June E. Bjerke
Apr 8, 2017
June Elaine Kaul Crowley Bjerke, was born on July 22, 1922 in Hibbing, Minnesota. She graduated from Hibbing High School and in May 1943 graduated from Ancker Hospital Training School for Nurses, in Saint Paul, Minnesota. In 1944, she enlisted as a Lieutenant in the Army Nurse Corp and served in Tent Hospitals in France and Germany during WWII. Following...
Jeffrey S. Steinbronn
Apr 6, 2017
Jeffrey Scott Steinbronn, 54, of Owatonna, died of natural causes on Thursday, April 6, 2017 at home. He was born June 5, 1962 in Waterloo, IA the son of William and Karon (Ladage) Steinbronn and spent his early years in northeast Iowa, Minnesota, and Tennessee. He graduated from Owatonna High School and later served in the US Army for two...
Leonard A. Wohlfiel
Apr 5, 2017
Leonard A. Wohlfiel, 92, of West Concord, Minnesota died Wednesday, April 5, 2017 at Circle Drive Manor in West Concord. Leonard was born August 16, 1924 in Dodge County, Minnesota the son of William and Hazel (Blanchard) Wohlfiel. He grew up in Ellington Township and later Berne where he helped on the family farm until 1960. On September 16, 1961,...
Jim V. Buskovick
Mar 30, 2017
Jim Vincent Buskovick, 93, of Owatonna, died Thursday, March 30, 2017 at Traditions II. Jim was born June 4, 1923 in Clinton Falls Township, Minnesota the son of Vincent and Mary Buskovick. He grew up on the farm and attended country school in Clinton Falls and then St. Mary's School. Jim married Dorothy Searles on October 19, 1944 at St....
Myrth L. Mogren
Mar 29, 2017
Myrth Leroy Mogren, 82, of Kenyon, died Wednesday, March 29, 2017 at Pleasant Manor in Faribault. He was born January 6, 1935 in Kenyon, Minnesota the son of Algot and Myra (Fremouw) Mogren. At the age of five, he moved to a small farm on the east edge of Kenyon where he grew up. He attended school in Kenyon and...
Deborah D. Avery
Mar 28, 2017
Deborah Dianne Avery, 57, of West Concord, Minnesota died Tuesday, March 28, 2017 at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota. She was born April 21, 1959 in El Paso, Texas the daughter of Dune and Celia (Martinez) Hughes. She moved with her family at the age of 10 to Pasadena, CA. Deborah graduated from Benjamin Franklin High School in 1977...
Gladys Irene Eaker
Mar 28, 2017
Gladys Irene Eaker, 88, of Owatonna, died Tuesday, March 28, 2017 at Traditions II. She was born August 13, 1928 in Morristown, Minnesota the daughter of Walter and Natalie (Manske) Villwock. She graduated from Morristown High School in 1946 and attended two years of business school. On October 6, 1961, she married Elsmer Eaker. The couple made their home in...
Edna Freida Meyer
Mar 26, 2017
Edna Freida Meyer, 91, of Rochester, died Sunday, March 26, 2017 at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester. Edna (Dohrmann) Meyer was born to Emiel and Anna (Mensing) Dohrmann on October 28, 1925 at the family farm near Claremont, Minnesota. She was raised on the farm and walked two miles to the country school for eight years. She graduated from the...
Helen Pagakis
Mar 23, 2017
Helen Pagakis, age 96, of Blooming Prairie, MN, died Thursday, March 23, 2017, in Austin, MN. She was born on June 3, 1920, in Altoona, Pennsylvania the daughter of Peter and Catherine (Sitok) Poulos. As a child, she moved to Harvey, Illinois where she grew up and attended school. On December 31, 1940, she married Stephen Pagakis and the couple...
Richard P. Gasner
Mar 21, 2017
Richard Paul Gasner, 89, of Owatonna, died Tuesday, March 21, 2017 at his home at Brookdale Assisted Living. He was born February 21, 1928 in Deerfield Township, Steele County, Minnesota the son of Andrew and Agnes (Kabbage) Gasner. He grew up on a farm and attended school in Medford. On May 23, 1948 he was united in marriage to Donna...
