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HOUSTON, MN - Marguerite, M. Feldmeier, 91, of Houston, MN died on Sunday, October 21, 2018, at her home. Marguerite Marie Lorenz was born on December 19, 1926, in La Crosse, WI to Joseph and Matilda (Langen) Lorenz. She was raised in Hokah, MN and graduated from St. Peter's High School in Hokah. On March 5, 1946, she was united...
HOKAH, MN - Gary Allen Sanden, 73, of Hokah, MN died on Sunday, October 21, 2018, at Gundersen Lutheran Health Center in La Crosse, WI. Gary was born on August 18, 1945, in La Crosse, WI to Allen and Bonnie (Patrick) Sanden. He was raised in Houston, MN and graduated from Houston High School in 1963. He attended Winona State...
Cheryl J. Holtegaard, 70, of Dover, died on Saturday, October 20, 2018 at Mayo Clinic Hospital, St. Mary's Campus in Rochester. Cheryl was born on June 2, 1948 in Owatonna, MN to Earl and LaDonna (Johnson) Scherger. She attended Elgin School. Her favorite things to do were spending time with family, four-wheeling, playing pool, going on vacations with siblings, watching...
Oakdale, MN - Robert O. Henry, age 87, of Oakdale, MN, died on October 17, 2018, at St. Joseph's Hospital in St. Paul, MN. Robert was born on July 12, 1931, in Mabel, MN to Paul and Lillian (Tollefsrud) Henry. He was raised in Fremont, MN and graduated from Lewiston High School in 1949. Robert served in the U.S. Navy...
Carolyn Sue Busian, 76, of Dover died Tuesday, October, 16, 2018 at her home. Carolyn was born April 16, 1942 in Rochester to Bernard and Alice (Smith) Busian. She grew up in the family home south of Dover and graduated from St. Charles High School. Carolyn married Orville Matzke and later divorced. She later married Gordon Mahoney and they later...
Patricia "Pat" Alice Walters (Pierce), on Tuesday, October 16, 2018 went home to be with her Lord and Savior, at 82 years, a loving wife and mother of four children. Pat was born in a blizzard on Dec 9, 1935 on the family farm outside of Fremont, MN. To Guy Richard and Emma (Morey) Pierce. In 1953 Pat graduated from...
RUSHFORD, MN - E. Lorraine Fann, 98, of Rushford, MN died on Tuesday, October 16, 2018, at Valley View Healthcare and Rehab in Houston, MN. Lorraine was born on November 23, 1919, in Highland MN to Carl and Alice (Thompson) Dammen. She attended country school and was a graduate of Lanesboro High School. Lorraine worked as a waitress in her...
HOUSTON, MN - R. Jack Kerrigan, 88, of Houston, MN died on Monday, October 15, 2018, at Valley View Healthcare and Rehab in Houston. Jack was born on December 30, 1929, in Winona, MN to Bill and Eva (Peterson) Kerrigan. He was raised in Houston and was a graduate of Houston High School and Winona State University. He was united...
Phyllis Barbara Roppe Staige, 95, passed away peacefully on Monday, October 15, 2018 at St. Anne of Winona, surrounded by her loving family. Phyllis was born September 25, 1923, in Moorhead, MN to Arthur and Frieda Roppe. She was the middle child of 3 girls. When Phyllis was very young they moved from Halstad, MN to North East Minneapolis. Early...
Clair Allen Gartner passed away October 14, 2018 at the Chosen Valley Care Center in Chatfield.
Clair was born April 20, 1930 to Joseph and Ethel (Purvis) Gartner in rural Chatfield. In 1944 the family moved to Rural Preston. He graduated from Preston High School in 1948. He married Marian Danielson February 17, 1952 in Cocoa, Florida....
Donald Ward – Lanesboro Town Historian
Donald Victor Ward, longtime Lanesboro resident and the unofficial “town historian” passed away October 13, 2018 at his senior living home in Onalaska, Wisconsin. He was 99 years old. He was the son of Merlin and Aleda (Blagsvedt) Ward, also longtime Lanesboro residents.
Donald lived...
Marian Margaret Lynch, 81, of Houston, passed away Friday, October 12, 2018 at Valley View Healthcare. Marian was born September 27, 1937 in La Crosse to William and Helen (Hammer) Flannery. She was raised on the family farm and graduated from St. Peter's school, Hokah in 1954. Following technical school, Marian moved to Milwaukee to work for Standard Oil for...
Poet, musician, gentle spirit...our beloved husband, son, brother, brother in law, and uncle, Gary Allan Ives, departed this world on Oct. 12, 2018. Gary was born Dec. 30, 1951 to Lawrence W. "Ole" Ives and Marjorie Nyseth Ives. He grew up in Winona, MN, the oldest of 4 siblings. He graduated from Houston High School in 1970. Gary married Veronica...
George Lee Smith, 72, of Winona, died Friday October 12, 2018 at Winona Health. He was born August 22, 1946 in La Crosse, WI to Floyd and Winifred Smith. He grew up in La Crosse. He married Nancy Richmond on June 15, 1974, they later divorced. Together they had one daughter, Mindy. George served in the US Army. He served...
Cindy J (Schewe) Revere, 58, of Winona, MN, died at her home on October 11, 2018. Cindy was born on November 27, 1959 in Winona, MN to Victor and Theresa (Kluzik) Schewe. Cindy graduated from the Winona Senior High School in 1978. In 1978 Cindy married Glen Padgett. They had three children. Glen passed away in 1994. In 1995, Cindy...
Florence Mae Schumacher, 90, of Winona, died Thursday, October 11, 2018, at Sauer Health Care in Winona. Florence was born June 2, 1928, in Lewiston, MN to Erwin and Selma (Hoppe) Gensmer. During the summers growing up, Florence helped out on the Gensmer and Hoppe family farms, helping her aunts care for her young cousins. The family later moved to...
Paul Joseph Lisowski, 60 of Winona, died Wednesday, October 11, 2018 at Gundersen Health System in La Crosse. Paul was born March 20, 1958 in Independence, WI to Roman A. Lisowski, Sr. and Helen (Suchla) Lisowski. Paul attended school in Arcadia. On August 12, 2000, Paul married Traci Jaszewski in Winona. He worked for many years as a home builder....
Betty Gatzlaff was called to her heavenly home on October 10th at Chosen Valley Care Center in Chatfield, MN. The funeral for Betty Ione Gatzlaff will be at 2:00 pm Saturday, October 13th at Jehovah Evangelical Lutheran Church in Altura, with Pastors Michael Lindemann and Paul Kuckhahn officiating. Visitation will be 1 hour prior to the service with interment in...
Annette (Anne) Loretta Manahan, 96, died on Tuesday, October 9, 2018 at the Chosen Valley Care Center in Chatfield, Minn. where she had resided since August of this year. Previously, she lived in the Chosen Valley Assisted Living units since April of 2013 and Lakewood Apartments from 2006 to 2013.
Anne was born June 23, 1922 to...
Mary Phyllis Highum, 85, of Eyota was called to her heavenly home Sunday, October 7, 2018 at Samaritan Bethany Home in Rochester. Mary Phyllis Mielke was born April 23, 1933 in St. Paul, MN to John A. and Agatha (Belisle) Mielke. She graduated in 1951 from Harding High School in St. Paul, MN. Phyllis married Norman Highum, her high school...
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