Edna Ellen Williams

Edna Ellen Williams

Jan 27, 2006

WINONA, MINN. - Edna E. Campbell Williams, 91, of Winona, died Friday, January 27, 2006, at Winona Community Memorial Hospital. She was born on April 15, 1914, in Hart Township of Winona County to John and Anna Dionsysious. Edna was raised in Winona where she attended school. She married Archie Campbell in Winona in 1934. Archie died on Nov. 15,...

Wilma M. Burns

Wilma M. Burns

Jan 26, 2006

St. Charles,Wilma M. Burns of St. Charles, died Thursday, January 26, 2006 at Seasons Hospice in Rochester. She was born May 29, 1921, to Martin and Martha (Kohlmeyer) Schroeder in Caledonia, MN. In 1944 she married W. L. (Bill) Burns and subsequently moved to St. Charles where they owned and operated the "Bakery" for 30+ years.She was very active in...

Roger H. Fritz

Roger H. Fritz

Jan 25, 2006

Roger H. Fritz, 66, of Stockton died Wednesday January 25, 2006 in a motor vehicle accident on Highway 95 in Woodbury. Roger was born November 29, 1939 in Lewiston to Otto & Dora (Haake) Fritz. He graduated from Winona High School and Winona Vocational School where he studied Tool and Die. Roger served in the National Guard for six years....

Kenneth A. Chapel

Kenneth A. Chapel

Jan 22, 2006

Kenneth A. Chapel, 90, of Houston, died Sunday, January 22, 2006, at the Valley View Nursing Home in Houston. He was born on January 2, 1916, in Rushford Village of Fillmore County, Minn. to Charles and Mabel (McLeod) Chapel. He was raised in Money Creek and graduated from Houston High School. He married Dorothy "Dollie" Coulson. Kenneth farmed all of...

Evelyn M. Corey

Evelyn M. Corey

Jan 21, 2006

HOUSTON, MINN. - Evelyn M. Corey, 92, of Houston, died Saturday, January 21, 2006, at the Valley View Nursing Home in Houston, Minn. Evelyn was born on December 6, 1913, in Nodine, Minn. to Edward and Carolyn (Pohlman) Johnson. She grew up in Nodine and graduated from Winona High School. On May 13, 1942, she married Robert Corey. She and...

Violet V. Rostvold

Violet V. Rostvold

Jan 18, 2006

YUCATAN, MINN. ? Violet Vernetta (Bakke) Rostvold, 84, of Yucatan, Minn. Died Wednesday, January 18, 2006, at Valley View Nursing Home in Houston, Minn. Violet was born on June 4, 1921, to Clarence and Rose (Rassmusen) Bakke in the township of Amherst in Fillmore County, Minn. She attended Newburg and Mabel schools. She married Harley Rostvold on November 4, 1939,...

Doris B. Pagel

Doris B. Pagel

Jan 17, 2006

Doris B. Pagel, 77, of Rochester and Professor Emeritus, Mankato State University, died Tuesday at Rochester Methodist Hospital.Miss Pagel was born February 19, 1928 in rural St. Charles to Paul and Anna Pagel. She graduated from St. Charles High School in 1945 and later earned academic degrees from the Universities of Minnesota, Illinois and Nebraska. Her early library work was...

Hugo Benedett

Hugo Benedett

Jan 15, 2006

STOCKTON, Minn. -- Hugo Dale Benedett Jr., 75, of rural Winona, died Sunday, Jan. 15, 2006, at Community Memorial Hospital.He was born June 15, 1930, in Winona County to Hugo and Hazel (Duncanson) Benedett. He attended Lewiston schools and the University of Minnesota, where he studied agriculture. He married Harriett Labisky Sept. 2, 1961, in Plainview. The couplet farmed for...

Dorothy N. Kurth

Dorothy N. Kurth

Jan 13, 2006

St. Charles,Dorothy Neoma Kurth, 81, of St. Charles, died Friday, January 13, 2006 surrounded by her family at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester. Dorothy had been a resident of Whitewater Healthcare Center in St. Charles for the past year.Dorothy Neoma Risinger was born June 10, 1924 in Winona County, rural St. Charles to Charles and Laura (Stevens) Risinger. She attended...

Mildred Lorine Groth

Mildred Lorine Groth

Jan 13, 2006

Winona, MN-Mildred L. Groth, 94, died Friday, January 13, 2006 at Gundersen Lutheran Hospital in LaCrosse, WI. She was born on June 27, 1911 in Winona, MN to Alfred and Johanna (Larson) Linander. Mildred married Julius Groth on September 15, 1928 in Winona, MN. Mildred was a homemaker and custodian of the Grace Lutheran Church in Ridgeway, MN, where she...

