John Frank Spatenka
Jan 5, 2022
John F. Spatenka, age 88 of Blooming Prairie, died Wednesday, January 5, 2022 at Benedictine Living Center in Owatonna. John Frank Spatenka, the son of George and Vlasta (Kubat) Spatenka, was born on November 27, 1933, near Owatonna. He attended country school and then Owatonna High School, graduating in 1952. He farmed with his family and also helped on the...
Clarice Hosanna Gasner
Jan 5, 2022
Clarice H. Gasner, age 77, died Wednesday, January 5, 2022, peacefully at her home near Faribault with her children by her side. A private family service will be held at Michaelson Funeral Home. Clarice Hosanna Gasner, the daughter of John and Violett (Iverson) Karnes, was born on August 3, 1944, in Austin, MN. She grew up in Austin and graduated...
William D. Sorensen
Jan 3, 2022
William Dean Sorensen, 73, of Owatonna, passed away peacefully on Monday, January 3, 2022, at Owatonna Hospital-Allina Health with family by his side. Bill was born at St. Lucas in Faribault, Minnesota on December 7, 1948, to Theodore and Lola (Quaintance) Sorensen. He grew up in the Medford area where he graduated from Medford High School in 1967. He was...
Donald B. Larson
Jan 3, 2022
Donald Bertram Larson, 91, of Owatonna, died Monday, January 3, 2022, at Birchwood Cottages in Owatonna. He was born October 8, 1930 in Waseca, MN to Arthur and Alma (Seljeskog) Larson. Don was baptized, confirmed and attended North Waseca Lutheran Church. He attended District 10 school and graduated from Waseca High School in 1948. He was active in 4-H during...
Barbara T. Becker
Jan 1, 2022
Barbara Theresa Becker, age 81, of Owatonna, died January 1, 2022, at Homestead Hospice House in Owatonna after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born November 16, 1940 to Fred and Elizabeth (Reiter) Becker. She attended Jefferson School and Owatonna High School, graduating in 1959. In 1963 she graduated from Wartburg College, Waverly, Iowa, with a degree in elementary...
Carol J. Shultz
Dec 31, 2021
Carol Jean (Larsen) Shultz, 92, of Ellendale, died peacefully on Friday, December 31, 2021. She was born December 23, 1929 in Minneapolis, Minnesota the daughter of Anders "Bill" and Thea (Brekke) Larsen. She attended Ellendale School and graduated in 1948. After graduation she worked in the office at Wilsons in Albert Lea. On February 19, 1949, she married her high...
Dolores Voxland
Dec 30, 2021
Dolores Elaine Voxland, 93, of Kenyon, passed away Thursday Dec. 30, 2021 at Kenyon Senior Living. She was born on April 21, 1928 in Kenyon to Ruth and Marlow Kindseth of Cherry Grove Township. She was baptized and confirmed at Hegre Lutheran Church. She attended country school and graduated from Kenyon High School in 1946. She attended Minneapolis Business College...
Evelyn M. Gasner
Dec 27, 2021
Evelyn Marie Gasner, 101, of Algona, IA, formerly of Owatonna, died Monday, December 27, 2021 at Good Samaritan Society in Algona. She was born August 28, 1920 near Alexandria, Minnesota the daughter of Arthur and Martha (Ruehl) Scholljegerdes. At a dance, she met Ervin Gasner and the couple was married on January 31, 1939. They farmed together all their working...
Sandra K. Schaefer
Dec 26, 2021
Sandra Kaye (Andersen) Schaefer of Kasson, MN, died Dec. 26, 2021, surrounded by family and under the care of hospice at her daughter Kristine's home in Rosemount, MN. Born Aug. 24, 1941, Sandy was the daughter of Hazel and Norman Andersen of West Concord, MN. She graduated from West Concord High School in 1959 and studied at Mankato State University....
Dennis E. Millam
Dec 25, 2021
Dennis Eugene Millam, 85, passed away December 25, 2021 at the New Richland Care Center in New Richland, MN. Dennis was born in Mille Lacs County North of Milaca, MN on June 8,1936 to Clifford and Donna (Anderson) Millam. By 1940 the family moved to Merton Township near the Anderson homestead where he loved to play as a child. In...
