Alfred William Grunklee
Dec 17, 2019
Alfred William Grunklee, age 88, died peacefully at his home on Tuesday, December 17, 2019. Al was born in Claremont on January 6, 1931, to parents Alfred and Alma (Schley) Grunklee. He was the youngest of four children. Al graduated from Dodge Center High School in 1948. He served in the Army for two years and then he got a...
Emil "Herb" Pelnar
Dec 13, 2019
Herb was born in the township of Carlton in Kewaunee County, Wisconsin on May 7, 1938. His parents were Hedwig (Wetterling) and Emil Thomas Pelnar. He had seven brothers and sisters, worked the family farm and hired out to neighboring farms at the tender age of 14. He also worked at the cheese factory, where he gained his love for...
John Juergens
Dec 13, 2019
John Louis Juergens, 94, of Rochester, passed away peacefully at his home in Charter House on Friday, December 13, 2019. He was a kind and loving father, a devoted husband, a champion of women, and a great doctor and teacher. Juergens was a pioneering cholesterol researcher and cardiovascular specialist at Mayo Clinic for 37 years, treating farmers from Iowa, oil...
Beverly Joan Huneke
Dec 12, 2019
A Celebration of Life for Beverly J. Huneke, 93, of Burnsville, MN (formerly of Rochester) will be at 11:00 am on Tuesday, December 17, 2019 at Ranfranz and Vine Funeral Homes. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Burial will be at Grandview Memorial Gardens. Beverly Joan Haack was born on March 10, 1926...
Donald Christner Mcilrath
Dec 7, 2019
Donald Christner McIlrath died peacefully, on Saturday, December 7, 2019, at Charter House in Rochester, Minnesota. He was 90. Donald McIlrath (Mac) was born in Hutchinson, Kansas to Donald and Lera McIlrath on Groundhog Day, 1929. He was raised in Great Bend, Kansas and graduated from Great Bend High School, where he played football, basketball, baseball, ran track and sang...
Joyce Marie Thompson
Dec 7, 2019
Joyce Marie Thompson, 78, of Rochester, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family on Saturday, December 7, 2019 at Seasons Hospice House. Joyce was born February 27, 1941 on a farm near Troy, MN to Cyril and Thea (Narveson) Ahern. She was a graduate of Spring Valley High School. Joyce did secretarial work for The University of Minnesota in the...
Deborah Butruff
Dec 7, 2019
Deborah Kay Butruff, 68, of Rochester, passed away peacefully on Saturday, December 7, 2019, at her home surrounded by her loving family and her golden retriever Riley, by her side. Deb was born on August 22, 1951 at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, MN. She graduated from Mayo High School and went on to work in the Billing Department of...
Amy Beth Greising
Dec 5, 2019
Amy Beth Greising (nee Showalter) of Rochester, died after a brief and sudden illness on Thursday, December 5 at Saint Mary's Hospital at the age of 44. Amy was born September 25, 1975 in St. Paul, Minnesota to Sandra (Foss) and William Showalter. She spent her childhood in Alexandria, Minnesota before moving with her family to Rochester. Amy was a...
Letha Schleusner Odman
Dec 5, 2019
Letha Schleusner Odman, 96, of Olmsted County, Minnesota died Thursday, December 5, 2019 at Fairview Care Center in Dodge Center, Minnesota. Letha was born February 21, 1923 to John and Marie (Christianson) Lien in Rock Dell, Minnesota. She graduated Rochester High School in 1940. She married Ernest Schleusner on August 17, 1940 and they farmed on several farms in Southeast...
Emilio Loiacono
Dec 3, 2019
Mr. Emilio A. LoIacono, of Rochester, MN, passed away on Tuesday, December 3, 2019 at Shorewood Senior Living Communities at the age of 92. He was born in the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn, NY on March 11, 1927. He was orphaned at age eight, at which time his relations brought him to St. John's Home for Boys in Brooklyn, NY,...
