Laverne Raymond Wilson
Apr 15, 2023
Laverne Raymond Wilson, age 90, of Owatonna died on Saturday, April 15, 2023, at Prairie Manor in Blooming Prairie.
Laverne was born on June 23, 1932, in Faribault, the son of Raymond and Lillian (Schroht) Wilson. He attended Medford High School and graduated in 1950. He was in the Air Force Reserves while still in high school....
Gladys Louise Pechacek
Apr 13, 2023
Gladys Pechacek, age 98, died on Thursday, April 13, 2023, at Sholom home East in St. Paul.
Gladys Louise Pechacek, the daughter of Wencel and Hazel (Kaplan) Wanous, was born on April 10, 1925 in Steele County. She attended rural school District 51 and graduated from Blooming Prairie High School in 1943 as Valedictorian. She worked in...
Floyd Wille Piepho
Apr 13, 2023
Floyd W. Piepho, 98 of formerly of Owatonna, passed away on Thursday, April 13, 2023 at St. Therese-St. Odilia Hospice, Shoreview, MN.
Floyd was born May 7, 1924 in Wheeling Township, Rice County MN to Frank and Bertha (Wille) Piepho. He graduated from Owatonna High School in 1941 and worked until he was drafted.
Floyd...
Soren E. Christofferson
Apr 9, 2023
Soren Edward Christofferson, 1, of Dundas, passed away, on April 9, 2023, at Minneapolis Children's Hospital surrounded by family.
He was born February 7, 2022 at the Children's Hospital in Minneapolis, to Cody Christofferson and Morgan Kyllo. Soren was a fighter starting from birth. He loved to be outside on the family farm helping with chores, feeding...
Patricia L. Brown
Apr 8, 2023
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Patricia Lynn Brown, 71, of Faribault, formerly of Medford, died Saturday, April 8, 2023, at Faribault Medical Center.
She was born May 18, 1951, in Oak Harbor, Washington the daughter of John Sorenson and Gertrude "Trudy" Van Dyke. She grew up in Slayton, Minnesota where she graduated from high...
Mathilda Kraay
Apr 8, 2023
Mathilda "Till" Kraay, 93 of Owatonna, passed away on Saturday, April 8, 2023 at Birchwood Cottages.
She was born July 30, 1929 in Hollandale, MN to Garritt and Mathilda (Schimmel) Van Hal. Till graduated from Blooming Prairie High School in 1947, and after graduation she started working at Federated Insurance in Owatonna. On October 29, 1951, Till...
Alice M. Bergeron
Apr 5, 2023
Alice M. Bergeron, 92, of Blooming Prairie, formerly of Owatonna, died Wednesday, April 5, 2023, at Mayo Health Systems - Austin hospital.
Alice Marie Jensen was born June 26, 1930 in a rural home to Arthur and Olianna (Garnes) Jensen in Oklee, MN. She attended grade school and graduated from Oklee high school in 1948 and then...
Herbert J. Kukuk
Apr 2, 2023
Herbert John Kukuk, 86, of Owatonna, died on Sunday, April 2, 2023 at Benedictine Living Community.
He was born October 6, 1936 in Waseca, Minnesota to John and Rose (Krienke) Kukuk. Herb grew up in Janesville and graduated from Janesville High School in 1955. After graduation Herb worked for the Post office as a rural mail carrier...
Mardell H. Held
Apr 1, 2023
Mardell Helen Held, 94, of Kenyon, died Saturday, April 1, 2023 at Zumbrota Health Services Center.
She was born January 10, 1929 in Kenyon, Minnesota the daughter of Albin and Genevieve (Voxland) Kindseth. She was baptized and confirmed at Holden Lutheran Church in Kenyon. She graduated from Kenyon High School in 1947 and was the St. Paul...
Jeanne Delores Dombrosky
Mar 29, 2023
Jeanne D. Dombrosky, 88, of Owatonna, died Wednesday, March 29, 2023 at Homestead Hospice House.
