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Esther Marxhausen

Esther Marxhausen

Nov 13, 2007

Lewiston, Esther Marxhausen, 91, of Lewiston died Tuesday, November 13, 2007 at Winona Community Memorial Hospital. Esther was born September 19, 1916 in Norton Township, Winona County to Herman and Auguste (Janzow) Richter. She and Lenhard Marxhausen were married on July 17, 1941 at Immanuel Lutheran Church ? Silo. They farmed in Norton Township, retiring in 1980. Lenhard died March...

Olive Sveen

Olive Sveen

Nov 9, 2007

Olive Harkness Sveen, age 101, passed away at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Home on Friday, November 9, 2007. She was born August 24, 1906, to Adelbert and Fannie (Sherburne) Harkness on a farm near Riceford, MN. She attended school in Mabel. She was married to Carl Johnson and had four children; Donavan (Barbara) of Michigan/Texas, Sidney (Nancy), Delbert (Frances) of...

Joseph D. Kramer

Joseph D. Kramer

Nov 1, 2007

Joseph Dean Kramer, 63, died Thursday, November 1, 2007, at Winona Community Memorial Hospital. Joe was born January 26, 1944 on German Ridge in Winona County, MN, to Loren and Grace (Burfiend) Kramer. Joe served in the U. S. Army during the Vietnam War. He married Mae Staack on May 30, 1970, in Winona, MN. Joe was an over the...

Allen Rostad

Allen Rostad

Oct 31, 2007

Allen Rostad, 84, died Wednesday, October 31, 2007, at Gundersen Lutheran Hospital in LaCrosse, WI. Allen was born April 22, 1923, in Yucatan, MN to Nels and Olena (Elliason) Rostad. Allen served in the U. S. Army during WWII in the European Theater. He married Mireille "Mary" Brouillard on March 16, 1946 in Brussels, Belgium. Allen was an appliance technician...

Charlotte O. Smaby

Charlotte O. Smaby

Oct 25, 2007

RUSHFORD, MINN. - Charlotte O. Smaby, 96, of Rushford, died on Thursday, October 25, 2007, at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Home in Rushford. Charlotte was born on September 11, 1911, in Bucyrus, North Dakota to Ole and Caroline (Jutland) Dahle. She was raised in North Dakota and graduated from Bucyrus High School and Dickenson Normal School in North Dakota. Charlotte...

Judy Dorn

Judy Dorn

Oct 18, 2007

Lewiston, Judy Dorn, 66, of Lewiston Villa and formerly of Winona died Thursday, October 18, 2007 at the Lewiston Villa. Judy was born January 6, 1941 in Winona to Howard and Rose (Snyder) Dorn. She was raised in Winona and graduated from Winona State University. Following graduation Judy worked as parole officer at Stillwater State Prison. Illness ended her career...

Grace M. Heublein

Grace M. Heublein

Oct 18, 2007

RUSHFORD, MINN. ? Grace M. Heublein, 80, of Rushford, Minn. died on Thursday, October 18, 2007, at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Home in Rushford. Grace was born on December 18, 1926, to Roy and Ruby (Lampman) Otis in Rushford. She was raised in Rushford and graduated from Rushford High School in 1944. She married Henry B. Heublein on June 10,...

Ruth Helen Gustavson

Ruth Helen Gustavson

Oct 16, 2007

Ruth H. Gustavson, 63, died Tuesday, October 16, 2007, following a longtime battle with cancer at Lake Winona Manor in Winona, MN. Ruth was born October 29, 1943, in Waumandee, WI to Edward and Romelle (Prokop) Crawford. Ruth married Kenneth Gustavson and he preceded her in death. Ruth married George Myers and later divorced but remained life long friends. Ruth...

Eleanor Dammen

Eleanor Dammen

Oct 15, 2007

RUSHFORD, MINN. - Eleanor Dammen, 85 of Rushford died on Monday, October 15, 2007, at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Home in Rushford. Eleanor was born on March 23, 1922, south of Rushford to Adolph and Marie (Overland) Humble. She was raised on the family farm and graduated from Rushford High School. She married Donald Dammen in 1943. She and Donald...

Cletus John Mueller

Cletus John Mueller

Oct 12, 2007

Rochester, MN Cletus John Mueller, 84, of St. Charles, MN, died Friday, October 12, 2007 at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, MN. Cletus was born March 4, 1923, in Quincy Township of Olmsted County to Leo and Lucy (Wieser) Mueller. He attended Dublin country school and graduated from St. Charles High School. He served in the Navy during World War...