David Jay Shoberg
Dec 20, 2021
David J. Shoberg, age 63, of Kilkenny, died on Monday December 20, 2021, at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester after an almost 2 year battle with cancer. A funeral service will be held at 1:00 PM on Tuesday, December 28, 2021, at Dale Lutheran Church in Kenyon. Visitation will be from 4:00 PM until 7:00 PM on Monday, December 27th...
James Cubert Lura Sr
Dec 18, 2021
James Cubert Lura Sr., 84, of Owatonna, died peacefully on Saturday, December 18, 2021 at his home. He was born April 9, 1937 in Owatonna, Minnesota the son of Cubert and Dorothy (Hankerson) Lura. He grew up in Owatonna graduating from Owatonna High School in 1955. On December 2, 1955, he was married to Eldora Flom. He began farming after...
Kurt Evin Miller
Dec 17, 2021
Kurt Miller, 68, of Owatonna, died on Friday, December 17, 2021 at his home. He was a 1971 graduate of Medford High School, and during high school he was mentored by an educator and several local photographers in the art of photography. For four decades he shot weddings and senior photos. He studied fine arts photography in New Mexico and...
Donald A. Kalkman
Dec 15, 2021
Donald Alfred Kalkman, age 94, of Owatonna, MN, passed away on December 15, 2021. Donald (Don) was born April 1, 1927, to John and Christine (Bussen) Kalkman. He served in the Navy during WWII on the USS Commencement Bay and graduated from St. John's University in 1949. Don married Rosemary (Meyer) Kalkman, the love of his life, on May 1,...
Martha J. Gochnauer
Dec 15, 2021
Martha Janet Gochnauer, 81, of Kenyon, died Wednesday, December 15, 2021 at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester. She was born April 2, 1940 in Cherry Grove Township, Goodhue County, Minnesota the daughter of Chester and Clara (Hillesland) Overboe Sr. She attended country school and graduated from Wanamingo High School in 1957. Following her schooling, she worked at Federated Insurance in...
Wayne F. Marquardt
Dec 15, 2021
Wayne Francis Marquardt, 74, of Owatonna, died Wednesday, December 15, 2021 at Owatonna Hospital -- Allina Health. He was born September 24, 1947 in Fairmont, Minnesota to Francis and Dorothy (Sheely) Marquardt. Wayne graduated from Fairmont High School in 1965 and joined the United States Navy, where he was a Cryptologic Technician during the Vietnam War. In 1968, he was...
Gerald "Jerry" E. Dummer
Dec 12, 2021
LIVESTREAM of Jerry's memorial service is available on the St. Michaels Catholic Church facebook page. Gerald "Jerry" Dummer, 91, of Kenyon, died on Sunday, December 12, 2021, at District One Hospital in Faribault. Gerald Edward Dummer, the son of Edward and Gertrude (Posl) Dummer, was born on October 8, 1930, in Bird Island, MN. He grew up there and graduated...
Thomas "Dan" Walsh
Dec 7, 2021
Thomas Daniel "Dan" Walsh, 70, of Owatonna, died Tuesday, December 7, 2021 at Methodist Hospital in Rochester. He was born May 17, 1951 in Whitestone, New York and moved to Owatonna in 1953 with his parents, Thomas and Martha Walsh. He is a 1970 graduate of Owatonna High School where he lettered as the manager for track, football, baseball, basketball...
Thomas "Tom" R. Sahl
Dec 4, 2021
Thomas Richard Sahl, 66, of Kenyon, died at his home surrounded by his loving family on Saturday, December 4, 2021 of Multiple Systems Atrophy (https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/multiple-system-atrophy/symptoms-causes/syc-20356153). He was born December 15, 1954 in Faribault, Minnesota the son of Philip and Bernice (Keck) Sahl. His father, Philip, died in an accident when he was young and his mother married Lloyd Jystad. He...
Daniel William Braithwaite
Dec 2, 2021
Daniel William Braithwaite, age 66, of rural Nerstrand died peacefully at his home on December 2, 2021. Visitation will be on Wednesday, December 8, 2021, from 4:00 to 7:00 pm at the Michaelson Funeral Home in Kenyon. Dan Braithwaite, the son of Albert and Elaine (May) Braithwaite, was born on May 21, 1955, in Minneapolis. He grew up there and...
