Rosie Franck
May 24, 2018
Rosie L. Franck, age 98, of Rochester, died on Thursday, May 24, 2018, at Cottagewood Senior Living in Rochester. The funeral service will be at 11:00 am on Wednesday, May 30, 2018 at Ranfranz and Vine Funeral Homes with a visitation one hour prior to the service. The burial will be in Grandview Memorial Gardens. Rosie Lillian Bluhm was born...
Martha Senst
May 22, 2018
Martha Senst, 88, of Rochester, MN passed away on Tuesday, May 22, 2018 at Seasons Hospice. Martha was born February 22, 1930 at the family farm in rural Racine, Minnesota to Henry and Gertrude (Welder) Boettcher. She attended a one room school, District 33 through grade 8. She attended Stewartville High School. She helped on the family farm before becoming...
Mable J. Delva
May 19, 2018
Mable Julia Delva, 95, of Rochester, MN passed away May 19, 2018 at Madonna Towers where she had resided since 2006. Mable Julia Delva was born to Martin and Juliana (Froyum) Hoseth on November 22, 1922 in Minneola Township near Zumbrota, MN. She attended school in District 138 and graduated from Zumbrota High School in 1940. She married Warren Delva...
Darlene R. O'Malley
May 18, 2018
Darlene O'Malley, 81, of Rochester, MN. passed away May 18, 2018 at The Waters on Mayowood in Rochester. Darlene Ruth O'Malley was born on March 7, 1937 in Rochester, MN. to Keith and Ruth (Kuhlmann) Sawyer. She graduated from Elgin High School and attended secretarial school. Darlene worked for I.B.M. in Rochester. On October 3, 1959, she married Duane Claude...
Frank Exe
May 10, 2018
EXE Frank N. Exe, 87, of Rochester, passed away Thursday, May 10, 2018 at The Mayo Clinic, St. Marys campus. Frank was born February 5, 1931 in Salem, MN to Hilman and Clara (Holt) Exe. He was the eldest of ten children and helped support his family during the Depression. On December 15, 1951, Frank married, LaDonna King. Frank was...
Adolf Walser, M.D.
May 9, 2018
Adolf Walser passed away May 9, 2018, at his home in Rochester, Minnesota. He was born July 23, 1935, in Vienna, Austria. He arrived in the United States as an exchange student at the age of 19 and proudly became an American citizen in 1968. Since he was to return home to Vienna and run the family business, he majored...
Thomas "Dude" Duane Madson
May 5, 2018
Thomas Duane "Dude" Madson Thomas Duane "Dude" Madson, age 86, passed away on Saturday, May 5, 2018, in Sebring, Fla. He was born on June 7, 1931, in Emmons, Minn. Dude, a US Army veteran, served in Korea and was wounded in action. Dude's career included owning small businesses and working as a realtor and real estate broker. Dude and...
Lynn Aalgaard
May 5, 2018
Lynn E. Aalgaard, age 65, of Red Wing, MN died Saturday, May 5, 2018 at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, MN. Lynn Elna Aalgaard, daughter of Allan & Gladys (Bany) Aalgaard was born on April 3, 1953 in Chicago, IL. She was baptized at Windsor Park Lutheran Church On May 31 and confirmed at Grace Lutheran Church in Deephaven, MN...
Martin C. Cordes
May 1, 2018
Martin Carl Heinrich Cordes was born on April 9, 1926, in Henning, Minnesota, the seventh of eight children born to Dietrich and Ida (Narten) Cordes, and died of congestive heart failure on May 1, 2018, with family and friends at his side. Marty was a long-time resident of Rochester, instructing more than 3000 students at John Marshall High School during...
Delbert "Del" L. Michel
May 1, 2018
Delbert L. "Del" Michel, age 79, of Elgin, MN, passed away in Rochester, MN on May 1, 2018. He had courageously faced the challenges of primary progressive aphasia, a neurological syndrome. Delbert was born on March 29, 1939, to Sedalia E. and Mabel E. (Kaul) Michel in Farmington Township, Olmsted County, MN. He was baptized and confirmed at Trinity Lutheran...
