended school graduating from Blooming Prairie High School. Following she worked in a...
Lorraine M. Spreiter
Jan 23, 2010
Lorraine Maxine Spreiter, 86, of West Concord, died Saturday, January 23, 2010 at Fairview Care Center in Dodge Center. She was born April 23, 1923 in Fairpoint the daughter of Ross and Matie (Martin) Quimby. Lorraine graduated from West Concord High School. She married Arthur Spreiter May 20, 1942 at the Concord Parsonage. The couple lived on the Spreiter farm...
Ivadelle 'Delle' E. Schwenke
Jan 22, 2010
Ivadelle 'Delle' E. Schwenke, 74, of Owatonna, died Friday, January 22, 2010 at Cedarview Care Center. She was born June 22, 1935 in Ellendale, Minnesota the daughter of Ivan and Esther (Brynsted) Hendrickson. Ivadelle was baptized into faith on September 22, 1935 and confirmed her faith on June 18, 1950 in First Lutheran Church, Ellendale. She was raised in Ellendale...
Marjorie F. Olsen
Jan 22, 2010
Marjorie Florence Olsen, 79, of Owatonna, died Friday, January 22, 2010 at United Hospital in St. Paul. She was born December 19, 1930 near Faribault the daughter of Waverly and Florence (Watson) Christie. Marjorie graduated from Faribault High School with the Class of 1948. She attended teachers training at Mankato State. Marjorie married Ralph Olsen June 16, 1956 in Faribault....
Evelyn 'Tootsie' Truhlar
Jan 21, 2010
Evelyn 'Tootsie' Truhlar, 90, of Owatonna, died Thursday, January 21, 2010 at Owatonna Commons. She was born November 20th, 1919, near Ellendale on the Enzenauer family farm in Berlin Township, the daughter of Sylvester and Luella (Enzenauer) Kedziora. She attended country school until her family moved to Owatonna. She lived in Waseca, and worked for Johnson Controls in Waseca before...
Esther C. Erickson
Jan 21, 2010
Esther Caroline Erickson, 92, of Owatonna, died Thursday, January 21, 2010 at Traditions II. Esther was born December 9, 1917 in Chicago, Illinois the daughter of Anton and Anna (Benson) Carlson. She attended school in Winter, WI graduating from high school in 1935. She then attended secretarial school at Fox College in Chicago. Esther was united in marriage to Everett...
David E. Rysavy
Jan 21, 2010
David Eugene Rysavy, 64, of Owatonna, died Thursday, January 21, 2010 at Owatonna Hospital. He was born March 12, 1945 in Owatonna the son of Jerry and Roselyn (Simon) Rysavy, Sr. David attended Riverpoint Elementary School, St. Isidore's Catholic School and Graduated from Marian High School. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1966-1968. During his service he was...
Lydia Alice Schenald
Jan 21, 2010
Lydia Alice Schenald, 99, of Kenyon, died Thursday, January 21, 2010 at Faribault Commons. She was born September 9, 1910 in Cherry Grove Township, Minnesota the daughter of Rasmus and Gesine (Larson) Schenald. She was raised and attended school in West Concord graduating from West Concord High School. She then attended nursing training from 1931 until 1933 in Red Wing...
Brynn Elizabeth Boyum
Jan 16, 2010
Brynn Elizabeth Boyum, 17 months, of Owatonna, died Saturday, January 16, 2010 at her home. She was born August 12, 2008 in Rochester, Minnesota the daughter of Bradley and Elizabeth (Melby) Boyum. Some of Brynn's favorite things were being sung the ABC song, mashed potatoes and gravy, riding on the three-wheeler with her dad, Barney, her cat Drake, bouncing, and...
June V. Zelinske
Jan 16, 2010
June V. Zelinske, 60, of Mantorville, died Saturday, January 16, 2010 at Fairview Care Center, Dodge Center. June was born July 1, 1949 in Stewartville, Minnesota the daughter of Fred and Thelma (Shoden) Dean. She was raised and attended school in Hayfield graduating from Hayfield High School in1968. June was united in marriage to Rory Zelinske on December 1, 1973...
