Janeen 'Jan' Honsey
Jun 6, 2022
Janeen Lou Honsey, age 74 of rural Lanesboro, MN, passed away on June 6, 2022 at Seasons of Hospice in Rochester, MN after a short battle with metastatic cancer. Janeen was born October 18, 1947 to James and Esther (Runge) Klomp in Preston, MN. She graduated from Harmony High School in 1965 and went on to graduate with her Registered...
Clanette Gensmer
Jun 5, 2022
Clanette Marie (Kohner) Gensmer, 101 of Rollingstone, died Sunday, June 5, 2022 at St. Anne Extended Health Care.
Clanette was born on the family farm outside of Rollingstone on August 14, 1920, to Edward and Isabelle (Feil) Kohner. She is the third child of seven; Cyrus, Bernard, Clanette, Stanley, Elmer, Mary, and Arthur. From an early age she knew...
Kathleen Ann Carney
Jun 4, 2022
Kathleen Carney, 73, of Winona, passed away on June 4, 2022 after a procedural complication lead to hospitalization. Kathleen was born on February 18, 1949 to parents L. William and Elizabeth Joy (Zeininger) Bailey.
She was raised in Winona and attended Cotter school (Class of 1968). She lived in Rochester for much of her adult life and was a...
Marcella Schumacher
May 31, 2022
Marcella “Marcy” E. Schumacher 91, of Altura, MN passed away peacefully at Sauer Health Care on Tuesday May 31, 2022. She was born on January 8, 1931, on the family farm in Hillsdale township to Leo and Elsa Gaulke. Marcella was united in marriage to Gene L. Schumacher on October 20, 1955, at Grace Lutheran Church Stockton, MN where she...
Jean Chuchna
May 30, 2022
Jean M. Chuchna, 79, of St. Charles, died Monday, May 30, 2022, surrounded by her family, at Mayo Clinic Hospital, Rochester, MN. Jean was born March 2, 1943, in Winona to Floyd and Jeanette (Finley) Carney. She graduated from Winona High in 1961 and went on to get her teaching degree from Winona State. Jean and Clarence Chuchna were...
Gregory Spence
May 29, 2022
Gregory J. Spence, 65, of Winona, MN, passed away on Sunday, May 29, 2022 at Gundersen Health System in La Crosse. He was born on May 27, 1957, in Winona, MN to Maryann Drazkowski. Greg attended Winona Area Catholic Schools and graduated from Cotter High School in 1975.
Greg married on August 20, 1977 in Winona, and had 1 daughter,...
Michael Darius Stanger
May 27, 2022
Michael D. Stanger, age 45, passed away on Friday, May 27 at the Mayo Clinic Hospital – St. Mary’s Campus in Rochester. Michael was born on January 19, 1977 in Mankato, the son of Darius Stanger and Betty (Hollenbeck) Burgdorf. Michael is survived by his son, Cody Trumpold of Rochester; parents, Butch and Betty Burgdorf of Utica; sisters, Kiah and...
Marjorie "Marj" Marie (Bushman) Cambern
May 24, 2022
Marjorie Marie (Bushman) Cambern, 81, of Fountain, Minn. passed away peacefully with family at her side on Tuesday, May 24, 2022 at Mayo Clinic’s Methodist Hospital in Rochester, MM.
Marjorie was born June 9, 1940 to John and Bonita (Finley) Bushman in Sumner Township near Stewartville, MN. She was one of eight children. Marj...
Elvira "Ellie" Krier
May 22, 2022
Elvira "Ellie" Loretta Krier, age 94, of St. Charles, MN died on Sunday, May 22, 2022 at Chosen Valley Care Center in Chatfield, MN. Elvira was born to Herbert and Mary Margaret (Maringer) Lehnertz on October 6, 1927.
Ellie was united in marriage to Blaine Lundeen and together they raised six children. They later divorced and she remarried Chris...
Paul Polzer
May 18, 2022
Paul Polzer, age 73 of Fountain City, Wisconsin, passed away peacefully on May 18th, 2022.
Paul was born February 5th, 1949 in Durand, Wisconsin to Antone Sr. and Helen Polzer. He graduated from Durand High School and attended the University of Wisconsin- Stout. Paul then worked many years for Polzer Motors both in Durand and Mondovi before returning to Stout...
