Ardath E. Bennett
Dec 16, 2009
Ardath Elsie Bennett, 88, of Kenyon, formerly of West Concord, died Wednesday, December 16, 2009 at Kenyon Sunset Home. She was born March 4, 1921 in West Concord the daughter of John and Armina (Schlief) Robinson. Ardath married Ralph Bennett June 23, 1940 in West Concord. The couple lived in West Concord where Ardath was a farm wife and later...
Ralph Virgil Buffington
Dec 15, 2009
Ralph Virgil Buffington, 92, of Faribault, died Tuesday, December 15, 2009 at Deaconess Towers. He was born January 30, 1917 in Albion, Iowa the son of Earl and Cora (Lynch) Buffington. In 1927 at the age of ten his family moved to a farm between Dodge Center and Claremont, MN. He graduated from Dodge Center High School in 1934. He...
Richard 'Dick' Marshall
Dec 14, 2009
Richard 'Dick' Marshall, 87, of Owatonna, died Monday, December 14, 2009 at Cedarview Care Center. Dick was born October 27, 1922 in Grand Rapids, Michigan the son of Roy and Marie Marshall. He was raised in Grand Rapids and there he attended school He entered into the United States Marines in 1941 and served during WWII until 1946. After his...
Joann I. Davis
Dec 12, 2009
JoAnn I. Davis, 74, of Medford, died Saturday, December 12, 2009 at her home. JoAnn was born July 21, 1935 in Lake Crystal, Minnesota the daughter of Joseph and Myrtle (Davis) Owens. She was raised and attended school in Lake Crystal graduating from Lake Crystal High School in 1953. JoAnn then worked for the Lake Crystal National Bank. She was...
Helen S. Stursa
Dec 11, 2009
Helen S. Stursa, 82, of Owatonna, died Friday, December 11, 2009 at Owatonna Hospital. Helen was born May 20, 1927 in Steele County, Minnesota the daughter of Jay and Mary (Pavek) Spinler Sr. She was united in marriage to Charles Stursa on December 6, 1944 at the Associated Church in Owatonna. They made their home near Owatonna and she worked...
Elizabeth A. Malloy
Dec 10, 2009
Elizabeth Alice Malloy, 85, of Kenyon, died Thursday, December 10, 2009 at St. Mary's Hospital, Rochester. Elizabeth Alice Covert was born January 14, 1924 near Nerstrand the daughter of Elmer and Ella (Dierking) Covert the second of five children. She was raised near Nerstrand and attended elementary school there and later graduated from Faribault High School. She went on to...
Donald L. Buss
Dec 8, 2009
Donald L. Buss, 81, of Owatonna, died Tuesday, December 8, 2009 in Owatonna. He was born March 23, 1928 in Ravenna, Nebraska the son of Rutherford and Millie (Hanisch) Buss. Moved from Ravenna, NE to Claremont in 1941, where he graduated from high school in 1945. Don worked on the railroad his junior and senior years of high school until...
Scott L. Pederson
Dec 8, 2009
Scott L. Pederson, 52, of Owatonna, died Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at his home. Scott was born June 18, 1957 in St. Louis Park, Minnesota the son of Earl and Patricia (Clauson) Pederson. Scott grew up in Hopkins and Eden Prairie. He graduated from Eden Prairie High School and worked for his family owned dairy business in Hopkins. Later, he...
Melinda Paffrath Maltezos
Dec 6, 2009
Melinda Paffrath Maltezos, 57, Lehigh Acres, FL, died in her home on Sunday, December 6, 2009. Melinda was born April 25, 1952. She was raised and attended school in Owatonna graduating from Owatonna High School. Melinda spent most of her life in the Twin Cities area working in the hospitality field, as well as having ran and instructed at a...
Wilbert Willard Samuel Giese
Dec 3, 2009
Wilbert Willard Samuel Giese, 80, of Owatonna, died Thursday, December 3, 2009 at Homestead Hospice House of cancer. He was born June 26, 1929 in Elgin, North Dakota the son of Samuel and Julia (Kautz) Giese. He was united in marriage to Joan Sebastian on July 23, 1950 in Elgin, North Dakota. He served in the United States Army in...
