William Donald Allert
Feb 24, 2022
William Donald (Don) Allert, age 100, of Rochester, passed away peacefully February 24, 2022. He was preceded in death by parents William and Bertha; his wife of 67 years, Maxine, brother Charles, sister-in-law Hazel and daughter-in-law Leah. He is survived by children James (Debbie), Tom, Jeff (Jennifer) and Carol (Jim); six grandchildren; seven great grandchildren; and many other loving relatives...
Joshua Jeffrey Pearson
Feb 23, 2022
Josh Pearson, age 22 of Byron, passed away on Wednesday, February 23, 2022. Josh was born on August 7, 1999 in Rochester, MN to Jeff and Sherry (Cordes) Pearson. He attended Mayo High School and graduated in 2018. After high school he attended Spartan College of Aviation in Tulsa, OK and graduated with his Private Pilot license. He also attended...
Richard Gillette
Feb 23, 2022
Richard Martin Gillette, 51, succumbed to complications of a long-term illness in his home February 23, 2022, in Onalaska, WI. He was a graduate of Mayo High School and former resident of Rochester, MN. Rich Gillette, son of Norman L. Gillette, Jr. (deceased) and Susan Meir-Gillette, continued his father's legacy as a member of the family ownership of Gillette Pepsi...
Jane Ney
Feb 22, 2022
Jane Elizabeth Ney, age 86, passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family on Tuesday, February 22, 2022, at Homestead Memory Care in Rochester, Minnesota. Jane was born December 25, 1935, in Blackwell, OK. the daughter of George and Claudine (Speck) Brower. She attended the 1st Baptist Church where she taught Sunday School and, in her teens, served as a...
Donna Maria Taylor
Feb 22, 2022
Donna Maria Taylor of Oro Valley, AZ. passed away on February 22, at the age of 73, at her daughter's home in Rochester, MN. after a long and courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. She is survived by husband Don, daughters Kim McLaughlin and Stephannie Boot (Brian), sisters Louise Robertson (Michael) and Elaine Entrup (Dale) and four grandchildren and four great...
Robert Freeman Condon
Feb 22, 2022
Robert Freeman Condon, known as Bob, age 90, Rochester, formerly Litchfield and Albert Lea, died on Tuesday, February 22nd 2022 at his residence in Rochester. A Visitation will be held at Ranfranz and Vine on Friday, March 4th from 5 to 7, and for one hour prior to the service. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at Holy...
Dorothy Irene Crowle
Feb 21, 2022
Dorothy Irene Crowle, 94, of Rochester, passed away on Monday, February 21, 2022 at The Mayo Clinic, Saint Marys campus. Dorothy was born in Iroquois Falls, Ontario, Canada on November 17, 1927, the only child of William and Amy Griffiths. She grew up in Alberta and graduated from Central High in Calgary. In 1952, Dorothy earned her BS in Nursing...
Rebecca Diskerud
Feb 16, 2022
Rebecca Sue Diskerud, 78, of Rochester, MN, died on February 16, 2022 at Seasons Hospice House in Rochester, MN. Rebecca was born August 4, 1943 in Shenandoah, IA to parents Willard and Phyllis (Lyden) Kempton. She attended Shenandoah High School and graduated in 1961. Rebecca began her career as a stewardess with United Airlines where she worked for 7 years....
Barbara Jean Buck
Feb 16, 2022
Barbara Jean Buck of Rochester, MN, went home to see her loving Savior on February 16th, 2022. Barbara Jean was born on January 9th, 1949, in Red Wing, MN. She was the 2nd of six siblings, grew up in Goodhue, MN, and graduated from Goodhue High School. Barbara Jean's journey on earth was bumpy at times throughout her life, and...
Viola Melva Fisher-Nelsen
Feb 15, 2022
Viola M. Fisher-Nelsen, 99, of Rochester, passed away peacefully at her home on Tuesday, February 15, 2022. Viola was born February 13, 1923 in Wabasha County to Frank and Margaret (Adams) Bluhm. On July 26, 1942, Viola married Lloyd "Bud" Fisher. After Bud's death in 1980, Viola married Ernest Nelsen on March 21, 1999 and Ernest preceded Viola in death...
