Rosemary Catherine Fee
Sep 21, 2022
Rosemary (Bock) Fee of Rochester, Minnesota, died peacefully on her 88th birthday, Wednesday, September 21, 2022, surrounded by her children. Rosemary spent the two first years of her life at St Monica's Home in Sioux City, Iowa, until she was adopted in May 1936. Her adoptive parents, Arthur and Florence Bock of Manning, Iowa, wanted a little boy but walked...
Anita June Martin
Sep 21, 2022
Anita June Ennis, 90, of Rochester, Minnesota died Wednesday, September 21, 2022 at The Waters on Mayowood in Rochester. Anita June Martin was born July 8, 1932 in Crisfield, Maryland the only child of William and Nettie (Ross) Ennis. She grew up and graduated high school in Pocomoke City, Maryland. As a teenager she worked as a telephone operator alongside...
Dolores Jane Vanderburg
Sep 21, 2022
Dolores (Kisro) Vanderburg, 92, of Rochester, passed away on September 21, 2022 at Arbor Terrace. Dolores was born January 19, 1930 to parents Fred and Grace (Block) Kisro in Eagle Lake, Minn. She married Christian "Bill" Vanderburg on October 13, 1946, in Rochester. She enjoyed camping, fishing, cards, taking drives into the country and watching the geese with her great...
Hella Wendt
Sep 21, 2022
Hella Wendt, 79, of Pemberton, MN. passed away Wednesday, September 21, 2022 at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, MN. Hella (Reisch) Wendt was born May 7, 1943 in Offenburg, Germany to parents, Ernest and Leonie (Harnecker) Reisch. Hella married the love of her life, Otto Wendt, on August 8, 1964 in Offenburg, West Germany. After the birth of their son...
Philip A. Erickson
Sep 18, 2022
Philip (Phil) A. Erickson age 96, died on September 18, 2022, at home. He was born on September 29, 1925, to Peter and Alpha (Hanson) Erickson in Pilot Mound Township. On November 7, 1959, he married Helen Enderson at Evanger Lutheran Church in Sargent Minnesota. Phil graduated from Chatfield High School, and he went on to serve in the United...
Maria E. Mungo
Sep 16, 2022
Maria E. Mungo, 66, of Rochester, MN passed away Friday, September 16, 2022 at her home in Rochester after a battle with Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma. She was born September 30, 1955, in Rock Island, IL to Edward and Norma Jean (Keene) Van Getson. She attended and graduated from Alwood High School in Woodhull, IL in 1973. She then attended Black Hawk...
John Robert Perkins
Sep 15, 2022
Founder and former owner of Gold Cross Ambulance Service, John Robert Perkins, 81, passed away September 15, 2022, at The Homestead in Rochester, Minnesota. John was devoted to his wife of 54 years, Patricia, and children Lara (Randy Hedegaard) of Woodbury, MN; son Ryan (Sarah Lisiecki), Las Cruces, NM; grandson Arin and granddaughter Leah, both of Woodbury, MN. John was...
Donald Duane Anderson
Sep 15, 2022
Donald Duane Anderson of Rochester, MN died on Thursday, September 15, 2022 at his home. Gramps was born on December 16th, 1927, to Walter and Emily (Beck) Anderson in Minneapolis, MN. He graduated from North High School in Minneapolis and went on to serve in the Navy for two years in WWII. He later married Marilyn Miller on October 8,...
Paul Raymer Allen
Sep 14, 2022
Paul Raymer Allen died Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at Homestead at Rochester. Paul was born September 1, 1936 in Owatonna, MN to Merle and Lucy (Larson) Allen. Paul graduated from Owatonna High School in 1954. He then graduated from South Dakota State College in 1958 with a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy with high Honors. Paul also received a Master's...
Janet Muriel Meyer
Sep 14, 2022
Janet Muriel (Wendelschafer) Meyer, 89, of Rochester, passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by family, on Wednesday, September 14, 2022. Jan was born on May 14, 1933 at Mankato, the daughter of Arthur and Ethel (Ellingworth) Wendelschafer of Cleveland, MN. She grew up on a farm on the shores of Lake Jefferson in Le Sueur County, where she loved to...