Reverend Stanley M. Johnson
Jan 14, 2010
Reverend Stanley M. Johnson, 85, of Owatonna, died Thursday, January 14, 2010 at Cedarview Care Center. Stanley was born February 13, 1924 in Forada, Minnesota the son of Elmer and Mildred (Westerfield) Johnson. His father died when Stanley was 5 years old. After that Stan, his mother, and his younger sister moved in with Grandma Westerfield on a little farm...
Harley S. Randall
Jan 13, 2010
Harley S. Randall, 79, of Owatonna, died Wednesday, January 13, 2010 at Lake Delavan Resort in Delavan, WI. He was born October 7, 1930 in Owatonna, Minnesota the son of Stanley and Edith (Munson) Randall. Harley attended school in Owatonna, and started farming with his father at an early age. He joined the United States Marine Corp where he served...
Roxana "Roxy" L. Dube
Jan 13, 2010
Roxana "Roxy" L. Dube, 53, of Owatonna, died Wednesday, January 13, 2010 at Homestead Hospice House. She was born June 21, 1956 in Owatonna, Minnesota the daughter of Walter and Jean (Mensing) Zak. Roxy attended country school, and later went to school in Ellendale, and Owatonna High School. She started working at Truth Hardware in 1999. She married Greg Dube...
Scott A. Stursa
Jan 11, 2010
Scott A. Stursa 39, of Minneapolis, died Monday, January 11, 2010 at his home. He was born March 22, 1970 in Owatonna, Minnesota the son of David and Sandi (Betlock) Stursa. Scott graduated from Medford High School in 1988, and attended the University of Minnesota, and obtained his Masters degree in education from Indiana University. Scott worked in higher education...
Viola L. Bailey
Jan 11, 2010
Viola L. Bailey, 90, of Owatonna, died Monday, January 11, 2010 at New Richland Care Center. Viola was born September 4, 1919 in Lemond Township, Minnesota the daughter of Henry and Ida (Enzenauer) Ribbe. She was raised in Lemond Township and there she attended District 76 country school. Viola then went to work for Samuel Lord helping with family and...
Gladys B. Neseth
Jan 9, 2010
Gladys Bertina Neseth, 88, of Kenyon, died Saturday, January 9, 2010 at Kenyon Sunset Home. She was born March 14, 1921 in Peever, South Dakota the daughter of Edmond and Sarah (Jordahl) Hanson. Gladys married Benjamin Neseth June 30, 1939. The couple farmed together for 30 years before moving to Northfield in 1973. Gladys worked for St. Olaf College from...
Darrell Schmidt
Jan 9, 2010
Darrell F. Schmidt, 76, of Claremont, died Saturday, January 9, 2010 at St. Mary's Hospital, Rochester. Darrell was born May 27, 1933 in Owatonna, Minnesota the son of Erhard and Helen (Behne) Schmidt. Darrell had a twin brother, Duane, who had died at infancy. Darrell was raised and attended country school in Havana Township including St. John''s Lutheran Parochial school....
Sheila N. Currer
Jan 4, 2010
Sheila N. Currer, 85, of Owatonna died Monday, January 4, 2010 at Homestead Hospice House. She was born March 19, 1924 in Didsbury, South Manchester, England, the daughter of Robert and Violet (Richardson) Wroe. Sheila grew up and attended school in England. She met Robert Currer during his WWII military service there with the US Army Air Corps, and the...
Dean David Burow
Jan 2, 2010
Dean David Burow, age 48, of Wanamingo, died Saturday, January 2, 2010 at his home. Dean was born on February 18, 1961 in Faribault, Minnesota the son of David and Patricia (Nelson) Burow. Dean was raised on his grandpa''s family farm south of Kenyon. He was baptized at St Johns Church in Wheeling Township and confirmed at First Lutheran Church...