Victor V. Bitu

Victor V. Bitu

Jan 9, 2006

Victor Vlasie Bitu, of Winona, died Monday, January 9, 2006, at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Wabasha after an illness of three months. He was born May 15, 1920 in Winona to Victor Z. and Elsie (Nelton) Bitu. Vic served his country as a paratrooper during two wars; World War II and the Korean War. Vic made three combat jumps while...

Emma Groger

Emma Groger

Jan 8, 2006

Groger, Emma Katherine (Knox)age 88, of Edina. Died peacefully at home January 8, 2006. Born Dec. 29, 1917 at Fort Atkinson, IA. Survived by devoted husband of 64 years, Chester Hugh Groger; daughter Joanne, Edina; and sons Robert (Donna Weispfenning), Minneapolis and Richard (Don Yager), St. Paul; step-grandchildren Mitchell Soutor, Minneapolis and Ashley Soutor, New York City; sisters-in-law Mary Evelyn...

Francine Alvira Lipinski

Francine Alvira Lipinski

Jan 8, 2006

Francine Alvira Lipinski, 63, died Sunday, January 8, 2006, at Community Memorial Hospital in Winona, after a battle with brain cancer. She was born on June 4, 1942, in Rollingstone, MN to Wilfred and Marcella (Hengel) Rivers. Francine married Andrew "Sonny" Lipinski on June 25, 1966 in Winona, MN. He preceded her in death in 1992. Francine attended Holy Trinity...

Allene M. Shattuck

Allene M. Shattuck

Jan 7, 2006

Allene "Nickie" Shattuck, 83, of Winona and formerly of Utica, MN, passed away Saturday, January 7, 2006 at Winona Community Memorial Hospital in Winona, MN. Nickie was born July 26, 1922 in Chatfield, MN to Robert and Nelva (Davis) Nichols. She graduated from Chatfield High School and served in the U. S. Army Air Corps during WWII. Nickie received the...

Donald Gene Tweten

Donald Gene Tweten

Jan 2, 2006

HOUSTON, MINN. - Donald "Donnie" G Tweten, 73, of Houston, died Monday, January 2, 2006, at Gundersen - Lutheran Medical Center in LaCrosse, Wis. He was born on February 14, 1932, in LaCrosse, Wis. to Selmer and Ruth (Halvorson) Tweten Sr. He was raised in Houston and graduated from Houston High School in 1950. He served in the U.S. Navy...

Luther Holland

Luther Holland

Jan 2, 2006

Winona, MNLuther P. Holland, 56, died at his home in Winona on January 2, 2006. Luther was born July 9, 1949 in Lanesboro, MN to Silas and Lillian (Kvamme) Holland. Luther served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. He married Karen Hoppe on April 11, 1980 in Wilson, MN. Luther was a truck driver for Wilson Transportation in...

John Howard Benson

John Howard Benson

Dec 30, 2005

John "Howard" Benson, 83, of Houston, died Friday, December 30, 2005 at the Valley View Nursing Home in Houston. He was born on November 27, 1922, in LaCrosse, Wis. to John and Lillian (Abrahamson) Benson. Howard was raised in Houston, and graduated from Houston High School. He attended the University of Minnesota. Howard served in the U.S. Navy during WWII,...

Edith A. Hegland

Edith A. Hegland

Dec 29, 2005

HOFF FUNERAL HOMES - RUSHFORD CHAPEL 507-864-7771 RUSHFORD, MINN. - Edith A. Hegland, 80, of Rushford died Thursday, December 29, 2005, at Abbott-Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis, Minn. She was born on February 18, 1925, to Edward and Alice (Tungland) Hanson. She was raised in rural Peterson, Minn. where she attended Boyum Country School. She graduated from Peterson High School and...

James Sidney Nesler

James Sidney Nesler

Dec 24, 2005

James Sidney Nesler, 84, a retired farmer and Nesler Livestock Trucking died Saturday morning December 24th at his home in Dover. He was born November 14, 1921 in Haverhill Township and graduated fro Elgin High School in 1939. He married Phyllis M. Parker in 1941 at Trinity Ev. Lutheran Church in Elgin. They moved near Dover where they farmed and...

Daryl Edward Schweitzer

Daryl Edward Schweitzer

Dec 23, 2005

St. Charles, Daryl Edward "Bud" Schweitzer, 71, of St. Charles died Friday December 23, 2005 at his home. Bud was born June 15, 1934 in St. Charles to Jack and Ruth (Schrader) Schweitzer. He and Dorothy "Dottie" Tye were married on February 11, 1961. They made their home in St. Charles. Bud worked for Chicago & Northwestern Railroad and Union...