William "Bill" Weatherly
Dec 3, 2019
William "Bill" Weatherly, 85, of Rochester, MN passed away peacefully Tuesday, December 3, 2019 surrounded by his family at Saint Marys Hospital. William "Bill" Weatherly was born on November 15, 1934 and grew up in Kasson, MN. On July 7, 1956 he married Kathryn Gannon and they had four children. Bill retired from A.E. Conrad Company out of Minneapolis, MN...
Karin M. Hesby
Dec 2, 2019
Karin Maria Hesby, 62, of Rochester, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, December 2, 2019 at her home. Karin was born March 3, 1957 in Rothenbach, Germany to Emil and Lydia (Will) Schropfer. She was a graduate of Foster High School in Rothenbach, Germany and Westminster Vocational School in Nuremberg, Germany. She married Dan Hesby in Denmark on December 9, 1982,...
Donald Glascock
Dec 1, 2019
After 56 years of living life to the fullest, 25 years of devoted marriage, 20 years of joyful fatherhood, 29 years of sharing his passion in computers with the Mayo Clinic Health Care System, Donald Stewart Glascock leaves this earth to be with God. Donald was born on February 21, 1963 to Robert and Theresa (Starkey) Glascock in Los Alamos,...
John Joseph Leimer
Nov 29, 2019
John J. Leimer, 92, of Rochester, Minnesota, passed away on Friday, November 29, 2019, at Saint Marys Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota. John Joseph Leimer was born November 27, 1927, in Brooklyn, New York, the son of John and Anna (Broschart) Leimer. He graduated high school at East New York then served in the United States Navy until his honorable discharge...
Joann Marlene Colvin
Nov 28, 2019
JoAnn Marlene Colvin, 85, died peacefully on Thanksgiving Day, November 28, 2019, at Cottagewood Senior Community. JoAnn was born January 10, 1934 to Ruth and Jack Hanson at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester. She graduated from Rochester High School in 1952. She married her life-long sweetheart, Paul P. Colvin, on December 27, 1952 when Paul was on leave from the...
John Keckhafer
Nov 27, 2019
John H. Keckhafer, 73, of Rochester, MN passed away on Wednesday, November 27, 2019 at Rochester Health Services West. John Henry Keckhafer was born August 8, 1946 in Rochester, Minnesota the son of Henry and Betty (Peck) Keckhafer. He was a graduate of John Marshall High School in Rochester. John enlisted into the United States Navy and served on board...
Patricia L. Clappier
Nov 24, 2019
Patricia Leona Boyd-Clappier, 66 of Rochester, passed away Sunday November 24th 2019 after a nine year battle with dementia. Patty was born February 11th 1953 to Frank and Shirley Boyd. She attended Huntington Beach High School. Patty met and married Ken Overton in December 1972, they had three children together and later divorced. She was lucky enough to find love...
Lavonne Kyllo
Nov 24, 2019
LaVonne Anna Kyllo, 81, of Byron, passed away peacefully on Sunday, November 24, 2019 at Cottagewood Senior Communities. LaVonne was born November 3, 1938 in Pine Island, MN to Howard and Hazel (Denny) Bruce. On May 1, 1955 LaVonne married Larry Kyllo. Larry and LaVonne purchased their family farm near Byron in 1965. Larry and LaVonne had a dedicated marriage,...
Lucille Marcella Schacht
Nov 21, 2019
Lucille M. Schacht, 101, of Rochester, MN died Thursday, November 21, 2019 at Madonna Towers. Lucille Marcella Halling was born January 30, 1918 to Clarence and Ella (Erickson) Halling in Rochester, MN. She grew up in Rochester and graduated from Rochester High School in 1936. On June 30, 1939 she married William Schacht in Rochester. She worked a few years...
Nancy Lou Hilleshiem
Nov 21, 2019
Nancy Lou Hilleshiem, 76, of Rochester, passed away Thursday, November 21, 2019, surrounded by her loving family, at Samaritan Bethany Home on Eighth. Nancy was born April 8, 1943 in Rochester to Lawrence and Dolores (Schoonover) Rubin. She was a 1961 graduate of Dover Eyota High School. On July 14, 1962, in St. Charles, MN Nancy married Francis Earl "Sam"...
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