May 20, 2012

Velma Hungerholt, 77, of Lanesboro, passed away Sunday, May 20, 2012, after a very courageous battle with cancer. Velma was born May 8, 1935, near Shellsburg, Iowa, to Henry and Darlene Rinderknecht. She graduated from Urbana High School in 1952 and Gates Business College in Waterloo. She worked in the Urbana Bank for several years. On May 15,...

May 20, 2012

Loren A. Reinhardt, 85, of Fountain, died Sunday, May 20, 2012 at Saint Marys Hospital in Rochester, of natural causes. Loren was born March 22, 1927, to Conrad and Josephine (Oleson) Reinhardt in Chandler, N.D. He graduated from Spring Valley High School in 1945. Loren joined the Navy and served in WW II in the Pacific Ocean. He...

May 18, 2012

Leroy "Butch" Frisch, 69, of Altura, MN died Friday, May 18, 2012 at Gundersen Lutheran Hospital, Lacrosse, WI. Butch was born April 14, 1943 to Clarence and Anna (Bowman) Frisch. He grew up on the family farm at Oak Ridge, MN. After graduating from Winona Senior High School in 1961, he enlisted in the Army. He returned home to work...

May 18, 2012

Joan Elaine Denzer, 80, of Minnesota City, died Friday, May 18, 2012 at Lake Winona Manor, five days after her husband of 62 years, Lester.Joan, the only daughter of four children, was born in Winona on March 6, 1932 to James and Gertrude (Martin) Stewart. Joan was 17 years old when she was united in marriage to Lester Denzer at...

May 17, 2012

HOFF FUNERAL AND CREMATION SERVICE - RUSHFORD 507-864-7771 RUSHFORD, MINN. - Leonard "Lenny" Volkman, 69, of Rushford, died on Thursday, May 17, 2012, at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, Minn. Lenny was born on March 26, 1943, in Rushford to Edward and Ellen (Bartleson) Volkman. He was raised in Rushford and graduated from Rushford High School in 1961. In December...

May 12, 2012

Doris Elizabeth Lawrenz, 84, of Rochester and formerly of St. Charles, died Saturday, May 12, 2012 at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester. Doris was born July 28, 1927 in Rushford to Ole and Inga (Laugen) Laumb. On June 1, 1945 Doris and Edward Lawrenz were married in Lewiston. They made their home in St. Charles where Doris worked for Home...

May 12, 2012

Canton, Wilmar A. Timm, 73, of Canton died Saturday, May 12, 2012 at the V.A. Medical Center in Minneapolis. He was born June 6, 1938 in Whitewater Township of Winona County to Albert C. and Grace (Fenske) Timm. Wilmar graduated from Wabasha High School. He was active in 4-H and F.F.A. He served in the Army from 1961-67, stationed in...

May 12, 2012

Lester Irwin Denzer, 90 of Minnesota City, died Saturday, May 12, 2012 at Lake Winona Manor.He was born December 29, 1921 to Fred and Millie (Turner) Denzer in Winona County. On September 30, 1949 he married Joan Stewart at St. Martin's Lutheran Church in Winona. They had one son, Wayne. Lester worked at Peerless Chain and part-time for Dale Denzer...

May 11, 2012

Audrie Stevens passed peacefully into Eternal Life Friday, May 11, 2012, with her daughter by her side.

Born to Rexford and Hazel (Davis) Ottman Jan. 16, 1914, in Donaldson, she lived in other cities in Minnesota and Wisconsin, and graduated from Canton High School in 1932.

She moved to Rochester, where she prepared meals...

May 9, 2012

HOFF FUNERAL AND CREMATION SERVICE, RUSHFORD, MN. 507-864-7771RUSHFORD, MN - Dennis "Denny" Edward Peterson, 65, of Rushford, MN died on Wednesday, May 9, at his home. Dennis was born on June 6, 1946 in Rushford to Edward and Josephine (Woxland) Peterson. He attended Big Martin Country School and graduated from Rushford High School in 1964. He received his Associates degree...