Lois Jean Koss
Dec 1, 2009
Lois Jean Koss, 61, of Zumbrota, died Tuesday, at St. Mary's Hospital. She was born November 2, 1948 in Faribault, Minnesota the daughter of Lloyd and Agnes (Qualle) Lawson. She was raised in the Kenyon, West Concord area attending elementary school in West Concord and graduating from Kenyon High School in 1966. She then worked for Foldcraft in Kenyon for...
Dean C. Kremmin
Dec 1, 2009
Dean Curtis Kremmin, 46, of Owatonna, died Tuesday, December 1, 2009. He was born October 4, 1963 in Mountain Lake the son of Otto and Dorothy (Jass) Kremmin. Dean graduated from Mountain Lake High School with the Class of 1982. He attended college at Mankato State University graduating in 1985. Dean married Amy Stadtlander Sept. 7, 1985 at Trinity Lutheran...
Lorena S. Kath
Nov 30, 2009
Lorena S. Kath, 94, of Owatonna, died Monday, November 30, 2009 at Traditions of Owatonna. She was born August 19, 1915 in Owatonna, Minnesota the daughter of Henry and Martha (Muedeking) Stendel. She married Emil Kath October 8, 1938 in Waseca. The couple later moved to New Richland and operated a blacksmith shop. Emil died in 1978. Lorena was a...
James C. Hope
Nov 29, 2009
James C. Hope, 81, of Kenyon, died Sunday, November 29, 2009 at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was born April 21, 1928 in Faribault, Minnesota the son of Carl and Milla (Qualle) Hope. James grew up in Nerstrand, and after school served in the United States Army being honorably discharged. He then began working construction and farming....
Larry Allard
Nov 28, 2009
Larry David Allard, 65, of Owatonna, died Saturday, November 28, 2009 at St. Mary's Hospital, Rochester. He was born January 5, 1944 in Sibley, Iowa the son of Lawrence and Margaret (Mercer) Allard. Larry graduated with the Worthington High School Class of 1962. He married Sharon Eggers Oct. 13, 1962 at St. Matthew's Lutheran Church in Worthington. Larry served in...
William G. Reynolds
Nov 27, 2009
William Gerard Reynolds, 85, of Owatonna, died Friday, November 27, 2009 at Traditions II. He was born October 2, 1924 in Boston, Massachusetts the son of William and Catharine (Joy) Reynolds. Bill graduated high school in 1942 in Amherst, MA. He attended Dartmouth and Amherst Colleges graduating from Amherst College in 1949. He served in the U.S. Navy during World...
Marilyn J. Brown
Nov 27, 2009
Marilyn J. Brown, 74, of Owatonna, MN, passed away at Methodist Hospital in Rochester, MN, on Friday, November 27 from ovarian cancer. She was born in Lincoln, NE, on March 14, 1935, the daughter of Peter J. and Margaret A. (Leichner) Folmer. In 1955 she graduated from Lincoln General Hospital School of Nursing as a Registered Nurse. Marilyn worked as...
Hilaire "Hilary" E. Caron
Nov 20, 2009
Hilaire "Hilary" E. Caron, 84, of Owatonna, died unexpectedly on Friday, November 20, 2009 at his home. He was born November 27, 1924 in Faribault, Minnesota the son of Eli and Dorothy (Poirier) Caron. He attended country school near Hollandale and graduated from Blooming Prairie High School in 1943. In the fall of 1943, he was drafted into the United...
Agnes G. Behsman
Nov 20, 2009
Agnes G. Behsman, 97, of Owatonna, died Friday, at Cedarview Care Center. Agnes was born April 15, 1912 in Owatonna, Minnesota the daughter of Frank and Rose (Rishavy) Truhlar. Here she was raised and attended school. Following school, Agnes worked cleaning homes and also at Pillsbury Baptist College. She was united in marriage to LaVern Behsman on September 12, 1936...
Harold L. Willing
Nov 17, 2009
Harold L. Willing, 84, of Owatonna, died Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at his home. He was born July 10, 1925 in Faribault, Minnesota the son of William and Florence (Wobbrock) Willing. He joined the United States Marines when he was seventeen and served in WWII. When he returned from the war he went back to high school and graduated from...
