Magdalen Amelia Hutton
Aug 18, 2022
Magdalen Amelia Hutton, 100, of West Concord, passed away on Thursday, August 18, 2022 at Fairview Care Center in Dodge Center. She was born November 2, 1921 in Concord Township, to Joseph and Mary (Halla) Pechacek. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Francis Catholic Church in Claremont. As a young girl she participated in the church choir. She attended...
Richard H. Knutson
Aug 17, 2022
Richard Henry Knutson, 81, of rural Claremont, died unexpectedly Wednesday, August 17, 2022 as the result of an accident. He was born November 30, 1940 in Owatonna, Minnesota the son of Milford and Frances (Loushin) Knutson. He grew up in Owatonna and Pine Island, graduating from Pine Island High School in 1958. On a blind date, he met Maxine Brase...
Sandra J. Blaha
Aug 15, 2022
Sandra J. Blaha, 74, of Owatonna, passed away on August 15th, 2022, at the Homestead Hospice House. She was born Iowa to E. F. Jay and Ina Mae (Coffin) Jessen. Sandra grew up in Owatonna and graduated from Owatonna High School in 1966. She continued her education at the Minnesota School of Business. After graduating she met David Blaha, and...
Barbara M. Anderson
Aug 12, 2022
Barbara Mae Anderson, 89, of Owatonna, died Friday, August 12, 2022 at the New Richland Care Center. She was born April 21, 1933 in Meriden, Minnesota the daughter of Herbert and Mildred (Anderson) Fette. She grew up in Meriden and graduated from Owatonna High School in 1951. On June 24, 1952, she married Clayton "Andy" Anderson at St. John Lutheran...
Bonnie Kay Thommes
Aug 12, 2022
Bonnie K. Thommes age 79, of Owatonna, died peacefully on August 12, 2022, at her daughter's home near Lonsdale. Bonnie was born on May 11, 1943, the daughter of Carroll and Evelyn (Smith) Tompkins, in Chicago, IL. She grew up in Elmwood Park, IL and graduated from Elmwood Park High School in 1961. She continued her education at Northern Illinois...
Ruthann Nelson
Aug 10, 2022
On August 10, 2022, Ruthann Nelson, age 81, of Owatonna, formerly of rural Cannon Falls, passed peacefully with family by her side at Homestead Hospice in Owatonna, Minnesota. She had been struggling with Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus dementia and is now free from pain. We take comfort in the faith and hope she placed in Jesus. Ruthann (Erie) Nelson was born...
Deloris Mae Bohlman
Aug 7, 2022
DeLoris Mae Bohlman, 88, of Owatonna passed away peacefully at her home on Sunday morning, August 7, 2022. DeLoris was born on December 24, 1933 to Earl and Florence (Schroht) Neuman in their country home rural Faribault Minnesota, delivered by her aunt, Hilda Sable. She grew up in the Faribault area with her sister, Beverly (Olson) while attending several one-room...
John David Holland
Aug 3, 2022
Live stream of the service will be available at https://www.tlcowatonna.org/funerals John D. Holland, age 81, of Owatonna died peacefully surrounded by family on Wednesday, August 3, 2022, at the Mayo Clinic St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester.  John David Holland, the son of John G. and Mary (Lowe) Holland, was born on July 28, 1941, in Slayton, Minnesota. He spent time...
Lois E. Mork
Aug 3, 2022
Lois Elaine (Kirkland) Mork, 86, of Kenyon, died Wednesday, August 3, 2022 at North Ridge View Assisted Living in Kenyon. She was born October 31, 1935 in Olmsted County, Minnesota the daughter of Burt and Fern (Schuck) Kirkland. She grew up on farms in Rock Dell Township and graduated from Stewartville High School in 1953. On June 16, 1957, she...
Renata L. Emmans
Aug 3, 2022
Our beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, great-great-grandmother, and great-great-great grandmother has joined her Lord Today. She passed away peacefully on August 3rd, 2022 at the age of 106, in the Medford Senior Care Center, in Medford where she resided. Born in Crown Minnesota, on November 29th, 1915, Renata was the second of eight children. She graduated from St. Francis High School,...
