Obituaries

Esther Alvina Owen

Mar 28, 2010

ROCHESTER, MN: Esther A. Owen, 88, died Sunday, March 28, 2010 at Maple Manor Nursing Home in Rochester, MN. Esther was born January 2, 1922 to Frank and Minna (Flugge) Arndt in Alta Vista, IA. Esther worked as a waitress for the Maindiner Cafe, New Hampton, IA. This is where she met and later married Gordon "Gordy" Owen on October...

Nora Emma Keller

Mar 27, 2010

ROCHESTER - Nora Emma Keller passed away at Maple Manor Nursing Home on March 27, 2010. Nora was born in Winona on March 29, 1911 to Gustave and Tina (Schutte) Harders. She graduated from High School in Chicago. While living in Chicago she met Rudolph Keller and later married him on November 24, 1940 at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Rochester....

Lester Paul Riess

Mar 21, 2010

ORONOCO - Lester P. Riess, 90, died Sunday, March 21, 2010 at Pine Haven Nursing Home in Pine Island. Lester was born in Oronoco on May 6, 1919 to John and Alvina (Schwanke) Riess. He resided on a farm in Oronoco for 70 years. Lester married Emma Goeman on May 15, 1945. Lester is survived by a son, Leslie (Sue)...

Kathryn Spiess Johnson

Mar 20, 2010

Funeral services for Kathryn Spiess Johnson, 92 of Rochester, MN will be at 11:00am on Tuesday, March 23, 2010 at Our Savior's Lutheran Church with the Rev. Fred Rengstorf officiating. Burial will be at Oakwood Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5-8pm on Monday, March 22, 2010 at Ranfranz and Vine Funeral Homes and also 1 hour prior to the service...

Donald "Don" O'Connell Leroy Hayden

Mar 19, 2010

ROCHESTER - Donald O. Hayden, longtime resident of Rochester, WWII Navy veteran, and retired Allstate Insurance agent, died on March 19 at his Rochester home. He was 90 years old.Donald was preceded in death by his parents, his wife Mildred, and his brothers Harlan and Byron.Donald was born to Edvard and Racine Hayden on July 14, 1919, in Crosby, Minnesota,...

David A. Larson

Mar 18, 2010

ROCHESTER, MN: David A. Larson, 53, formerly of Mankato, MN, died Thursday, March 18, 2010, after a brief illness with cancer, at his residence. David was born September 9, 1956 to Lloyd J. and Marian E. (Cutshall) Larson in Rochester, MN. He attended and graduated from the Faribault School For The Deaf, Faribault, MN in 1975. After graduation, David lived...

Arlo Dean Martin

Mar 17, 2010

Arlo D. Martin, age 72, died Wednesday, March 17, 2010 in Rochester, MN.Arlo Dean Martin was born January 15, 1938 in Sargeant, MN to Phillip and Ella (Hegna) Martin. Arlo graduated from Rochester High School in 1957 and served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1957-1960. After serving in the military he started driving truck for a grain elevator. He...

Helen Marie Hemp

Mar 11, 2010

Helen Marie Hemp, age 103. a long-time Rochester resident and homemaker passed away on March 11 at Charter House where she had lived since 1991. She was born on January 18, 1907 (which she always has said, "was a long time ago") to Alvin and Rose (Ruege) Eisentraut on a farm in Globe Township, in Clark County near Neillsville, Wisconsin....

Marie Jeanne Eidem

Feb 16, 2010

Marie Jeanne Eidem, age 50, of Eyota, passed away on February 16, 2010 at Rochester Methodist Hospital after a lengthy battle with breast cancer.Marie was born on October 28, 1959 in Rochester, Minnesota to Elmer and Anita Siegmann. She attended John Marshall High School, graduating in 1977. She married Roger Eidem on April 8, 1978 at Trinity Lutheran Church in...

Ada Copp Larson

Feb 16, 2010

ROCHESTER - Ada Copp Larson, a local Rochester artist passed away on February 16, 2010 at the age of 88. She was born January 29, 1922 in rural Lake City to Archer John and Grace Geppert Copp. At graduation, she was one of Lincoln HS Honored Top Ten Society, a member of the National Honor Society and received the Citizenship...