Donna Mae Solem
Sep 14, 2022
Donna M Solem, age 85, of Rochester, MN passed away Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at the Seasons Hospice House in Rochester, MN. Donna was born August 21, 1937 in Clear Lake, SD to Glen and Alice (Peterson) Angle. She graduated from Clear Lake, SD High School. She then attended and graduated from Nettleton Commercial College in Sioux Falls, SD. She...
Marilyn Harriet Palmer
Sep 11, 2022
Marilyn Harriet Palmer, 84, passed away peacefully on Sunday, September 11th, 2022. Marilyn was born in Hay Creek, Minnesota on Sunday, August 28th, 1938 to Arnold and Victoria (Banitt) Alms. She grew up with her sister and brothers on the family's farm in Belvidere Township. While working in Red Wing as a telephone operator, Marilyn met Stanley Palmer, a telephone...
Donald George Nelson
Sep 11, 2022
Donald George Nelson, 84, passed away peacefully on Sunday, September 11th, 2022. Don was born on August 6th, 1938, in Albert Lea, MN, to George and Faith (Strate) Nelson. He lived there until age 10, when the family moved to Blooming Prairie, MN. He graduated in 1956 and immediately enlisted in the Air Force. He served our country for 4...
Donna Wees
Sep 11, 2022
Donna Wees passed away September 11, 2022 at The Homestead in Rochester, MN. Donna Mae (Andrist) Wees was born June 19, 1931 in Wasioja, MN to parents Clarence and Lavina (Weeks) Andrist. Donna attended a small country school in Wasioja and later attended Mantorville High School graduating in 1949. That same year, on November 5, she married the love of...
Christina Johanna Stagnari
Sep 9, 2022
Christina Johanna Grueger ( "Christa") Stagnari passed away at Charter House in Rochester, Minnesota on September 9, 2022. She was born on February 27, 1927 to Paul and Anna (Hein) Grueger in Breslau, Germany. Christina emigrated to the United States as a young adult. Education was important to her. She completed a course of study at Donovan Secretarial College in...
Maxine Claire Hitchcock
Sep 9, 2022
Maxine Claire George Hitchcock passed away peacefully on September 9th, 2022, at the age of 94, in Rochester, Minnesota, after a long battle with breast cancer. Maxine was born July 12, 1928 in Mason City, Iowa, the oldest of two children born to Russel George and Lenore Davis. Her early years were spent growing up on the George family farm...
John Jerome Sprenger
Sep 9, 2022
John Jerome Sprenger, 89, of Rochester died peacefully on September 9, 2022 at Seasons Hospice House after years of living with Multiple Myeloma. John's priorities in life were his faith in and gratitude for salvation through the Lord Jesus, and for his family. John was born March 29, 1933 in Lake City, MN to Joyce and Esther Sprenger and grew...
Dr. William Lawrence Nichols Jr.
Sep 7, 2022
Dr. William Lawrence Nichols, Jr. (Bill) passed away suddenly September 7th at the home he shared with his wife of 59 years, Sharon Nichols (Moore). Bill served as an esteemed hematologist at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. His career began with both BA ('63) and MD ('68) degrees at the University of Kansas. He served 2 years of required military...
Mark John Massaro
Sep 6, 2022
Mark J. Massaro, 64, of Rochester, MN passed away on September 6, 2022 at his home surrounded by his loving family. Mark John Massaro was born August 24, 1958 in Akron, Ohio. He grew up in Warsaw, Ohio and later studied journalism at The Ohio State University where he met the love of his life, Joyce. Mark married Joyce Meinzen...
Carol Lee Sorensen
Sep 6, 2022
Carol Lee Sorensen, age 63, of Byron, MN died on September 6, 2022 at Methodist Hospital. Carol was born in Rochester, MN to Robert and Rachel (Teske) Stevenson. She graduated from John Marshall High School in 1976. Shortly, after graduation she married Gene Ferk, later divorced. On March 8th, 1978, and March 17th, 1980, and July 28th, 1983, respectively, she...