Obituary Listing

Mar 31, 2022

Hans William Peters

Hans W. ("Willie") Peters, age 47, died March 31, 2022 in Owatonna, MN after battling cancer for several years.

Born on February 13, 1975 in Lake City, MN to John F. and Cathryn Jungroth Peters, Hans grew up in Rochester, MN and nearby Hammond, MN and graduated from John Marshall High School,...

Mar 28, 2022

Theresa Mary Van Zuilen, 96, of Claremont, died Monday, March 28, 2022 at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester. She was born September 23, 1925 in Faribault, Minnesota the daughter of Joseph and Mary (Hanley) Sammon. She grew up on a farm in Warsaw Township in Rice County and graduated from Faribault High School. Following her schooling, she worked at the...

Mar 24, 2022

Livestream Jeff's memorial service at: https://www.tlcowatonna.org/funerals Jeffrey "Jeff" Warren Kruger, 67, of Owatonna, died Thursday, March 24, 2022 at his home surrounded by his loving family. Jeff was born March 26, 1954 in Rock Island, Illinois the son of Warren and Doris (Fielder) Kruger. He spent his early years in Prairie City and in 1966 moved to Pocahontas, IA where...

Mar 22, 2022

Wendy S. Gray, 63, of Claremont, died Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at New Richland Care Center. Wendy Sue Gray, the daughter of Ted and Pat (Kuhfuss) Bulaga, was born on April 15, 1958 in Rochester, Minnesota. At a young age the family moved to California and they returned when she was in middle school. She graduated from John Marshall High...

Mar 21, 2022

Myrtle Janet Bentley, age 95, of Owatonna, MN, died March 21, 2022 at her residence. Myrtle Janet Olson was born on September 10, 1926, to Hans and Anna (Johnson) Olson on the family farm south of Hope, MN. She was the middle daughter of five girls. She attended District 86 Grade School and later obtained her high school equivalency diploma....

Mar 15, 2022

Dominique and Darla were blessed with their second child, Drew Thomas, on May 1st, 1996 in Owatonna, MN. He was welcomed by his older brother Dylan, and later blessed with another younger brother, Dominique, quickly developing into true brotherhood. Drew passed away unexpectedly on March 15th, 2022 at his favorite place in the world, the Wondra Cabin in Spring Lake,...

Mar 11, 2022

Robert "Bob" Andrew Karlsrud, age 71, of Owatonna, MN, passed away on Friday, March 11, 2022, at his home. Bob was born on September 17, 1950, in St. Paul, MN, to Robert and Dorothy Gilbertson. At the age of 15, he and his brother Dennis were adopted by Arthur and Janett (Carstens) Karlsrud and moved to Red Wing, MN. Bob...

Mar 11, 2022

Randy Lee Kruckeberg 70, of Owatonna, died Friday, March 11, 2022 at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester. He was born February 27, 1952 in Owatonna, Minnesota the son of Calvin and Florence (Pachl) Kruckeberg. He graduated from Claremont High School in 1970. He married Marlene Mensing and they had a son, Jeremy. The couple later divorced. Randy drove truck for...

Mar 10, 2022

Jerome "Jerry" Francis Zetah, 88, of Owatonna, died Thursday, March 10, 2022 at Homestead Hospice House in Owatonna. He was an identical triplet born February 5, 1934 in Renville County, Minnesota the son of Frank and Mary (Kodet) Zetah. He graduated from Danube High School. He served in the United States Army from June 13, 1957 until his honorable discharge...

Mar 5, 2022

Steven Carl Templin, 65, of New Richland, died Saturday, March 5, 2022 at Mayo Health Systems in Waseca after a short battle with cancer. He was born January 13, 1957 in Mankato, Minnesota the son of Francis and Eleanor (Matz) Templin. He grew up in Mankato and graduated from Mankato East High School in 1975. He continued his education in...