She was born October 2, 1934 in St. Paul the daughter of Walfred and Myra (Beecroft) Manula. Jeanne graduated from Monroe High School in 1952. On September 18, 1954, she was united in marriage to James W. Dombrosky in Saint Paul. They...
Paddy D. Schafer
Mar 23, 2023
Paddy Doris Jones was born March 26, 1931, in Mankato to Robert Wesley and Olive B (Martin) Jones of Lake Crystal, MN.
She went to country school and graduated from Lake Crystal High School. On the farm, Paddy helped her father with chores and developed her lifelong love for horses. Paddy moved to Owatonna after graduation where...
Nancy Ann Dickerson
Mar 22, 2023
Nancy Ann Dickerson, age 67, of Owatonna died on March 22, 2023, at the Owatonna Hospital after 2 years of battling an aggressive form of neuroendocrine cancer.
She was born on March 26, 1955 in Austin, Minnesota, the daughter of Kenneth and Harriet (Rudlong) Iverson. She grew up in Austin and graduated from Austin High School in...
Mary Helen Frodl Williams
Mar 22, 2023
Mary Williams, age 70, of Comstock Park Michigan, died on March 22, 2023, at St. Ann's Home in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Mary Helen Frodl, the daughter of William and Helen (Maas) Frodl, was born on February 7, 1953, in Waseca, Minnesota. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Waseca. She grew up on...
Violet "Vy" Mcguire
Mar 19, 2023
Violet "Vy" Lila Esther McGuire, 89, of Owatonna, died Sunday, March 19, 2023 at Benedictine Living Community.
She was born October 15, 1933 in Norton Township, Winona County, Minnesota the daughter of Arthur and Clara (Stephans) Nuthak. She graduated from Rollingstone High School, Class of 1951. Vy worked at the Owatonna State School, the old City Hall...
Ryan A. Brase
Mar 18, 2023
Ryan Arlan Brase, age 54 of Owatonna, passed away on Saturday, March 18th, 2023 at Saint Mary's in Rochester, MN.
Ryan was born in Owatonna to Arlan and Deloris (Quaintance) Brase on January 14th, 1969. He graduated from Owatonna High School in 1987, went on to join the Navy Reserves, and worked in the customer service field...
Clifford M. Nelson
Mar 18, 2023
Clifford Melroy Nelson, 84, of Owatonna and long-time resident of rural Cannon Falls, passed away on Saturday, March 18th at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota after a short illness.
Clifford was born in Leon Township, Minnesota on January 5, 1939, to Joseph and Randie (Ohnstad) Nelson. One of 6 children, Clifford grew up working on the...
Bryan Richard Madsen
Mar 17, 2023
Bryan Richard Madsen, age 58, of Claremont died on March 17, 2023 at Fairview Care Center in Dodge Center.
He was born on June 28, 1964, in Rochester to Richard and Irmgard (Schieffelbein) Madsen. He grew up in Claremont and graduated from Claremont High School in 1983. He worked for National Tree as an Arborist and Crane...
Steven D. Garmann
Mar 17, 2023
Steven D. Garmann, 68, of Owatonna, died Friday, March 17, 2023 at his home.
Steven Duane Garmann was born on September 5, 1954 in Blue Earth, MN. He was the eldest son of Duane and Marlene (Hesseldahl) Garmann. His early years were spent in Elmore, MN. This is where his heart went whenever he talked about home....
Mary R. Decker
Mar 17, 2023
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Mary Ruth Decker, age 94, of Owatonna, passed away on Friday, March 17 at Mala Strana in New Prague, MN.
She was born in Holland, MI on March 29, 1928 and graduated from Holland High School and Northwestern College in Minneapolis, MN with a Christian Education degree. She married...
Ronald Bruce Minske
Mar 16, 2023
Ronald Bruce Minske, age 73, passed away peacefully at his home in Owatonna following a brief illness.
He was born on August 13, 1949, in Waseca, the son of Marvin M. and Didda (Gisladottir) Minske. He grew up on a farm in Deerfield Township and graduated from Medford High School in 1967. While in school, he participated...
