Anneliese Opitz
Jun 6, 2018
A memorial service for the Rev. Dr. Anneliese K. Opitz, 89, of Rochester, Minnesota, will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, July 21, 2018, at First Presbyterian Church, 512 3rd St. SW, Rochester. Revs. Jay Rowland and Carol Shaffer will be officiating. German tortes and coffee will be served following the service, during which time the family would like...
Donald E. Knick
Jun 5, 2018
Donald Elmer Knick was born January 16, 1926 in Dakota County, MN, the son of August H. Knick and Holdina (nee) Reinke. He passed away on June 5, 2018 at Rochester health Services West. He was baptized in Trinity Lone Oak Lutheran Church, Eagan Township and confirmed his faith in Trinity Lutheran Church of Northfield. He was a member of...
Kenneth Plummer
Jun 3, 2018
Kenneth B. Plummer, age 55, of Rochester, MN passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Sunday, June 3, 2018, at Saint Mary's Hospital in Rochester, MN, after a courageous 17-year battle with 3 different cancers. He also suffered a stroke in 2011. Kenneth was born on August 1, 1962 in Detroit, Michigan to Kenneth and Kathleen (O'Rourke) Plummer. In 1972...
Gordon Green
Jun 2, 2018
Gordon Stanley Green, recently of Augustana Care Center Apple Valley, MN (formerly of Eyota, MN) passed away June 2, 2018. He was born March 5, 1924 to Benjamin Seth Green and Hulda Julianna Green (nee Ranfranz). He married Shirly Mae Tschumper June 20, 1946. She passed away January 12, 2018. He was also preceded in death by his parents; 2...
Oliver Herman, Jr.
Jun 1, 2018
Oliver "Ollie" H. Herman, Jr., 73 of Rochester, MN died Friday, June 1, 2018 at Saint Marys Hospital. Oliver Henry Herman, Jr. was born May 1, 1945 to Oliver H. Herman, Sr. and Marie (Hume) Herman in Charles City, Iowa. He attended country school in LeRoy, MN and graduated from Princeton, MN in 1963. He went to the MN School...
Kathy Jones
May 29, 2018
Kathy Jones passed away on May 29, 2018 from metastatic colon cancer, while at home with her family. She lived with and fought cancer for 4 ½ years. Kathy was born on August 15, 1951 in Osage, Iowa. She graduated from Osage High School in 1969 and received her Bachelor of Arts in Education from the University of Iowa in...
Gerald "Jerry" Griffin
May 27, 2018
GRIFFIN Gerald James Raymond Griffin, "Jerry", 80, of Rochester, passed away peacefully on Sunday, May 27, 2018 at The Mayo Clinic, St. Marys campus. Jerry was born May 10, 1938 in Faribault, MN to John Joseph and Kathryn Blanche (McGuiness) Griffin. He was a graduate of Bethlehem Academy in Faribault. On May 21, 1960, Jerry married Mary Ann Jirik. Jerry...
Doris I. Harper
May 25, 2018
Doris I. Harper, age 93, of Rochester, died on Friday, May 25, 2018, surrounded by her family at the Mayo Clinic Hospital - St. Marys Campus in Rochester. A graveside service will be at 1:00 pm on Thursday, May 31, 2018 at Oakwood Cemetery in Rochester, MN. Doris Ilene Bress was born on July 15, 1924, in Worthington, MN, to...
Lori Marie (Ashenmacher) Holman
May 24, 2018
Lori Marie (Ashenmacher) Holman, 46, of Byron, lost her battle with cancer on Thursday, May 24, 2018, at Mayo Clinic Hospice, Methodist Hospital, in Rochester, MN. Lori was born November 30, 1971, in Rochester, MN, to James and Judy (Schwanke) Ashenmacher. Lori was a 1990 graduate of John Marshall High School. Lori worked as an appointment coordinator at Mayo Clinic...
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...
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