April L. Klinger
Feb 20, 2021
April Lynn (Bakken) Klinger, 56, of Brownsdale, died unexpectedly Saturday, February 20th, 2021, at the Mayo Clinic Hospital, St. Marys Campus in Rochester. She was born April 1, 1964, in Owatonna, to Milton and Zola (Knutson)Bakken. April attended kindergarten in West Concord and Kenyon public school. She had a great sense of humor and enjoyed many things in life including...
A. Donald Broin
Feb 19, 2021
A. Donald Broin, 90, of Kenyon, died Friday, February 19, 2021, at Three Links Care Center in Northfield. Arthur Donald Broin was born December 12, 1930, on a farm near Bombay, MN. He was the oldest of 4 children born to Arthur and Edna (Flaten) Broin. He was baptized and confirmed at Holden Lutheran Church. He attended a rural school...
Shirley A. Harris
Feb 19, 2021
Shirley Ann Harris, 80, of Owatonna, died Friday, February 19, 2021 at Benedictine Living Community in Owatonna. She was born May 6, 1940 in Owatonna the daughter of Harvey and Helen (Perrin) Johnson. She grew up on a farm south of Steele Center. She graduated from New Richland High School in 1958. On September 2, 1960, she married Donald Harris...
Matthew D. Peterson
Feb 18, 2021
Matthew Donald Peterson, 47, of Kenyon, died unexpectedly Thursday, February 18, 2021 at his home. He was born June 26, 1973 in Faribault, Minnesota the son of Donald and Adele (Bremer) Peterson. He attended Kenyon Wanamingo Schools and Dakota Vo-Tech in Rosemount. He was married, had two children, Marcus and Ashley, and later divorced. In his high school years, Matthew...
David F. Vaith
Feb 18, 2021
David Frank Vaith, 82, of Owatonna, died Thursday, February 18, 2021 at Birchwood Cottages following a courageous battle with Parkinson's Disease. He was born December 23, 1938 in Owatonna the son of Frank and Irma (Brown) Vaith. He attended Owatonna Public Schools. He served in the United States Army from 1956-1958. He returned from the service and worked at Ringhofer...
Donald W. Standke
Feb 18, 2021
Donald W. Standke, 94, of Owatonna, died Thursday, February 18, 2021, at Birchwood Cottages. He was born June 12, 1926, in Somerset Township, Steele County, the son of William and Victoria (Wanous) Standke. Donald attended country school. On March 23, 1945, he entered into the United States Army and served during WWII. On October December 29, 1946, Don was honorably...
David E. Kranda
Feb 18, 2021
David Ernest Kranda, 75, of Owatonna, died Thursday, February 18, 2021 at Valley View in Owatonna. David was the oldest son of Ernest and Lillian Kranda, born in Blooming Prairie on October 25, 1945. He grew up on the family farm in rural Blooming Prairie. David was confirmed at First Lutheran Church in Blooming Prairie and graduated high school from...
Donald A. Resler
Feb 16, 2021
Donald A Resler, 95, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his family on February 16, 2021. A lifelong resident of Steele County, Don was born on September 9, 1925 to Anton and Myrtle (Hondl) Resler. He graduated from Owatonna High School in 1943. On February 3, 1951 he married the love of his life, Barbara June Freese of Anaheim,...
Carma A. Ebenhoh
Feb 9, 2021
Carma Alice Ebenhoh, 94, of Claremont, died Tuesday, February 9, 2021 at St. Mary's Hospital, Rochester. She was born November 2, 1926 in Minneapolis the daughter of Einar and Carma (Stanton) Ross. Carma graduated from St. Peter High School at the age of 16. She moved to Illinois where she worked at Midway airport and later lived and worked in...
Marcella P. Randall
Feb 9, 2021
Marcella P. Randall, 84, of Owatonna, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, February 9, 2021 after a short battle with lung cancer. Marcy was born September 16, 1936 in Owatonna the daughter of William and Agnes (Kubat) Dusek. She attended country school and St. Mary's Academy and graduated from Owatonna High School in 1955. She worked at Federated...