Ronald C. Sanden
May 17, 2022
Ronald C. Sanden, 85, of St. Charles, passed away on Tuesday, May 17, 2022 at Seasons Hospice House in Rochester, Minnesota. Ronald Claire Sanden was born on April 6, 1937 to parents Clarence and Lucille (Kammer) Sanden in Rochester, MN.
Ron loved farming in his early years, then went to work for Crenlo in Rochester for 34 years before...
David Wojahn
May 14, 2022
David Wojahn, 38, of Rushford, MN died on Saturday, May 14, 2022, in Winona, MN.
David was born on August 20, 1983, in Frankfurt, Germay to Allan and Carmen (Schaefer) Wojahn. David grew up in Houston, MN and was a 2002 graduate of Houston High School. He married Haley Kreidermacher on July 23, 2011, at Windom park in Winona.
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Alvin "Al" Jarvinen
May 14, 2022
Alvin David Jarvinen, age 94, died peacefully and entered his eternal rest at his home in Goodview, MN, on Saturday, May 14, 2022, after an illness of several months that included approximately one month of transitional care at St. Anne Extended Healthcare in Winona, MN.
Al was born on March 28, 1928, and was raised in...
Dennis Eugene Voeltz
May 13, 2022
Dennis Eugene Voeltz, 68, of Lanesboro, MN passed away Friday, May 13, 2022 at Methodist Hospital in Rochester MN after a very brief battle with cancer. Dennis was born on May 9, 1954, in Spring Valley, MN to Maynard and Frances (Krahn) Voeltz. He grew up in Spring Valley and attended Spring Valley High School. Following high school,...
Lisa Rae Skalicky
May 13, 2022
Lisa Rae Skalicky, 62, of Altura, died Friday, May 13, 2022, at Mayo Clinic Hospitals, Methodist Campus in Rochester. She was born, August 11, 1959, to George and LaVonne (Standke) Meixner in Owatonna, where she was raised. Lisa Rae attended Lincoln Elementary School before graduating from Owatonna High School in 1978. She and Allan Skalicky married on September 27,...
Bret Dennis Christopherson
May 12, 2022
Bret Christopherson, 49, of Rochester, received his angel wings on Thursday, May 12, 2022.
Bret Dennis Christopherson was born December 8, 1972 in Rochester, to Dennis and Sandra (Johnson) Christopherson. Bret graduated from Dover-Eyota High School in 1991. He pursued his talent in carpentry, and worked for Knutson Construction, but was always helping out his family and...
Joan Grotjahn
May 10, 2022
Joan Lillian Grotjahn, age 87, passed away on Tuesday, May 10 in Winona. Joan was born on February 23, 1935 in Winona, the daughter of William and Lila (Voss) Ziemer. She was raised in the Winona area and attended Winona schools. On January 9, 1951, she was united in marriage to LaVerne Grotjahn in Arcadia, WI; Joan and LaVerne...
Janette Husman
May 7, 2022
Janette Josephine Husman, age 93, died at St. Anne in Winona on Saturday, May 7, 2022. She was born on October 6, 1928 in La Crosse, Wisconsin to Joseph and Anna (Schumacher) Gady. The first nine years of her life she lived near Nodine; on the farm her grandfather, August Goede had homesteaded in 1873. She and her sister, Rita,...
Jon Hill
May 6, 2022
Jon Hill, 82 of Houston, passed away May 6, 2022 at Valley View Healthcare and Rehab in Houston.
Jon was born December 9, 1939 at Grandview Hospital in La Crosse to Richard and Ruby (Egland) Hill. Jon grew up in Houston, graduated from Houston High School in 1960, and attended Winona State University. He owned and operated Hill Building...
JoAnne Denzer
May 5, 2022
JoAnne Denzer, age 73, passed away on Thursday, May 5th at her home in Winona. JoAnne was born on June 13, 1948, the daughter of Clifford and Delores (Maas) Brown. She was united in marriage to Wayne Pagel in 2011 and they shared two years together before Wayne’s passing in 2013. As a young teen, she became smitten with...
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