Rodney Clement
Nov 3, 2018
Rodney Elias Clement passed away on November 3, 2018 at his home. He was born on January 27, 1941 in Rochester, MN to Glenn and Luella (Miller) Clement. Rodney graduated from John Marshall High School. He grew up on the farm and continued working on the farm until moving on to Construction work. In 1978 he started working at Mayo...
Evalyn M Langworthy
Nov 2, 2018
A memorial service for Evalyn M. Langworthy, 91, of Rochester will be at 11:00 am on Saturday, November 10, 2018 at Ranfranz and Vine Funeral Homes. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Burial of her cremated remains will be at Oak Park Cemetery in Mondovi, WI. Evalyn Mae Armour was born on August...
Karlys "Kari" Koens
Nov 2, 2018
Karlys Dawn Koens "Kari", 47 of Stewartville, passed away on November 2, 2018 at St. Marys Hospital as a result of an accident. Kari was born October 18, 1971 in Slayton, MN to Gerald and Marlys (Gortmaker) Koens. She was a graduate of Faith Christian in Rochester and went on to receive her bachelors degree from Trinity International University with...
Ernest L. Bethke
Nov 1, 2018
Ernest L. Bethke, age 77, of Elgin, died on November 1, 2018, after a lengthy illness at Rochester East Health Services in Rochester. The funeral service will be at 11:00 am on Monday, November 5, 2018, at Ranfranz and Vine Funeral Homes, with Reverend Terrill Bramstedt officiating. The visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the funeral...
Steven J. Murphy
Oct 29, 2018
Steven Joseph Murphy, 62, of Rochester, passed away on October 29, 2018 after a nine-month battle with pancreatic cancer. Visitation is Friday, November 2, 2018 from 5:00-8:00 p.m. and one hour prior to the Memorial Service on Saturday, November 3, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. at Ranfranz & Vine Funeral Home, 5421 Royal Pl NW, Rochester. Burial will follow at a...
Susan Servais
Oct 27, 2018
Susan Elizabeth (Sue) Servais age 79 of Rochester passed away on October 27, 2018 after a short second battle with lung cancer. She was grateful for the additional 17 years she had after her first cancer diagnosis and lived those 17 years to the fullest. Sue was born to Robert J. (Roy) and Ihla L. (Barton) Ellingson on June 6,...
Dr. Richard F. Brubaker
Oct 23, 2018
Richard Fretwell Brubaker, 81, of Rochester, died October 23, 2018 at Seasons Hospice, from pancreatic cancer. Richard was born February 13, 1937 in Macon, Georgia, to Leonard Hathaway Brubaker and Frances Bush Brubaker. He attended Davidson College in North Carolina and graduated summa cum laude with a degree in chemistry in 1959. He graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1963....
Helen D. Reese
Oct 22, 2018
ROCHESTER - Helen D. Reese, 82, passed away on Monday, October 22, 2018 at Rochester Health and Rehabilitation Services East. Helen was born in Cambridge, IA on September 19, 1936 to Harry and Sylvia (Louks) Elliott. She was a graduate of Ames, IA High School. On April 8, 1956, she married Robert Reese. Helen worked in retail all her career,...
Marion A. Peterson
Oct 21, 2018
Marion Adelle Peterson, age 95, of Rochester, peacefully went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, October 21, 2018. Marion A. Lindberg was born on July 28, 1923 in St. Paul, Minnesota, the only child of Frank and Regina Lindberg. The Lindberg family lived in the Cambridge area where she graduated from Cambridge High School in 1940. Marion studied...
Arthur "Art" W. Magruder
Oct 19, 2018
Arthur Wayne Magruder, age 73, of Rochester, MN, died October 19, 2018, at his home after a lengthy battle with heart failure. He was born on January 21, 1945, in Brush, Colorado (Morgan County). On November 1, 1966, he joined the Rochester Police Department and retired on July 31, 1999 as a captain. During his childhood he enjoyed searching for...
Patricia Ann Olson
Oct 18, 2018
Patricia A. Olson (nee Robinson), 65, of Rochester, MN passed away Thursday, October 18, 2018 at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester. Patricia was born January 25, 1953 in St. Cloud, MN the daughter of A. Raymond and Lorraine (Theisen) Robinson. Patricia married William (Bill) Olson on December 1, 1990 and moved to Rochester in 1996. Patricia cared deeply for her...
Bill Larimer
Oct 17, 2018
Billie G. Larimer, 89, passed away Wednesday, October 17, 2018 at Cottagewood Memory Care Center in Rochester, Minnesota. Bill was born March 14, 1929 in Newell, Iowa to Earl and Lucille Larimer. After graduating from high school in Newell, he enlisted in the Air Force, serving during the Korean War from 1948 to 1953 in Japan and Washington, D.C. Bill...
Dorrance Wiebusch
Oct 17, 2018
Dorrance A. Wiebusch, age 82, of Rochester, MN died Wednesday, October 17, 2018 at Cottagewood Senior Communities in Rochester. Dorrance was born May 16, 1936 in Lake City, MN the son of Raymond and Mildred (Clare) Wiebusch. He grew up and helped on the family farm along with two brothers and two sisters. He moved to Rochester where he worked...
Wilma Renning
Oct 16, 2018
Wilma "Wim" Lois Renning, 95 of Rochester, MN passed away on Oct. 16, 2018, at Homestead of Rochester. Wim Schellin was born on June 7, 1923 in Rochester, MN to William and Merle Schellin. She graduated from Rochester High School in 1941 and started working at Northwestern Bell phone company. She married Frank "Bud" Renning on September 29, 1946. In...
John A. Carlson
Oct 15, 2018
John Arthur Carlson was born on February 4th, 1930 in Chicago Illinois. He was the son of Arthur and Selma Carlson (Godenius). He was the "trailer" as he had three much older sisters. John married his high school sweetheart, Carol Hansen in September 1951. John received his Bachelor's degree from the Illinois Institute of Technology in 1951. He won all...
Ruth Anttila
Oct 13, 2018
Mrs. Ruth K. Anttila, age 93, of Rochester, MN a homemaker, died Saturday, October 13, 2018 at Samaritan Bethany. Ruth Korhonen was born February 2, 1925 in Astoria, Oregon and grew up in a parsonage. When she was seven years old, the family moved to Superior, WI; later, Iron River, WI. After graduating from Baraga, Michigan High School in 1943,...
Jerice Morgan
Oct 11, 2018
Jerice "Jerie" Anne Morgan went to be with our Lord Thursday, October 11th, 2018 at her home in Rochester, Minnesota, with her three children by her side. Born to Esmond and Madelyn Richardson in Monson, Maine, on September 20th, 1929, Jerie graduated from Monson High School in 1947. She went on to pursue a nursing degree and graduated from Eastern...
Paul Andersen
Oct 8, 2018
Paul R. Andersen, 67, of Rochester, passed away peacefully on Monday, October 8, 2018 at Bethesda Hospital in St. Paul, MN. Paul was born July 7, 1951 in Minneapolis, MN to Herman and Helga (Lassen) Andersen. He was a 1969 graduate of Bloomington Kennedy High School and went on to receive his Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from The University...
Tammy M Amoako (Carstensen)
Oct 7, 2018
Tammy M. Amoako, age 47, of Golden Valley, MN, died on Sunday, October 7, 2018, at the Methodist Hospital in St. Louis Park. The funeral service will be at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 10, 2018, at Ranfranz and Vine Funeral Homes, 5421 Royal Place NW, Rochester, MN, 55901, with a visitation one hour prior to the service. On Thursday,...