Laura Ann Nelson
Feb 9, 2021
Laura A. Nelson, 84, of Faribault, formerly of Kenyon, died Tuesday, February 9, 2021, at the Homestead Hospice House in Owatonna. She was born July 17, 1936, in St. Cloud, the daughter of Victor and Laura (Stang) Dietman. Laura attended St. Marys grade school, graduated from the Cathedral High School in St. Cloud class of 1954. She worked for her...
Elrose M. Milverstedt
Feb 8, 2021
Elrose M. Milverstedt, 107, of Claremont, died Monday, February 8, 2021, in Owatonna. She was born May 24, 1913, in Albany, MN the daughter of Fred and Ida (Schnebli) Schutz. Elrose graduated from Kasson High School in 1931. On June, 22,1935, she married Weldon "Bud" Milverstedt in Rochester. They owned Bud's Café in Claremont for 13 years. She then was...
Clifford L. Voxland
Feb 5, 2021
Clifford LeRoy Voxland, 93, of Kenyon, passed away Friday, February 5, 2021 at Kenyon Sunset Home. He was born April 28, 1927 in Holden Township the son of Herman and Rachel (Hostager) Voxland. He was baptized and confirmed at Holden Lutheran Church. He attended Dovre country school and graduated from Kenyon High School in 1945. He served in the U.S....
Larry D. Plumley
Feb 5, 2021
Larry Duane Plumley, 67, of Owatonna, died Friday, February 5, 2021 at home following a courageous battle with cancer. He was born October 9, 1953, in Olivia, Minnesota the son of Stanley and Gladys (Arndt) Plumley. He lived in Hector until 4th grade when the family moved to a farm near Bird Island where he graduated from high school in...
Donald A. Arndt
Feb 4, 2021
Donald A. Arndt, 86, of Owatonna, died Thursday, February 4, 2021 at Traditions I. He was born January 28, 1935 in Owatonna, the son of Albert and Beatrice (Kuphal) Arndt. Donald graduated from Owatonna High School in 1953. He married Audrey Schley in 1955 and had three children. They later divorced. Donald traveled throughout the country while working for State...
Duane C. Urch
Feb 3, 2021
Duane Clayton Urch, 83, of Owatonna, died Wednesday, February 3, 2021 at Benedictine Living Community in Owatonna. He was born April 22, 1937 in Rochester, Minnesota the son of Paul and Joy (Osborn) Urch. He was raised on a dairy farm near West Concord where he graduated from high school. He married Phyllis Sanders on November 4, 1961 at Our...
Donald E. Proulx
Feb 3, 2021
Donald Edward Proulx, 86, of Owatonna, died Wednesday, February 3, 2021 at St. Mary's Hospital. He was born May 11, 1934 in Owatonna the son of Edward and Jenny (Behrands) Proulx. Don was raised in Owatonna where he started working for Jostens as a teenager. He then served two years active duty in the United States Army and 29 years...
Marilyn J. Schroeder
Feb 2, 2021
Marilyn Jeanette Schroeder (Schrader), 96, passed away unexpectedly February 2, 2021 at home. Born October 5, 1924 to Fred & Gladys (Kern) Schrader in Northfield, Marilyn grew up on the family farm until she graduated from Northfield High School in 1941. Marilyn attended St. Olaf College and Minneapolis Business College. In 1943, Marilyn moved to Owatonna where she worked as...
Dorothy V Fitzgerald
Jan 29, 2021
Dorothy V. Fitzgerald, 82, of West Concord, died Friday, January 29, 2021 at Benedictine Living Community in Owatonna surrounded by her family. She was born August 13, 1938 in Vale, Oregon the daughter of Merrill and Lydia (Morris) Pettis. Dorothy lived throughout the United States with her family until settling in West Concord. She graduated from West Concord High School...
Elaine D. Dummer
Jan 22, 2021
Elaine Ann Delilla Dummer, 86, of Kenyon, died Friday, January 22, 2021 at her home. She was born April 4, 1934 in Hector, the daughter of Paul and Mabel (Barnick) Peris. Elaine attended country school and later graduated from Hector High School. She worked at the local dime store, restaurant and gas station. On June 9, 1956 she married Gerald...