Jay D. Brennan
Apr 22, 2018
Jay D. Brennan, 51 of Rochester, MN died Sunday, April 22, 2018 at his home. Jay Donald Brennan was born March 7, 1967 to Donald and Gail (Wheeler) Brennan in Rochester, MN. He started playing hockey at age 4. He graduated from John Marshall High School in 1985, where he was a skilled member of the hockey team. He continued...
Gene Alexander
Apr 21, 2018
The funeral for Gene D. Alexander will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Zumbro Lutheran Church in Rochester. Interment will be at Grandview Memorial Gardens, Rochester. Gene passed away peacefully with family by his side on 4-21-2018 at Cottagewood Senior Communities, Rochester. He was born on May 18, 1935 in Rochester, Minnesota and was a life-time resident. His many friends...
Jeffrey W. Knopf
Apr 19, 2018
Jeffrey W Knopf of Rochester was called home to Eternal Rest in Heaven on his 37th birthday, Thursday, April 19, 2018 at Mayo Clinic Hospital - St Mary's Campus, in Rochester. The funeral service will be at 11:00 am Wednesday April 25th at Resurrection Lutheran Church, 4520 19th Avenue NW, Rochester. Visitation will be 4:00-7:00 pm on Tuesday April 24th...
Kenneth Smith
Apr 19, 2018
Kenneth Loren Smith, age 83 passed away peacefully at home on April 19, 2018 after a long struggle with COPD. He is now breathing easily in the arms of his Lord and Savior. Ken was born April 25, 1934 to parents Valentine Smith and Ella Ranfranz. He was the ninth child of a family of ten. Ken was a Rochester...
Hazel Markham
Apr 18, 2018
Hazel A. Markham age 87, of Rochester, died on Wednesday, April 18, 2018, at Seasons Hospice House in Rochester. The celebration of life will be at 11:00 am on Monday, April 23, 2018, at Ranfranz and Vine Funeral Homes. The visitation will be from 4:00 - 7:00 pm on Sunday, April 22, 2018, and one hour prior to the service...
Sandra Hugus
Apr 18, 2018
Sandra Hugus, 72, died Wednesday, April 18th at Osage Rehabilitation and Health Care Center in Osage, IA from complications of a ruptured bowel in April 2017. Sandy, of Promise City, Iowa was born in Biloxi, Mississippi on October 9, 1945 to Dale Hugus and Emily Snyder Hugus Reed. Sandy graduated from John Marshall High School in Rochester, Minnesota in 1963....
Ali Sameni
Apr 16, 2018
Ali Sameni, 59 of Rochester, MN died Monday, April 16, 2018 at the Mayo Clinic Rochester - Methodist Campus. Ali was born December 31, 1958 to Nasser Sameni and Nasrin Dadjou in Tehran, Iran. Ali grew up in Tehran and moved to Lawrence, KS in 1976. He attended the University of Kansas where he achieved his masters and was a...
Zanti D. Squillace
Apr 16, 2018
We fondly remember the life of Zanti D. Squillace whose journey with Lewy Body Dementia ended on Monday, April 16, 2018. His difficult path over the past six years was made easier being surrounded by people who loved him. Zanti was born to Mattia and Vincenzio Squillace on Sept 9, 1928 in Kinney, Minnesota. He served in the Army then...
Casey B. Jimenez
Apr 14, 2018
Casey B. Jimenez, age 32, of Rochester formerly of Spring Valley, died on Saturday, April 14, 2018. A celebration of life will be from 4:00 - 7:00 pm on Thursday, April 19, 2018, at Ranfranz and Vine Funeral Homes in Rochester. Casey Bubba Jimenez was born on June 12, 1985, in Rochester, MN, to John and Beverly Jimenez. He graduated...
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