Benard A. Lerol

Benard A. Lerol

Oct 11, 2007

RUSHFORD, MINN. ? Benard Ardell Lerol, 90 of Rushford, died on Thursday, October 11, 2007, at the Caledonia Care and Rehab. Benard was born on December 12, 1916, to Gunder and Annie (Thostinson) Lerol in Amherst Township of Fillmore County, Minn. On May 1, 1937, he married Alice Nordsving. The couple moved to a farm in Amherst Township where they...

Harold Joseph Herber

Harold Joseph Herber

Oct 9, 2007

Rollingstone, MNHarold J. Herber, 79, died Tuesday, October 9, 2007, at Winona Community Memorial Hospital in Winona, MN. Harold was born November 22, 1927, in Rollingstone, MN to Alvin and Margaret (Feil) Herber. After graduating from Holy Trinity School in Rollingstone in 1945, Harold served in the U. S. Army during the American occupation in Japan following WWII. Harold married...

Barry D. Kurtz

Barry D. Kurtz

Oct 8, 2007

HOUSTON, MINN. - Barry D. Kurtz, 61, of Houston died on Monday, October 8, 2007, at Gundersen - Lutheran Medical Center in LaCrosse, Wis. following injuries he sustained in a motorcycle accident. Barry was born on May 31, 1946, in LaCrosse, Wis. to Russell and Faye (Johnson) Kurtz. He was raised in Houston and graduated from Houston High School in...

Roger J. Kulas

Roger J. Kulas

Oct 5, 2007

Roger J. Kulas, 71, died Friday, October 5, 2007, at Rochester Methodist Hospital in Rochester, MN. Roger was born November 23, 1935, in Winona, MN to Joseph and Cecelia (Rebhahn) Kulas. He married Katherine Sogla on August 29, 1959, in Winona, MN. Roger was a life long resident of Winona and was a truck driver for Bay State Milling retiring...

Marion S. Foster

Marion S. Foster

Oct 4, 2007

Marion S. "Sally" Foster, 88, died Thursday, October 4, 2007, at Winona Community Memorial Hospital in Winona, MN. Marion was born April 23, 1919 in Winona, MN to John and Frances (Gromoski) Geissbuehler. She married Ralph E. Foster on July 19, 1941 in Winona, MN. He later preceded her in death in 1994. Along with being a homemaker, Marion did...

Rosella Hermanson

Rosella Hermanson

Oct 4, 2007

Utica, Rosella "Rose" Hermanson, 79, of rural Utica died Thursday October 4, 2007 in Winona. Rose was born May 7, 1928 in LaCrosse to Randolph and Lillian (Helland) Erickson. She grew up near Whalan. On June 10, 1946 she and Arvid Hermanson were married in the Peterson church parsonage. They farmed in rural Utica their entire married lives. Rose worked...

Alvin Nicholas Mueller

Alvin Nicholas Mueller

Sep 29, 2007

Alvin N. Mueller, 85, of St. Charles died Saturday September 29, 2007 at his home. Alvin was born June 25, 1922 in Elba Township of Winona County to Alois and Mathilda (Putzier) Mueller. On June 14, 1951 Alvin and Alice Jean Hammer were married in Altura. The couple farmed in the St. Charles area for many years. In 1968 Alvin...

Marlys J. Friederichs

Marlys J. Friederichs

Sep 29, 2007

Winona, MN Marlys J. Friederichs, 68, of Winona, MN, died Saturday, September 29, 2007 at the Kensington in Winona, MN. Marlys was born on November 30, 1938 to Walter and Lydia (Spiering) Friederichs in Gaylord, MN. They then moved to Mankato, MN. She graduated from Mankato High School, attended Mankato State University, and received a Masters of Nursing degree from...

Betty A. Stolpa

Betty A. Stolpa

Sep 28, 2007

Winona, MN Betty A. Stolpa, 72, of Fountain City, WI, died Friday, September 28, 2007 at Community Memorial Hospital in Winona, MN. Betty was born on December 12, 1934 in Indianapolis, IN to Joseph and Jewel (Hensen) Hawkins. She was the youngest of five children. On April 1, 1960, Betty married Donald J. Stolpa in Miami, FL. She enjoyed crocheting,...

Vern Speer

Vern Speer

Sep 28, 2007

Dover, Vern Speer, 63, of Dover died Friday September 28, 2007 at Seasons Hospice in Rochester. Vern was born January 2, 1944 in LeRoy to Franklin and Edna (Naumann) Speer and grew up in Fountain. He and Diane Dahl were married June 5, 1963 in Fountain. They moved to Dover in 1977 to own and operate the Country Liv-Inn. They...

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