Steven W. Hortop
Mar 20, 2017
Steven Steve Wayne Hortop, 58, of Owatonna, died Monday, March 20, 2017 at Valley View of Owatonna. Steve was born October 29, 1958 in Owatonna, Minnesota the son of Howard and Cologne (Jensen) Hortop. He attended Owatonna High School. Steve worked as a manager for the area Kwik Trips for many years along with managing restaurants and convenience stores in...
Margaret A. Brase
Mar 19, 2017
Margaret Agatha Brase, 79, of Owatonna, died Sunday, March 19, 2017 at Homestead Hospice House. She was born September 7, 1937 in Albert Lea, Minnesota the daughter of Hans and Agatha (Ohm) Carstensen. She moved to Owatonna with her family in 1948 and attended Owatonna High School. She was united in marriage to Eugene Brase on June 25, 1954. The...
Royal H. Staver
Mar 19, 2017
Royal Harry Staver, 91, of Owatonna, died Sunday, March 19, 2017 at Homestead Hospice House. He was born July 20, 1925 in Winslow, Illinois the son of Harry and Nellie (Farrand) Staver. Royal graduated from Curlew High School in 1944 in a class of five. He married Lora Griggs in 1950. He worked several jobs in Iowa before moving to...
Shirley S. Lee
Mar 14, 2017
Shirley Sanborn Lee, 73, of Medford, Minnesota died Tuesday, March 14, 2017 at home. Shirley Florence Sanborn was born June 8, 1943 in Cannon City Township, Rice County, Minnesota the daughter of Edgar and Sally (Richards) Sanborn. She attended Goodhue County rural school until the family moved to Medford in 1952. She graduated from Medford High School in 1961 then...
Gail M. Demmer
Mar 13, 2017
Gail Marie Demmer, 62, of Ellendale, died after a courageous battle with cancer Monday, March 13, 2017 at Methodist Hospital, Rochester. She was born September 10, 1954 in Slayton the daughter of Virgil and Lucille (Olthoff) Halbur. Gail graduated with the Class of 1973 from Slayton High School. She obtained her Bachelors Degree in Nursing from the College of St....
Jacob Paul Van De Loo
Mar 10, 2017
Jacob Paul Van de Loo, 34, of Zimmerman, died unexpectedly of natural causes Friday, March 10, 2017 at his residence. He was born March 7, 1983 in Fort Worth, Texas the son of Randy and Darlene (Miller) Van de Loo. He lived in Grand Prairie, Texas until age nine when he moved with his family to Minneapolis where he attended...
Maurice K. Bosshardt
Mar 9, 2017
Maurice Boze K. Bosshardt, 86, of Owatonna, passed away on Thursday, March 9,2017. He was born June 16, 1930 in Morristown, Minnesota and graduated from Faribault High School in 1948. He married Lorrain Nauss on January 6, 1951 in Faribault, and soon afterward moved to Camp (now Fort) Rucker, Alabama to join the 135th Infantry Division of the US Army,...
Owen M. Musgjerd
Mar 9, 2017
Owen Lars M. Musgjerd, 90, of Kenyon, Minnesota died Thursday, March 9, 2017 at Samaritan Bethany Home on Eighth in Rochester, Minnesota. Owen was born February 27, 1927 in Kenyon, Minnesota the son of Olaus and Hjordis (Mork) Musgjerd. He attended District 54 Underdahl country school and graduated from Kenyon High School in 1945. Owen entered into the United States...
Karen M. Forss
Mar 5, 2017
Karen Marie Forss, 78, of Kenyon, died Sunday, March 5, 2017 at her home. She was born September 18, 1938 in Sparta, Wisconsin the daughter of Vern and Dorothy (Fritsch) Fanning. She was raised in Sparta, WI and graduated from high school in 1956. Following her schooling, she went to work for the Department of the Navy in Washington, DC....
Phyllis D. Reynolds
Mar 4, 2017
Phyllis Delores Reynolds, 93, of Owatonna, died Saturday, March 4, 2017 at her home. She was born November 11, 1923 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota the daughter of Charles and Anne (Steinstugen) Johnson. Phyllis graduated from Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis. She married Howard Peterson in St. Paul where they lived until moving to Owatonna in the early 1950's. Phyllis...