Gerald L. Smith
Aug 2, 2022
Gerald Layton Smith, 84, of Minneapolis, died Tuesday, August 2, 2022 at Victory Health and Rehab in Minneapolis. He was born November 9, 1937 in Minneapolis, Minnesota the son of Anthony and Lois (Klipstein) Smith. He graduated from Minneapolis Central High School in 1955. He married Kathleen Peterson and the couple lived in Minneapolis where they raised their family and...
Maren Elisabeth Worman
Aug 1, 2022
Maren E. Worman, age 18, died at her home in Owatonna on August 1, 2022. Maren Elisabeth Worman, the daughter of Jeremy and Nikki (Breamer) Worman, was born on March 17, 2004, in St. Paul. She grew up in Albert Lea but, moved to Owatonna in 2020, graduating from Albert Lea High School in 2022. Maren worked at a group...
Leo Herbert Kahnke
Jul 28, 2022
Leo Herbert Kahnke, age 83, passed away peacefully at Mala Strana Rehabilitation and Assisted Living campus in New Prague on July 28, 2022. Leo was born July 26, 1939, to Herbert and Ethel Kahnke, on the family farm near Waseca. He graduated from Waseca High School in 1957. He remained on the family farm for two years and then became...
Joyce A. Nelson
Jul 21, 2022
Joyce Ann Nelson, 90, of Owatonna, died Thursday, July 21, 2022 at Timberdale Trace in Owatonna. She and her twin sister, Joann were born on March 22, 1932 in Owatonna to Clarence and Elsie (Dolgner) Nelson. She grew up on the 160 acre Nelson family farm in rural Owatonna. She with her siblings were tasked with many chores, of which...
Edith A. Scott
Jul 21, 2022
Edith A. Scott, 72, of Owatonna, passed away on Thursday, July 21, 2022 at Abbott Northwestern surrounded by her family. She was born July 28, 1949 in Austin, Minnesota to Robert and Inez (Forthun) Scott. Edith graduated from Austin High School in 1967. She married James Lewis in 1968, and they had two daughters together, Carrie and Renee. She and...
Esther M. Dabill
Jul 10, 2022
You can copy and paste for the livestream https://wearelivetoday.com/esther-dabill or there is a link at the bottom of the page under Memorial Service. Esther Marie Dabill was born on July 9th, 1939, in Pine River, Minnesota. She was the first of ten children born to Everett and Margaret (Erickson) Dabill. The lure of the big city drew Esther to Minneapolis...
Lynn O. Baier
Jul 8, 2022
Lynn Owen Baier, 73, of Kenyon, died Friday, July 8, 2022 at New Perspective Senior Living in Faribault. He was born to Stuart and Thelma (Bolger) Baier on June 23, 1949 in Creston, IA, and grew up on a farm in Greenfield, IA. He excelled at football and went to State wrestling in 1968. Lynn graduated from Greenfield High School...
Bobbi
Jul 5, 2022
Roberta "Bobbi" Nelson, 59, of Owatonna, died Tuesday, July 5, 2022 at the Homestead Hospice House. She was born in Owatonna on December 3rd, 1962, to Wilbert and Mary (Bjoraker) Ahrens. She went to school in Owatonna before working at Jostens for several years. Bobbi graduated from Rochester Community and Technical College in 2008 with her Medical Transcriptionist Certificate. She...
George H. Wodrich
Jul 4, 2022
George Herbert Wodrich, 91, of Ellendale, died Monday, July 4, 2022 at Benedictine Living Community in Owatonna. He was born May 19, 1931 in Lemond Township, in Steele County the son of Herbert and Mabel (Hanson) Wodrich. He attended school through the eighth grade. As a young man, he farmed with his father along with working for Lyle Anderson Plumbing...
Marcia A. Meiners
Jul 3, 2022
Marcia Ann Meiners, 71, of Owatonna, died Sunday, July 3, 2022 at Homestead Hospice House in Owatonna. She was born May 23, 1951 in Waseca, Minnesota the daughter of Irvin and Lorraine (Werdin) Miller. She graduated from Waseca High School in 1969 and continued her education at Rochester Community College and Winona State where she earned her teaching degree. On...