May 8, 2012

Melissa Sue Morey, 31 of Winona, died Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester from complications of heart surgery.Missi was born April 21, 1981 in Winona. She attended Winona Senior High School and worked for Technigraph in Winona, where she had worked for many years. Missi was engaged to be married to the love of her life,...

May 7, 2012

HOFF FUNERAL AND CREMATION SERVICE, RUSHFORD, MINN. 507-864-7771PETERSON, MINN. - Lester G. Bellock, 70, of Peterson, died Monday, May 7, 2012 in Rushford.Lester was born on April 4, 1942 in La Crosse, Wis. to Neil and Emma (Halvorson) Bellock. He was raised and attended school in Rushford. Lester lived briefly in South Dakota before moving back to Rushford. He was...

May 6, 2012

Altura, Gerald E. Stephan, 80, of rural Altura died Sunday, May 6th on the family farm.Gerald was born August 4, 1931 in Rollingstone Township to Vern E. and Inez (Kobler) Stephan. He and Dolores Russett were married August 4, 1958 in Calmar, Iowa. Following their marriage the couple made their home at Altura on the family farm where he lived...

May 5, 2012

HOFF FUNERAL AND CREMATION SERVICE - RUSHFORD 507-864-7771RUSHFORD, MINN. - Viola "Vi" G. Cordes, 89, of Rushford, Minn. died on Saturday, May 5, 2012 at her daughter's home in Lake City, Minn. Vi was born on May 2, 1923, in La Crosse, Wis. to Ben and Gertrude (Henze) Jacobson. She was raised in Rushford and graduated from Rushford High School...

May 2, 2012

May 2, 2012

Patricia Todd, 74, of Winona, passed away on Wednesday, May 2, 2012 at her home.Patricia is survived by her daughter, Terri (Jerry) Beckmann; sons, Larry Morse and Ron (Cheryl) Morse; 5 grandchildren; and sister, Micki (Joe) Weimerskirch. She is preceded in death by her parents, Wayne and Verona (Wagoner) Bradfield.Memorial service will be held at 11am on Saturday, May 5,...

May 1, 2012

HOFF FUNERAL AND CREMATION SERVICE - RUSHFORD 507-864-7771FOUNTAIN, MINN. - Merle H. Vande Zande, 67, of Fountain, Minn. died on Tuesday, May 1, in Bluff Siding, Wis. Merle was born on December 23, 1944, in Preston, Minn. to Harold and Della (Frazer) Vande Zande. He was raised in rural Fountain, Minn. and attended Lanesboro School. Merle worked in the road...

Apr 30, 2012

Jean Bremseth, 86 of Houston, died Monday, April 30, 2012 at Valley View Healthcare and Rehab in Houston.Jean was born May 3, 1925 in Hesper Township, Iowa to Willie Edgar and Bertha Marie (Gates) Nelson. She graduated from Lanseboro High School in 1943 and then went on to graduate from the University of Minnesota's Program of Nursing. On November 15,...

Apr 29, 2012

The funeral for Luella Penne, 94, of Chatfield, will be held at 11 a.m., Wednesday, May 2, 2012, at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Lanesboro, with Father Patrick Arens officiating. Burial will be in Carrolton Cemetery in rural Fountain following the services.

Mrs. Penne died Sunday, April 29, 2012, at the Chosen Valley Care Center, where...

Apr 29, 2012

Bernard Walter Matzke, 89, of Faribault a former St. Charles and Lewiston resident, died Sunday, April 29, 2012 at Milestone Memory Care in Faribault. Bernard was born January 10, 1923 in Winona to Herman and Elsie (Drenckhahn) Matzke. In 1940 he graduated from Lewiston Public School. Following high school Bernard attended Winona State College and St. Mary's College in Winona....