Obituaries

Ronald Guderian

Mar 23, 2024

Ronald John Guderian, 95, died peacefully on Saturday evening, March 23 at 10:23pm at Cottagewood Senior Community in Rochester, MN surrounded by his family. He was born on September 19, 1928 in Minneapolis, MN to Walter and Esther (Buckley) Guderian. Growing up and throughout this life, Ron shared a connection, affinity and bond with his older brother, Walt, that went...

Biruck Worku

Mar 22, 2024

It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Biruck Worku, who left us on March 22, 2024, at the tender age of 18, following a tragic and fatal car accident. Biruck was born on August 16, 2005, in Rochester, MN, to his loving parents, Worku Habtemariayam and Tegest Bedasso.

Biruck leaves behind a family shattered by...

Franklin Mathews

Mar 22, 2024

Franklin Clarence Mathews, age 91 of Douglas, passed away on March 22, 2024 at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester.

Franklin was born on March 13, 1933 to John and Mabel (Ball) Mathews on the farm in Elba, MN. He grew up in the Elba area and attended country school until 8th grade. After school he worked with his dad on...

Martin Luther

Mar 20, 2024

Martin James Luther (94) passed away peacefully on March 20, 2024 at Madonna Towers skilled nursing facility in Rochester, MN after a long battle with dementia. Martin was born on August 1, 1929 in Yeagerstown, Mifflin Co, PA to his parents Romaine Roxie Dunlap and Ray Allen Luther. Martin's father passed away when he was 3 from a house fire....

Mary Wright

Mar 19, 2024

Mary Ella Wright, age 86, of Rochester, Minnesota, formerly of West Union, Iowa, passed away on March 19, 2024. She was born on December 10, 1937 in Maynard, Iowa to parents Frank and Lillian Whitney.

Mary graduated from high school in Maynard in 1956. On June 14, 1958, she married Tom Wright at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, Iowa....

Kyriaki Magaritsidis

Mar 18, 2024

Kyriaki (Koula) Magaritsidis, 95, of Rochester, MN, passed away on March 18, 2024 at her home.

Kyriaki (Koula) Davi Magaritsidis was born in Kythera, Greece on December 24, 1927.

Koula, one of five children, experienced many hardships, including the Greek depression and World War II under occupation. After a turbulent childhood on the island, the family moved...

Mary Radil

Mar 18, 2024

Mary Lou Radil, of Rochester, MN, was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and friend. She left this world at the age of 85, on March 18, 2024, at Mayo Clinic Hospital, St. Mary's Campus.

Mary was born to Frank and Matilda (True) Berndt on April 23, 1938, in Rochester, MN. She graduated from Rochester High School in 1956...

Rudolph Biaggio

Mar 18, 2024

Rudolph "Rudy" Robert Biaggio, age 93, of Rochester, passed away peacefully at home on March 18, 2024. He was born on June 26, 1930, in Chicago, Illinois, to Peter and Sylvia (Ciprian) Biaggio. After graduating Crane Technical High School in Chicago, he joined his father and uncles in culinary arts serving in many roles and capacities such as cook, chef,...

Linda Strassburger

Mar 17, 2024

Linda Dorris Strassburger was born in Dallas, Texas, on November 2, 1933, to her parents, Grace Ivy and John Ray Dorris. She shared her childhood with her brother John William, forming cherished memories in their hometown.

After completing her education at Sunset High School in Dallas, Linda pursued her passion for learning at The University of Texas at...

Danny J. Weinzirl

Mar 16, 2024

Danny J Weinzirl, 60, took his last breaths in the hands of his beloved spouse on March 16th 2024 at Regions Hospital in St. Paul.

Danny is survived by his son, Warren Weinzirl; daughter, Vesper Weinzirl, his life partner, Kate Krall and his kitty, Aka. Further survived by his mother, Leona; his siblings, Geralyn (Steve) O'Neill, Rosemount MN; Roger (Kay) Weinzirl,...

Ben Kaplan

Mar 15, 2024

Ben Kaplan, age 95, of Rochester, MN passed away Friday, March 15, 2024.

Ben was born December 10, 1928 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the son of Sidney and Bertha (Lisberg) Kaplan. He graduated from Washington High School in Milwaukee in 1948

He married Sandra Goldman on March 12, 1961 and later welcomed 3 children. He owned the Rochester News Agency, Subway...

Glenn Davis

Mar 14, 2024

Glenn E. Davis, 57, of Rochester, MN passed away Thursday, March 14, 2024.

Harvey Johnson

Mar 14, 2024

Harvey T. Johnson, 78, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on March 14, 2024 at St.Mary's Hospital in Rochester MN.

Harvey was born on January 18,1946, in Roseau, MN to parents Howard and Evelyn (Hedin) Johnson. Harvey graduated from Roseau High School in 1965. In 1987, Harvey married Liana Bennett Mayer.

Harvey moved to Rochester in the fall...

Elizabeth Rahn

Mar 11, 2024

On March 11, 2024, Elizabeth Esther Rahn, 95, of Rochester, MN., joyfully went to meet Jesus in Heaven.

Elizabeth was born in her parent's farmhouse in Altura, MN on January 9, 1929. Her brother Richard was happy to have a new baby sister. Elizabeth's father, Herbert, was a farmer who raised wheat and corn and had an apple orchard....

Helen Craft

Mar 10, 2024

Helen Pauline Craft, 102, of Rochester, MN, passed away on March 10, 2024, at Meadow Lakes Senior Living in Rochester, MN.

Helen was born on November 10, 1921, in Detroit, MI to parents Gregory and Mabel (Curnow) McCreary. She married Douglas Craft on May 7, 1941. They raised their young family in Hallstead, PA where Helen grew up.

In 1959, the family...

Johnie Plummer

Mar 8, 2024

Johnie Thomas Plummer, age 92, of Rochester, MN passed away peacefully at her home surrounded by her loving family on March 8, 2024.

Johnie was born August 8, 1931 in Murfreesboro, TN and grew up on a farm in the tiny town of Triune, TN in a house that had no electricity, no running water, and no central heat...

Aidan Jacobson

Mar 7, 2024

Aidan James Jacobson, age 29, of Rochester, MN went home to glory on Thursday, March 7, 2024 as a result of a cardiac event. He was diagnosed at an early age with Autism and later with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD), and experienced various medical complications stemming from DMD.

Aidan attended the Rochester Public School Special Education program where he had...

Donald McCullough

Mar 6, 2024

Donald E. McCullough, age 92, of Rochester, MN passed away Wednesday, March 6, 2024.

Donald Eugene McCullough was born November 4, 1931 in Chester Iowa, the son of Dean and Cathryn (Hunter) McCullough. In 1949, he graduated from Rochester Senior High School in Rochester, MN.

He married Phyllis Perkins on May 25, 1957 and were blessed with...

John Youngstrom

Mar 6, 2024

John (Jack) Youngstrom passed away on March 6th, 2024 at Madonna Towers Skilled Nursing Care. John Leroy Youngstrom was born May 27, 1939 to parents Clifford and Audrey (Mahlen) Youngstrom. He attended school in Wykoff, Minnesota and also Rush City, Minnesota . While at Rush City, he was an accomplished athlete. Playing football, basketball, and baseball. Following high school, he...

Scott Williams

Mar 4, 2024

Scott A. Williams, 59, of Rochester passed away Monday, March 4, 2024 at his home.

Scott graduated from South Tama High School in Tama, IA in 1983. He then entered the United States Navy as a Search and Rescue Diver from 1983-1987. He was stationed on the USS Enterprise in San Diego, CA.

On June 9, 1989, he married...