Lois Jean Ferguson
Apr 18, 2018
Lois Jean Ferguson, 92, of Moorhead, died peacefully on Wednesday, April 18, 2018 at Eventide Lutheran Home in Moorhead. She was born November 21, 1925 on a farm in Concord Township the daughter of Lou and Lillith (Gibbs) Nelson. The family moved to West Concord in her early years, where she graduated in 1943 from West Concord Public High School....
Wendell L. Wilker
Apr 3, 2018
Wendell Loren Wilker, 63, of Owatonna, died Tuesday, April 3, 2018 at his home of natural causes. He was born August 19, 1954 in Waseca, Minnesota the son of Lorenz and Carol (Shaske) Wilker. He graduated from Owatonna High School in 1972. He and Deb have been together for 34 years and have been married since February 13, 2004. Wendell's...
James E. Engvall
Apr 2, 2018
James Edward Engvall, 61, of Hastings, died Monday, April 2, 2018 at United Hospital in St. Paul. He was born March 8, 1957 in Owatonna the son of Victor and Betty (Bell) Engvall. Jim graduated from West Concord High School and attended Mankato State University. He moved back to West Concord where he farmed with his parents and worked at...
Kimberly A. Cope
Apr 2, 2018
NOTE CHANGE OF SERVICE: DUE TO THE PREDICTED STORM, THE FUNERAL FOR KIMBERLY HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED TO SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 2018 AT 11 AM WITH VISITATION ONE HOUR PRIOR, ALL AT MICHAELSON FUNERAL HOME IN OWATONNA. Kimberly Andrea Cope, 62, of Minneapolis, died Monday, April 2, 2018 at her home of natural causes. She was born January 5, 1956 in...
Evelyn I. Ward
Mar 30, 2018
Evelyn Irene Ward, 88, of Owatonna, died Friday, March 30, 2018 at Birchwood Cottages in Owatonna. She was born June 17, 1929 in Medford, Minnesota the daughter of George and Connie (Klasse) Mount. Evelyn graduated from Owatonna High School in 1948. She married Lester Ward on June 21, 1951 and later divorced. Evelyn worked at Federated Insurance from 1948-1952 and...
Marie A. Johnson
Mar 27, 2018
Marie Ann Johnson, 67, of Owatonna, died Tuesday, March 27, 2018 at Koda Living Community. She was born December 16, 1950 in Owatonna the daughter of William and Ann (Anderson) Lustig. She grew up in Owatonna where she attended school and graduated from high school. Marie worked as a nursing assistant at Cederview Nursing Home and housekeeping at Oakdale Motel....
Edwin Strohschein
Mar 27, 2018
Edwin Ed A. Strohschein, 93, of Owatonna, died Tuesday, March 27, 2018 at Koda Living Community. He was born October 31, 1924 in Owatonna, Minnesota the son of Edwin B. and Ella (Rotsolk) Strohschein. He graduated from Medford High School in 1942. Edwin served in the United States Navy from 1943 to 1946. On December 28, 1947, he married Arlys...
Jerry R. Schultz
Mar 23, 2018
Jerry Ralph Schultz, 71, of Owatonna, died Friday, March 23, 2018 at Homestead Hospice House. He was born January 11, 1947 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin the son of Otto and Lydia (Heup) Schultz. Jerry grew up near Milwaukee, WI where he attended and graduated from West Allis High School in 1965. He served in the US Air Force from 1965 to...
Dorothy M. Jensen
Mar 23, 2018
Dorothy M. Jensen, 92, of Owatonna, died Friday, March 23, 2018 at Koda Living Community. She was born June 6, 1925 in Owatonna, the daughter of Ernest and Anna (Hammann) Gartman. Dorothy attended Owatonna High School. She worked at Dr. Dewey's office from 1944 until retiring in 1983. Dorothy married Robert Bob Jensen on January 12, 1963 at St. John's...
Hilton B. Vold
Mar 20, 2018
Hilton Benoy Vold, 91, of Kenyon, died Tuesday, March 20, 2018 at District One Hospital in Faribault. He was born June 9, 1926 in Cherry Grove Township, Goodhue County, Minnesota the son of Haaken and Borghild (Schenald) Vold. He grew up on a farm and attended country school through the eighth grade. He served in the United States Army in...