Mar 5, 2022

Lorraine A. DeVriendt, age 100, of Owatonna died on Saturday, March 5, 2022 at Traditions of Waterville. Lorraine Annabelle DeVriendt, the daughter of Oscar and Isanore (Bakken) Reese, was born on February 4, 1922 in Waseca County. She was baptized at Leseuer River Lutheran Church and confirmed at Blooming Prairie Lutheran Church. She attended rural schools in Waseca and Steele...

Mar 4, 2022

Daniel Alvarez, 76, born in Donna, Texas, passed away peacefully on Friday, March 4, 2022 in Owatonna, MN at Benedictine Living Community. Daniel was a hard-working man that loved and served his country. After his Navy service he returned to the Rio Grande Valley where he worked as a foreman for the citrus industry during its prime era. He later...

Mar 4, 2022

Danny "Dan" H. Petersen, 71, of Owatonna, passed away at his home on Friday, March 4, 2022 following a 2 year battle with pancreatic cancer and then a stroke. He was born to Herbert and Bernadean (Steinberger) Petersen on February 12, 1951 in Austin Minnesota. He attended Austin Public Schools, graduating in 1969, where he was a member of the...

Mar 3, 2022

Livestream of Donnavon's funeral service is available at https://wearelivetoday.com/donnavon-eaker Obituary Notice Donnavon E. Eaker Donnavon Elaine Eaker, 72, of Ellendale, died Thursday, March 3, 2022 at Methodist Hospital in Rochester. She was born February 9, 1950 in Fort Dodge, Iowa the daughter of Donald and Ada (George) Colee. She moved to Minnesota in 1956 to the Bixby/Claremont area. During her...

Feb 28, 2022

Donald A. Hope, age 91, of Nerstrand died on Monday, February 28, 2022, at the Regina Hospital in Hastings.    Donald Albert Hope, the son of Carl and Milla (Quale) Hope, was born on August 9, 1930, in Faribault.  He grew up on a farm near Nerstrand.  During WWII his four oldest brothers served in the US Military, while he and...

Feb 25, 2022

Link to watch the Livestream for Wilma's service on Friday March 4th https://wearelivetoday.com/wilma-peterson Wilma Jean "Nannie" Peterson, age 75, of Owatonna, died Friday, February 25, 2022, at her home surrounded by her loving family. Wilma Schabacker was born on March 11, 1946, in Austin, MN, the daughter of the late Frederick and Marcella (Sprauge) Schabacker. She grew up in Austin,...

Feb 23, 2022

For 473 days, we had our beautiful baby girl LaMae Pearl Rislov. LaMae came into this world two weeks early on November 7, 2020, and as fast as she came in, she was called home to be with the Lord on February 23, 2022. On January 3rd 2021, LaMae got the honor of wearing her Great Grandma LaMae's baptismal gown,...

Feb 22, 2022

Merle Felix Meixner, age 90, of Owatonna, MN, passed away on Tuesday, February 22, 2022, at Timberdale Trace Assisted Living in Owatonna. Merle was born on the family farm in rural Merton Township near Owatonna, the 2nd son of the late Felix and Mary (Wavrin) Meixner. He went to Pleasant Corner country school until the 8th grade and then to...

Feb 12, 2022

Ora B. Kubicek, 92, of Owatonna, passed away Saturday, February 12, 2022 at The Moments in Lakeville. She was born July 27, 1929 in Owatonna, to Joseph and Grace (Kaplan) Schrom. Ora grew up on a farm outside of Bixby. She graduated from Blooming Prairie High School and shortly after worked at Mailes General Store in Bixby. Ora worked as...

Feb 12, 2022

Carol Phyllis Wilker, 89, passed away peacefully at Homestead Hospice in Owatonna on February 12, 2022. Carol was born to Frank and Margaret (Woods) Shaske of Nerstrand, MN on July 6, 1932. She married Lorenz Loren Wilker of Meriden, MN on November 25, 1953. Carol and Lorenz raised 7 children on a dairy farm by Meriden, MN. Carol had many...