Kathleen Irvine

Feb 15, 2010

Rochester: Kathleen Matthews Irvine, 91, of Rochester, Minnesota formerly of Omaha, Nebraska, died peacefully on February 15, 2010, while living at Charter House.Kathleen was born in Omaha, Nebraska on October 26, 1918, the second child and second daughter of Francis P. Matthews and Mary Claire (Hughes) Matthews. She attended Duchesne Academy of the Sacred Heart in Omaha, and graduated from...

Margaret E. Schultz

Feb 14, 2010

ROCHESTER - Margaret E. Schultz, 88, died on Sunday, February 14, 2010 at Seasons Hospice in Rochester.Margaret was born on August 7, 1921 in Lacota, Iowa to Henry and Myrtle Smith. On August 21, 1938 she married E. Lawrence Stensrud. They took up farming in various areas, settling in Hammond, MN. In 1970 she married Floyd Schultz and lived in...

Delores D. Nihart

Feb 14, 2010

Funeral Services for Delores G. Nihart, age 85 who passed away Sunday morning at Golden Living Center in St. Charles, MN. Will be 11:00 A.M. Wednesday February 17th, 2010 at Ranfranz and Vine Funeral Home in Rochester, with Rev. Dr. James W. Heining officiating. Burial will follow at Grandview Memorial Gardens. Visitation at Ranfranz and Vines will be from 9:00...

David R. Mittelstadt

Feb 13, 2010

ROCHESTER - David Robert Mittelstadt Sr., 73, died peacefully on Saturday, February 13, 2010 at his home with his wife, Pamela at his side. David was born January 6, 1937 in Owatonna, MN to Carl and Minnie (Doering) Mittelstadt. He attended rural school in Steele County, District 86 in Goodhue County and West Concord High School. His childhood years were...

Iris F. Pagenhart

Mar 26, 1939

Iris F. Pagenhart, age 80, of Rochester, Minnesota passed away on Sunday, May 12, 2019, at her home surrounded by her loving family after a 20-year battle with Parkinson's disease. The daughter of Frank and Susan (Volz) Schartau, Iris was born on March 26, 1939, in Rochester, Minnesota. Iris was a 1957 graduate of Rochester High School and earned her...

William Roy Larson

Feb 12, 1932

William Roy Larson "Bill", 91 passed away Tuesday, June 6th, at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, MN . He was a resident of Cottage Wood Senior Communities since November of 2022. Bill was born on February 12, 1932, to Fred Larson and Mary Ann (Lukastik) Murphy in Oronoco. He graduated from Rochester High School in 1950, continuing on to Rochester...

Alfred Laverne Thedens

Nov 30, 1929

Alfred LaVerne Thedens, 90, of Rochester passed away on May 14, 2020 at the Waters in Rochester. He was born on November 30, 1929 in Potsdam, MN to Henry and Clara (Wanke) Thedens. Alfred attended Rural District #110 school, as did his father and farmed in the Potsdam area. On September 25, 1949 he married Ursula Wacker at the First...

Jeanette Erickson

Jeanette Esther Erickson was born to parents John and Ruth Erickson (nee Lydeen) in Alexandria, Minnesota on January 30, 1922. She grew up in Alexandria alongside brother Lloyd Erickson, attending grade school in the small midwestern town. Jeanette ventured to Kansas City to make airplane parts at a bomber plant in Kansas City. She returned to Minnesota to land...

Theodore Colescott

Theodore (Ted) Colescott, 88 passed away January 1, 2024. He died peacefully of heart failure, with his children by his side at St Mary's hospital in Rochester MN. Ted was born February 1st, 1935, in Austin MN, where he grew up. He attended Purdue University 1953-1957. He served in the U.S. Army 1957 - 1959. He attended Garrett Theological Seminary...

Melissa Nygaard

NYGAARD Melissa Marie Nygaard, 39, of Rochester, MN passed away on Saturday, September 29, 2018 at The Mayo Clinic, St. Marys campus. Melissa was born December 31, 1978 in Rochester to Cynthia Nygaard. She was a 1997 graduate of John Marshall High School, where she was active in the flag corp and concert choir. Melissa worked for Rochester Taxi as...