James A. Heller
Mar 16, 2018
James Allen Heller, 70, of Owatonna, died Friday, March 16, 2018 at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester. He was born August 18, 1947 in Winona, Minnesota the son of Earl and Betty (Rihs) Heller. He attended school in Winona through the sixth grade and then moved to Owatonna where he graduated from high school in 1965. Following his schooling, he...
Shirley A. Deming
Mar 16, 2018
Shirley Ann Deming, 83, of Owatonna, died Friday, March 16, 2018 at Prairie Manor Care Center in Blooming Prairie. She was born January 11, 1935 in Owatonna the daughter of Herbert and Evelyn (Schley) Krause. She attended country school and graduated from Owatonna High School in 1952. On May 21, 1954 Shirley married Sterling Deming in Hertford, NC. Upon completion...
Vivian M. Steffen
Mar 15, 2018
Vivian Muriel Steffen, 101, of West Concord, died Thursday, March 15, 2018 at Homestead Hospice House. She was born February 4, 1917 in Merton Township the daughter of Peter and Carrie (Anderson) Jensen. Vivian married Walter Steffen February 20, 1935 in a double wedding ceremony with her sister, Myrtle. The couple made their home in Merton Township before moving to...
Roger H. Halla
Mar 14, 2018
Roger Henry Halla, 58, of Owatonna died Wednesday, March 14, 2018, at Homestead Hospice House in Owatonna. Roger was born on April 1,1959 to Henry Hubert Halla and Mildred Mary (Fisher) Halla in Owatonna, MN. He graduated from Owatonna High School in 1978 and was proud of being an Owatonna Indian. He ran cross country in high school, and played...
Alice G. Helgeson
Mar 14, 2018
Alice Gwendolyn Helgeson, 100, of Kenyon, died Wednesday, March 14, 2018 at Kenyon Sunset Home. She was born May 9, 1917 in Goodhue County, Minnesota, the daughter of Edward and Emma (Kispert) Hildebrandt. She married Melvin Helgeson on December 22, 1935. Alice and Melvin farmed in rural Nerstrand and later moved to Kenyon. Alice was a homemaker and also worked...
Mary Ann Welker
Mar 12, 2018
Mary Ann Welker, 82, of Owatonna, died Monday, March 12, 2018 at Homestead Hospice House. Mary Ann was born January 10th, 1936 in Mankato, the daughter of Roger and Evelyn (Perrizo) Ziegler. She grew up near Easton and graduated from Good Counsel Academy in Mankato in 1954. She was united in marriage to John Welker on September 22nd, 1962 at...
Lynn D. Berns
Mar 11, 2018
Lynn Dianne (Erickson) Berns, 64, of Colorado Springs, CO, died Sunday, March 11, 2018, at Pikes Peak Hospice and Palliative Care Center in Colorado Springs. She was born August 10, 1953 in Seattle, Washington the daughter of Donn and Ann (Hovland) Erickson. She graduated from Sandia High School in 1971. She continued her education at Pikes Peak Community College, earning...
Verdon O. Erickson
Mar 10, 2018
Verdon Orlean (Eric) Erickson of Owatonna died on March 10, 2018 after suffering a stroke in late February. He was 85 years old. Verdon was born July 22, 1932 in rural Fillmore County Minnesota, the son of Olean and Ella (Holland) Erickson. He served in the Navy aboard the aircraft carrier USS Franklin Delano Roosevelt from 1950-1953 during the Korean...
James "Jim" W. Johns
Mar 9, 2018
James Jim W. Johns, age 74, of Blooming Prairie died Friday, March 9, 2018, at Prairie Manor Care Center in Blooming Prairie. Jim lost a long battle with a brain disease called Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP). Jim was born on October 5, 1943, at home in Buckingham, Iowa. At the age of 5, Jim's family moved to Blooming Prairie, MN....
Richard L. Quaintance
Mar 9, 2018
Richard Lyle Quaintance, 71, of Owatonna, died Friday, March 9, 2018 at St. Lucas Care Center, Faribault. He was born January 17, 1947 in Hartley, Iowa the son of Lester and Viola (Wilcox) Quaintance. The family moved to Minnesota. Richard grew up on the family farm in Aurora Township where they raised Polled Hereford cattle. Richard graduated from Owatonna High...
