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Luther Holland

Luther Holland

Jan 2, 2006

Winona, MNLuther P. Holland, 56, died at his home in Winona on January 2, 2006. Luther was born July 9, 1949 in Lanesboro, MN to Silas and Lillian (Kvamme) Holland. Luther served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. He married Karen Hoppe on April 11, 1980 in Wilson, MN. Luther was a truck driver for Wilson Transportation in...

John Howard Benson

John Howard Benson

Dec 30, 2005

John "Howard" Benson, 83, of Houston, died Friday, December 30, 2005 at the Valley View Nursing Home in Houston. He was born on November 27, 1922, in LaCrosse, Wis. to John and Lillian (Abrahamson) Benson. Howard was raised in Houston, and graduated from Houston High School. He attended the University of Minnesota. Howard served in the U.S. Navy during WWII,...

Edith A. Hegland

Edith A. Hegland

Dec 29, 2005

HOFF FUNERAL HOMES - RUSHFORD CHAPEL 507-864-7771 RUSHFORD, MINN. - Edith A. Hegland, 80, of Rushford died Thursday, December 29, 2005, at Abbott-Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis, Minn. She was born on February 18, 1925, to Edward and Alice (Tungland) Hanson. She was raised in rural Peterson, Minn. where she attended Boyum Country School. She graduated from Peterson High School and...

James Sidney Nesler

James Sidney Nesler

Dec 24, 2005

James Sidney Nesler, 84, a retired farmer and Nesler Livestock Trucking died Saturday morning December 24th at his home in Dover. He was born November 14, 1921 in Haverhill Township and graduated fro Elgin High School in 1939. He married Phyllis M. Parker in 1941 at Trinity Ev. Lutheran Church in Elgin. They moved near Dover where they farmed and...

Daryl Edward Schweitzer

Daryl Edward Schweitzer

Dec 23, 2005

St. Charles, Daryl Edward "Bud" Schweitzer, 71, of St. Charles died Friday December 23, 2005 at his home. Bud was born June 15, 1934 in St. Charles to Jack and Ruth (Schrader) Schweitzer. He and Dorothy "Dottie" Tye were married on February 11, 1961. They made their home in St. Charles. Bud worked for Chicago & Northwestern Railroad and Union...

Thomas Harold Laken

Thomas Harold Laken

Dec 23, 2005

Thomas Harold Laken, Sr. passed away on December 23, 2005 at the age of 89 at Watkins Manor in Winona, Minnesota. He was a long-time resident of Kenosha, Wisconsin, where he was born on June 2, 1916 to Truls Kristian Laken and Astrid Linnea (Hultenius) Laken. He graduated from Bradford High School, where he earned the city tennis championship. He...

George R. Nash

George R. Nash

Dec 22, 2005

Winona, MNGeorge R. Nash, 87, died Thursday, December 22, 2005 in an automobile accident in Wabasha County, MN. George was born January 21, 1918 in Chicago, IL to George Patrick and Vivian (Smith) Nash. He graduated from DePaul University in Chicago on May 1, 1941. George served in the U. S. Army during WWII. He was a First Lieutenant in...

Cyrus J. Larson

Cyrus J. Larson

Dec 19, 2005

Rushford, MNCyrus J. Larson, 94, died Monday, December 19, 2005, at Good Shepherd Lutheran Home in Rushford, MN. Cyrus was born July 11, 1911 in Preble Township, Fillmore County, MN to Jacob and Mina Larson. On November 4, 1934 he married Amy Johnson. Cyrus is a former member of Highland and Rushford Lutheran churches. He worked as a farmer, construction...

Norma C. Benson

Norma C. Benson

Dec 17, 2005

HOFF FUNERAL HOMES - HOUSTON CHAPEL 507-896-3127 HOUSTON, MINN. - Norma Benson, 89, of Houston died Saturday, December 17, 2005, at Valley View Nursing Home in Houston. Norma was born on September 16, 1916, in Spring Grove, Minn. She was raised in Blackhammer and Spring Grove, Minn. Norma graduated from Spring Grove High School. On April 26, 1934, she married...

Maurice Fabian

Maurice Fabian

Dec 12, 2005

St. Charles, Maurice E. Fabian, 88, of St. Charles died Monday December 12, 2005 at Rochester Healthcare East. He was born August 25, 1917 in Lewiston to William and Mabel (Bartelson) Fabian. Maurice served in the Army during WWII, stationed in Alaska with the Engineers and playing fiddle in the Army band. He and Doris Nichols were married January 7,...

