Aug 28, 2021

Marjorie Scott, 99, a retired teacher, of Chatfield, passed away Saturday, August 28, 2021, at Chosen Valley Assisted Living in Chatfield.

Marjorie Roberta Anderson was born October 28, 1921, in Frankford TWP, rural Spring Valley, MN, to Elgar and Sadie (Loucks) Anderson.  She attended various rural schools.  Her family moved to Preston in 1937, and she graduated...

Aug 28, 2021

Joyce E. Heim, 82 of St. Charles, passed away Saturday, August 28, 2021 at Whitewater Health Services in St. Charles. Joyce was born on December 19, 1938 in Utica Township to Alvin and Glennis (Peterson) Wondrow. Joyce graduated from Rochester High School in 1957. She married Anthony (Jerry) Heim on September 6, 1958 at St. Francis Catholic Church in Rochester,...

Aug 28, 2021

A Live Stream of Vivian's funeral will be available at the following link https://view.oneroomstreaming.com/authorise.php?k=1631301701135994 Vivian Marie (Lentz) Hawk, 98, of Leesburg, FL and St. Charles, MN, passed away peacefully in her sleep on August 28, 2021 in Leesburg - weeks short of her 99th birthday. Vivian was born September 24, 1922 in Howard (Miner County), SD to Claus H. and...

Aug 26, 2021

Jack Bernard Nelson, 99 of Winona, died Thursday, August 26, 2021 at his home. Jack was born December 13, 1921 in Buxton, Iowa. He was raised in Winona, MN where he graduated from Winona Senior High School. He served his country honorably in the United States Navy during WWII as a 2nd class Petty Officer. He worked for the City...

Aug 26, 2021

LEWISTON, MN - Marlene D Brand, age 87, of Lewiston, MN died peacefully on August 26, 2021, at her residence. She was born March 6, 1934, at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester, MN. After graduating high school, she went on to LPN school at St. Marys Vocational School in Rochester where her instructors were the nuns. After graduating from the...

Aug 25, 2021

RUSHFORD, MN - Lorraine M. Peterson, 101, of Rushford, MN died on Wednesday, August 25, 2021, at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Home in Rushford. Lorraine was born on February 29, 1920, in Boone, Iowa to Robert and Elsie Cranmer. She was raised in Boone where she graduated from high school. She married Curtis Harpel in 1937. They were later divorced....

Aug 25, 2021

Jessica Jean Fuller (known to many as Jake) 43, of Lewiston, died Wednesday, August 25, 2021. Like always, she was stubborn as a mule and joining the angels was no different after battling a disease that could not be diagnosed. She was a fighter, the strongest woman most people know, and an inspiration to many after beating Non-Hodgkins Double Hit...

Aug 24, 2021

Clair Richard Martin, age 92, passed away August 24, 2021 at Chosen Valley Care Center in Chatfield where he had been a resident for the past 2 years. Clair was born January 15, 1929 to Amos James Martin and Ethel Elizabeth Crowson on the family farm in Saratoga Township. He attended grade school at the one room school house in...

Aug 23, 2021

Bruce A. Bluhm, 71, of Chatfield, passed away on Monday, August 23, 2021, at his home in Chatfield.

Bruce Alvin Bluhm was born November 20, 1949 in Rochester, to Alvin and Alma (Berg) Bluhm. He was raised on a farm north of Dover with 4 older sisters. As a young boy Bruce had polio and was in...

Aug 23, 2021

Tina Maxine Broas, 65 of Winona, died Monday, August 23, 2021, at Gundersen Health System in La Crosse. Tina was born on November 11, 1955 in Jamestown, Ohio to John and Carrie (Hammack) Reed. On May 28, 1994 she married John Broas and together they made their home in Winona. Tina worked for several years at Riverside Electronics before working...

Aug 23, 2021

Sharron "Kay" Wachholz, age 80 of Chatfield, went home to be with Jesus on August 23rd, 2021 after a courageous battle with cancer. Sharron Kay was born on March 4th,1941 to Ernest "Ernie" and Mary (Waby) Nickelsen in Beaver, near Winona, MN. She was one of ten children and spent her early years on the home farm in the Whitewater...

Aug 22, 2021

Linda K. Bailey, age 78, passed away peacefully on Sunday, August 22, 2021. Linda was born on April 30, 1943 in Urbana, IA, the daughter of Dillon Williams and Helen Wickham. She grew up in the Walker, IA, area with her five siblings and she graduated from Center Point High School with the class of 1961. Linda was a stay...

Aug 18, 2021

Ella May Barnes, 80, of Chatfield, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, August 18, 2021, at the Chosen Valley Care Center in Chatfield.

Ella May Parsons was born June 22, 1941, in Winslow AZ, to Herbert and Elizabeth (Bell) Parsons.  She graduated from Winslow High School, in 1959.  On September 9, 1967 she married Loren Barnes, in Winslow,...

Aug 18, 2021

Joyce B. Sievert, 88 of Utica, passed away Wednesday, August 18, 2021, at Benedictine - St. Anne in Winona. Joyce was born on June 21, 1933 in Rushford to Eli and Sadie (Hawkinson) Glenna. Joyce graduated from the Vo-Tech's cosmetology program. She married Russel Denzer, had 6 children together and lived in Minnesota City. They later divorced. She married Leland...

Aug 17, 2021

William James Harris, 73 of Winona, died Tuesday, August 17, 2021 at Sugarloaf Senior Living. Bill was born in Bemidji, Minnesota September 25th, 1947 to Lila Marie (Wilkins) and James William Harris. The family moved first to Detroit Lakes, Minnesota and then to Fargo, North Dakota where Bill attended Benjamin Franklin Elementary and Junior High Schools and then graduated from...

Aug 17, 2021

Tamela "Tammy" Marie (Schweitzer) Christian, 59, was called to heaven on August 17th, 2021 at St. Mary's Campus in Rochester, MN. After a 6 month battle of Small Cell Lung Carcinoma she was told the cancer was in remission in which she took great pride in. She fought until the very end when her body was taken over by an...

Aug 16, 2021

Connie Rae Carpenter-Duff, 73 of Winona passed away at Gundersen Lutheran Hospital on Monday, August 16, 2021 following a short battle with Covid and a 3 year battle with multiple myeloma. Connie was born to Ray and Alice (Harris) Carpenter on April 23, 1948. Her childhood was spent in Pickwick where she loved to roam the wooded hillsides and rolling...

Aug 16, 2021

John "Jack" Lehnertz, age 87 of Rollingstone, died peacefully on August 16, 2021 at his home with his family by his side. Jack was born on July 19, 1934 to Gildard and Helen (Lueders) on the family farm near Rollingstone. He married the love of his life Marlyn Pletsch on September 25, 1954. Together, they were blessed with 5 children,...

Aug 15, 2021

Joseph M. Kieffer, age 40, passed away on Friday, August 13th at his home in Owatonna. Joe was born on September 25, 1980 in Rochester, the son of Gerald and Michele (Nunemacher) Kieffer. He was raised in Elba with his siblings and graduated with the St. Charles high school class of 1999. Joe began working for Sekapp Orchard shortly after...

Aug 14, 2021

Marilyn Viola Thompson, 90, of Lanesboro, MN, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her loving family, on August 14, 2021, at home. Marilyn was born in Hartford, CT on September 3, 1930 to Arthur and Ellen Sholberg. She married the love of her life, Robert Allen Thompson, in a candlelight service at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hartford, CT on...