Joanne Mae Amundson
Feb 14, 2022
Joanne Mae (Engan) Amundson, 92, returned home to the arms of our Lord on Monday, February 14, 2022, at Arbor Terrace in Rochester MN. She was born in Spring Grove MN to John and Minnie (Oefstedahl) Engan on May 25, 1929. On June 19, 1948 she married Donavan (Dode) Amundson at Homestead Church in Rochester. During the early years of...
David Schwartzkopf
Feb 13, 2022
Longtime resident of Rochester, David Allen Schwartzkopf, died on February 13, 2022, he was 79. David was born in Pulaski, Wisconsin to Lillie and William Schwartzkopf on June 11, 1942. From birth, David had Cerebral Palsy and developed Macular Degeneration as a child which caused the slow loss of his vision. He was identified as Intellectually Disabled in his early...
Janet Kay Potvin
Feb 13, 2022
Janet K. Potvin, age 70, a longtime resident of Rochester, MN passed away peacefully on February 13, 2022 at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, MN. Janet Kay Potvin was born August 12, 1951 in Rochester, MN the daughter of Earl and Jewell (Knowlton) Potvin. She attended John Marshall High School. After high school, she moved to New York then Minneapolis...
Ann Marie Cronin Bock
Feb 12, 2022
A Funeral Mass for Ann Cronin Bock will be Saturday, February 19, at 11:00 am at Pax Christi Catholic Church in Rochester with her son, the Rev. Michael Cronin as the main presider, the Reverends Timothy Biren, James Burns, Philip Juza, Anthony Ciorra, and John Sauer, concelebrating, along with priests of the Diocese of Winona-Rochester, in the presence of its...
Harold Elmer Elias
Feb 11, 2022
Harold E. (Bud) Elias, 77, of Rochester, died at home on Friday, February 11, 2022. He was born July 5, 1944, to Harold and Maybelle (Ruehmann) Elias on the family farm in Pine Island, MN. The family moved to Rochester and subsequently to Mentor, MN, where Harold graduated from high school. After starting Junior College, Harold decided to join the...
Gordon Laverne Merck
Feb 11, 2022
Gordon L. Merck, 66, of Hamburg, MN passed away Friday, February 11, 2022 at his home. Gordon was born January 19, 1956 in Moose Lake, MN to Raymond and Carolyn (Lundahl) Merck. He was a 1974 graduate of Mayo High School and went on to obtain his Associates degree in 1977 from Rochester Community College. Gordon was an avid fisherman...
David Arthur Shulman
Feb 11, 2022
Surrounded by his family and wife of nearly 60 years, David Arthur Shulman, 85, died peacefully at home on February 11, 2022 after an unyielding 20 year battle with Parkinson's Disease. Born in Chicago, IL on November 20, 1936, David was adopted by Albert and Jeannette Shulman of Cleveland, OH. Growing up, David spent much of his time at an...
Edward Gwynne Lufkin
Feb 10, 2022
Edward Gwynne Lufkin, 87, of Rochester, MN passed away on February 10, 2022 at Charter House. He was born on October 15, 1935 to Dexter and Elizabeth (Gwynne) Lufkin. He is survived by his wife, Ann, daughter, Mattie Lufkin and brother, John Lufkin. Ed was born and educated in Northfield, MN. He wrote about Northfield, "After seeing many parts of...
Sirivan Dy
Feb 8, 2022
Sirivan Dy, 81, of Rochester Minnesota, passed away suddenly but peacefully on Tuesday February 8th 2022 at 2:28 pm at Mayo Clinic Hospital, St Mary's Campus. Sirivan was born June 11th, 1940 in Battambang, Cambodia to Keo Dy and Nam Buth. After graduating from high school, he was a landowner and business owner/operator of a small rice mill in town....
Jack R. Davidson
Feb 7, 2022
Jack Richard Davidson, 65, of Rochester, Minnesota, passed away on February 7, 2022 at Mayo Clinic Methodist Hospital. Jack was born on July 31, 1956 to parents Vincent and Barbara (Hoppe) Davidson in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Jack was raised in St. Louis, Missouri. He entered the United States Navy and upon discharge, went back to St. Louis and attended college. In...
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