Grace Iverson

Grace Iverson

Dec 11, 2005

Grace Iverson, a lifelong resident of Rushford, Minn. passed away at Winona Community Memorial Hospital in Winona, Minn. on Dec. 11, 2005. She was born in Rushford on November 29, 1914, to Selmer and Lena (Vitse) Hoiland and graduated from Rushford High School in 1933. She married Robert (Brink) Iverson on October 14, 1939. Grace was preceded in death by...

Grace Irene Iverson

Grace Irene Iverson

Dec 11, 2005

HOFF FUNERAL HOMES - RUSHFORD CHAPEL 507-864-7771 RUSHFORD, MINN. - Grace Iverson, a lifelong resident of Rushford, Minn. passed away at Winona Community Memorial Hospital in Winona, Minn. on Dec. 11, 2005. She was born in Rushford on November 29, 1914, to Selmer and Lena (Vitse) Hoiland and graduated from Rushford High School in 1933. She married Robert (Brink) Iverson...

Bernice B. Edwards

Bernice B. Edwards

Dec 8, 2005

St. Charles, Bernice B. Edwards, 85, of St. Charles died Thursday December 8, 2005 at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester. Bernice was born September 8, 1920 in Utica to Frank and Martha (Beyer) Nuszloch. She and Frank Edwards were married February 18, 1939 in Utica. The couple farmed south of Utica until moving in to St. Charles in 1959. Bernice...

Mary Ellen Tomenchak

Mary Ellen Tomenchak

Dec 5, 2005

Mary Ellen TomenchakHAMILTON - Mary Ellen Tomenchak, 89, died Monday at Seasons Hospice in Rochester, Minnesota.Born in Trenton, she was a lifelong Hamilton resident.She worked for A & P Stores for 26 years before retiring in 1981. She was a member of the Pilgrim Presbyterian Church.Wife of the late Joseph J. Tomenchak, she is survived by a daughter, Katherine T....

Evleyn R. Stoffel

Evleyn R. Stoffel

Dec 3, 2005

Winona, MNEvelyn R. Stoffel, 91, died Saturday, December 3, 2005 at Alterra Sterling Home in LaCrosse, WI. Evelyn was born November 13, 1914 in Cooks Valley, WI to Jacob and Rose (Huettner) Pecha. She married Peter Stoffel on September 29, 1947 in Champaign, IL. He later died August 23, 1997. Evelyn had worked for Sears in Chippewa Fall, WI and...

Joseph Kenneth Dolan

Joseph Kenneth Dolan

Dec 3, 2005

Joseph Kenneth Dolan, 51, of rural Rushford died an untimely death on December 3, 2005, at his home. He was born on October 15, 1954, in Minneapolis, Minn. to Walter and Margery (Leuer) Dolan. He was raised on the family farm in Hamel, Minn. Joe graduated from Wayzata Senior High School in 1973. He joined the U.S. Army, was stationed...

Verna Betz

Verna Betz

Dec 1, 2005

Verna Betz, 87, of Rushford, died Thursday, December 1, 2005, at Season's Hospice in Rochester, Minn. surrounded by her family. Verna was born in Rushford on August 8, 1918, to Roy and Christine (Laumb) James. She graduated from Rushford High School and then attended the Minneapolis School of Business. On April 17, 1939, she married Robert Betz of Rushford. They...

Quinn Patrick Burke

Quinn Patrick Burke

Nov 29, 2005

Goodview, MNQuinn Patrick Burke, 3 month old son of Ian Burke and Amanda Meyer, died Tuesday, November 29, 2005 at their home in Goodview, MN. Quinn was born August 28, 2005 in Goodview, MN. Survivors include his parents; paternal grandparents, Terry Burke of Houston, MN and Debbie Burke of Winona, MN; maternal grandparents, Susan Meyer and Richard Orlikowski of Winona,...

Hildred M. Rislove

Hildred M. Rislove

Nov 29, 2005

Hildred M. Rislove, 90, of Rushford died Tuesday, November 29, 2005, at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Home in Rushford where she had been a resident for the past year and a half. Hildred was born on September 7, 1915, in Houston County, Minn. to Henry and Mina (Dahl) Erickson. She was raised in Rushford where she attended school. In June...

Thelma J. Peterson

Thelma J. Peterson

Nov 29, 2005

RUSHFORD, MINN. - Thelma J. Peterson, 92, of Rushford, formerly of Winona and Thief River Falls, Minn. died Tuesday, November 29, 2005, at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Home in Rushford. Thelma was born on May 8, 1913, to Gunstein and Thora (Neset) Tveit in Thief River Falls, Minn. She graduated from the teachers training program at Bemidji State College. Thelma...

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